Flathead Beacon: Inside Seth Bodnar’s Declaration of Independence

A Green Beret sits down with fellow veterans in Evergreen — and shows Montana what independent leadership looks like.

The Flathead Beacon published an in-depth profile of Seth Bodnar’s independent campaign for U.S. Senate, anchored by a roundtable with veterans at Patriotic American Brewery in Evergreen. The Beacon’s reporting captures the kind of moment that defines this campaign: veterans trading stories of service and its aftermath — the PACT Act, the fight against veteran suicide, families carrying the weight of injuries and PTSD — with a candidate who has lived that life himself.

The profile traces Bodnar’s path into the race: the West Point graduate, Green Beret, and Rhodes Scholar who resigned the presidency of the University of Montana because he believed the country was in crisis and both parties were failing it. It also chronicles how the race transformed around him when the incumbent abruptly dropped out — and how Bodnar kept doing exactly what he’d been doing: showing up, everywhere, for every Montanan.

This is the flagship race of the independent veterans movement, and coverage like this shows why. Seth Bodnar isn’t running against Montanans of any party. He’s running for all of them.

Read the full Flathead Beacon profile.