Montana’s women candidates are out to set another record

Carol Williams sized up the Montana Senate on her first day in office and knew what had to be done. The place needed more women.

"In 2005, there were only six women. There were five Democrats and one Republican in the Senate that year," Williams recalled. "That was when I decided we have to do something about this. It was not OK."

Women make up more than half Montana’s electorate. It only made sense that a similar percentage of the people writing Montana’s laws should be female, she reasoned. Eleven years later, after a lot work, the number of women serving and running for public office is improving.

By TOM LUTEY [email protected]

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