Episode Thirty - John Driscoll - by Russell Rowland

The State of Montana

Episode Thirty - John Driscoll

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Episode Thirty - John Driscoll

Democratic Candidate for Montana's Second Congressional District

Russell Rowland

Jul 19, 2024

Transcript

John Driscoll has been involved in Montana politics for a very long time, serving as the Speaker of the House of the Montana legislature from 1977 to 1979, and as a member of the Public Service Commission from 1981 to 1992. Driscoll later held the position as the joint education planner for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and he was in the Pentagon when it was hit on 9/11. Driscoll won the Democratic primary for Montana’s Second Congressional District, and he’s using this campaign to make a statement about political spending, by keeping his entire campaign budget below five thousand dollars.

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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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