Sam Forstag
Representative-elect for Montana's 1st district
Democrat
Won the seat
- Seat
- Montana's 1st district
- Opponent
- Aaron Flint (R)
- Status
- Called
Where they stand.
The issues
Make Housing Work for Working People
Wants large federal investment in affordable housing, a ban on hedge fund home purchases and a revived first-time homebuyer tax credit.
“Bring back the first-time homebuyer tax credit to make it cheaper for young and working people to buy and own a home.”
Source for Make Housing Work for Working People, on Sam Forstag’s campaign site (opens in a new tab)Make Healthcare Work for Working People
Wants to let everyone choose to join Medicare, free for working people, and expand it to cover vision, hearing, dental and long-term care.
“I’ll fight to give every Montanan access to Medicare with expanded subsidies to give working Montanans the choice of free, quality health care.”
Source for Make Healthcare Work for Working People, on Sam Forstag’s campaign site (opens in a new tab)Make Childcare & Education Work for Working People
Wants universal free childcare, universal pre-K, higher teacher pay and more Pell Grant funding.
“Achieve universal free childcare by expanding investments in quality childcare to make sure that every Montanan who wants to start and raise a family can find free, quality childcare, regardless of where they live or how much they make.”
Source for Make Childcare & Education Work for Working People, on Sam Forstag’s campaign site (opens in a new tab)Reinvest in Public Lands & Reinvigorate Public Service
Wants to fully staff public lands agencies, expand forest management and wildfire fuels work, and legalize corner crossing.
“Rebuild and expand our public lands agencies by fully staffing our public lands agencies and significantly expanding investments in forest management and fuels mitigation.”
Source for Reinvest in Public Lands & Reinvigorate Public Service, on Sam Forstag’s campaign site (opens in a new tab)Make Taxes Work for Working People
Wants to repeal what he calls Republican tax cuts for the ultra-rich and raise the corporate income tax rate to 35%.
“Make corporations carry their own weight by raising the corporate income tax rate to 35%.”
Source for Make Taxes Work for Working People, on Sam Forstag’s campaign site (opens in a new tab)Protect Our Right to Bear Arms
Says he will defend Second Amendment rights and supports voluntary safe storage and gun safety programs.
“Invest in voluntary safe storage programs to help make sure that Montanans undergoing a mental health crisis have access to resources including crisis response, counseling, and third party temporary storage.”
Source for Protect Our Right to Bear Arms, on Sam Forstag’s campaign site (opens in a new tab)
From Sam Forstag’s campaign website. Summaries are ours; anything in quotation marks is copied word for word from the linked page. Read the full platform (opens in a new tab)
The promises
- Cost of livingClock is ticking
Ban hedge funds and private equity firms from buying residential property
“End corporate home ownership by banning the purchase of residential property by hedge funds and private equity firms”
Campaign website, Policies page, 2026 campaign · source (opens in a new tab)
- HealthClock is ticking
Restore and expand the enhanced ACA premium subsidies
“Restore and expand the enhanced ACA subsidies”
Campaign website, Policies page, 2026 campaign · source (opens in a new tab)
- TaxesClock is ticking
Raise the corporate income tax rate to 35%
“Make corporations carry their own weight by raising the corporate income tax rate to 35%”
Campaign website, Policies page, 2026 campaign · source (opens in a new tab)
- TradeClock is ticking
Require congressional approval for tariffs
“Require congressional approval for tariffs”
Campaign website, Policies page, 2026 campaign · source (opens in a new tab)
S. House of Representatives.
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- Raised
- $4.3M
- From individuals
- $3.5M
- Spent
- $3.6M
- Cash on hand
- $726K
Federal Election Commission, through 2026-10-14.
None on record
No donations from AIPAC and no AIPAC-paid ads for or against Sam Forstag in FEC filings for the 2022, 2024 or 2026 elections.
AIPAC is a pro-Israel lobbying group that spends on elections two ways. Its PAC collects donations from members and sends them to campaigns, where they become the candidate’s money to spend. Its super PAC, United Democracy Project, runs its own ads, and the candidate gets no say in those, whether they help or hurt. From Federal Election Commission filings through 2026-10-14: AIPAC PAC filings (opens in a new tab), United Democracy Project filings (opens in a new tab).
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