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Jon Tester

Party: Democrat
Latest Office Held:: US Senate, MT
Latest Office Sought:: US Senate, MT
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Jon Tester (born August 21, 1956) is the junior U.S. Senator for Montana, serving since 2007. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He previously served as President of the Montana Senate.

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$14,062,116 Received

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88% of the total amount raised came from an identifiable industry.
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Bundler	Amount
Thomas Rodgers, Carlyle Consulting	$27,400
Dale W. Snape, Wexler & Walker Public Policy Assoc	$18,900

View all campaign finance data for Jon Tester Sources: OpenSecrets.org Party Time

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$739,385,030 Allocated

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Fiscal Year	Amount	Description
2008	$138,000,000	RDTE -- Peer Reviewed Breast Cancer Research Program Requested by Arlen Specter (D-PA), Mark Pryor (D-AR), Russ Feingold (D-WI), Gordon H. Smith (R-OR), Jon Tester (D-MT), Elizabeth Dole (R-NC), Evan Bayh (D-IN), Judd Gregg (R-NH), Pete V. Domenici (R-NM), Christopher Bond (R-MO), Patty Murray (D-WA), Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA), John Kerry (D-MA), Max Baucus (D-MT), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Norm Coleman (R-MN), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), Herb Kohl (D-WI), Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Bill Nelson (D-FL), Tom Harkin (D-IA), Bob Casey (D-PA), Richard G. Lugar (R-IN), John Ensign (R-NV), Ken Salazar (D-CO), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Chris Dodd (D-CT), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME), Daniel K. Akaka (D-HI), David Vitter (R-LA), Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Harry Reid (D-NV), Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D-DE), Mary L. Landrieu (D-LA), James Webb (D-VA), Barbara A. Mikulski (D-MD), Joe Lieberman (I-CT), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), Orrin G. Hatch (R-UT), Susan Collins (R-ME), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), John E. Sununu (R-NH), Deborah Ann Stabenow (D-MI), Jack Reed (D-RI), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Warner (R-VA), and Obama (D-IL)
2009	$57,418,000	Missouri River Fish Mitigatlon, ND, MT, SD, NE, IA, KS & MO Requested by Jon Tester (D-MT), Max Baucus (D-MT), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), and Tom Harkin (D-IA)
2008	$50,000,000	RDTE -- Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program Requested by Jon Tester (D-MT), Patty Murray (D-WA), Richard Burr (R-NC), Max Baucus (D-MT), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Tom Harkin (D-IA), Bob Casey (D-PA), Tom Carper (D-DE), John Ensign (R-NV), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME), Harry Reid (D-NV), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Jim Bunning (R-KY), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Jack Reed (D-RI), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Warner (R-VA), Obama (D-IL), and Committee Initiative
2008	$32,485,000	Civic Education Program (Center for Civic Education and National Council on Economic Education) It is also for a comprehensive program between the Center for Civic Education, Indiana University and NCSL to improve public education of the congress and state legislatures. Requested by Mark Pryor (D-AR), Gordon H. Smith (R-OR), Jon Tester (D-MT), Elizabeth Dole (R-NC), Evan Bayh (D-IN), Mel Martinez (R-FL), Geoff Davis (R-KY), Ron Wyden (D-OR), John Kerry (D-MA), Max Baucus (D-MT), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Norm Coleman (R-MN), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Bill Nelson (D-FL), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Brad Miller (D-NC), Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Kent Conrad (D-ND), Lisa Murkowski (I-AK), Artur Davis (D-AL), Richard G. Lugar (R-IN), John Ensign (R-NV), Ken Salazar (D-CO), Ron Kind (D-WI), Chris Dodd (D-CT), Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Charlie Dent (R-PA), Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Carl Levin (D-MI), Daniel K. Akaka (D-HI), Nick Rahall (D-WV), Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D-DE), Mary L. Landrieu (D-LA), John D. Dingell (D-MI), Joe Lieberman (I-CT), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Dale E. Kildee (D-MI), Jim Bunning (R-KY), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Deborah Ann Stabenow (D-MI), Jack Reed (D-RI), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Brown, Jerry Moran, Kennedy Hagel, Lott, and Obama
