Steve Daines
Republican · MT · U.S. Senate
Bio
Steven David Daines is an American politician and businessman serving as the senior United States senator from Montana, a seat he has held since 2015. He is the first Republican Class II senator from Montana in 102 years. Daines represented Montana's at-large congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2013 to 2015.
Full bio on Wikipedia →Record of service
- In office
- 13.6 years
- Chambers
- House 2y, Senate 11.6y
- First took office
- 2013 (3 terms)
- Seniority
- 57 of 100 by time served
- Age
- 64
- Senate class
- 2 · senior senator
- Senate Republican Committee Chair · 2023–2025
- Billings, MT · 406-245-6822
- Great Falls, MT · 406-453-0148
- Helena, MT · 406-443-3189
- Missoula, MT · 406-549-8198
- Sidney, MT · 406-482-9010
- Bozeman, MT · 406-587-3446
- Kalispell, MT · 406-257-3765
Service history, offices and identifiers from unitedstates/congress-legislators (public domain). Years served sum each term rather than subtracting the first start date, so a break in service is not counted as time in office.
Reported net worth
- Assets
- $8.5M – $32.8M
- Liabilities
- $0 – $0
- Net worth
- $8.5M – $32.8M
- Since 2018
- +$4.2M
From annual financial disclosures, which report every asset and debt as a bracket — so these are ranges, and the figure shown is their midpoint. A primary residence is not a reportable asset while its mortgage is a reportable debt, which pushes some members negative. How this is calculated →
Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)
Issue profile
Each issue runs left ↔ right, scored from how the member voted on bills tagged to that issue (−1…+1). Issues with too few votes are blank. Overall lean uses DW-NOMINATE.
How they score against the parties
Steve Daines's voting record compared with each party's national platform, issue by issue — the same similarity score used across the site.
On the political map
Steve Daines (the large ringed dot) among every current member of Congress and the party platforms.
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Caucuses & committees
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Committees
- Senate Committee on Indian Affairscenter · 11 members
- Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resourcescenter · 20 members
- Senate Committee on Financecenter · 27 members
- Senate Committee on Foreign Relationscenter · 22 members
Most and least aligned members
Treating Daines's 14 issue scores as a vector, cosine similarity measures whether two voting records point the same way (+100%) or in opposite directions (−100%) — the colleagues whose records align most and least with theirs.
Recent notable votes
Latest news
How the Democrats Can Win by Losing in Montana and Other StatesAlani Bankhead, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Montana, should end her campaign and clear the path for independent Seth Bodnar to consolidate the votes of the state’s non-Republicans. Bodnar is polling better than Bankhead in head-to-head matchups again…
The New Republic · July 30, 2026
Sen. Daines: Having Dinner With JD Vance Is Enough Oversight On Iran WarSen. Steve Daines exposed his ignorance on the US Constitution, budgetary matters and Congressional oversight when he told Fox Business he will vote against an upcoming Senate bill to limit Trump's war powers claiming it violated the principles of the Foundin…
Crooksandliars.com · July 24, 2026
'Not oversight!' Outrage as scrambling GOP senator cites dinnertime chat with VPSen. Steve Daines (R-MT) sparked ridicule Thursday after citing a dinner at Vice President JD Vance's home as evidence he was meeting his oversight responsibilities on the Iran war.During a Thursday broadcast on Fox Business, host Stuart Varney asked whether …
Raw Story · July 23, 2026
American Tributes – Steve Daines: Every Corner of This Country Tells a Story of Strength, ResilienceSen. Steve Daines (R-MT) reflected on America’s founding, his Montana family roots, and the enduring promise of freedom as the nation marks its 250th birthday. The post American Tributes – Steve Daines: Every Corner of This Country Tells a Story of Strength, …
Breitbart News · June 24, 2026
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