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Steve Daines

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.

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Steve Daines

Steve Daines

RepublicanMT · Senator
Voting Ideologyⓘ
Liberal
Conservative
Conservative (0.589)
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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

Committees shape which bills get heard. See what this member has influence over.

Senate Committee on Energy and Natural ResourcesSenate Committee on FinanceSenate Committee on Foreign RelationsSenate Committee on Indian Affairs

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%