Sen. Jon Tester

Share this page	Birthdate: b. 08/21/1956 Birthplace: Havre, MT District: represents MT Political Party: Democrat Education: BS, Music, University of Great Falls, 1978. Last elected in 2006 receiving 199,845 (49.0%) votes. Official website
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Money Raised $185,652 (#528) Spent 91% (#171) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 29% (#490) From PACs 66% (#57) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 93 (#60) Total cost $428,268,400 (#61) Received 84 (#64) Total cost $212,404,880 (#67) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 36% left-wing (#288) Predictable 93% (#279) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 6 times (#221) Avg. length 760 words (#312) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 198 (#524) Introduced 17 (#461) Debated 4 (#360) Enacted 0 (#469) Data from GovTrack.
Interest Group Alignment Interest Group Alignment compares a politician’s votes to positions taken by interest groups. [ more ] Group Agreement U.S. Chamber of Commerce 40% (2/5 votes) More interest groups → Data from Maplight.org , for the 11Xth Congress.
Top Contributors Individuals reporting the same zip code who have donated to a lawmaker's political campaign. Use with caution: based on raw FEC data. 1 Wade Randlett $26,700 on October 25, 2006 2 Stephen Luczo $20,000 on October 16, 2006 3 Todd Koons $15,000 on October 21, 2006 4 Jeff Kaiser $14,200 on October 13, 2006 5 Eric Lemelson $12,100 on October 31, 2006 More contributors → Source: FEC data from the 1980 to 2000 election cycles.
Top Contributor Employers Campaigns disclose the employers of their contributors; this list aggregates them. Use with caution: this list is based on raw FEC data 1 Self $855,226 2 Dashboard Technologies $26,700 3 Seagate Technology $20,000 4 Epic Roots $15,000 5 Levin Simrs Kaiser And Gornick $14,200 More contributors → Source: FEC data from the 1980 to 2000 election cycles.
Top Lobby Contributors New rules require lobbyists to disclose their giving, and giving by the PACs they control. Use with caution: This data compiled from raw filings 1 Mr. William H Minor - Dla Piper Us Llp $5,000 2 Mrs. Paulette C. Pidcock - Ppl Corporation $5,000 3 John Scott - College Of American Pathologists $5,000 4 George Nichols - New York Life Insurance Company $5,000 5 Mr. James J Blanchard - Dla Piper Us Llp $5,000 More lobby contributors → Source: Senate Office of Public Records LD-203 disclosure database; data from 2008.
Some campaign finance information from Open Secrets.

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Also known as: 412244 (GovTrack), N00027605 (OpenSecrets), T000464 (Congressional Bio), 40702 (ICPSR), (Vote Smart), S6MT00162 (FEC)