The Mansfield Way: Unwavering belief in the American people
Sen. Mike Mansfield (1961, courtesy of the UM Mansfield Center)
| November 7, 2024 12:00 AM
“Before all else, the people have a right to an electoral system free of shenanigans and capable of yielding honest, responsible, and responsive government open to all and shaped to meet the needs of all.” – Mike Mansfield, 1974
As our nation anxiously awaits the results of one of the most contentious elections in our history, we as the sentinels of the Mansfield Legacy reaffirm the values that Maureen and Mike Mansfield held dear: integrity, respect, honesty, civility, and above all, love of country.
Considered by many to be our nation’s greatest statesman, Montana’s Mike Mansfield rose from a hardscrabble childhood, service in three branches of the military, and working Butte’s copper mines to become our nation’s longest-serving Senate majority leader. Among other great acts, Mansfield played a critical role in passing our nation’s most important voting rights law in the 1965 Voting Rights Act. This legacy is a critical component of our distinguished history of the peaceful transition of power and one of our greatest democratic traditions: free and fair elections.
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