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Steve Daines

Steve Daines

Republican · MT U.S. SenatorCandidate 2026

14 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2013

  • role Senior United States senator from Montana since 2015
  • achievement First Republican to win a U.S. Senate seat in Montana in the 21st century
  • role Represented Montana's at-large congressional district in the U.S. House from 2013 to 2015
  • role Became chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee in 2023
  • background Born in Los Angeles and grew up in Bozeman, Montana
  • background Held positions at Procter & Gamble and Montana-based RightNow Technologies before entering politics

Track record

Assembled from Congress.gov · FEC · official disclosures — each fact links its own source

These are verifiable facts from the public record, assembled in one place and presented without judgment. They are not a score, a grade, or a ranking. Context matters: a missed vote may be excused, on leadership or committee duty, or paired; a party-unity rate reflects agenda alignment, not virtue or independence; a disclosed trade or a documented relationship is a required public filing, not evidence of wrongdoing. Each fact links to its full source below.

  • 97.8%
    Roll-call participation →

    voted in 46 recorded roll calls

    Missing a vote is not inherently negative — an absence can be excused, reflect leadership or committee duty, or a recorded pairing.

  • 66
    Bills sponsored →

    plus 348 cosponsored

    A count of bills introduced as the primary sponsor; most legislation never advances, regardless of who sponsors it.

  • 1
    Sponsored bills enacted →

    of 66 bills sponsored

    Whether a bill becomes law depends on the whole Congress, not the sponsor alone; substantive provisions often pass folded into other vehicles.

  • 100%
    Party-unity voting

    votes with the party majority · on 26 party-line votes

    Party-unity is how often a member votes with their own party's majority on party-line votes — it reflects agenda alignment, not loyalty, independence, or virtue.

  • 0%
    Cross-party voting

    votes with the other party's majority on those same votes

    The share of the same party-line votes cast with the OTHER party's majority — a descriptive rate, not a measure of principle.

  • 0
    Documented positions →

    no positions documented yet

    Documented, sourced positions we have on record — the absence of a documented position is not the absence of a view.

  • 13
    Committee assignments →

    committees and subcommittees

    Committee seats are assignments made by party leadership — a measure of role and jurisdiction, not an achievement or a conflict in itself.

Assembled from CivicGate's ingested public records for Steve Daines. A fact shown as “—” means we don't yet hold that data — not that the value is zero.

Voting record

Data from senate.gov roll-call records

97.8%
of Senate roll calls voted

Full voting record (46 roll calls) → · Congress 119 · based on 46 of 915 recorded roll calls

See the participation leaderboard →

Issue positions (3)

Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills

Campaign finance

2026 cycle

Incumbent for U.S. Senate MT · 2026 General Election

  • $4,728,811 raised
  • $3,872,917 spent
  • $2,614,137 cash on hand
$4.73M
$2.79M
$1.38M
Itemized (≥ $200)$1.17M
Unitemized (< $200)$204.18K
Party committees$62.00K
Other committees (PACs)$1.35M
Transfers from other committees$1.75M
Offsets to expenditures$0.01
Other receipts$186.16K
$3.87M
Operating expenditures$1.91M
Contribution refunds$1.55M
Transfers to other committees$3.36K
Other disbursements$409.00K
Cash on hand$2.61M
Debts owed by committee$44.81K

Through June 30, 2026 · FEC

Data from FEC (through Jun 30, 2026)

Finance updated: not yet pulled

Over time

Data from FEC per-cycle campaign finance

Money raised, spent, and cash on hand across every election cycle on record — toggle a series in the legend.

Steve Daines campaign finance by election cycle
Cycle RaisedSpentCash on hand
2010$234,644$28,132$206,512
2012$1,830,491$2,021,596$15,407
2014$7,512,470$6,668,759$859,118
2016$478,684$412,359$925,444
2018$961,862$437,132$1,450,176
2020$31,879,415$33,221,808$107,783
2022$1,944,205$1,306,904$745,084
2024$1,682,254$669,095$1,758,243
2026$4,728,811$3,872,917$2,614,137

Contributions received

Data from FEC

Recorded individual contributions: $63,060 ·

Top contributors (FEC)

Data from FEC, itemized campaign receipts

Top contributors — 2024 cycle

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor's reported employer (FEC Schedule A).

