Great Falls candidates hold rally at their new billboard

Here’s some sisterhood we absolutely love! Three first-time candidates we’ve endorsed in Great Falls banded together to put up a billboard this week saying “Women belong in the House,” and they held a (socially distanced, outdoor, masked) rally underneath it.

First-time House candidates Melissa Smith (left), Jasmine Taylor, and Helena Lovick with their billboard on Smelter Avenue in Great Falls.

About a dozen people turned out for the Oct. 6 rally, where all three candidates — Melissa Smith (House District 20), Jasmine Taylor (House District 22), and Helena Lovick (House District 26) — took the mic.

“You probably already know we don’t have enough women in public office. Women are vastly underrepresented in all of our public offices, and that includes in our public offices in Montana as well,” Jasmine Taylor said at the rally, adding that queer people and pro-choice advocates like herself, scientists like Helena Lovick, and environmentalists like Melissa Smith are also underrepresented.

Great Falls House candidates Melissa Smith (left), Helena Lovick, and Jasmine Taylor. All three have our endorsement.

We couldn’t be more proud of all three of these candidates. Their creativity, hard work, and senses of humor are on full display on this billboard in Great Falls. You can learn more about these and other Great Falls candidates we’ve endorsed this year by clicking here.

The power trio of first-time House candidates and their new billboard in Great Falls.

Ballots are mailed out today, and we’re 25 days out from the election. Make sure you fill out your ballot all the way to the bottom, and vote for these candidates — if you’re in their Great Falls districts — or any of the record number of pro-choice candidates we’ve endorsed this year.