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Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Steve Daines

Official portrait of Steve Daines
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. senator from Montana (class 2)
Party
Republican
Born
1962
In Congress
House since 2013 · Senate since 2015 · 13 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2021 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
DAINES, STEVE
Next election
Primary March 5, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Montana with the whole state highlighted

Montana

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Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

RepublicanU.S. Senate · MontanaIncumbentWithdrawn

FEC candidate ID S2MT00096 · Principal campaign committee: STEVE DAINES FOR MONTANA

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. Senate · Montana$4,779,230.01Withdrawn
2019–2020U.S. Senate · Montana$31,883,793.77Won the general election (55.01%)
Total raised$4,779,230.01
Total spent$3,958,204.44
Cash on hand$2,579,268.49
Debts owed by the campaign$44,813.08
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through September 30, 2026, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $1,375,089.88PACs and other committees: $1,352,050.00Party committees: $62,000.00Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $1,772,520.30Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $217,569.83
  • Individual contributions$1,375,089.8829%
  • PACs and other committees$1,352,050.0028%
  • Party committees$62,000.001%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$1,772,520.3037%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$217,569.835%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$517,308.1415%
  • Contributions over $200$2,932,446.7685%
  • Itemized from inside Montana$483,482.7215%
  • Itemized from other states$2,762,094.6485%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: Texas $453,252.34 · Florida $365,295.95 · California $353,688.52 · Illinois $237,642.57 · New York $231,415.37. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$4.9M$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $962,940.00APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $286,578.16JULY QUARTERLY: raised $1,097,203.07JULY QUARTERLY: spent $280,514.83OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $1,029,280.70OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $427,747.22YEAR-END: raised $1,392,420.06YEAR-END: spent $340,911.74APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $227,207.24APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $856,474.79JULY QUARTERLY: raised $19,760.04JULY QUARTERLY: spent $1,680,689.81OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $50,418.90OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $85,287.892025-032025-092026-032026-09

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Voting record, 119th Congress

Roll-call votes while serving915
Voted yea661
Voted nay228
Did not vote26 of 915
Bills and resolutions sponsored66
Sponsored that became law2
Cosponsored354

Recorded Senate roll-call votes from January 9, 2025 through September 30, 2026, the latest vote on record for this member. Each vote links to the official Senate record.

Latest roll-call votes

DateQuestionResultVote
Sep 30, 2026On the Nomination · PN 1129
Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to be Secretary of Labor		Nomination ConfirmedYea
Sep 30, 2026On the Cloture Motion · PN 1129
Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to be Secretary of Labor		Cloture Motion Agreed toYea
Sep 30, 2026On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed · HR 9340
A bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to establish a Federal standard relating to the recovery of the full, incremental costs of upgrades that serve large-load customers, and for other purposes.		Cloture on the Motion to Proceed RejectedYea
Sep 30, 2026On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed · HR 7008
A bill to amend chapter 131 of title 5 to require certain restrictions on stocks for Members of Congress and their spouses and dependents, and for other purposes.		Cloture on the Motion to Proceed RejectedYea
Sep 29, 2026On the Motion to Discharge · SRES 852
A resolution requesting information on Israel's human rights practices pursuant to section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.		Motion to Discharge RejectedNay
Sep 29, 2026On the Motion to Proceed · SJRES 197
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to 		Motion to Proceed RejectedNay
Sep 28, 2026On Passage of the Bill · S 4668
A bill to protect the name, image, and likeness rights of, and provide protections for, student athletes and to promote fair competition among intercollegiate athletics, and for other purposes.		Bill PassedYea
Sep 28, 2026On the Amendment · S 4668
To establish certain standards with respect to coaches of varsity sports teams.		Amendment RejectedNay
Sep 28, 2026On the Amendment · S 4668
To increase the limitation on funding for post-eligibility insurance and catastrophic injury for student athletes.		Amendment RejectedNay
Sep 28, 2026On the Amendment · S 4668
To limit price increases for college athletics tickets.		Amendment RejectedNay

