From Jon Tester <[email protected]>
Subject The only working farmer in the U.S. Senate
Date May 29, 2021 10:06 PM
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Can I explain something, folks?

I grew up in a twenty-four-by-thirty-six foot house. I lost three fingers on my left hand in a meat grinding accident when I was younger. I am and always will be a farmer, like my folks and like my grandparents.

In fact, I’m very proud to be the only U.S. Senator who manages a full-time job outside the Senate — as a farmer.

Every spring, I spend weeks working the stubble and seeding. Come summer, I am out there harvesting. I maintain my own heavy equipment and deliver my grain in a truck that’s a bit bigger than what any of my colleagues drive.

I buy grease by the case and seeds by the ton. I butcher my own beef and pork. My wife, Sharla, and I work the farm hand-in-hand.

The task of scheduling my work in the Senate around the inflexible timing of farm responsibilities drives my staff crazy — but they know my farm work is non-negotiable. It keeps me quite literally, grounded.

And rather than spend my days hobnobbing with big donors and wealthy super PACs in the hopes of a campaign check, I rely on hard-working folks like you to power everything we do.

That’s why I’m personally asking you to join our team and chip in $10 today to help us reach our end-of-month fundraising goal in two days. Anything you can give matters to me.

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Thank you so much for sticking by me. I promise to spend every ounce of time fighting for you and your families (when I’m not out in the field, of course).

— Jon

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