"There is no secret sauce!" Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., laughed. During a brief interview after his appearance at the Center for American Progress Ideas Conference on Wednesday, the burly farmer with a buzz haircut told me there is no mystery as to how to appeal to rural voters. In fact, he thinks rural America is "there for the taking" if Democrats do their work in 2020.
Tester was reelected in 2018, a tough year for Senate Democrats, who lost in North Dakota, Indiana and Missouri. If he doesn't exactly have the secret sauce, Tester did give conference attendees some sound advice.