Jore is country's first Constitution Party lawmaker (MT)

struggle4progress

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Sun Feb-11-07 04:02 PM
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Jore is country's first Constitution Party lawmaker (MT)

By The Associated Press
HELENA - The pressure on Rep. Rick Jore these days is intense.

The .. trout farmer from northwestern Montana is the conservative Constitution Party's highest elected official in the country, after .. beating Democratic incumbent Jeanne Windham last fall for a seat in the Montana House.

The win made Jore the first Constitution Party member elected to a statehouse, said James Clymer, the national party chairman.

It also put him at the center of a sharply divided Montana House, where 50 Republicans and 49 Democrats are fighting over what to do with a $1 billion projected budget surplus. Jore's vote often determines whether a bill lives or dies ...

http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/02/11/news/state/38-jore.txt

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Wed Feb-14-07 03:32 PM
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1. Is this the same Jore of Jore Tools?

If I had known it was run by a wingnut I wouldn't have bought shares in the company. It quickly went belly-up, so don't expect the guy to be fiscally responsible. :mad:

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