Episode Thirty-Three - Erin Farris-Olsen

The State of Montana

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Episode Thirty-Three - Erin Farris-Olsen

Democratic Candidate for Clerk of the Supreme Court

Russell Rowland

Aug 13, 2024

Transcript

Erin Farris-Olsen was raised in the wonderfully named town of Boring, Oregon, but she assures me there was nothing boring about it. She ended up choosing Carroll College to obtain her undergraduate degree, and after returning to Oregon for law school, she moved back to Montana and has been active in many Montana non-profits ever since. She eventually started her own legal consulting firm, and as part of that business, has done extensive work with the Montana Supreme Court, which inspired her to run for the office of Clerk of the Supreme Court.

Thanks to Phil Aaberg for his music and to Buchanan Capital for sponsoring this podcast.

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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