Steve Daines
RRepublicanMT · Senator
66
/ 100
Above Average
Attendance97
Avg: 98
Independence66
Avg: 55
Bipartisan Tone9
Avg: 15
Ethics Record100
Avg: 100
Transparency43
Avg: 47
Accountability Score — composite of attendance, independence, bipartisan tone, ethics record & transparency.
Methodology
Steve Daines
RepublicanMT · Senator
Voting Ideologyⓘ
Liberal
Conservative
Conservative (0.589)
Steve Daines is a Republican Senator from MT. He has served 13 years in Congress across 3 terms. Based on his voting record, he is rated as conservative, voting with his party 34.4% of the time.
13
Years in Office
3
Terms Served
119
Current Congress
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Report Card
Performance metrics for the current Congress
34.4%
Party Loyaltyⓘ
206 votes against party
3.1%
Missed Votesⓘ
324 total votes
29
Bills Sponsoredⓘ
1 enacted
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How Steve Compares
vs. the average Senator
Party Loyalty-11.7% vs avg
34.4%
Avg: 46.1%
Missed Votes+0.8% vs avg
3.1%
Avg: 2.3%
Bills Sponsored-0.7 vs avg
29
Avg: 29.7
Committee Assignments
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Campaign Finance
2026 cycle · through 2012-12-31
$15,407
Cash on Handⓘ
$1,830,491
Total Receiptsⓘ
$2,021,596
Disbursementsⓘ
$1,310,255
Individual Donors
$428,708
PAC Contributionsⓘ
$66,665
Self-Fundingⓘ
Service History
2013–2015House · MT-0 · Republican
2015–PresentSenate · MT · RepublicanCurrent
State Demographics
MT · ACS 2023 estimates · These are the people this member represents.
1,105,072
Population
$69,857
Median Income
40.0
Median Age
34.5%
College Educated
Racial Composition
White 85.7%Black 0.5%Hispanic 4.4%Asian 0.8%