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Tester’s big skeleton
Posted on November 21st, 2006 on Daily Kos
When Jerome and I visited Jon Tester in Big Sandy to interview him for Crashing the Gate, one of us asked him if there were any skeletons in...

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MO-Sen, MT-Sen: Bush killed GOP momentum
Posted on November 13th, 2006 on Daily Kos
Thanks George! We couldn't have done it without you. There's plenty of evidence to suggest that President Bush may have been the deciding facto...

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The Day After
Posted on November 9th, 2006 on Daily Kos
Congratulations, Jon Tester. While we all could have used a big ol' victory party last night, the news was just as sweet this morning. But I...

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MT-Sen: Patience
Posted on November 8th, 2006 on Daily Kos
The lights went back on in the ballroom and the media closed up shop. They've called a recount in Yellowstone Co. (Billings and environs). It's...

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Jag Says Get Out The Vote!!!
Posted on November 6th, 2006 on Daily Kos
At least, that's what I imagine he's saying. His companion, Gov. Schweitzer certainly delivered that message a few hours ago in Billings. He...

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MT-Sen, WY-AL: Endorsements
Posted on November 5th, 2006 on Daily Kos
In the remote mountain-west states, with few local media outlets to clutter up the media landscape, newspapers are a bigger part of communities....

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MT-Sen: Schweitzer Sets the Record Straight
Posted on November 4th, 2006 on Daily Kos
Just like they have in every other race, the GOP has settled on tax fear for their final message against Jon Tester. How in the world they think...

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MT-Sen: The DSCC responds to charges that Tester raised taxes
Posted on November 3rd, 2006 on Daily Kos


MT-Sen: Schweitzer and Baucus rally the troops
Posted on November 3rd, 2006 on Daily Kos
Schweitzer stumping for Tester: Said Schweitzer: "Missoula will decide if a man of the prairie, a man of Montana," will be the next U.S. s...

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MT-Sen: Tester leading big in early voting (according to his campaign)
Posted on November 2nd, 2006 on Daily Kos
Early voting results and exit polling both conspired to give us big hope in 2004. We'd be well advised to take everything with a grain of salt...

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MT-Sen: The Senate DOES need to look more like Montana
Posted on November 1st, 2006 on Daily Kos
Jon Tester's latest: Tag line: I don't look like the other Senators, but isn't it time the Senate look a little bit more like Montana? Meanwhile, the Bi...

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