Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past 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
General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Montana with the whole state highlighted

Montana

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

RepublicanU.S. Senate · MontanaIncumbentWon the general election (55.01%)

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$31,883,793.77
Total spent$33,226,187.14
Cash on hand$107,782.97
Debts owed by the campaign$44,813.08
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2019–2020 cycle totals through December 31, 2020, 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: $27,093,026.52PACs and other committees: $3,251,627.25Party committees: $51,050.00Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $1,412,257.62Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $75,832.38
  • Individual contributions$27,093,026.5285%
  • PACs and other committees$3,251,627.2510%
  • Party committees$51,050.000%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$1,412,257.624%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$75,832.380%

Raised and spent over time

Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.

Committees

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

PAC and committee contributors

683 committees reported giving $3,811,576.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through December 29, 2024. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Steve Daines$6,352,547.41
  • Independent expenditures opposing Steve Daines$46,748,587.53
  • Electioneering communications naming Steve Daines$925,000.00
  • Company and union communications to members about Steve Daines$54,451.88

FEC totals for the 2020 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.

The race

Montana U.S. Senate, 2020 · 8 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Steve Daines (R)$31,883,793.77$107,782.972020-12-31
Steve Bullock (D)$49,522,119.85$949,350.142020-12-31
Cora Neumann (D)$644,229.48$93,942.372020-12-31
Wilmot James Collins (D)$281,852.33$0.002020-05-06
John Mues (D)$187,923.01$0.002020-07-15
Jack Ballard (D)$30,575.00$139.362020-12-31
Susan Good Giese (L)$11,752.29$0.002020-06-02
Daniel Richard Larson (R)$3,775.00$935.002020-03-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

Recent polls

Polling average: Steve Daines 48.4% · Steve Bullock 46.8% (Daines +1.6%). Averages listed on Wikipedia from 270toWin, RealClearPolitics.

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
Change Research (D)October 29 – November 2, 2020920 (LV)± 3.5%Steve Daines 50% · Steve Bullock 46%
Public Policy Polling (D)October 26–27, 2020886 (LV)± 3.3%Steve Daines 47% · Steve Bullock 48%
The Progress Campaign (D)October 25, 2020– (V)–Steve Daines 48% · Steve Bullock 48%
Montana State University BillingsOctober 19–24, 2020546 (LV)± 4.2%Steve Daines 47% · Steve Bullock 48%
Siena College/NYT UpshotOctober 18–20, 2020758 (LV)± 4.4%Steve Daines 49% · Steve Bullock 46%
Strategies 360October 15–20, 2020500 (LV)± 4.4%Steve Daines 48% · Steve Bullock 47%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2020 United States Senate election in Montana (retrieved October 23, 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 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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