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As a former Montana high school math teacher, let me answer a question various Gov. Bullock supporters continue to ask me - usually professionally - about why I - a first-time candidate - would dare stay in the US Senate primary race against a former presidential candidate

with President Obama's and Senate Majority Leader Schumer's endorsements and blessings, with the most basic mathematical logic: If B > D and M > B, then M > D. In other words, anyone who wins the Democratic primary will have the resources to beat "D" - Daines - especially a

first-time candidate with humble Montana roots and a profile that speaks to all Montanans who upsets a political machine. Moreover, we have huge, existential problems to solve. Thus, the U.S. Senate needs a different profile and perspective on its floor: military veteran

with Middle East and other theater service who can credibly weigh in on many of our biggest national security issues, from Iran to North Korea to Russia to Saudi Arabia to China to Syria, but without mindless hawkishness driving recommendations; one with deep expertise in

energy who can navigate a clear, timely path to a clean energy economy that tackles climate change; one who has served as a public school teacher in a disenfranchised area of Montana and can credibly discuss how to make our education system work for all; one with first-hand

experience in major international bodies like the North Atlantic Treaty Organization who appreciates the value (and sometimes limitations) of multilateral cooperation; one with differentiated business and economics experience who can credibly discuss how to make a bifurcated,