most recently he served for senator max baucus. he supervised a staff of 20. -- in agraduate and an degree of political science. his achievements are helping men to the communities wait to your craddick -- bureaucratic red tape following floods in montana. it is my pleasure to introduce you to our panel will be asking our candidate questions. we will, donna kelley on this end of our panel. kbaz television. she wanted me to tell you she had several overtures to work for fox during those years. career manyher decades ago at a small television station. good to see you tonight. allee from kt eax television. she is a six-time montana broadcaster of the year. good to see you. co-anchor, janel slade a two-time montana broadcaster of the year. years on theew dark side in communications and public relations. we welcome her back a couple of years ago. that is all panel tonight. i get the first question. we have one hour. john lewis, we flipped coins. you get the first question. speak, congress has an 8% approval rating. is calling card of co

max baucus had 90%. no one criticizes that. he backed the matter is having a national platform means you can do national things. you can reach and coalitions. we only have one congressman in the state of montana. you are going to need a big coalition, friendships, relationships. to hut question goes jintao. whereould like to address montana voters see you on television and political ads. you referenced your milestones in life versus john lewis and his age. as he is growing up. can you help us with the message that you are trying to get across in this ad? >> more leadership among less politics. i have spent my life leading. i have an mba. i have that education. a naval officer is more than just leading trips into combat. it is looking at challenging problems and finding solutions that are real. i have set down with warlords and agreed back-and-forth on solutions. i concert we sit down between democrats and republicans as i did in the senate to find real solutions. >> you bring up his age. you believe that because you are older y

max baucus had about 90%. no one criticizes that. the fact of the matter is having a national platform means you can do national things. you can reach in to coalition because we only have one congressmen in the state of montana. one out of 435 is not a lot of votes. you'll need coalitions, friendships, relationships based on american exceptional. >> moderator: next question goes to jeanelle slade. >> this is for mr. zinke. addressbook most of montana voters have seen the two of you on television in political ads. mr. zinke in one of your ads you repeatedly referenced are milestones in life versus john lewis' age. all of your milestones getting through your life as he was growing up. can you help that with the message you are trying to get across in this bad. zinke: more leadership, less politics. i have an mba ms and finance. being a naval officer is more than just leaving troops in the economy. it's also looking at challenging complex problems and finding solutions that are real. i sat down with warlords and a great back-and-forth o

max baucus had 90%. no one criticizes that. the fact of the matter is having a national platform means you can do national things. you can reach and coalitions. we only have one congressman in the state of montana. you are going to need a big coalition, friendships, relationships. based on american exceptionalism. >> our next question goes to janel. >> i would like to address where montana voters see you on television and political ads. mr. zinke, you referenced your milestones in life versus john lewis and his age. your milestones as he is growing up. can you help us with the message that you are trying to get across in this ad? >> more leadership among less politics. i have spent my life leading. i have an mba. i have that education. a naval officer is more than just leading trips into combat. it is looking at challenging problems and finding solutions that are real. i have sat down with warlords and agreed back-and-forth on solutions. i concert we sit down between democrats and republicans as i did in the senate to find real

i mean, max baucus would've fixed this if they'd had a conference and that would have been that. so i just -- i just don't think that's the issue. i think the issue you want to impeach the guy, okay, fine. let's talk about, you know, implementing health reform then we're talking about subsidies in all parts of the united states. >> does anyone else have a question. yes, sir? >> so we're like 4 1/2 hours into this and nobody has said the word massachusetts yet. and is it the real problem that they put forth the law in massachusetts and they just thought they could pick it up and jam it down the throats of the other 50 states. isn't that the real problem we have right here? >> no. >> no? >> no, the real problem is that a slight majority in congress supported the logic of the massachusetts law. there are differences in the laws. and a slight minority opposed it. quite vehemently. and the real problem is that when the inability to agree in the finance committee on any kind of bipartisan nature of the conversation, those worlds split, and we got out of regular order and we've been in

