 democrat john tester it's not his first rodeo i guess to use a a western uh saying there uh in running for statewide office in in a very conservative state yeah i mean john tester one of the more battle-tested political uh lawmakers uh winning three elections in a row you know a very very red state a very conservative state but republicans feel like they have their strongest candidate you just heard him in in tim sheehy in this year's election he's a