Winter Kickoff is a rousing success in Billings

The excitement was, as they say, palpable. More than 300 Republicans from all across Montana came to the state GOP’s Winter Kickoff, but the story wasn’t just in the numbers, it was in the enthusiasm of the gathering.
The highlights included prominent family members of Presidential candidates. Former Arkansas First Lady Janet Huckabee, [...]

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Not too late to register for the Winter Kickoff

The state Republican Party’s “Winter Kickoff” will be held in Billings this weekend. This is a great opportunity for us, since other active Republicans are traveling from around the state to get to this big event.
All Yellowstone County Republicans are invited, and indeed encouraged, to attend. For more information, click here. To [...]

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More KULR 8 coverage on caucus preparation

A followup piece by KULR 8 can be seen here.

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Lincoln-Reagan Day Dinner Tickets

We are now selling Lincoln-Reagan Day Tickets for the March 29th event. The price for tickets to this, our one major fundraiser for the county GOP, is $50 per person.
Please note the new tab which contains instructions on how to purchase tickets. Right now, we are only accepting checks to pay for tickets, [...]

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Nominations for precinct positions closed

I want to thank everyone for coming out to our scheduled quarterly meeting of the Central Committee on January 8th.  We had 100 people there, which was a great turnout, and we elected 60 new precinct captains.
As you know, the state Republican Party asked Yellowstone County and other large counties to have our elections for [...]

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Kirk Bushman to announce for U.S. Senate

We now have a second Republican candidate who is throwing his hat into the ring to challenge Sen. Max Baucus. Kirk Bushman will be announcing his candidacy tomorrow in Billings at the Knights of Columbus, 2216 Grand Ave. in Billings at 8 AM Wednesday, January 16th. All Republicans are invited.
State Rep. Mike Lange [...]

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Precinct positions that are still vacant

For those who are interested in filling vacant precinct positions prior to the caucuses, please contact me at yellowstonegop@gmail.com with your precinct number, name, address, and phone number.
This will probably need to happen within the next couple of days, because of the rules governing the caucus and the rules governing notifications for a Central Committee [...]

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Congratulations to new precinct captains

Another 60 positions on the Yellowstone Co. GOP Central Committee were filled on Tuesday night.  Congratulations to our new precinct captains and thanks to the many people who volunteered to serve in that capacity.
Anyone who was on the ballot but who didn’t get an e-mail with the list of those elected can get it from [...]

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Nice KULR 8 story on the Presidential Caucus in Yellowstone County

Scott Beadle and KULR 8 ended up doing a very nice job of talking about our upcoming presidential caucus in the spot they did last night.
Scott and I talked for close to half an hour, and he had a lot of excellent questions about why the Republican Party is having a Presidential Caucus this year, [...]

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Who is a precinct captain? And who can come to what meetings?

To answer an excellent question that was raised today, the terms “precinct captains,” “precinct persons/people,” “precinct committeeman or woman,” “precinct committee members,” “Central Committee members,”  “precinct committee members”  — all of these are interchangeable, and all refer to the same position in the county party.
It is quite simple, really, even though the interchangeable terminology can [...]

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