max baucus had 90%. no one criticizes that. he backed the matter is having a national platform means you can do national things. you can reach and coalitions. we only have one congressman in the state of montana. you are going to need a big coalition, friendships, relationships. >> next question goes to hu jintao. -- janel. >> i would like to address where montana voters see you on television and political ads. mr. zinke, you referenced your milestones in life versus john lewis and his age. your milestones as he is growing up. can you help us with the message that you are trying to get across in this ad? >> more leadership among less politics. i have spent my life leading. i have an mba. i have that education. a naval officer is more than just leading trips into combat. it is looking at challenging problems and finding solutions that are real. i have set down with warlords and agreed back-and-forth on solutions. i can certainly sit down between democrats and republicans as i did in the senate to find real solutions. >> you brin

house of representatives meet their first televised lewis, ryan zincky and max baucus. live coverage of the debate at 8:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. see any of theo debates we've covered this campaign season, you can find our website, c-span.org. ads in theok at race.ota governor's >> few years ago, things in minnesota weren't going very got a new coach who makes tough decisions and now things are looking up. added over 150,000 new jobs and have one of the fastest economies in the nation. cut taxes while increasing our fund and investing in education. darn good record, right? coach.od >> i'm jeff johnson. as governor, i'll audit every and i'm pretty thorough. with your homework? let's double check that. did you eat this? mark mark dayton should be held accountable for wasting our money. middlet of touch with class minnesotaians. it's time for a governor that gets it and gets us. jeff johnson for governor. >> in a state plagued bipartisan dysfunction and special interests, a team of extraordinary candidates have stepped forward. nichollet, brandon and pat bob helland,

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tonight vying for the seat vacated by max baucus.ointed by president obama to be ambassador to china. democrat john malls currently filling the seat dropped out because of plagiarism charges. live coverage of the debate starts at 8:00 p.m. eastern tonight. here's a look and some of the ads being run in the race. >> i am a man the curtis command i approve this message. we all know that it is not people like us. >> i'm amanda curtis. the only way to change washington is to elect folks to know what it is like when times are tough. i come from a family that is a lot like most others. the reason i have stepped up to the plate is a chance to be the voice for working families like mine. >> i'm amanda curtis, and they deserve one of us in the u.s. senate. >> a fifth generation and proud sportsmen. he understands how important hunting, fishing, and the outdoors are. in congress steve daines is fighting to increase access to public lands and past bipartisan legislation to protect pristine areas around place here national park. steve daines def

it is a train wreck and that's quoting a democrat, senator max baucus, and this trend continues to rack. and al franken was the 60th about for obamacare. we wouldn't have this disaster but for al franken. and what frustrates me to no end is that this policy was implemented based on lies. it's the largest domestic policy initiative in a generation. it was signed, nobody read it, and then was based on this truce. the first one thing that you could keep your insurance policy. while, 140,000 minnesotans found out that wasn't true. that second being that you could keep your doctor. we know that's not true. but the biggest lie of all is that it will cost less. president obama, whose senator franken has voted with 97% of the time, has said repeatedly that it will lower the average cost of insurance for family by $2500. i will be the truth. that is a lie. that will not happen. period. i've come forth with my own plan. i look at cost. i look at accessibility and a look at quality. my plan will lower costs, increase accessibility, and maintain quality. and al franken most i don't have a plan. kno

senator walsh was appointed to defeat earlier this year after senator max baucus step down. this debate is courtesy of montana television network, the billings gazette and yellowstone public radio. >> from nt hand, the montana television network in partnership with montana pbs. this is campaign 2014, the senate debate. ♪ >> made possible thanks to support from the greater montana foundation. the greater montana foundation founded by montana broadcasting pioneer, greeny supports communications on issues, friends and values of importance to him montanans. ♪ >> moderator: we welcome you to debate night here on the montana television network. we've upgraded the campus at msu billings, teacher of theater is a venue tonight as we present the only televised debate of the montana u.s. senate campaign here in 2014. i am jay cohen, your moderator for the evening. provides about komar audience tonight along with the people tuning in and the montana television network station across montana. we are also going nationwide on c-span two on c-span two come asleep at welcome to watching acro