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Adam Gabbatt

The ‘weirdo progressive’ son of the Oath Keepers founder running for office in Montana

A young white man with long blond hair and a leather jacket looks out a window in a wooden restaurant booth.
Dakota Adams, the estranged son of Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, in Kalispell, Montana, on 21 February 2024. Photograph: Hunter D’Antuono/AP

With his thick eyeliner, long blond hair and leather jacket, Dakota Adams does not look like a typical politician.

The 27-year-old, who is running as a progressive Democrat in a deep-red, rural corner of Montana, doesn’t have a typical politician backstory either.

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