2009	$25,095,000	Center for Civic Education for two programs - We the People and Cooperative Education Exchange - that are authorized in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act as part of the Civic Education program Requested by Mark Pryor (D-AR), Jim Gerlach (R-PA), Gordon H. Smith (R-OR), Jon Tester (D-MT), Pat Roberts (R-KS), Elizabeth Dole (R-NC), Evan Bayh (D-IN), Mel Martinez (R-FL), Leonard L. Boswell (D-IA), Gene Green (D-TX), Roger Wicker (R-MS), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA), Hilda L. Solis (D-CA), Jim Langevin (D-RI), Ron Wyden (D-OR), John Kerry (D-MA), Max Baucus (D-MT), David Scott (D-GA), Hank Johnson (D-GA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Brad Sherman (D-CA), David Price (D-NC), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Norm Coleman (R-MN), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Michael Arcuri (D-NY), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), Bill Nelson (D-FL), Betty Sue Sutton (D-OH), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Stephen Ira Cohen (D-TN), Brad Miller (D-NC), Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Lisa Murkowski (I-AK), Richard G. Lugar (R-IN), John Ensign (R-NV), Ken Salazar (D-CO), Timothy V. Johnson (R-IL), Susan A. Davis (D-CA), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Chris Dodd (D-CT), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Earl Pomeroy (D-ND), Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Charlie Dent (R-PA), Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME), Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), Christopher Shays (R-CT), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Carl Levin (D-MI), Daniel K. Akaka (D-HI), Nick Rahall (D-WV), Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D-DE), Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX), Peter Roskam (R-IL), James Webb (D-VA), Chuck Hagel (R-NE), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Joe Lieberman (I-CT), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Edwin G. Perlmutter (D-CO), Bobby L. Rush (D-IL), Timothy J. Walz (D-MN), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Don Young (R-AK), Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH), Nancy E. Boyda (D-KS), Dale E. Kildee (D-MI), Jim Bunning (R-KY), Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ), Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Susan Collins (R-ME), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Deborah Ann Stabenow (D-MI), Lois Capps (D-CA), Jon L. Kyl (R-AZ), Jack Reed (D-RI), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Bob Etheridge (D-NC), Castle (R-DE), Ellsworth (D-IN), Gonzalez (D-TX), Herseth Sandlin (D-SD), Hinojosa (D-TX), and Dennis Moore (D-KS)
2009	$24,803,000	Reading is Fundamental authorized under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Requested by John R. Kuhl, Jr. (R-NY), Mark Pryor (D-AR), Jim Gerlach (R-PA), Gordon H. Smith (R-OR), Jon Tester (D-MT), Pat Roberts (R-KS), Elizabeth Dole (R-NC), Mel Martinez (R-FL), Leonard L. Boswell (D-IA), Gene Green (D-TX), Roger Wicker (R-MS), Judd Gregg (R-NH), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), George V. Voinovich (R-OH), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Robert E. Andrews (D-NJ), Jim Moran (D-VA), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA), Hilda L. Solis (D-CA), Jim Langevin (D-RI), John Sarbanes (D-MD), Ron Wyden (D-OR), John Kerry (D-MA), Max Baucus (D-MT), David Scott (D-GA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), John B. Larson (D-CT), Alcee L. Hastings (D-FL), Hank Johnson (D-GA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), John M. Spratt, Jr. (D-SC), Vernon J. Ehlers (R-MI), Rob Wittman (R-VA), David Price (D-NC), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Norm Coleman (R-MN), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Robert A. Brady (D-PA), Michael Arcuri (D-NY), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), Bill Nelson (D-FL), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Jim Ramstad (R-MN), Bob Casey (D-PA), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Stephen Ira Cohen (D-TN), Brad Miller (D-NC), Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Donna Christian-Christensen (D-VI), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Lisa Murkowski (I-AK), Artur Davis (D-AL), Richard G. Lugar (R-IN), Ron Paul (R-TX), John Ensign (R-NV), Ken Salazar (D-CO), Timothy V. Johnson (R-IL), Susan A. Davis (D-CA), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Chris Dodd (D-CT), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Earl Pomeroy (D-ND), Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Phil Hare (D-IL), Robert F. Bennett (R-UT), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), Jim Costa (D-CA), Charlie Dent (R-PA), Jon Christopher Porter, Sr. (R-NV), Bill Delahunt (D-MA), Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), Christopher Shays (R-CT), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Carl Levin (D-MI), Daniel K. Akaka (D-HI), Nick Rahall (D-WV), Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Jerry Weller (R-IL), Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Peter Roskam (R-IL), James Webb (D-VA), Melvin L. Watt (D-NC), Nydia M. Velazquez (D-NY), Tim Murphy (R-PA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Joe Lieberman (I-CT), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Bobby L. Rush (D-IL), Timothy J. Walz (D-MN), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Don Young (R-AK), Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Eni F H Faleomavaega (D-AS), Heath Shuler (D-NC), Nancy E. Boyda (D-KS), Barbara Cubin (R-WY), Henry Brown (R-SC), Sander Levin (D-MI), Jim Matheson (D-UT), Jim Bunning (R-KY), Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ), Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Orrin G. Hatch (R-UT), Susan Collins (R-ME), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Deborah Ann Stabenow (D-MI), Lois Capps (D-CA), Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ), Niki Tsongas (D-MA), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Bob Etheridge (D-NC), Mike Ross (D-AR), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Loretta Sanchez (D-CA), Warner (R-VA), Bono Mack (R-CA), Ellsworth (D-IN), Fortuno (R-PR), Gonzalez (D-TX), Grijalva (D-AZ), Herseth Sandlin (D-SD), and Hinojosa (D-TX)
