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Steve Daines

3rd term · 13.7 years in office: 2 full terms completed, 1 in progress.

Senator · MT · Republican · since Jan 2013

Steve Daines

Bills authored 39Missed votes 4 of 214Party unity 73% derived, how we compute this

Counted from 214 roll calls and 192 sponsorship records on file.

Provisionalunreviewed: stated positions
Stray indexpending review

Who they are · every sentence carries its source

Before the votes, a life.

Born in Los Angeles and raised in Bozeman, Montana, Steve Daines graduated from Montana State University with a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering.Source 2: Official website of Steve DainesSource 3: Wikipedia: Steve Daines He spent thirteen years working for Procter & Gamble, managing operations in the United States and Asia, before returning to Bozeman in 1997 to join his family's construction business.Source 3: Wikipedia: Steve Daines Daines later worked as an executive at the cloud-based software company RightNow Technologies, remaining there until 2012.Source 3: Wikipedia: Steve Daines

After an unsuccessful run for lieutenant governor of Montana in 2008, Daines was elected to represent the state's at-large congressional district in the United States House of Representatives in 2012.Source 3: Wikipedia: Steve Daines He won election to the United States Senate in 2014, was reelected in 2020, and announced in 2026 that he would not seek another term.Source 3: Wikipedia: Steve Daines

In their own words

“I remember back in 2018 when I founded the U.S. Senate Pro-Life Caucus. I had no idea how important our work would become.”

Congressional Record · Jun 23, 2026 · Source

One rule for every member: their most recent dated, linkable statement about themselves.

The path here

  1. 1997

    Left Procter & Gamble to join his family's construction business in Bozeman.Source 3: Wikipedia: Steve Daines

  2. 2000-2012

    Served as an executive at RightNow Technologies.Source 3: Wikipedia: Steve Daines

  3. 2013-2015

    Represented Montana's at-large congressional district in the United States House of Representatives.Source 3: Wikipedia: Steve Daines

  4. 2015-Present

    Serves as a United States senator from Montana.Source 1: Steve Daines — Biographical Directory of the United States CongressSource 3: Wikipedia: Steve Daines

98.13% attendance · all roll calls we have ingested

3 sources

  1. 1Steve Daines — Biographical Directory of the United States Congressbioguideopen source
  2. 2Official website of Steve Dainesofficial profileopen source
  3. 3Wikipedia: Steve Daineswikipediaopen source archived copy
Full record card

The record card · sourced from Bioguide, the Clerk and the FEC

13.7YRS

In office · 3rd term · since Jan 2013

We hold certified results for U.S. House seats only.

98.13%

Attendance

senate median 98.13% (100 members)

Not a candidate in any election we track.

Figures cover all roll calls we have ingested.

Before Congress

  1. 1997 Left Procter & Gamble to join his family's construction business in Bozeman.
  2. 2000-2012 Served as an executive at RightNow Technologies.
  3. 2013-2015 Represented Montana's at-large congressional district in the United States House of Representatives.
  4. 2015-Present Serves as a United States senator from Montana.
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural ResourcesSenate Committee on FinanceSenate Committee on Foreign RelationsSenate Committee on Indian AffairsSenate Committee on Foreign Relations · Europe and Regional Security Cooperation subcommittee chairSenate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources · National Parks subcommittee chairSenate Committee on Foreign Relations · Africa and Global Health Policy subcommitteeSenate Committee on Finance · Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure subcommitteeSenate Committee on Finance · Health Care subcommitteeSenate Committee on Finance · International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness subcommitteeSenate Committee on Foreign Relations · Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism subcommitteeSenate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources · Public Lands, Forests, and Mining subcommitteeSenate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources · Water and Power subcommittee39 bills authored · 1 enacted

Says vs. does · 72 issues in 6 clusters

Stated position vs. voting record.

The dashed shape is what they campaigned on. The solid shape is how they voted. Where the shapes separate, the record differs from the platform. The distance is measured. What it means is up to you.

SaysDoes
  • Economy & taxes: not yet stated; voted 50 of 100 toward FISCAL RESTRAINT.
  • Safety & enforcement: not yet stated; voted 51 of 100 toward STRICTER ENFORCEMENT.
  • Immigration: not yet stated; voted 76 of 100 toward TIGHTER LIMITS.
  • Rights & liberty: not yet stated; voted 55 of 100 toward INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY.
  • Environment & energy: not yet stated; voted 37 of 100 toward CONSERVE & PROTECT.
  • Governance & oversight: not yet stated; voted 31 of 100 toward DISCLOSURE & AUDIT.
Rim = strongest position on each cluster’s named pole · Same scale for every member · How we score ▸

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The stats, cluster by cluster

6 clusters · 72 issues · sorted by gap size

Each rail runs between two positions real bills take. ○ marks what they campaigned on; ▪ marks how they voted. Select a cluster to open its issues.

GapSorted by gap size · How we score ▸

Receipts · recent votes on passage

How they voted.

Money & ties

Who's behind them.

How complete is this money picture?

12%of the money categories we track are publicly disclosed for this member, counting those that lawfully lag.

  • Campaign financeNot yet derived · 34%
  • Corporate-PAC shareNot yet derived · 22%
  • Disclosed tradesLagged · 12%
  • Lobbyist meetingsNot disclosed · 32%

Disclosed federally when a campaign committee registers; we do not yet hold FEC totals for this candidate.

Disclosed by the FEC; we have not built the honest derivation — same for every member.

Members must disclose trades within 45 days; this picture is always at least that far behind.

A gap in the disclosure system, not a statement about this member — lobbyist meetings are not federally disclosed for any member of Congress.

Weights are fixed product-wide and disclosed, so this percentage is comparable across members.

Who funds them

Disclosed federally when a campaign committee registers; we do not yet hold FEC totals for this candidate.

Disclosed trades

We hold no disclosed-trade filings for this member. That is a gap in what we have loaded; it does not mean none were filed.

FEC OpenFEC · disclosed trades: House Clerk / Senate filings.

Ideology placement

Economic (dim 1)0.588
Social (dim 2)-0.017

Voteview DW-NOMINATE · retrieved Sep 7, 2026 — an external attributed reference, shown as context.

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