Montana deserves better
Vote russell cleveland for us house, montana’s 1st congressional district
In an era of divisiveness, polarity, and disinformation, Montana stands in the crosshairs of a war on extremism. We are different here in Montana. We can be better. We will be better, but only by standing together!
Candidate Russell Cleveland vows to help get us there.
better together
a new chapter for montana
A montana native
Russell T. Cleveland was raised on a small farm in Stevensville, MT alongside four other siblings, the oldest son to Gayla and Russell A. Cleveland. Russ now owns his own ranch in Saint Regis, MT, where he lives with his wife, Dr. Kate Cleveland and their six children. Learn more about Russ's upbringing, unique professional experience and life story, and how that has forged his values based leadership style and his desire to represent Montana by visiting the Biography link.
the “man in black”
Maybe you feel like a Republican exile. Maybe you are more of a mugwump. Either way, many of us in Western Montana consider ourselves pretty moderate, just as candidate Russell Cleveland does. It’s for that reason Russ refuses to wear a Red tie or a Blue tie, opting for a black tie instead. Like most Montanans he finds himself mourning the state our country is in, yearning for something more moderate than what either party's platform extremes represent in modern politics. Explore Russ’s political views by clicking the Political Views link below.
a better tomorrow
As a proud husband and father, there is nothing more important than leaving the next generation a nation that is in better condition than that which we were born or immigrated into. However, our public lands, our economy, our foreign relations, and our global position of leadership have all been compromised with political extremism fueled by propaganda and greed. Enough is enough, and it is time for Montanans to come together and fight back.
"I believe political polarity and extremism have gotten us to this disastrous point as a country. We are better than that as a nation, and certainly as a state, and if elected I intend on doing everything in my power to get us back to the middle... back to the table, eating together as one"
- Russell T. Cleveland, 2025
cleveland is back
Russell Cleveland and his paternal family are relatives of former President Grover Cleveland, the first Democratic President elected post Civil War. President Cleveland was narrowly elected in the 1884 Presidential Election, due to the moral action of a group called the Mugwumps. The Mugwumps were voters who were politically more conservative, but who fled the republican party after repeated corruption and turmoil and its "turn a blind eye" backing of opposing candidate James Blaine. The Mugwumps jumped ship in 1884, instead voting moderately democratic and thereby putting Cleveland in the White House for his first term. Oddly enough, Cleveland was the first President to serve two non-consecutive terms , with Donald Trump now being the second. Fast forward 140 years, and the nation is back on the brink of economic collapse. Congress is missing in action, silently letting the Trump administration run with unchecked and uncontrolled power in the White House. It will take Congressional Districts nationwide, many of which are historically red, to swing blue in the mid-term and take back the reins, giving the balance in power back to We the people. Russell Cleveland, a moderate democrat as shown by his political views, is calling all modern Mugwumps to join the fight. Let's band together, stifle extremism, and put the power back in the American voters hands where it belongs!