Meet the Vast Leftwing Conspiracy!*
The above photo is of the participants in the Wellstone Action Advanced Campaign Management School I took in Billings over the long Presidents’ Day Weekend.
It was a great group of hard working, dedicated, and savvy (i.e., not Kumbyah singing) progressives who are working for progressive candidates and causes in the Upper Midwest and the Inter-Mountain West.
Photo: First row: Erik Peterson, trainer, Wellstone Action, Minnesota; Aaron Browning, staff, Western Organization of Resource Councils, Montana; Todd Epp, South Dakota Rural Voters Project, South Dakota; and Karen Hyvonen, Margie MacDonald for Legislature, Montana; Middle row: Merry Ann Peters, Montana League of Rural Voters, Montana; Margie MacDonald, Candidate for Montana House, Montana; Julie Danielson, SDRVP, South Dakota; Amanda Mattingly, SDRVP, South Dakota; Julia Page, MLRV, Montana; Deborah Hanson, MLRV, Montana; and Mike Ritter, Montana Conservation Voters, Montana; Back row: Ben Goldfarb, trainer, Wellstone, Minnesota; Andy Whipple, Western Colorado Congress, Colorado; Mark Schofield, WCC, Colorado; Mike Scott, MLRV, Montana; Matt Singer, Forward Montana, Montana; Jason Birninstool, FM, Montana; and Sam Nelson, SDSU Student Association, South Dakota.
*That’s going to kick butts and take names over the next several elections!







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