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Jon Tester
rich people things
Oct. 23, 2024
To Buy a Mountain Range
A group of billionaires is maneuvering to secure acres of prime public land in Montana for personal use. Can anyone stop them?
By
Ben Ryder Howe
early and often
Oct. 4, 2024
Will a Generic Republican Beat Tester and Flip the Senate?
Once a prize recruit with a gold-plated résumé, Tim Sheehy is now mostly counting on Trump’s coattails in the race that may decide Senate control.
By
Ed Kilgore
politics
June 10, 2021
Joe Manchin’s Silent Partners in the Senate
The West Virginian is happy to take the heat for Democrats who quietly oppose filibuster reform, and they are happy he’s happy.
By
Ed Kilgore
2018 midterms
Nov. 21, 2018
2018 Midterms Offered More Proof That Split-Ticket Voting Is a Thing of the Past
Despite some much-publicized exceptions, voters in the 2018 midterms tended to go all-in on one party.
By
Ed Kilgore
2018 midterms
Oct. 22, 2018
Dems Still Have a Good Shot at Flipping House, But Senate Is an Uphill Battle
Fifteen days before the midterms, polls show the House going blue, but the GOP is likely to maintain Senate control, or even pick up a seat or two.
By
Ed Kilgore
the kavanaugh hearings
Sept. 28, 2018
Red-State Democrat Joe Donnelly to Vote ‘No’ on Kavanaugh
Donnelly is one of the Senate’s most vulnerable Democratic incumbents.
By
Eric Levitz
July 27, 2018
Most ‘Trump Ten’ Democratic Senators Doing Better Than Trump in Their States
The president isn’t nearly as strong as he was in 2016 in many states where Democratic senators are running for reelection this year.
By
Ed Kilgore
president trump
Apr. 29, 2018
Trump Casually Implies He Could Ruin Jon Tester’s Career
The Montana senator has become one of the president’s go-to targets in recent days.
By
Benjamin Hart
Apr. 28, 2018
Trump Wants Senator Jon Tester to Resign Over the Ronny Jackson Debacle
It turns out that nominating an unqualified candidate who is alleged to have been drunk on the job was all a Democrat’s fault.
By
Benjamin Hart
Mar. 8, 2018
Democratic Senate Looking Like a Reach — Again
Prospects for a Democratic Senate after the midterms have waxed and waned, but it may be tough for Democrats to hang on in deep red states.
By
Ed Kilgore
democrats
Feb. 11, 2018
Is Democratic Cooperation With Trump Depressing Supporters?
You can’t rant and snarl every minute, and when your opponent is Donald Trump, he’ll do much of the work of mobilizing your base.
By
Ed Kilgore
Feb. 1, 2018
Trump’s W.H. Stops Feigning Bipartisanship Because It Has No Legislative Agenda
For Trump and Pence, “bipartisanship” now means attacking centrist Democrats for not supporting them in 2017.
By
Ed Kilgore
Jan. 23, 2018
Vulnerable Democratic Senators Mostly Above Water; a Wave Could Keep Them There
Approval ratio numbers for senators show a predictable erosion of support for Democrats running in red states. But they’re hanging in there.
By
Ed Kilgore
July 13, 2017
Things Are Looking Up for Democratic Senators in Trump Country
Six Senate Democrats running for reelection in states easily carried by Trump last year are benefitting from strong popularity and GOP fecklessness.
By
Ed Kilgore
May 18, 2017
Far From the Beltway Madness, Montanans Battle in a Special Election
In a Trump state that still has ticket-splitters, populist Democrat Quist is within striking distance.
By
Ed Kilgore
bob casey
Apr. 12, 2017
Maybe Senate Democrats Aren’t in
Such
Bad Shape for 2018
With a horrific electoral landscape, it was thought Democrats would lose Senate seats even if they did well in the House. But things are looking up.
By
Ed Kilgore
equal rites
Mar. 26, 2013
Senator Jon Tester Proves It’s Not Too Late to Endorse Gay Marriage
The Montana Democrat needed another day to decide.
By
Margaret Hartmann
men
Jan. 11, 2012
Montana Senator Jon Tester Lugs Around a Suitcase of Meat
Your “Manliest Senator” award winner.
By
Dan Amira