2025 Montana Legislative Scorecard

The following scorecard lists several key votes in the Montana State Legislature in 2025 and ranks state representatives and senators based on their fidelity to (U.S.) constitutional and limited-government principles.

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Senate Votes

House Votes

1. K-12 Funding Increase

Updates the state's K-12 school funding formula to include inflation adjustments.

Read More Constitutional Vote: No Cost per household: -$115.00/year

HB15 Roll Call 1481075

2. Immigration Enforcement

Empowers state prosecutors to pursue criminal charges against individuals who are subject to federal immigration detention for offenses committed within Montana.

3. Prohibit Intergovernmental Entities

Prohibits the state and its subdivisions from enforcing or funding mandates issued by the World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations (UN), or World Economic Forum (WEF).

4. Sound Money

Proposed recognizing gold and silver coins and bullion issued by the U.S. government as legal tender within the state.

Read More Constitutional Vote: Yes Benefit per household: +$0.78/year

HB382 Roll Call 1501589

5. Con-Con

Sought to invoke Article V of the U.S. Constitution to apply for an Article V constitutional convention to propose constitutional amendments imposing fiscal restraints on the federal government, limiting its power and jurisdiction, and establishing term limits for members of Congress.

6. Prohibit Sale of Aborted Fetal Body Parts

Expands existing prohibitions on selling human body parts to explicitly include human fetal tissue and whole human bodies, banning their sale for purposes such as transplantation, therapy, research, education, or the training of search and rescue canines.

How did they vote?

Legend: Constitutional Unconstitutional Did not vote

Name	Party	Score
Eric Albus	R	67%
Brad Barker	R	50%
Denise Baum	D	17%
David Bedey	R	50%
Lyn Bennett	R	67%
Marta Bertoglio	R	50%
Larry Brewster	R	67%
Edward Buttrey	R	67%
Ed Byrne	R	83%
Mary Caferro	D	17%
Robert Carter	D	17%
Brian Close	D	17%
Curtis Cochran	R	83%
Jill Cohenour	D	17%
Thedis B. Crowe	D	17%
Melody Cunningham	D	17%
Scott DeMarois	D	17%
Lee Deming	R	83%
Julie Dooling	R	50%
Neil Duram	R	83%
Becky Edwards	D	17%
Pete Elverum	D	17%
Sherry Essmann	R	50%
Jodee Etchart	R	67%
Terry Falk	R	100%
Paul Fielder	R	100%
John Fitzpatrick	R	50%
Sidney Fitzpatrick	D	17%
Steve Fitzpatrick	—	50%
Mike Fox	D	17%
Tom France	D	17%
Shelly Fyant	D	17%
Jane Gillette	R	100%
Steve Gist	R	67%
Randyn Gregg	R	83%
Alanah Griffith	D	17%
Donavon Hawk	D	20%
Caleb Hinkle	R	100%
Jedediah Hinkle	R	100%
SJ Howell	D	17%
Jamie Isaly	D	17%
Llew Jones	R	50%
Denise Joy	D	17%
Jonathan Karlen	D	17%
Steven Kelly	R	83%
Connie Keogh	D	17%
Shane Klakken	R	83%
Greg Kmetz	R	100%
Kelly Kortum	D	17%
Marc Lee	D	17%
Brandon Ler	R	67%
Kathy Love	R	100%
Jennifer Lynch	D	17%
Shannon Maness	R	100%
Marilyn Marler	D	20%
Ron Marshall	R	75%
Eric Matthews	D	17%
Bill Mercer	R	50%
Tom Millett	R	100%
Russel Miner	R	67%
Braxton Mitchell	R	100%
Valerie Moore	R	50%
Luke Muszkiewicz	D	17%
Fiona Nave	R	83%
Terry Nelson	R	N/A
Anthony Nicastro	R	50%
Nelly Nicol	R	100%
George Nikolakakos	R	50%
Melissa Nikolakakos	R	50%
Greg Oblander	R	50%
Greg Overstreet	R	67%
Gary Parry	R	67%
Debo Powers	D	17%
James Reavis	D	17%
Amy Regier	R	83%
Linda Reksten	R	67%
Melissa Romano	D	17%
Scott Rosenzweig	D	17%
Jerry Schillinger	R	83%
Curtis Schomer	R	67%
Lukas Schubert	R	83%
Joshua Seckinger	D	17%
Kerri Seekins-Crowe	R	67%
Tracy Sharp	R	83%
Frank Smith	D	17%
Jade Sooktis	D	17%
Courtenay Sprunger	R	67%
Ed Stafman	D	17%
Peter Strand	D	17%
Katie Sullivan	D	17%
Mark Thane	D	17%
Morgan Thiel	R	83%
Eric Tilleman	R	67%
Paul Tuss	D	17%
Mike Vinton	R	50%
Kenneth Walsh	R	75%
Jane Weber	D	17%
Zachary E. Wirth	R	67%
Tyson Running Wolf	D	17%
Zooey Zephyr	D	17%
Katie Zolnikov	R	83%

Average Freedom Score by Party

Party	Score
Democrat	17.1%
Republican	73.4%