On Tuesday, August 20, 24 out of 25 Montana Democratic delegates cast their vote for Vice President Kamala Harris to officially become the Democratic candidate for President of the United States at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. The delegation was spoken for by Jon Sesso of Butte and Robyn Driscoll of Billings.
Driscoll is the current chair of the Montana Democratic Party, and had previously served in the State Senate and House from 2005 through 2017 as well as was appointed as a member of the Yellowstone County Commission in Billings in 2016.
Senator Jon Tester is still noticeably absent from the Convention, one of just three Democratic U.S. Senators to not attend. Tester’s campaign reports that he has skipped the Convention before. However, it is atypical. Sherrod Brown, the incumbent Senator up for reelection in Ohio, is skipping the convention for the first time since 1988.
The Convention has been unique, with divisions in the Democratic party leading to widespread pro-Palestinian demonstrations causing chaos outside of the United Center in Chicago, as well as the nomination of a candidate that did not win a single delegate vote in a presidential primary election.
