Episode Eighteen- Raph Graybill

The State of Montana

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Episode Eighteen- Raph Graybill

Democratic Candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Montana

Russell Rowland

Apr 21, 2024

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Raph Graybill grew up in Great Falls, Montana, and got a bachelor’s degree in political science from Columbia, and became a Rhode’s Scholar at Oxford before eventually obtaining a law degree from Yale University. Raph’s grandfather Leo was the legendary president of the Montana Constitutional convention in 1972, which produced what most people, and not just in Montana, consider one of the best state constitutions in the country. Raph served as legal council for Governor Steve Bullock and launched an unsuccessful bid for Attorney General in 2020. His law practice was keeping him plenty busy before he decided to join Ryan Busse as his running mate as lieutenant governor of Montana.

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The State of Montana

Montana has a long history of very complicated politics, often influenced by major corporations, as with the Copper Kings in our early history, or oil money. But we also have a strong track record of very progressive milestones, the most significant of which was the election of the first woman to ever serve in Congress, Jeanette Rankin. We also have what most constitutional historians consider one of the strongest state constitutions in the country. We have always boasted a very significant balance of power as well, but recently that has changed, and I want to understand why, and what can be done about it. So I'm going to interview some of our more high-profile citizens, not necessarily politicians, to explore this issue. My first guest will be Dorothy Bradley, who was the first woman to run for governor of the state. Dorothy just barely lost to Marc Racicot in 1992.

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