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|name=Jon Tester
|name=Jon Tester
|image=Senatorjontester.jpg
|image=Senatorjontester.jpg
|party=[[Democrat]]
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
|spouse=Sharla Bitz
|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>
|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>
|state=Montana
|state=Montana
|terms=January 3, 2007 – present
|terms=January 3, 2007 – present
|preceded=Conrad Burns
|preceded=[[Conrad Burns]]
|status=s
|status=s
|succeeded=
|succeeded=
==U.S. Senate==
==U.S. Senate==
===2006 U.S. Senate election in Montana===
===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.
Tester was narrowly elected to the [[United States Senate]] by defeating the three-term [[Republican Party|Republican]] incumbent [[Conrad Burns]] of Billings. Tester received the support of just over 49 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 to [[Mitt Romney]] on the same night.
===Obama era===
===Obama era===
===Trump era===
===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>
While claiming to support the [[Second Amendment]], Tester has consistently voted against former 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>
==References==
==References==