MT: Supreme Court Candidate Bidegaray (D) Vows to Protect Constitutional Rights at Flathead Campaign Events

Montana Supreme Court candidate Katherine Bidegaray spoke to Kalispell Democrats and local attorneys last week, outlining her vision for a just and independent judiciary as she campaigns for a seat on the state’s highest court.

“We’re living in times of unprecedented attacks on our judiciary, on our rights, particularly women’s rights, and on the rule of law,” Bidegaray told a crowd of about 30 attendees at Bias Brewing on Thursday. “Now, more than ever, we need people at the Montana Supreme Court who have the backbone to stand up to these kinds of assaults.”

Bidegaray is a judge for Montana’s seventh judicial district, which covers eastern Montana’s Dawson, McCone, Prairie, Richland and Wibaux counties. A lifelong Montanan, Bidegaray has built her campaign around her record as a public service litigator and longtime judge who plans to defend Montana’s Constitution and non-partisan judiciary. During campaign stops in the Flathead last week, Bidegaray pitched voters on her judicial accolades while her supporters criticized Dan Wilson, a Flathead County district court judge and Bidegaray’s opponent in the Supreme Court race.

The child of Basque immigrants who fled the French Pyrnese Mountains after World War II, Bidegaray was raised in eastern Montana where her family raised livestock and farmed small grains. After graduating from high school in Culbertson, Bidegaray moved to Missoula, where she earned her bachelor’s and law degrees from the University of Montana.




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