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Member brief · 119th Congress

Sen. Steve Daines

R · Republican · U.S. Senator, Montana1

In Congress
Since 2013 · 13 years
 Next election
Nov 3, 2026
 Committee leadership
Chairman, National Parks
Chairman, Europe and Regional Security Cooperation

CommitteesEnergy and Natural Resources; Finance; Foreign Relations; Indian Affairs2

Participation3

97 / 100

Chamber median 98
889 of 915 roll calls

Party unity3

100 / 100

Chamber median 99
on 815 party-line votes

Cross-party agreement3

8 / 100

Chamber median 9
on 867 contested votes

Ideology score4

+0.59

Chamber median +0.32
−1 left · +1 right

Notable votes and votes by issue

In the full brief: five notable recent votes chosen by a fixed rule (most recent breaks with party first), each with the member’s vote, the party’s position and a source, plus how often Daines votes with the party on each issue.

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Money and lobbying

In the full brief: how many of Daines’s PACs belong to organizations that lobbied on bills Daines voted on or cosponsored, with the dollars beside the chamber median; the top bills; campaign totals and the top PACs.

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Votes most like5

R James E. Risch ID 100% of 843
R Tim Sheehy MT 100% of 850
R James C. Justice WV 100% of 830

Share of roll calls both voted on where they voted the same way.

Next race

Nov 3, 2026 · Not on the November ballot7

On the November ballot

Seth BodnarIndependent
Kurt AlmeRepublican
Kyle AustinLibertarian
Alani BankheadDemocratic

Data as of Nov 2, 2026 · votes through Sep 30, 2026 · Method: https://oathstar.com/methodology · Live profile: https://oathstar.com/people/steve-daines

  1. 1. Member record and terms: congress.gov; unitedstates/congress-legislators, retrieved 2026-11-02. www.congress.gov/people/D000618
  2. 2. Committees: unitedstates/congress-legislators, retrieved 2026-11-02. github.com/unitedstates/congress-legislators
  3. 3. Participation, party unity, cross-party agreement, votes by issue: Oathstar from Voteview roll calls, 119th Congress, retrieved 2026-11-02. voteview.com/person/21338
  4. 4. Ideology: DW-NOMINATE first dimension, Voteview, 119th Congress. voteview.com/person/21338
  1. 5. Votes most like: Oathstar from Voteview roll calls, 119th Congress. voteview.com/data
  2. 6. Candidates: FEC filings, 2026 MT-SENATE race, retrieved 2026-11-02. www.fec.gov/data/elections/senate/MT/2026/
  3. 7. November ballot: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_Senate_elections, as of 2026-10-05. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_Senate_elections

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