My campaign for the United States Senate is already gaining strong early momentum following the March 24 release of my announcement video. In just over a week, with zero dollars spent, my audience on the social platform X has grown from roughly 100 followers to nearly 3500 (thanks in part to one post; see article on page TK).
While other campaigns rely on party infrastructure and donor networks, my early traction is clear evidence that Montanans, and Americans broadly, are refreshed to hear a message rooted in non-interventionism and a willingness to challenge the status quo in Washington.
Montanans are independent-minded people. We don’t fit neatly into a two-party system. We have always been willing to vote for the person and not party labels. That’s why I’m running as a Libertarian, and it’s why this campaign is resonating nationally so quickly.
I’m not a career politician. I’m a husband, a father of three, a veteran, and an aviation professional. I have experienced the consequences of the decisions made in Washington, and I’m tired of seeing those decisions put foreign interests, whether it’s Israel, Ukraine, Taiwan, or Timbuktu, ahead of the American people.
As a Montana National Guard veteran who deployed to Afghanistan, I take the decision to send Americans into war very seriously. I watched firsthand as we spent twenty years in a conflict that ultimately brought us back to where we started, with the Taliban still in power. That experience — and the mission creep I witnessed — shapes my view today.
There is only one candidate in this race who is in it to defend our troops and opposes deploying them to Iran — and that’s me. Montanans deserve to know where every candidate for U.S. Senate stands on sending our sons and daughters into another undeclared foreign war. As a vocal supporter of the “Defend the Guard” Act in the Montana legislature, I demand that Congress declare war before our Montana National Guard is ever sent overseas.
This campaign is about putting our country first.
That means ending foreign aid to all countries, confronting more than $39 trillion in national debt, and stopping the reckless spending that is driving inflation and hurting Montana families every time they go to the grocery store or fill up their gas tank.
It means supporting Montana’s agricultural producers, like the long-established ranchers of the Boulder Valley, by removing unnecessary federal barriers. I strongly support legislation like Rep. Thomas Massie’s PRIME Act, which would enable Montana producers to sell Montana beef directly to Montana families.
Boulder Valley ranchers would benefit from the PRIME Act. There is no reason Montanans should be required to ship their beef out of state because of federal regulations while importing international beef to our grocery stores. We need to keep it local and allow local inspection regimes.
Similarly, America’s public lands, like Helena-Lewis & Clark National Forest, are our shared inheritance. But decades of centralized control have led to mismanagement, rising costs, restricted access, and missed opportunities for conservation and responsible use.
As a U.S. Senator for Montana, I would decentralize management, reform federal land agencies, boost recreational access and reshape fire and forest management. I would propose solutions that prioritize local stewardship, fiscal responsibility, property rights, and voluntary conservation.
I would also protect the civil liberties of the American people by opposing programs like FISA Section 702 that allow warrantless surveillance and are routinely passed in massive omnibus packages that our delegation has historically supported (despite the fact that our own state Constitution and legislature require single-issue bills).
Montanans should know that this campaign represents a real opportunity for change. The Montana Libertarian Party already has major-party ballot status, meaning that, unlike the Independent in this race, I will appear on the ballot this November without needing to collect thousands of signatures if I win the Libertarian primary. This is about giving voters a real choice.
I served the people of Montana in uniform, and I’m ready to serve again in the United States Senate. If you believe in peace, fiscal responsibility, and individual liberty, I hope you’ll join me.
Let’s finally take America First seriously.
Clancy resident Tom Jandron, a retired Montana National Guard member who served in Afghanistan, is running for U.S. Senate with the Libertarian Party.
