Sam Forstag

Why they say you should vote for them

The candidate's own case to voters, summarized from their campaign and public statements.

• Says he is a working-class Montanan, not a millionaire, and that voters should "send a working person to Congress."[3],[4],[9]
• Says it "shouldn't be this hard" to afford housing, health care and childcare, and would pay for new investments by repealing the 2025 tax cuts for corporations and the wealthiest while keeping no tax on tips and overtime.[1],[2],[3]
• Points to his work as a union local vice president organizing against federal cuts to the Forest Service, and says he will work to rebuild public lands agencies.[1],[2],[3]

Background

• Wildland firefighter, including four years as a smokejumper, U.S. Forest Service · About eight years, through January 2026[3],[4],[5]
• Vice president and organizer, National Federation of Federal Employees Local 60 (Forest Service Council)[3],[5],[6]
• Lobbyist for clients including the ACLU of Montana and the city of Missoula, ACLU of Montana and other clients · Including 2021[5],[6]
• Organizer; helped build and manage the coalition, Montana Coalition to Solve Homelessness[6]

Education

• Graduate (degree not specified); president of the Associated Students of the University of Montana, University of Montana[5],[6]

Where they stand

• Housing
  Supports large-scale federal investment in affordable housing, incentives for zoning reform, banning hedge funds and private equity firms from buying homes, and restoring a first-time homebuyer tax credit.[1],[4]
• Health Care
  Supports letting every American buy into Medicare, adding vision, dental and hearing coverage, restoring enhanced ACA subsidies, raising Medicare and Medicaid payments to rural hospitals and reversing the 2025 Medicaid and ACA cuts.[1],[4],[7]
• Energy & Environment
  Supports fully staffing federal public lands agencies, more forest management and fuels reduction, responsible timber harvest with grants to modernize mills, and legalizing corner crossing to reach public land.[1]
• Immigration
  Supports comprehensive immigration reform with a path to legal status and citizenship, and requiring immigration agents to go unmasked, wear body cameras and badges, and obtain judicial warrants for arrests.[1]
• Foreign Policy
  Says Congress should enforce the War Powers Resolution and says he would vote to end the war with Iran and spend that money at home.[4],[8]

Voting record

Sam Forstag has not held an office with a recorded voting record. See Background and Where they stand.

In their words