Aaron Flint

Aaron Flint grew up traveling between his parents' homes in Glasgow and the Flathead, sometimes by Amtrak, and earned money stuffing newspapers and clearing restaurant tables.¹ He met his wife, Jessica, at the University of Montana, and they have three children, Matthew, Jaxson and Brooklyn.¹ His grandparents' newspaper business provided an early introduction to the local news work that later became his civilian career.²

After September 11, Flint joined the military and went on to serve more than 20 years in the Army National Guard and Reserve, retiring as a lieutenant colonel with two Bronze Stars.¹ His deployments included Iraq, Afghanistan, the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.²

Away from military service, he worked in television, hosted a statewide conservative radio program, and held political jobs with Senator Conrad Burns, Greg Gianforte's campaign and Congressman Ryan Zinke.² He stepped away from his radio show when he became a congressional candidate in March 2026, and this is his first campaign for elected office.³

Flint proposes expanding timber harvests and mineral development, reducing regulation and taxes, strengthening immigration enforcement and barring Wall Street purchases of individual homes.⁴ He also supports legislation restricting large federal land sales and a ban on congressional stock trading.⁴ He faces Democrat Sam Forstag for Zinke's open seat, a contest between two candidates whose professional lives were built outside elected office.³