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'''Jon Tester''' (born August 21, 1956) is the senior [[Democratic]] [[United States Senator]] from [[Montana]]. From 2001 to 2003, Tester held the position of minority leader in the Montana Senate.<ref>http://www.testerforsenate.com/about</ref> In 2005, his colleagues selected as President of the Montana Senate. He elected to the [[United States Senate]] by garnering the support of forty-nine percent of Montana voters in the 2006 election.<ref>http://www3.capwiz.com/msnbc/bio/?id=5281</ref> He was narrowly re-elected in 2012, despite [[Barack Obama]] losing Montana on the same night.
|name=Jon Tester
|image=Senatorjontester.jpg
|party=[[Democrat]]
|spouse=Sharla Bitz
|religion=[[Protestant]]<ref>[https://www.pewforum.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2019/01/Detailed-tables-NUMBER-CHECK-COMPLETE-1-3.pdf Religious affiliation of members of 116th Congress]</ref>
|offices=
{{Officeholder/senator
|state=Montana
|terms=January 3, 2007 – present
|preceded=Conrad Burns
|succeeded=
}}
{{Officeholder/misc
|office=Montana Senate, 15th district
|terms=January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2007
|preceded=?
|succeeded=Jim Shockley
}}
{{Officeholder/misc
|office=Montana Senate, 45th district
|terms=January 4, 1999 – January 3, 2005
|preceded=?
|succeeded=Jim Shockley
}}
}}
'''Raymond Jon Tester''' (born August 21, 1956) is the senior [[Democratic]] [[United States Senator]] from [[Montana]]. From 2001 to 2003, Tester held the position of minority leader in the Montana Senate.<ref>http://www.testerforsenate.com/about</ref> In 2005, his colleagues selected as President of the Montana Senate.
==U.S. Senate==
==U.S. Senate==
While claiming to support the [[Second Amendment]], Tester has consistently voted against President [[Donald Trump]]'s pro-Second Amendment judicial nominees while consistently voting for Obama's pro-[[gun control]] nominees.<ref>Hawkins, Awr (October 10, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/10/10/watch-jon-tester-great-at-shooting-cows-terrible-at-supporting-pro-gun-judicial-nominees/ WATCH: Jon Tester, Great at Shooting Cows, Terrible at Supporting Pro-Gun Judicial Nominees]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 10, 2018.</ref>
===2006 U.S. Senate election in Montana===
Tester was elected to the [[United States Senate]] by garnering the support of forty-nine percent of Montana voters in the 2006 election.<ref>http://www3.capwiz.com/msnbc/bio/?id=5281</ref> He was narrowly re-elected in 2012, despite [[Barack Obama]] losing Montana on the same night.
===Obama era===
During the Obama era, Tester has voted for the [[American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009|$789 billion dollar Obama stimulus]].<ref>[https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=1&vote=00064 Roll Call Vote 111th Congress - 1st Session]</ref> He has consistently justified his decision in voting for the useless legislation, saying it was a "step in the right direction".<ref>[https://www.ontheissues.org/Economic/Jon_Tester_Budget_+_Economy.htm Jon Tester on Budget & Economy]</ref>
===Trump era===
While claiming to support the [[Second Amendment]], Tester has consistently voted against President [[Donald Trump]]'s pro-Second Amendment judicial nominees while in the past having consistently voted for Obama's pro-[[gun control]] nominees.<ref>Hawkins, Awr (October 10, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/10/10/watch-jon-tester-great-at-shooting-cows-terrible-at-supporting-pro-gun-judicial-nominees/ WATCH: Jon Tester, Great at Shooting Cows, Terrible at Supporting Pro-Gun Judicial Nominees]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 10, 2018.</ref>
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