Dakota Adams goes from extremist militia upbringing to progressive Dem in red district
Dakota Adams is running as a progressive Democrat for Montana House District 1 in Lincoln County. (Sarah Boe photo)
In the Lincoln County High School auditorium in Eureka on Oct. 16, Montana State Rep. Neil Duram and Dakota Adams introduced themselves to a small audience ahead of a candidate forum led by the school’s civics class.
Duram, the Republican incumbent, talked about his career in law enforcement and his work during the last three legislative sessions.
Adams, his Democratic challenger, introduced himself as a construction worker and rural firefighter, and the oldest of six children whose family moved to Trego — a town of 500 in Lincoln County — “to survive the apocalypse. That did not happen, which is why I’m still here.”
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