Former Montana Congressman Matt Rosendale is endorsing Sid Daoud as Kalispell’s next mayor.

Daoud announced the endorsement via Facebook on Sept. 11 with a comment from the former congressman, a hard-line conservative Republican whose political profile has dimmed since he dropped his bid for U.S. Senate in February 2024. A member of the far-right House Freedom caucus, Rosendale pulled out of the Senate race less than a week after he entered it and did not seek re-election to his U.S. House seat, effectively quitting politics.

Daoud, a current Kalispell city councilor and perennial third-party candidate in both state and federal races, ran as an Independent in last year’s high-stakes Senate race, which garnered national attention because it pitted three-term Democratic Sen. Jon Tester aga

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