Episode Forty-One - Reilly Neill

The State of Montana

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Episode Forty-One - Reilly Neill

Write-in Candidate for the Second District Congressional Seat

Russell Rowland

Oct 08, 2024

Transcript

For those of you who might not be all that excited about the major candidates for the second Congressional seat in Montana, I’d like to present you with another option. Reilly O’Neill served one term in the Montana legislature, and she also started two newspapers in Livingston after being raised in a family of journalists. Reilly was born in Ireland, but spent most of her childhood in Tennessee before moving west when she became a huge advocate for environmental issues. She is running as a write-in candidate for Congress, and she is also building a Democratic coalition in Eastern Montana.

You can learn more about Reilly’s campaign here

Thanks to Buchanan Capital for sponsoring this podcast, and to Phil Aaberg for his musical talents.

Discussion about this podcast

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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