Jon Tester for U.S. Senate

You did it!

Supporters of Senator-Elect Jon Tester rally and await election returns in Great Falls Tuesday night

After a long night, all your hard work to bring real change to the U.S. Senate paid off — Jon Tester has won the race against incumbent Senator Conrad Burns.

The Billings Gazette reports on this morning’s victory rally in Great Falls:

The flat-topped farmer was introduced at the press conference by his wife, Sharla, who said, “My husband, my soul mate, your U.S. senator, Papa Jon Tester.”

Tester, who got only two and one-half hours of sleep as he waited for election returns in the nail-biting race, said he intends to return to his farm in Big Sandy to get some sleep. He would wait until Thursday before starting to put together his U.S. Senate staff….

“Now is the time for working together,” Tester said. “Now is the time to put politics aside. Now is the time to roll up our sleeves and get some things done.”

“This is a great time,” he added. “It’s really a great time to empower the middle class….

“We were successful, and now it’s time to produce, to work for regular people, to work for regular Montanans, to move this country forward,” Tester said.

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With polls now closed in Montana, supporters are gathering at the Heritage Inn here in Great Falls to await returns. We’ll update you as they come in…..

[Jon Tester sent the following email to Montana voters today. GOTV!]

After months of working together to build our grassroots campaign for change, it all comes down to today.

Please vote today – and bring as many friends, family members or coworkers with you to the polls as you can. This election may come down to just a few votes, but I believe that if we all work together today, we will win.

To find your polling place, call our Voter Hotline at 1-877-495-9215 or click here:

http://www.testerforsenate.com/vote-for-jon-tester

If you’re volunteering today to help us “Get Out the Vote” – I thank you. If you haven’t yet volunteered but your schedule loosens up, we need your help until everyone has voted this evening, so please contact your local Field office and pitch in. Even just a few hours will be key to victory tonight:

http://www.testerforsenate.com/volunteer-for-jon-tester/

Thank you for everything you’ve done and continue to do today to help us make Washington, D.C. look a lot more like Montana. I am so humbled by all of your support and dedication both online and on the ground over the last eighteen months. As they say, we have miles to go before we sleep.

Jon Tester

P.S. Please take a moment to call or email everyone you know who might vote today, and offer to take them to the polls. You could make the difference between someone voting and not voting today. It could be the difference between change and status quo. — JT

If you have any questions about where to vote or need help getting to the polls, please call the Voter Hotline at 1-877-495-9215.

Today, Montanans have the opportunity to vote for change and elect Jon Tester to the United States Senate.

Please vote early today and bring at least five friends, coworkers or family members with you to the polls. Polls in most locations open at 7 a.m. Polls statewide close at 8 p.m.*

For a full list of polling places, click here (opens in PDF), or call the Voter Hotline at 1-877-495-9215.

Not yet registered to vote? You can still cast your ballot on Election Day. Any Montanan age 18 or over can register to vote and can cast their ballot on Election Day at your local election office. (Be sure to bring an ID — and invite your friends and coworkers to go with you and to cast their ballots early as well.)

Want to do more or already voted? Here’s what you can do:

• Volunteer on Election Day to help Get Out the Vote. Please call your local campaign office today and volunteer to help folks get to the polls. We need poll watchers; people to make phone calls to voters; and people to drive voters who need help getting to the polls. A few hours of your time could make the difference in a race this tight.
• Talk to People You Know and Bring Them to the Polls: Don’t be silent in the next 24 hours. There are still voters who have not made up their minds, or who aren’t sure that their vote matters, or who have been misled by attack ads distorting Jon Tester’s record of fighting for Montana’s working families. Talk to co-workers and neighbors about voting for Jon Tester. Let them know that every major paper in Montana has endorsed Jon Tester’s campaign for change. Offer to give them a ride to the polls, or go with them when they vote. Speaking to the people you know is the surest way to send a loud message of change to Washington, D.C. tomorrow.

*(Some polling places with less than 200 voters may open at noon; call the Voter Hotline or your local elections office to confirm.)

If you have any problems casting your ballot or witness any irregularities, or if you need help locating or getting to your polling place, please call the Voter Hotline at 1-877-495-9215.

Montanans for Tester Campaign Manager Stepahnie Schriock sent the following email to supporters today:

With just 24 hours until the polls close, everyone can see the finish line, and the polls show that this is still a close race.

We are to the point where very call we make, every door we knock, every neighbor we talk to all add up to victory when the votes get counted tomorrow night.

Please volunteer your time, and keep up the hard work all the way up until the polls close at 8:00 p.m. tomorrow.

We still have 24 hours to affect the outcome of this race. Believe me, Sen. Burns and his operatives will do anything to hold onto power. They are trying to confuse and intimidate voters with nearly a hundred out of state attorneys. That means we must do everything to turn our friends out to vote for Jon Tester tomorrow because that is the way we do things here in Montana.

And make sure you get out and vote. For more information about voting, click here.

Together, with another full day of hard work, we will, working together, elect Jon Tester to serve our great state as the next member of the United States Senate.

And the other side won’t know what hit them.

Thank you for all that you do.

Stephanie Schriock
Campaign Manager
Montanans for Tester

P.S. If you see any irregularities or something just doesn’t seem right at the polls, call the Voter Hotline at 1-877-495-9215.