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<p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 22px;"><b style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" style="" face="Times New Roman">lcv 10%</font></b></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 22px;"><b style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">=</font></b></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 22px;"><b style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">affair with mermaid barmaid</font></b></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 22px;"><b style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">=</font></b></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 22px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">John Walsh, Bullock's running mate, is the former Adjutant General of the Montana National Guard.</span><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Bullock(American_politician)#cite_note-30" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[30]</a></sup><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> Bullock won the election, held on November 6, 2012, defeating Republican ex-US Representative Rick Hill.</span><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Bullock(American_politician)#cite_note-31" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[31]</a></sup><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> Bullock came out on top by 7,571 votes, or 48.9%, to Hill's 47.3%. Libertarian candidate Ron Vandevender pulled 3.8% of the vote.</span><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Bullock_(American_politician)#cite_note-32" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[32]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 22px;"><b style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">===</font></b></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 22px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><b><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></b></span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 22px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><b>U.S. District Judge Charles Lovell also ruled that the state’s campaign contribution limits are unconstitutional</b>, a decision that may have influenced the outcome of the 2012 governor’s election.</span> <font color="#ff0000">In the six-day window between Lovell’s decision and the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reinstating those limits, Republican candidate Rick Hill accepted a $500,000 donation from the state GOP. ATI lawyer ok'd?</font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 22px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><font size="4" style="" face="Times New Roman">That donation became a major focal point in the final weeks of the campaign, ending with Democratic Attorney General Steve Bullock winning by a slim margin.</font></span></p>