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LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: For the first time in almost 30 years, Montana will have not one but two seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. That s based on the latest U.S. Census population counts. And while many there are celebrating the news, there s already a fight for political power. Montana Public Radio s Shaylee Ragar reports.
SHAYLEE RAGAR, BYLINE: In his home office overlooking Montana s small capital city of Helena, Joe Lamson unrolls a map he s particularly fond of. It shows the state s legislative districts in the early 2000s. Lamson says Montana historian Harry Fritz used to say this about it.