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U.S. Representative for Montana’s 1st District

Ryan K. Zinke

Republican 4th term Not running · open seat

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we measure

Breaks with Republicans most onEconomics and Public Finance: broke on 7 of 50 party-line votes (14%; most Republicans: 7%)
97LoyaltyMed 98
97AttendMed 98
13BipartMed 12
12BreaksMed 8
In office
House 2015–now
5 years in CongressMore senior than 45% of the House
Committees
  • Foreign Affairs 20th majority
  • Appropriations 23rd majority
Age
65

2026 election

Not on the November ballot
General election Nov 3, 2026

On the ballot for this seat

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Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 3, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date8015115567412
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—1602321,23536

Counts, not a score: statements as the Statements tab counts them, bills by introduction date, roll calls the member voted in, breaks on party-line votes.

1

What does he focus on?

MethodIssues tab →
Transportation and Public Works 25% no bills
International Affairs no statements 20%
Public Lands and Natural Resources 18% 53%

StatementsBills

Words go to Transportation and Public Works, Public Lands and Natural Resources and Government Operations and Politics; bills go to Public Lands and Natural Resources and International Affairs.

  • He talks most about: Government Spending (Government Operations and Politics), Transportation Infrastructure (Transportation and Public Works), Water Infrastructure (Transportation and Public Works), Ecosystem Restoration (Public Lands and Natural Resources), Armed Forces & National Security (Armed Forces and National Security).
  • 15 bills sponsored, most on Public Lands and Natural Resources.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
MemberForeign Affairs Committee20th majority
MemberAppropriations Committee23rd majority

No committee or party leadership post, more senior than 45% of the House, in the majority.

  • 5 years in Congress: more senior than 45% of the House.
  • Majority: Republicans and the independents who caucus with them hold 219 of the 433 filled seats.
5

Who does he work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

His cosponsorships on Democratic bills

9% · peer median 9%

Closest across the aisle

Closest across the aisle Pro The members of the other party who vote most like Zinke.

Free account See Pro

Agreement on contested votes where both cast yea or nay, this Congress · Voteview

9% of his cosponsorships go to Democratic bills (peer median 9%); closest in his party: Johnson and Fleischmann.

  • Other-party share of cosponsors on his own bills: not yet tracked.
  • Caucus memberships: not yet tracked.
3

Can he get things done?

MethodBills tab →

His billsExpected for a peer

Introduced 14 · expected 27
Action in committee 5 · expected 7
Beyond committee 2 · expected 4
Passed House 1 · expected 2
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 269 of 433 in the House

0.47expected 1.22 · average member 1.00

1 of 14 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 0.47 against a peer median of 1.22.

  • On the move: H.R. 8665 (passed a chamber), H.R. 3613 (out of committee).
  • Amendments offered and adopted, earmarks in dollars: not yet tracked.

119th Congress so far · bills from congress.gov

4

Where does he stand?

MethodVotes tab →
Position, all votesDW-NOMINATE +0.44

With his party on all 12 areas with 10 or more party-line votes so far.

Major bills of the Congress · final passage

Voted with his party on 10 of the 10 he voted on.

The same ten bills on every profile, chosen by a rule from the roll calls, statements and lobbying filings on file · Method · party column: Republicans yea–nay on that roll call.

Votes with Republicans on 97% of party-line votes, breaks 12 times (peer median 7).

  • Position: +0.44, inside the Republican middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Economics and Public Finance 7 of 50, Armed Forces & National Security 2 of 38, Environmental Protection 1 of 26.

Distance from party, not an ideology score · areas under 10 party-line votes not shown.

6

Who backs him?

MethodMoney tab →

Where the money comes from

Zinke’s campaign, Commander Zinke Leadership Fund, is now registered with the FEC as a leadership PAC, not a campaign, so the FEC’s files no longer list 2025–26 campaign money under Zinke’s name. The figures below are from 2023–24.

ZinkeNo campaign report on file with the FEC for Zinke this cycle · checked Nov 3, 2026

No campaign money on file for Zinke this cycle.

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 7.7 points.

58 PACs of the 122 that gave belong to organizations that lobbied on bills he faced a vote on, cosponsored or sponsored.

Top lobbying issues of the organizations behind the PACs that gave to him: Taxation, Budget/Appropriations and Transportation.

  1. American National Security0% D
  2. American Revival0% D
  3. Chevron9% D

What each PAC gave Pro Amounts, the full list and each organization’s lobbying are part of Pro.

Free account See Pro

Party split is the PAC’s giving to all federal candidates · FEC

What those organizations lobby on

110 bills

Zinke voted Yea on 55, did not vote on 4, and sponsored or cosponsored 51 with no recorded vote.

7

Do his words match his actions?

MethodPositions tab →

Positions are being checked before they go public; this question fills in when they are.