1. Robert Ernest Quist was born on January 5,1948 and is an American musician and politician, known for his work in bluegrass and country music.
17 Facts About Rob Quist
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Rob Quist's songs have been recorded by artists Michael Martin Murphey and Loretta Lynn, among others.
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Rob Quist was the unsuccessful Democratic Party nominee for in the 2017 special election.
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Rob Quist has written and recorded national television and radio ads for Levi's 501 Jeans, Amtrak's Empire Builder and Original Coors.
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Rob Quist has released 15 CDs of mostly original music about the lives and history of the people of Montana and the West, placing his songs on Billboard and Independent Charts.
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Rob Quist received airplay in Great Britain, Belgium, Italy, Japan and Switzerland.
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Rob Quist has been featured on CBS National News in a segment called "Country Comes to New York"; he was a guest artist on the Riders in the Sky national radio show "Riders Radio Theater" as well as Montana Public Television.
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On January 4,2017, Rob Quist announced he would seek the Democratic nomination for the special election that was anticipated to fill the US House seat held by Ryan Zinke, as Zinke was expected to be nominated to be Secretary of the Interior.
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Rob Quist was endorsed by a number of politically progressive organizations as well as various unions, environmental organizations and sportsmen's groups.
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Rob Quist's opponent had been endorsed over Rob Quist by three Montana newspapers, the Billings Gazette, the Missoulian, and the Helena Independent Record, all owned by Lee Enterprises.
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Rob Quist thinks the country should eventually move to a single-payer healthcare system.
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Rob Quist has criticized inequality in the United States, and argued that tax breaks for the rich exacerbates the inequality.
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Rob Quist has called for tax cuts for the working class.
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Rob Quist opposes the privatization of federal lands, military intervention and regime change, as well as any form of religious ban or registry.
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Rob Quist has called for transferring money from the federal military budget "towards health care or Social Security".
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Rob Quist has called for investments in clean coal technology, as well as energy from wind, solar, biomass and geothermal sources.
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Rob Quist has argued that "the assault on women's reproductive rights" must come to an end.