Blue-Staters Run Through It – Newcomers Reshape Politics in Montana; Roast Beef vs. Panini

Jim Walseth moved from Seattle to this well-heeled, high-altitude city 12 years ago to design software and live the "Bozeman lifestyle" — commuting to work on a bicycle or cross-country skis and backpacking in Yellowstone National Park on weekends.

Now, Mr. Walseth and the tens of thousands of knowledge workers who arrived after him are reshaping the way this state looks, acts — and votes. Along the way, these new Montanans have sparked a testy culture clash and, for the first time in a generation, opened the door for a Democrat presidential nominee to win the state in November.

By DOUGLAS BELKIN

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(Many thanks to Peter Bertelsen for passing this along. Russ)