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Trump visits Georgia after Hurricane Helene; Kamala Harris receives briefing from FEMA

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Trump visits Georgia after Hurricane Helene; Kamala Harris receives briefing from FEMA

Montana voters told NBC News that the top issues for them were abortion rights, border security, ending foreign wars and limiting the federal government.

Rebecca Egeline, 24, a college student from Helena who plans to vote for Harris, said the main reason she is voting in the November election is “because I want to keep my right to an abortion in Montana,” adding, that the problem is “a problem” that is “important” and “the biggest.”

Sarah Thaggard, 34, a caregiver and cake decorator in Helena who supports Harris, and Kristen Thomas, 34, a homemaker from Missoula, also said reproductive rights were their top concerns.

“Absolutely massive with the overturning of Roe v. Wade,” Thaggard said, referring to the issue of reproductive rights. “It's the first time in my life that I actually feel like my reproductive rights are being questioned and attacked, and that's why it's really important to me that women have a say about their own bodies.”

James Richmond, 50, a veteran and IT consultant in Helena who supports Trump, said ending foreign wars and border security are the top issues for him.

“I served in the Army for over 20 years and fought in two wars. I'm tired of watching my brothers and sisters get beaten up and die. …So stop the endless wars that Trump is for. Its first four years, no wars, no conflicts, the Abraham Accords will finally bring peace. And then the border,” Richmond said, adding that he grew up in Texas and couldn’t remember people experiencing “a flood like that across the border.”

John Ribic, 77, a retired cardiologist from Helena who voted for Trump in 2016 but abstained from voting in November's presidential election, said he wants the federal government to stay out of many issues in Montana.

Ribic, who is leaning toward voting for Republican Senate candidate Sheehy in Montana's Senate race, said Sheehy is trying to “get the government out of health care and get the government out of a lot of the issues that are important to me.”

“And I’m not one for handing things out to others. I think you should work for what you get,” Ribic said. “And Sheehy, you know, I think he's a Republican, and I'm a staunch Republican, and he wants to try to get the federal government out of Montana as much as possible. So I’m leaning in that direction right now.”

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