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MIKE: THAT’S RIGHT. WMUR POLITICAL DIRECTOR ADAM SEXTON HAS DETAILS. GOV. BULLOCK: DO WE GET TO KEEP THE CUPS OF COFFEE? O’ER THE COFFEE CUPS, TOO, ADAM? WE DON’T? ADAM: YOU CAN’T FIND MUCH MORE OF A "REGULAR GUY" THAN GOVERNOR STEVE BULLOCK, WHO GREW UP JUST A FEW BLOCKS FROM WHERE HE NOW WORKS IN MONTANA’S STATE CAPITOL. GOV. BULLOCK: ONE OF THE FUN THINGS ABOUT BEING IN THE TO WHERE YOU’RE RAISED, I’LL STILL RUN INTO MRS. MANDEVILLE, WHO WAS MY FOURTH GRADE TEACHER, I’M LIKE, "HELLO MRS. MANDEVILLE, HOW ARE YOU?" "OH, VERY PROUD OF YOU, STEVIE," YOU KNOW, SO. [LAUGHTER] ADAM: BULLOCK IS AN OUTDOORSMAN WITH A STRONG CONNECTION TO THE MONTANA WILDERNESS. ONE OF HIS EARLY JOBS WAS OPERATING A TOUR BOAT ON THE MISSOURI RIVER. GOV. BULLOCK: SO I’D GET DONE WITH MY DAY AT WORK, AND I’D JUST GRAB MY BOOTS OR SHOES, AND I’D GO HIKING OR FISHING, SO THAT PROBABLY HAD A GREATE IMPRESSION ON ME THAN ANYTHING ELSE, BECAUSE THAT BECAME IN SOME WAYS MY CHURCH. ADAM: BULLOCK HAS TRIED TO PASS ON THAT LOVE OF NATURE TO HIS THREE KIDS. HE SAYS HE BUILDS HIS SCHEDULE AS GOVERNOR AROUND THEIR SPORTS AND ACTIVITIES. GOV. BULLOCK: MY KIDS, I HOPE, WOULD STILL SAY TODAY, BECAUSE BEFORE EVERY ELECTION, I’D SAY, "WHAT’S MY MOST IMPORTANT JOB?" AND I THINK THEY KNOW THAT IT’S BEING THEIR FATHER. ADAM: AND IN TERMS OF OTHER LI PRIORITIES, HE DID GET TO KEEP THE MUG. GOV. BULLOCK: THIS WILL BE IN MY OFFICIAL OFFICE, NEXT TO "MEET THE PRESS," "HARDBALL," THAT IS, THAT ABSOLUTELY IS. [LAUGHTE