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Jon Tester
Jon Tester (born August 21, 1956) is the senior United States Senator from Montana, serving since 2007. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Tester was first elected to the Senate in 2006, beating Republican incumbent Conrad Burns in one of the closest Senate races of that year. He won re-election in 2012 against Rep. Denny Rehberg in another close race. Tester previously served as the president of the Montana Senate and worked as a music teacher and farmer.
==Early life, education, and farming career==
Tester was born in Havre, Montana,〔("TESTER, Jon" ), Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 2011-12-10.〕 one of three sons of Helen Marie (née Pearson) and David O. Tester. His father was of English descent and his mother of Swedish ancestry. Tester grew up in Chouteau County, near the town of Big Sandy, Montana, on land that his grandfather homesteaded in 1912.〔Cohen, Betsy. ("Back on the farm" ), ''Helena Independent Record'', 09 April 2007.〕 At the age of 9, he lost the middle three fingers of his left hand in a meat-grinder accident.〔Klein, Joe. ("The Democrats' New Populism" ), ''Time'', 2 July 2006.〕 In 1978, he graduated from the University of Great Falls with a B.S. in music.〔("Biography". ) U.S. Senate website. Retrieved 2009-12-26.〕
Tester then worked for two years as a music teacher in the Big Sandy School District before returning to his family's farm and custom butcher shop.〔("Jon Tester (D-Mont.)" ) WhoRunsGov.com. Retrieved 2009-12-26.〕 He and his wife continue to operate the farm; in the 1980s, they switched from conventional to organic farming,〔Lowery, Courtney. ("The 'Good Guy' Running for U.S. Senate" ), ''NewWest'', 28 August 2005.〕 raising wheat, barley, lentils, peas, millet, buckwheat, and alfalfa.〔 Tester served five years as chairman of the Big Sandy School Board of Trustees and served on the Big Sandy Soil Conservation Service (SCS) Committee and the Chouteau County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (ASCS) Committee.〔("Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT)". ) ''The Almanac of American Politics'', National Journal. Retrieved 2011-12-10.〕
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