Big Sky, Big Election

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Montana Senator Conrad Burns should be enjoying the incumbent’s advantage. Instead, he may lose his senate seat to Jon Tester, an organic farmer and state senator. Producer Guy Hand tells us the way Montanans relate to the land is reshaping the political landscape ?and could determine the race.

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