Federal candidate · 2023–2024 cycle · past cycle

Tim Sheehy

Official portrait of Tim Sheehy
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. senator from Montana (class 1)
Party
Republican
Born
1985
In Congress
Senate since 2025 · 1 year in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2031
FEC filing name
SHEEHY, TIM
Next election
Primary April 4, 2023 · General November 5, 2024 (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 · MontanaChallengerWon the general election (52.64%)

FEC candidate ID S4MT00183 · Principal campaign committee: TIM SHEEHY FOR MONTANA

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. Senate · Montana$1,921,040.01Not up for election in 2026; seat is next up in 2030
2023–2024U.S. Senate · Montana$30,015,786.32Won the general election (52.64%)
Total raised$30,015,786.32
Total spent$28,626,778.38
Cash on hand$1,389,007.94
Debts owed by the campaign$1,700,000.00
Loans from the candidate$2,450,000.00

2023–2024 cycle totals through December 31, 2024, 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: $21,776,098.80PACs and other committees: $1,317,450.00Party committees: $63,108.77Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $2,602,762.39Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $3,277,559.69Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $978,806.67
  • Individual contributions$21,776,098.8073%
  • PACs and other committees$1,317,450.004%
  • Party committees$63,108.770%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$2,602,762.399%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$3,277,559.6911%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$978,806.673%

Self-funding: $2,602,762.39 (9% of money raised): $152,762.39 given and $2,450,000.00 lent by the candidate. $750,000.00 of loans repaid so far.

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

232 committees reported giving $1,363,185.00 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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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Tim Sheehy$18,563,408.92
  • Independent expenditures opposing Tim Sheehy$63,515,534.57
  • Company and union communications to members about Tim Sheehy$36,270.82

FEC totals for the 2024 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, 2024 · 6 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Tim Sheehy (R)$30,015,786.32$1,389,007.942024-12-31
R. Jon Tester (D)$93,570,122.72$765,623.572024-12-31
Matt Rosendale (R)$1,067,698.39$920,092.802024-12-31
Bradley S Johnson (R)$43,094.00$0.002024-06-30
Jeremy Mygland (R)$35,717.24$0.002023-12-31
Michael Hummert (D)$7,230.00$744.732024-12-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

Recent polls

Polling average: Tim Sheehy 50.4% · Jon Tester 43.5% (Sheehy +6.9%). Averages listed on Wikipedia from RealClearPolitics, 538, 270toWin, TheHill/DDHQ.

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
AtlasIntelNovember 3–4, 2024752 (LV)± 4.0%Jon Tester 39% · Tim Sheehy 50%
Emerson CollegeOctober 23–25, 20241,000 (LV)± 3.0%Jon Tester 48% · Tim Sheehy 51%
MSU BillingsSeptember 30 – October 16, 2024760 (LV)± 3.6%Jon Tester 43% · Tim Sheehy 43%
New York Times/Siena CollegeOctober 5–8, 2024656 (LV)± 4.3%Jon Tester 44% · Tim Sheehy 52%
656 (RV)44%51%–Jon Tester 4%
Public Opinion Strategies (R)September 29 – October 1, 2024500 (LV)± 4.3%Jon Tester 45% · Tim Sheehy 51%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2024 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: TIM SHEEHY 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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