  rick jore, a montana politician and businessman, was a member of the 2006 montana house of representatives and chairman of the education committee. jore was born and raised in ronan, montana and received his associates degree from north idaho college in 1978. he is also the owner of westslope trout company and the vice chairman of the constitution party of montana. first elected as a republican in 1994, jore served three terms in the montana house of representatives before switching to the constitution party, in march 2000 . jore ran again for the legislature in 2000 and 2002 as a constitution party candidate and was narrowly defeated in both attempts. an extremely narrow defeat in 2004, after a recount, was followed by a successful run in 2006, defeating his democratic opponent 2,210 to 1,725 votes.unofficial 2006 election results ==2004 election== initial returns showed jore winning the election in montana house district 12, in 2004, defeating his democratic opponent by a margin of only 1 vote in a three-way race. in a legislature divided between 50 republicans, 49 democrats, and with a democratic governor, jore's alignment was expected to determine the partisan alignment of the state house. however, given the closeness of the race, an automatic recount by the county election board was initiated, which resulted in the board unanimously calling a tie between jore and democrat jeanne windham. windham then filed suit, arguing that seven ballots should not have been counted for jore, but the district court agreed with the county election board on the tie, invoking montana election law, which states, "if a majority of the counting board members agree that under the rules the voter'
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