  • Employer not reported $80,381
  • ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ $19,800
  • APOLLO MANAGEMENT $15,400
  • SIERRA PACIFIC INDUSTRIES $12,000
  • FLORA FARMS $10,000
  • VETERANS GUARDIAN $9,100
  • CAPITOL TAX PARTNERS $8,000
  • OPPFI $7,500
  • COINBASE $6,600
  • PRESCOTT INVESTORS INC. $6,600

Sponsored / cosponsored bills (200)

Data from Congress.gov

200
Page 1 of 8 · 200 bills
  • SRES 934A resolution designating October 10, 2026, as "American Girls in Sports Day".cosponsoredSep 29, 2026
  • S 5616A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the treatment of digital assets.sponsoredSep 29, 2026
  • SRES 912A resolution recognizing the 50th anniversary of the Hyde Amendment and its enduring legacy of saving the lives of more than 2,600,000 unborn children and respecting the conscience rights of the American people.cosponsoredSep 27, 2026
  • SRES 913A resolution relating to the death of the Honorable Nancy Kassebaum, former United States Senator for the State of Kansas.cosponsoredSep 27, 2026
  • S 5484Affordable HOMES Act of 2026cosponsoredSep 22, 2026
  • SRES 897A resolution honoring the life, service, and legacy of the Honorable Jon Llewellyn Kyl, former Senator for the State of Arizona.cosponsoredSep 22, 2026
  • S 5462FCHIP Extension ActcosponsoredSep 22, 2026
  • SRES 891A resolution designating the week of September 27, 2026, through October 3, 2026, as "Religious Education Week" to celebrate religious education in the United States.cosponsoredSep 22, 2026
  • SRES 856A resolution supporting the designation of September 19, 2026, as "National Stillbirth Prevention and Awareness Day", recognizing tens of thousands of families in the United States that have endured a stillbirth, and seizing the opportunity to keep other families from experiencing the same tragedy.cosponsoredSep 15, 2026
  • S 5330Critical Mineral and Extraction Tax Parity ActcosponsoredAug 5, 2026
  • S 5347Circuit Court of Appeals Reorganization Act of 2026cosponsoredAug 5, 2026
  • S 5354Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Modernization Act of 2026cosponsoredAug 5, 2026
  • SRES 837A resolution designating the week of August 22 through August 30, 2026, as "National Park Week".sponsoredAug 5, 2026
  • S 5234Human-Wildlife Conflict Reduction Act of 2026cosponsoredAug 3, 2026
  • S 5179Title IX Clarification Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 29, 2026
  • S 5202Protecting Our Kids from Harmful Research ActcosponsoredJul 29, 2026
  • SRES 816A resolution honoring 35 years of independence for the countries of Central Asia and recognizing the importance of the United States growing relationship with Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.sponsoredJul 22, 2026
  • S 5119A bill to require the United States Postal Service to sell the Alzheimer's semipostal stamp for 6 additional years.cosponsoredJul 22, 2026
  • SRES 813A resolution designating July 25, 2026, as "National Day of the American Cowboy".cosponsoredJul 22, 2026
  • S 5048Hydropower Licensing Affordability ActsponsoredJul 20, 2026
  • S 5041Advancing Research for Chronic Pain Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 20, 2026
  • S 5025Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 15, 2026
  • S 4992A bill to require the Secretary of the Army to issue guidance relating to the review of applications for alteration or temporary or permanent occupation or use of certain hydropower projects, and for other purposes.sponsoredJul 14, 2026
  • S 4975HEATS ActcosponsoredJul 13, 2026
  • S 4952Protecting American Taxpayers ActcosponsoredJul 12, 2026
Page 1 of 8 · 200 bills

Documented relationships

Documented facts about Daines, aggregated from public records. A documented relationship is not evidence of wrongdoing — it is context, not a conclusion.

No documented relationships of this kind on record — absence is not a finding.

Stock trades (STOCK Act)

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Data from Congress.gov · FEC

How Daines connects to other members, committees, and PACs — drawn only from ingested records.

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