Grounded: A Senator's Lessons on Winning Back Rural America [Paperback]

An eye-opening memoir from Montana’s three-term democratic senator showing how Democrats can reconnect with rural voters

Jon Tester is the only United States senator with a full-time job outside of the Senate—as a farmer. But what really distinguishes Tester is his commitment to accountability and his success in winning red-state voters back to the Democratic Party.

In Grounded, Tester shares his early life, his rise in government, his vision for serving rural America, and his strategies for reaching heartland voters. Leaning into lessons on the value of authenticity and hard work that he learned from growing up on his family’s Montana farm, Tester has made his political career a testament to crossing the divides of class and geography.

A heartfelt and inspiring memoir from a courageous voice, Grounded shows us that if American democracy is to survive, we must put our trust in the values that keep us grounded.

“The only person in the world’s most exclusive club who knows how to butcher a cow or grease a combine.” -The New York Times

“One of the main things that is happening in terms of the polarization of the country is that there is a divide between rural America and suburban and urban America that is increasingly starting to take on a partisan cast, and [Tester defies] that. [He seems] to both understand it and defy it. … I think that [he’s] going to have a big role to play in the future of the party, and specifically the future of 2020.” -Rachel Maddow

Jon Tester is the essence of a true Montanan. He works hard, stands up to bullies, helps his neighbors, and does it all with such authentic empathy, Democrats and Republicans alike in a deeply red state continue to proudly call him their Senator. His story is one of bravery. Of tirelessly fighting for justice while learning to do better. He is, truly, a fine example of wló´