Judy Martz, first female governor of Montana, dies at 74
HELENA, Mont. — Montana’s only female governor and lieutenant governor, whose fiscal success running the state was overshadowed by scandal and gaffes, has died.
Judy Martz, who had been battling pancreatic cancer, was 74.
Martz died Monday in Butte, said state Attorney General Tim Fox, who is a friend of the family. “She had a very forceful personality and was a very articulate, very smart person, and it doesn’t surprise me that she would be our first woman governor,” Fox said.
State political leaders, including Gov. Steve Bullock, are expressing sympathy and honouring Martz as a trailblazer for women in Montana.