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Jon Tester
Born August 21, 1956 (68 years)
Raymond Jon Tester (born August 21, 1956) is an American politician and farmer who served from 2007 to 2025 as a United States senator from Montana and from 2005 to 2007 as president of the Montana Senate. A member of the Democratic Party, he is the most recent Democrat to hold statewide or congressional office in Montana. Tester served in the Montana Senate from 1999 to 2007. He is currently a political analyst for MSNBC.
Tester was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2006, defeating Republican incumbent Conrad Burns in one of the closest Senate races of that year. He narrowly won reelection in 2012 and 2018. He ran for reelection to a fourth term in 2024, losing to Republican nominee Tim Sheehy.
During his time in office, Tester voted for the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act, which rolled back parts of the Dodd–Frank Act, and joined Republicans in supporting a measure to delay certain environmental regulations affecting coal power plants. He voted against the DREAM Act and against Democratic proposals to expand background checks, and has supported efforts to loosen restrictions on gun exports. Tester supported abortion rights, voted for the Affordable Care Act, and voted for the Respect for Marriage Act.
Tester was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2006, defeating Republican incumbent Conrad Burns in one of the closest Senate races of that year. He narrowly won reelection in 2012 and 2018. He ran for reelection to a fourth term in 2024, losing to Republican nominee Tim Sheehy.
During his time in office, Tester voted for the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act, which rolled back parts of the Dodd–Frank Act, and joined Republicans in supporting a measure to delay certain environmental regulations affecting coal power plants. He voted against the DREAM Act and against Democratic proposals to expand background checks, and has supported efforts to loosen restrictions on gun exports. Tester supported abortion rights, voted for the Affordable Care Act, and voted for the Respect for Marriage Act.
Filmography
| 2024 | Battle for Disclosure · as Self - Senator From Montana |
| 2023 | Food, Inc. 2 · as Self – Us Senator |
| 2020 | Velshi (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2018 | Panic: The Untold Story of the 2008 Financial Crisis · as Self - Us Senator From Montana (d) |
| 2018 | Dark Money · as Self - Us Senator, Montana (d) |
| 2017 | Laura Coates Live (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2017 | The Words That Built America · as Self - Reader: The Constitution |
| 2016 | The Circus (TV Series) · as Self - Montana Us Senator |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers (TV Series) · as Self - Montana Senator |
| 2014 | At This Hour with Kate Bolduan (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2013 | New Day (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2011 | Erin Burnett OutFront (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2011 | PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | Morning Joe (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | Anderson Cooper 360° (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | Real Time with Bill Maher (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | The Daily Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | Fox News Sunday (TV Series) · as Self - Bipartisan Conference Committee Member |
| 1992 | Inside Politics (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1954 | Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan (TV Series) · as Self - Member, U.s. Senate Appropriations Committee |
| 1947 | Meet the Press (TV Series) · as Self |