1988 Conrad Burns



though political novice, burns had great deal of name recognition previous jobs, , republican party recruited him run against democrat , incumbent senator john melcher, popular veterinarian. burns portrayed melcher liberal soft on drugs, soft on defense , high on social programs. @ time strong supporter of term limits, burns said melcher had been in washington, d.c. long. melcher hurt public opposition policies in yellowstone national park regarding naturally occurring fires , president ronald reagan s pocket veto of melcher s bill, have made 1.4 million acres (5,700 km²) of montana forest off-limits logging , mineral development. burns defeated melcher in close race, 51-48 percent. helped success in montana of vice president george h. w. bush, republican presidential nominee.








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