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Lot of headway, probably not because of the scandals rocking washington. the people we talked to in montana -- we're outside the adams center where bernie sanders had that event with rob quist. we talked to many people who had a lot of things on their mind. we heard a lot of people talk about health care. they're very worried about the gosh plan to gut obamacare and replace it with this american health care act which everybody seemed worried about in terms of losing medicaid coverage, coverage for pre-existing conditions. this audience was very, very conscious of the changes that have been pro...

Low-dollar contributors. he was very happy to make that point. let's take a listen. >> here in montana and all over the country people are responding, his average contribution is 25 bucks. over 95% of his campaign contributions are less than $200. this is a people's campaign. >> reporter: you know what? of all those $25 contributions, quist has raised $5 million, quite an extraordinary amount for a very large state in terms of land, but a small state in terms of population. that's pretty eye-popping number. that's why a lot of democrats have hope that he could pull off this win. this seat has ...

Song for the montana house seat. ryan zinke resigned because he's working in the white house. the election is just days away. the race is heating up. quist is getting high-profile help from bernie sanders. he took to the stage moments ago. beth fouhy is there. what issues are voters wanting to hear more about? >> reporter: we heard very little about that, yasmin, but the whole russia probe, everything that's consuming washington right now really was not on display here in montana. over and over again, we heard people talking about health care, health care, the acha, the republican-passed plan....

Behind rob kwift, he's the democrat running in this special election here in montana to replace ryan zen question, that's the guy president trump named as security seng tear. the whole state is one congressional district and it's an enormous, enormous state for a campaign to take place statewide like this. bernie sanders is coming out here because rob quist actually looks like he might have a chance. this is a very republican area, donald trump won this state quite handily in november, but this state has elected democratic senator john tester, the governor is a democrat. many progressive activ...

>> thank you. senator bernie sanders made an appearance in montana moments ago. he's campaigning for rob quist. ryan zen i can left to join president trump's cabinet. questions are being raised about whether the recent white house controversies will put the traditional gop stronghold at risk. >> three months in the trump administration is completely disastrous, so many scandals. i think we need better leadership in office. tnk my montanans have seen trump pulled the wool over their eyes. >> nbc senior political editor beth fouy. >> democrats seem to be making a