2008	$24,000,000	National Writing Project, a nonprofit organization that supports and promotes K–16 teacher training programs in the effective teaching of writing. Requested by Mark Pryor (D-AR), Gordon H. Smith (R-OR), Jon Tester (D-MT), Evan Bayh (D-IN), Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA), David Loebsack (D-IA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), John Kerry (D-MA), Max Baucus (D-MT), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Norm Coleman (R-MN), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Bob Casey (D-PA), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Kent Conrad (D-ND), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Richard G. Lugar (R-IN), Ken Salazar (D-CO), Mike Crapo (R-ID), George Miller (D-CA), Chris Dodd (D-CT), Richard George Renzi (R-AZ), Phil Hare (D-IL), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Charlie Dent (R-PA), Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME), Christopher Shays (R-CT), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Carl Levin (D-MI), Daniel K. Akaka (D-HI), Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Harry Reid (D-NV), Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D-DE), Mary L. Landrieu (D-LA), Barbara A. Mikulski (D-MD), Joe Lieberman (I-CT), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Jim Bunning (R-KY), Susan Collins (R-ME), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ed Whitfield (R-KY), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Deborah Ann Stabenow (D-MI), Jack Reed (D-RI), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Herseth Sandlin (D-SD), Obama (D-IL), and Lott (R-MS)
2010	$21,617,000	Center for Civic Education for two programs (We the People and Cooperative Education Exchange) that are authorized in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act as part of the Civic Education program Requested by Jon Tester (D-MT), Gene Green (D-TX), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA), Jim Langevin (D-RI), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), John Kerry (D-MA), Max Baucus (D-MT), Michael E. Capuano (D-MA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), Mark Warner (D-VA), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Brad Miller (D-NC), Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Tom Carper (D-DE), Richard G. Lugar (R-IN), Susan A. Davis (D-CA), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Chris Dodd (D-CT), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Earl Pomeroy (D-ND), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), Carl Levin (D-MI), Daniel K. Akaka (D-HI), Nick Rahall (D-WV), Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Tom Udall (D-NM), Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX), Peter Roskam (R-IL), James Webb (D-VA), Mark Begich (D-AK), Joe Baca (D-CA), Joe Lieberman (I-CT), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Norm Dicks (D-WA), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Don Young (R-AK), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Henry A. Waxman (D-CA), John A. Yarmuth (D-KY), Dale E. Kildee (D-MI), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Deborah Ann Stabenow (D-MI), Lois Capps (D-CA), Jack Reed (D-RI), Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Bob Etheridge (D-NC), James L. Oberstar (D-MN), Mike Ross (D-AR), Kirk, Kaufman, Hinojosa, Herseth Sandlin, Gutierrez, and Grijalva
2009	$11,500,000	National Rural Water Association Requested by Arlen Specter (D-PA), Mark Pryor (D-AR), Gordon H. Smith (R-OR), Jon Tester (D-MT), Pat Roberts (R-KS), Elizabeth Dole (R-NC), Roger Wicker (R-MS), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), George V. Voinovich (R-OH), Christopher Bond (R-MO), Patty Murray (D-WA), Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), John Kerry (D-MA), Sam Brownback (R-KS), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), John Thune (R-SD), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Larry Craig (R-ID), Norm Coleman (R-MN), Michael Arcuri (D-NY), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Tom Harkin (D-IA), John Cornyn (R-TX), John A. Barrasso (R-WY), Kent Conrad (D-ND), Lisa Murkowski (I-AK), Richard G. Lugar (R-IN), John Ensign (R-NV), Ken Salazar (D-CO), John M. McHugh (R-NY), Chris Dodd (D-CT), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Ben Nelson (D-NE), Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), Richard C. Shelby (R-AL), Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME), Byron L. Dorgan (D-ND), Carl Levin (D-MI), Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D-DE), Mary L. Landrieu (D-LA), James Webb (D-VA), Frank A. LoBiondo (R-NJ), Chuck Hagel (R-NE), James M. Inhofe (R-OK), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Mike Enzi (R-WY), Jim Bunning (R-KY), Orrin G. Hatch (R-UT), Susan Collins (R-ME), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), John E. Sununu (R-NH), Deborah Ann Stabenow (D-MI), Jack Reed (D-RI), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), and Bob Etheridge (D-NC)
2010	$10,600,000	Upgrade Weapons Storage Area Requested by Jon Tester (D-MT), Max Baucus (D-MT), and Denny Rehberg (R-MT)

View all earmarks data for Jon Tester Sources: OpenSecrets.org

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