A key state race in the November election is for the office of Montana Attorney General. 

The current Attorney General, Mike McGrath, cannot run for another term, so Montana will have a new chief legal officer in January. 

Republican Tim Fox and Democrat Steve Bullock made an appearance together in Billings on Monday at a forum held at the downtown Rotary Club.

Both candidates are Helena based attorneys and they staked out their position on key issues like stream access laws and going after sexual predators.

McGrath is now running for Chief Justice of the state Supreme Court and is facing Ron Waterman in November.