Judicial candidates Cory Swanson and Katherine Bidegaray claimed victory Wednesday in races for two open seats on the Montana Supreme Court. Statewide vote counts showed them outstripping their respective competitors Jerry Lynch and Dan Wilson by margins of roughly eight percentage points.
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