Latest bills and resolutions sponsored

  • S. 5616 ADAPT Act
    Introduced Sep 30, 2026 · Latest action Sep 30, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  • S.Res. 837 A resolution designating the week of August 22 through August 30, 2026, as "National Park Week".
    Introduced Aug 6, 2026 · Latest action Aug 6, 2026: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
  • S.Res. 816 A resolution honoring 35 years of independence for the countries of Central Asia and recognizing the importance of the United States growing relationship with Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
    Introduced Jul 23, 2026 · Latest action Sep 17, 2026: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4790)
  • S. 5048 Hydropower Licensing Affordability Act
    Introduced Jul 21, 2026 · Latest action Sep 16, 2026: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
  • S. 4992 A bill to require the Secretary of the Army to issue guidance relating to the review of applications for alteration or temporary or permanent occupation or use of certain hydropower projects, and for other purposes.
    Introduced Jul 15, 2026 · Latest action Jul 15, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
  • S.Res. 798 A resolution designating June 2026 as "Great Outdoors Month".
    Introduced Jun 24, 2026 · Latest action Jul 14, 2026: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4087)
  • S.Res. 787 A resolution celebrating the historic anniversary of the June 24, 2022, decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization.
    Introduced Jun 24, 2026 · Latest action Jun 24, 2026: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S3214)
  • S.Res. 795 A resolution commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
    Introduced Jun 24, 2026 · Latest action Jun 24, 2026: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S3194-3195; text: CR S3218-3219)
  • S. 4838 Outdoor Recreational Outfitting and Guiding Act
    Introduced Jun 18, 2026 · Latest action Jun 18, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  • S. 4752 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase criminal and civil penalties for unauthorized disclosure of taxpayer information, and for other purposes.
    Introduced Jun 11, 2026 · Latest action Jun 11, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Counts of the public record only; TerraCivic does not rate members or judge their votes. Votes: Voteview (Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/). Bills: GovInfo Bill Status (public domain). Retrieved October 23, 2026.

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

322 committees reported giving $1,028,794.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

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The race

Montana U.S. Senate, 2026 · 14 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Steve Daines (R)$4,779,230.01$2,579,268.492026-09-30
Seth Bodnar (I)$4,918,341.25$580,920.912026-10-14
Kurt Alme (R)$3,013,680.86$602,737.762026-10-14
Reilly Neill (D)$306,624.74$312.742026-10-14
Kyle Austin (L)$261,825.31$2,684.122026-10-14
Alani Ines Bankhead (D)$190,539.71$22,819.802026-10-14
Michael James Blackwolf (D)$26,144.00$527.792026-03-31
Michael Hummert (D)$12,330.00$7,428.552026-09-30
Lee Calhoun (R)$8,325.38$0.002026-06-05
Christopher Kehoe (D)$1,000.05$920.052026-06-09

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

Recent polls

Polling average: Kurt Alme 42.5% · Alani Bankhead 17.9% · Seth Bodnar 29.5% (Alme +13.0%). Averages listed on Wikipedia from 270toWin, Decision Desk HQ, FiftyPlusOne, RealClearPolitics, Silver Bulletin.

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
Quantus Insights (R)October 15–18, 2026667 (LV)± 4.0%Kurt Alme 44% · Alani Bankhead 21% · Seth Bodnar 28% · Kyle Austin 2%
46%21%29%2%Kurt Alme 2%
Peak Insights (R)October 7–12, 2026500 (LV)± 4.0%Kurt Alme 44% · Alani Bankhead 12% · Seth Bodnar 29% · Kyle Austin 3%
Concord Public Opinion PartnersOctober 6–8, 2026405 (LV)± 4.9%Kurt Alme 35% · Alani Bankhead 13% · Seth Bodnar 37% · Kyle Austin 1%
American Pulse ResearchSeptember 19–24, 2026604 (LV)Kurt Alme 45% · Alani Bankhead 19% · Seth Bodnar 26% · Kyle Austin 3%
Quantus Insights (R)September 14–15, 2026625 (LV)± 4.3%Kurt Alme 44% · Alani Bankhead 23% · Seth Bodnar 24%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States Senate election in Montana (retrieved October 22, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: STEVE DAINES FOR MONTANA.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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