Keep an eye on the Democrat candidates for Attorney General, especially Steve Bullock and Mike Wheat.  Many consider Wheat the frontrunner on account of his close ties to the resource-rich trial lawyers.  However, Bullock has outraised Wheat during each of the first two finance periods.  Wheat has the ability to put more personal dollars into his race (he's already chipped in $30k), but Bullock may be able to neutralize that advantage if he can keep up his fundraising pace.

The X factor in this race may be Gov. Schweitzer.  Schweitzer worked closely with Wheat during the latter's days in the Montana Senate, but Bullock has close ties to Schweizer as well, serving as his campaign lawyer in 2004.  These days, the Democratic Party seems to go wherever Schweitzer wills it, and we'll see if the Gov is going to throw his weight behind one of the AG contenders.