New farmer in the U.S. Senate

Montana elected Democratic Jon Tester to the U.S. Senate earlier this month. A little background info on him can be found here.

I was surprised to learn Tester will only be the 18th farmer/rancher elected to the U.S. Senate since 1900. Many of the previous farmer/ranchers also had other occupations while Tester is a farmer first and foremost.

I think it will do the Senate good to have a farmer - the last thing we need is another lawyer.