HELENA, Montana (AP) — A former organizer for the white supremacist group the Ku Klux Klan said Wednesday he is running as a Republican for Congress because he believes people will back him as part of a backlash to Barack Obama, the country's first black president.
But John Abarr, a 41-year-old night auditor at a Great Falls hotel who lost a local Republican legislative primary in 2002, could have a hard time getting any backing from Montana Republicans as he campaigns for the state's lone seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in next year's election. His platform promises to legalize marijuana, increase mental health programs, keep abortion legal, abolish the death penalty …
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