MISSOULA, MT – Sam Forstag the Democrat in the MT01 House race has released a new ad, explaining he made $16 an hour as a smoke jumper.
Republican Aaron Flints campaign today released a slew of documents claiming that Forstag was compensated by multiple organizations, including the ACLU, the City of Bozeman and the Provello Center, alleging Forstag made hundreds of thousands of dollars lobbying.
In addition to organizations there is also legislative topics cited back to Forstag.
Via the documents, they allege in the 2021-2022 years he made $65,000 and in 2023-2024 he made $183,986.40.
They cite as client of Forstag:
● ACLU of Montana (2021-22)
● City of Bozeman (2023-24)
● City of Missoula (2023-24)
● Planned Parenthood (2023-24)
● MT Library Association (2023-24)
● MT Innocence Project (2023-24)
● CARD Clinic (2023-24)
● Avitium (2023-24)
● MT Food Bank (2023-24)
● Provello Center (2023-24)
● Life Flight Network (2023-24)
NonStop Local has gone through several of the documents that are labeled as financial reports, Forstag is listed as a recipient, but not as the individual receiving the total amount.
We have reached out to the Forstag team for additional confirmation.