You're trying too hard to find a correlation here. You don't know these people, you don't know what they intended. You try to compile statistics and correlate them to a result that amounts to nothing more than speculation.

As governor Racicot approved legislation that deregulated the utility sector in Montana. This legislation was sought by the Montana Power Company the major utility supplier in the state. Public sector
Prior to being elected governor of Montana he served as a prosecutor in the Army JAG Corps (1973–1976) as deputy county attorney for Missoula County (1976–1977) as assistant attorney general and special prosecutor for the state of Montana (1977–1988) and as Montana attorney general (1988–1993).

After leaving office Racicot worked as a lobbyist for the law firm Bracewell & Giuliani. In 2000 as well as 2004 he was rumored to be Bush's choice for Attorney General.