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9 February 2018 — 2116 mst

Flathead legislative and county filings update

Whitefish Democrat Mary Custer filed this week for House District 6 (map), challenging three-term incumbent Republican Rep. Carl Glimm, who has filed for a fourth and final term. Largely rural and suburban, HD-6 is deeply conservative, with a Democratic base of approximately 30 percent:

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Glimm received well over a thousand votes more than any statewide Democrat in 2014 and 2016. Custer’s path to victory, if there is one, is exceedingly steep and narrow.

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Here’s the Flathead primary lineup as of the close of business today:

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Note to readers. The top two screen shots are from a database I’m developing for Campaign 2018. It’s alpha stage at best, more a personal tool than a finished product, but although the display needs polishing, the numbers are solid and useful to savvy readers.