UPDATE: 10-20-2026, 5:35 p.m. The third most powerful person in the U.S. government made a campaign stop in Bozeman today. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson is the focus of a lunch rally at the Gallatin County Fairgrounds. John son says he came to Bozeman because the race for Montanas Western District is important to the Republican Party. This is one of the swing districts that everybody in America is watching, and weve got to keep it in safe, Republican hands.Watch the full story here: House Speaker Mike Johnson stumps in Bozeman for Aaron FlintThis luncheon comes less than a week after President Trump rallied in Kalispell for Republican candidate Aaron Flint. When Speaker Johnson was asked if his visit so soon after the president sends a message of fear, Johnson says just the opposite. Its not fear; were fully committed, and Im going all over the country. Ill be in 40 congressional districts in 22 states this month alone.This is not Johnsons first campaign visit to Montana. He held a rally in Billings in 2024 in support of then- incumbent Ryan Zinke. Johnson says Zinkes shoes will be hard to fill, but he says Aaron Flint is the right person to replace Zinke. Hes a fifth-generation Montanan, so he knows the people he knows service, and hes self-made.Montana Representative Katie Fire Thunder of Bozeman, speaking for the Democratic Party, says the very fact that todays event was a lunch speaks to what she says is the center of this campaign. Here were really focused on meeting working Montanans where theyre at and not doing a rally that is in the middle of the workday where people really cant get off work to go to those different rallies.PREVIOUS:Speaker of the House Mike Johnson was at the Gallatin County Fairgrounds in Bozeman Tuesday stumping for Western Montana congressional candidate Aaron Flint.Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, is the second prominent GOP elected official to come to Montana in support of Flint within the last week.Last Wednesday, President Donald Trump made a speech at a Kalispell rally, urging Republicans to turn out for Flint, who is locked in a tighter-than-expected race against Democrat Sam Forstag.This is a developing story. Check back for details.Related: Trump urges voters to back Flint and Alme at Kalispell rally ...read more read less