That works fine. What I'm trying to append on the url is 2 variables. One is a php variable and the other is from a select value using javascript. I can get the 2 variables fine, just don't know the proper way to string it on to the url.
Here is my guess (which doesn't work but might give you an idea what I'm trying to do)
$.get("test.php?account_id=<?php echo $account_id;?>&campaign_id=$("select[name='contests']").val()}, and so on...