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Historically, Montana is a Swing state of cross-ticket voters with a tradition of sending "conservatives to Helena (the state capital) and liberals to Washington." However, there have ... been long-term shifts of party control. During the 1970s, the state was dominated by the Democratic Party, with Democratic governors for a 20-year period, and a Democratic majority of both the national congressional delegation and during many sessions of the state legislature. This pattern shifted, beginning with the 1988 election, when Montana elected a Republican governor and sent a Republican to the U.S. Senate for the first time since the 1940s. This shift continued with the reapportionment of the state's legislative districts that took effect in 1994, when the Republican Party took control of both houses of the state legislature, consolidating a party dominance that lasted until 2004. The state last supported a Democrat for president in 1992, Bill Clinton's first election.
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Born in Helena, Montana on July 17, 1952, Ms. Larson was one of six children belonging to Mr. Robert and Mrs. Josephine Larson. Her father, a Treasury Department executive, moved the family about every two years of her early childhood living in such diverse locations as Minneapolis, Birmingham, Boston, St. Louis, Washington and Portland, Oregon, before settling down in Kansas City. With every move, Nicolette was exposed to another regional style of music, which over the years was combined into the unique vocal style which eventually made her a star.
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As of 2006, Montana has an estimated population of 997,670, which is an increase of 8,750, or 0.9%, from the prior year and an increase of 33,475, or 3.7%, since the year 2000. This includes a natural increase since the last census of 13,674 people (that is 58,001 births minus 44,327 deaths) and an increase due to net migration of 21,074 people into the state. Immigration from outside the United States resulted in a net increase of 2,141 people, and migration within the country produced a net increase of 18,933 people. 16,500 of state residents are foreign-born, accounting for 1.8% of the total population.
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The University of Montana had 37 student-athletes on the Big Sky Conference 2007 Fall All-Academic Team the league office announced recently. Montana was represented by 15 members of the football team, eight from the women's soccer team, five from the women's cross country team
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Born and raised in Montana, Gonzales developed a strong sense of commitment to his loved ones. He hopes this book will send a message that there is nothing that can't be worked through with patience and love. He holds a bachelor's degree in psychology of counseling/ministries from Northwestern College in Minneapolis. He has worked as a program coordinator for first and second year medical students at the University of Louisville in Kentucky. He currently lives in Indiana and works as a coordinator for distance and alternative education programs for Indiana State University. "Under the Big Sky" is his first book.
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"When you look at leaders in employee safety and health, PPL Montana serves as an example for all industries in this state," said Greg Baxter, OSHA regional administrator in Denver. "Some of the very best VPP applications are produced by PPL, and Colstrip was certainly no exception.
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