Lindeen: Finding issues is key to Dem wins

State Auditor Monica Lindeen urged Hill County Democrats to seize an issue that resonates with voters and use it to win the 2016 elections.

Lindeen, who is running for secretary of state next year, recalled that when her political career was beginning, she ran twice unsuccessfully for the Montana House. On her third try, she said, she took on the incumbent on the issue of energy deregulation. Her opponent favored it, she thought it was a terrible idea.

Her position caught on, and voters elected her. Since then, she has served in the House and was elected auditor eight years ago.

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