State Report: Montana - Big Sky Big Win

This is the first in a series of Grassroots Reports we'll be releasing over the final weeks of the election cycle to let you know what 21st Century Democrats is doing to help elect Democrats in several of the country's battleground states. This report focuses on Montana, where Barack Obama is making a strong push to be the first Democrat to take the state since Bill Clinton in 1992.

Our Montana program is called "Big Sky! Big Win! " and Wendy Davis, our National Field & Training Director, and I both traveled to the state recently to help coordinate our ground game. We have four senior organizers working in Missoula, Helena, Butte, Bozeman and Billings - where about half of Montana's votes will be cast. In October, we will dispatch five additional organizers to get out the vote on the state's Native American reservations.

Big Sky! Big Win! is all about identifying supporters early and making sure we get them out to polls on election day. We are working to add 10,000 voters to our "Yes List" in September and another 10,000 voters in the first three weeks of October. We will use this list of supporters to run our get-out-the-vote program and maximize the Democratic turnout on Election Day. Our organizers and volunteers have already made thousands of phone calls and knocked on hundreds of doors, but they can't do it alone.

I just returned from Montana a few days ago and I can honestly tell you that people are excited about the Democratic ticket - but we need to make sure we harness their energy and win this election! 21st Century Democrats is thrilled to be working with our partners in Montana to elect Democrats up and down the ticket, including three of our endorsed candidates:

• Steve Bullock - Attorney General
• Linda McCulloch - Secretary of State
• Denise Juneau - State Superintendent of Public Instruction

Thank you for your support and keep an eye out for our upcoming Grassroots Reports about our programs in Maine, Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.

Sincerely,

Dan Lucas
President

PS - You can read more about my time in Montana on our blog: www.21stdems.org/blog.