In reading the most recent letters to the editor, it becomes apparent that Republicans and Democrats who “get out the vote” are going to do so along party lines. So, I am reaching out to independents and undecideds.

There are two choices:

Voting for a successful businessman who has brought hundreds of great paying jobs to Montana, who wants to protect our borders, who believes strongly in the Second Amendment, who will not sell off our public lands, who is fiscally responsible and who injects his wealth back into Montana. What is wrong with being successful, shouldn’t we all strive to be the best at what we do?

Or voting against a fine musician who advocates gun control, who wants to increase taxes to 80 percent, who wants open borders for people who, conceivably, may not assimilate or share American values, who wants the single-payer health plan, who has had numerous judgments filed against him for failure to pay his bills and who is for the socialist policies of Bernie Sanders and will be a lap dog for Nancy Pelosi.

We are voting for a person to fill an extremely important position and it must not be taken lightly as we truly need someone who can hit the ground running and have the intellect and drive to “catch up” and digest the multitudes of information resulting from the vacancy of Rep. Ryan Zinke.

My trust and vote go to Greg Gianforte.

Larry Ashcraft

Polson