1. John Bohlinger ran for the office as a Republican on a bipartisan ticket headed by Democratic gubernatorial candidate Brian Schweitzer.
11 Facts About John Bohlinger
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Schweitzer and Bohlinger were elected to the governorship and lieutenant governorship in 2004; both were reelected in 2008.
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John Bohlinger went on to the University of Montana where he became a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity, and earned a Bachelor of Arts in business.
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John Bohlinger spent the next 33 years as a small businessman working in the family clothing business.
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John Bohlinger served three terms in the Montana House of Representatives and was then twice elected to the Montana Senate.
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John Bohlinger resigned his Montana Senate seat as he assumed the office of lieutenant governor.
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The ticket prevailed, and John Bohlinger was inaugurated as lieutenant governor of Montana, on January 3,2005.
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The Schweitzer-John Bohlinger team was reelected to a second term, on November 4,2008.
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On November 5,2013, John Bohlinger announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination in 2014 for Montana's Class II US Senate seat, to succeed the retiring Max Baucus.
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John Bohlinger was the husband of Bette Cobetto, who died of cancer on January 9,2006.
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John Bohlinger married Karen Seiler in Helena on January 12,2008.