He chose John Bohlinger, a Republican state senator from Billings, as his running mate. Both while campaigning and as governor, Schweitzer exhibited a folksy public persona, wearing jeans, boots and a bolo tie. The governor's dog, a border collie named Jag, regularly accompanied him on work days at the Capitol, as well as some other official occasions.
Schweitzer was known for his unsparing use of the veto, a power exercised 95 times during his tenure, none of which were overridden. He vetoed 74 bills in the legislature alone.
In April , Schweitzer made national news and near folk-hero status with his unconventional use of a branding iron to publicly veto several bills passed by the Republican-controlled legislature, which he labeled as "frivolous, unconstitutional and just bad ideas" that were "in direct contradiction to the expressed will of the people of Montana. Schweitzer consistently held one of the highest approval ratings among governors in the nation, with polls regularly showing a rating of above 60 percent.
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