Mont. congressional candidate comes from Teamster family

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Running for Montana’s lone seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, Kim Gillan understands why having elected officials that fight for working families is so important.

Gillan is a former member of Local 853 in California. As Minority Whip for the Montana State Senate, Gillan helped develop job training programs, increase funding for road construction and close corporate tax loopholes.

She worked her way through college at a Unified Grocers warehouse. But her Teamster background didn’t start there.

“My mother was a member of the Graphic Communications International Union before it became part of the Teamsters, and my father was a union dockworker and also worked for some time as a Teamster,” she said. “That’s why supporting labor for me is not just an election issue, it’s a Gillan family value.”

“I’m a product of the working class and when I get elected in Montana, I’ll be a champion of the working class,” she said.