One is a former Air Force officer and realtor; the other a professional mediator and human rights activist. Marta Bertoglio and Bryher Herak are both Montanans by birth, both entrepreneurs, and both active civic volunteers – and both say they want to confront the polarization that has increasingly disrupted the county and the nation. But they’ve taken very different paths to the race to succeed Gred DeVries as representative of House District 75 in the next state legislature.
The Monitor spoke with Bertoglio and Herak in separate interviews about their lives, their work, their ideals and their politics.
The interviews have been edited for length and clarity.
