Hooray! Jon won! He knocked it out of the park. It's hard to believe that just yesterday this was considered too close to call. This continues the winning streak for WTG-endorsed candidats.

Congratulations Jon!

Jon Tester, a populist farmer, won a decisive victory over John Morrison in the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate on Tuesday and will face three-term Republican incumbent Sen. Conrad Burns, who won his primary handily, in November.

Tester, outspent by Morrison by nearly a 2-to-1 margin, led almost from the start of the vote counting Tuesday evening. He ended up defeating Morrison, the state auditor, by about 25 percentage points in the five-way primary.

Although Tester was considered an underdog in the five-candidate Democratic Senate race, he gained momentum in closing weeks of the campaign through an extensive grass-roots effort.

• Tester: 64,464 votes or 60.8 percent.
• Morrison: 37,516 votes or 35.4 percent.

• Billings Gazette
• Tester For Senate
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