Russell’s Substack
The State of Montana
Episode Thirty-One - Tammi Fisher and Mickey
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Episode Thirty-One - Tammi Fisher and Mickey

Former Republican Mayor of Kalispell, host of Montana Values Podcast

Tammi Fisher is the former Republican mayor of Kalispell. She and her producer Mickey host a podcast called Montana Values, which is available at montanavalues.podbean.com. Tammi and Mickey have become very disillusioned with the current Republican Party in Montana, and have a lot of fascinating insights into how this happened, and what needs to be done about it. We also talk about the national stage, but bear in mind that we recorded this interview before the assassination attempt on Trump or Biden’s decision to step down from the election.

I want to thank Phil Aaberg for his music, and huge thanks to Buchanan Capital for sponsoring this podcast.

Discussion about this podcast

Russell’s Substack
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.