Candidate Comparison
Senate
Jon Tester (D)
Tim Sheehy (R)
| Tester cosponsored the PRO Act, which will strengthen the right to organize and protect workers who fight for better wages, benefits, and safer workplaces. [1] | Sheehy has not commented on the PRO Act, which will strengthen the right to organize and protect workers who fight for better wages, benefits, and safer workplaces. As a business owner, Sheehy paid himself $7.5 million from 2022 to 2023 despite his company generating $119 million in losses over that time. [4] |
| Tester voted for the Affordable Care Act, which provides affordable health insurance to more than 66,000 Montanans, and he voted for the Inflation Reduction Act, which reduced prescription drug prices and capped seniors’ insulin costs at $35. [2] | Sheehy criticized the Affordable Care Act. Sheehy has said, “we need to return healthcare to pure privatization.” He opposed the Inflation Reduction Act. [5] |
| Tester voted for the American Rescue Plan, which protects the pensions of hardworking people including more than 200,000 UFCW members.. He secured millions in federal support for hard working Montanans affected by workplace closures. Since 2019, Tester has secured over $22 million to increase Montana’s housing supply and drive down the cost of housing. [3] | Sheehy attacked the American Rescue Plan, calling it “boneheaded DC policy.” He has not offered concrete policies to decrease the cost of housing and rent. [6] |
CHECK THE FACTS:
- U.S. Senate, Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2023, S 567, 118th Cong., introduced 2/28/23, Congress.gov, https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/567/cosponsors;”How the PRO Act restores workers’ right to unionize”, Economic Policy Institute, 2/4/2021, https://www.epi.org/publication/pro-act-problem-solution-chart/;
- U.S. Senate, Roll Call 396, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, HR 3590, 111th Cong., 12/24/09, Senate.gov, https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1111/vote_111_1_00396.htm;“Marketplace 2024 Open Enrollment Period report: final national snapshot,” 1/24/24, CMS.gov, https://www.cms.gov/newsroom/fact-sheets/marketplace-2024-open-enrollment-period-report-final-national-snapshot?mc_cid=4778a48794;
U.S. Senate, Roll Call 325, Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, HR 5376, 117th Cong., 8/7/22, Senate.gov, https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1172/vote_117_2_00325.htm;
“Anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act: update on CMS implementation,” 8/16/23, CMS.gov, https://www.cms.gov/newsroom/fact-sheets/anniversary-inflation-reduction-act-update-cms-implementation;
- U.S. Senate, Roll Call 73, American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, HR 1319, 117th Cong., 3/4/21, Senate.gov, https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1171/vote_117_1_00073.htm;”Tester secures $2 million in workforce support for pyramid and Roseburg mill closures,” 7/10/24, Tester.Senate.gov, https://www.tester.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/tester-secures-2-million-in-workforce-support-for-pyramid-and-roseburg-mill-closures/;
“Fighting for affordable housing,” accessed 8/21/22, JonTester.com, https://jontester.com/fighting-for-affordable-housing/;
“Fact sheet: President Biden announces historic relief to protect hard-earned pensions of hundreds of thousands of union workers and retirees,” 12/8/22, Whitehouse.gov, https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/12/08/fact-sheet-president-biden-announces-historic-relief-to-protect-hard-earned-pensions-of-hundreds-of-thousands-of-union-workers-and-retirees/;
UFCW Internal Calculation;
- “On the issues,” accessed 8/16/24, TimForMT.com, https://timformt.com/on-the-issues/;”Tim Sheehy may turn the Senate red. But is he really a successful businessman?,” 8/9/24, NBCNews.com, https://www.nbcnews.com/investigations/tim-sheehy-montana-republican-senate-successful-businessman-rcna165177;
- “On the issues,” accessed 8/16/24, TimForMT.com, https://timformt.com/on-the-issues/;”Marketplace 2024 Open Enrollment Period report: final national snapshot,” 1/24/24, CMS.gov, https://www.cms.gov/newsroom/fact-sheets/marketplace-2024-open-enrollment-period-report-final-national-snapshot?mc_cid=4778a48794;
“Republican Senate frontrunner in Montana calls for returning ‘healthcare to pure privatization’,” 12/4/23, Semafor.com, https://www.semafor.com/article/12/03/2023/sheey-montana-senate-healthcare-privatization;
Tim Sheehy (@SheehyforMT), 2/5/24, X.com, https://x.com/SheehyforMT/status/1754537305472200764;
“Anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act: update on CMS implementation,” 8/16/23, CMS.gov, https://www.cms.gov/newsroom/fact-sheets/anniversary-inflation-reduction-act-update-cms-implementation;
- Tim Sheehy (@SheehyforMT), 11/27/23, X.com, https://x.com/SheehyforMT/status/1729331368461545592;”Tester and Sheehy have first debate,” 6/9/24, MontanaFreePress.org, https://montanafreepress.org/2024/06/09/montana-senate-candidates-tester-sheehy-first-debate/;
“Fact sheet: President Biden announces historic relief to protect hard-earned pensions of hundreds of thousands of union workers and retirees,” 12/8/22, Whitehouse.gov, https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/12/08/fact-sheet-president-biden-announces-historic-relief-to-protect-hard-earned-pensions-of-hundreds-of-thousands-of-union-workers-and-retirees/;