Chief justice, AG candidates attend Butte forum

Montana’s News Station.com – September 19, 2008

Montana Supreme Court Chief Justice and attorney general candidates took the stage in Butte Friday.

The four candidates spent the morning fielding questions the State Bar of Montana at a forum at the Copper King Hotel.

As early as 7:30 a.m., Montana Supreme Court Chief Justice candidates Mike McGrath and Ron Waterman shared the stage with attorney general candidates Steve Bullock and Tim Fox.

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Digging into attorney general candidates’ resumes

Helena Independent Record – Sept 9, 2008

Democrat Steve Bullock and Republican Tim Fox are finalists in a uniquely public job interview: Both want to be Montana’s next top lawyer, the attorney general.

Voters will make the final selection on Election Day. The IR State Bureau looked at each candidate’s legal resume, interviewed people who worked with them and asked each man to explain how his career sets him apart.

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AG candidates make rare joint appearance

Helena Independent Record – Sept 16, 2008

BILLINGS — Guns, sex, drugs and elder care took center stage Monday as state attorney general candidates Tim Fox and Steve Bullock made their cases to businessmen during a noon luncheon in Billings.

In a rare joint public appearance in Billings, the candidates to be Montana’s top lawyer called for improvements in the Department of Justice, though each cited different concerns. The two spoke to a crowd of roughly 100 people at a Billings Rotary event at Crowne Plaza.

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Montana AG candidates debate in Billings

Montana’s News Station – Sept 16, 2008

A key state race in the November election is for the office of Montana Attorney General.

The current Attorney General, Mike McGrath, cannot run for another term, so Montana will have a new chief legal officer in January.

Republican Tim Fox and Democrat Steve Bullock made an appearance together in Billings on Monday at a forum held at the downtown Rotary Club.

Both candidates are Helena based attorneys and they staked out their position on key issues like stream access laws and going after sexual predators.

McGrath is now running for Chief Justice of the state Supreme Court and is facing Ron Waterman in November.

The Missoulian “Bullock: Prescription drug abuse an epidemic”

The Missoulian – August 8, 2008

Steve Bullock, the Democratic nominee for state attorney general, said Thursday that Montana must do more to combat prescription drug abuse, the state’s fastest-growing drug crisis.

Appearing on the courthouse steps to drum up campaign support and nab a political endorsement from Missoula County Attorney Fred Van Valkenburg, Bullock said, if elected as Montana’s chief law enforcement officer, he would strive to better coordinate state and county resources needed to tackle an addiction problem that last year alone killed 141 Montanans, or one person every 2.5 days.

“This is an epidemic that comes right out of our medicine chests, and it will continue to destroy lives unless we coordinate resources, raise awareness at a statewide level and get this thing under control,” Bullock said. “There are a lot of local communities that don’t see this as a problem, and that needs to change.”

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