Gabriel Furshong lives in Helena, Montana. A correspondent at Montana Quarterly, he also writes for The Nation, High Country News, Tahoma Review, and elsewhere. A widely published poet, his small collection “Around the Country A Chasm” was a finalist for the 2023 Slapering Hol Press Chapbook Contest.
In Montana, a new legislative map flipped 12 red seats, the second most in the country. The states where Democrats saw big gains have something in common: bipartisan maps.