Montana Gov. Steve BullockSteve BullockKoch-backed group launches ad campaign to support four vulnerable GOP senators Overnight Energy: US Park Police say ‘tear gas’ statements were ‘mistake’ | Trump to reopen area off New England coast for fishing | Vulnerable Republicans embrace green issues Vulnerable Republicans embrace green issues in battle to save seats MORE became the first 2020 Democratic presidential candidate to be endorsed by a statewide elected official in Iowa — the first state in the nation to hold primary caucuses.

Bullock announced early Thursday that he had been endorsed by Iowa’s Democratic attorney general, Tom Miller.

Thankful to my friend and Iowa’s Attorney General Tom Miller for his endorsement. In the decade I’ve known him, Tom has never once stopped fighting for the promise of a fair shot for Iowans. There’s no one I’d rather kick off this campaign with. https://t.co/CiPpuAhXXL

— Steve Bullock (@GovernorBullock) May 16, 2019

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“Governor Bullock can win the Democratic nomination, beat Donald Trump, and repair our nation — and I will be there at every step to help how I can,” Miller said, according to The Des Moines Register.

Miller is the state’s top Democrat and the nation’s longest-serving attorney general, the Register noted. He was also among the first to endorse then-Sen. Barack ObamaBarack Hussein ObamaHarris grapples with defund the police movement amid veep talk Five ways America would take a hard left under Joe Biden Valerie Jarrett: ‘Democracy depends upon having law enforcement’ MORE (D-Ill.) in 2007, helping give the future president a foothold in the state, it added.

Miller and Bullock have reportedly known each other for more than 10 years and will travel together during Bullock’s first eight-city tour through Iowa.

“I have watched Governor Bullock proudly carry a progressive vision across every community in Montana, successfully take on the Koch Brothers and win, and prove that America is stronger when we unite together,” Miller said, according to the Register. 

Miller will officially endorse Bullock at his Iowa kickoff Thursday night in Des Moines, the newspaper reported. 

Bullock, 53, entered the crowded race for the Democratic primary on Tuesday with a video painting him as the most electable candidate in the field. 

He noted that he has won statewide office three times while Republican presidential nominees carried his state. President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Esper orders ‘After Action Review’ of National Guard’s role in protests MORE won Montana by 20 points in the 2016 election.

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The governor faces long odds and a short window in which to raise money from enough donors to qualify for debates that are just more than a month away.