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Steve Daines
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Steve Daines

US Senator
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LAME DUCK
Steve Daines is still in active office but has announced they will not seek re-election in 2026. Announced he will not seek re-election in 2026.
🗺️ Montana home
RESOLUTE Citizen Score
17 / 100 F
Raw: 15 of 90 dynamic max · 45 of 50 answered · -25 foreign-influence adjustment
Last verified: · from claim evidence
✝ God First 24/ 60
🇺🇸 America First 16/ 40
National Rank
#4,591 of 8,776 · bottom 47.7% among candidates with at least one scored answer
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Score adjustments

Foreign-lobby money compromises America First. The U.S. has no formal mutual-defense treaty with Israel; AIPAC operates a super-PAC (United Democracy Project) that spent over $100M during the 2024 cycle on independent expenditures against U.S. candidates who criticize Israeli government policy. A candidate who has accepted that money has, in their own revealed preference, accepted a foreign-policy filter on their congressional vote. The same logic covers China-linked donations, where federal law also prohibits CCP members from contributing.

For every candidate with a documented donor record, two things happen: (1) the specific category question is marked False (foreign_policy_restraint[q4] for AIPAC + China; economic_stewardship[q5] — the WEF/ESG/Davos capture question — for Soros-network donors), so the per-category subscore drops by 2 points; (2) an additional dollar-bracket adjustment is applied to the total, making the penalty proportional to the magnitude of the funding. Both impacts are visible on this page.

Full methodology, bracket schedules, and primary sources →

Base score 40/100 → Adjusted 15/100

Contact This Official

Call202-224-2651Send MessageOfficial PageX / Twitter@SteveDainesFacebook/SteveDainesMTYouTubeChannel
📍 Local district offices (6)
Billings, MT · 406-245-6822 · 222 N. 32nd St., Suite 100 59101
Great Falls, MT · 406-453-0148 · 104 4th Street North, Suite 302 59401
Helena, MT · 406-443-3189 · 30 W. 14th St., Suite 206 59601
Missoula, MT · 406-549-8198 · 218 E. Front St., Suite 103 59802
Sidney, MT · 406-482-9010 · 609 S. Central Ave., Suite #4, Central Plaza Building 59270
Bozeman, MT · 406-587-3446 · 1450 Twin Lakes Avenue, Suite 201A 59718

Reach out directly. Your voice matters. Proverbs 29:2 — When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice.

Next Election
November 3, 2026
Primary · Seat up at next election
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Official Profile

Religion: Presbyterian
Education: Montana State University (BS Chemical Engineering)
Birthplace: Van Nuys, California
Background: Former Procter & Gamble and RightNow Technologies executive. Lived in Asia for several years on business. Served one term in U.S. House before winning Senate seat in 2014.
NRA Rating: A+
Heritage Action Score: 79%
X / Twitter: @SteveDaines
Senior Senator from Montana (2015-). Chair of NRSC. Heritage Action lifetime 79%. NRA A+ — highest possible rating. Presbyterian. Fifth-generation Montanan. Strong pro-life record, co-sponsored Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. Supports border wall and immigration enforcement.

Category Breakdown

Sanctity of Life

6/10
Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception
TRUE (+2)
1 claim

  1. Founder and chairman of the Senate Pro-Life Caucus; introduced the Life at Conception Act, which declares constitutional personhood beginning at fertilization, along with the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act, and legislation to block taxpayer funding of abortion.

    Verified 2026-06-02Dispute this claim
Candidate has voted for or actively advocates abortion abolition (not merely restrictions)
FALSE (0)
Candidate opposes embryonic stem-cell research, IVF embryo discard, and chimeric experimentation
FALSE (0)
Candidate opposes euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide, and quality-of-life rationing
TRUE (+2)
Candidate has never accepted Planned Parenthood, NARAL, EMILY's List, or abortion-industry PAC funding
TRUE (+2)

Biblical Marriage

8/10
Candidate affirms marriage as exclusively the lifelong union of one man and one woman as instituted by God
TRUE (+2)
Candidate opposes all forms of same-sex marriage, civil unions, and domestic partnerships in law
TRUE (+2)
Candidate rejects transgender ideology and affirms biological sex (male/female) as immutable and God-given
TRUE (+2)
Candidate supports no-fault divorce reform and policies that strengthen the marriage covenant
TRUE (+2)
Candidate opposes promotion of LGBTQ+ identity in public policy, schools, military, and corporate-government partnerships
FALSE (0)

Family & Child Sovereignty

2/10
Candidate supports universal school choice, homeschool freedom, and opposes compulsory public-school attendance
FALSE (0)
Candidate supports parental notification and consent on all medical, mental-health, and gender-related interventions for minors
FALSE (0)
Candidate opposes CRT, SOGI, "comprehensive sex ed," and gender-ideology curricula in K-12 public schools
TRUE (+2)
Candidate supports age-verification on pornographic content and criminal penalties for sexualized content marketed to minors
FALSE (0)
Candidate supports faith-based adoption/foster agencies and opposes placement of children with same-sex couples
FALSE (0)

Christian Liberty

2/10
Candidate affirms the right to publicly profess Christ in all spheres (workplace, military, public office, schools)
TRUE (+2)
Candidate supports conscience exemptions for Christian medical professionals, business owners, adoption agencies, and educators
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes compelled speech against Christian conviction (pronoun mandates, gospel-proclamation hate-speech laws)
Not yet verified
Candidate supports public-square Christian symbols, prayer in public bodies, and Sabbath/Sunday closure protections
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes state-funded promotion of non-Christian religious displays, curricula, or holidays in public institutions
FALSE (0)

Economic Stewardship

0/10
Candidate opposes a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) and supports cash and decentralized crypto as legal tender
FALSE (0)
Candidate supports sound-money policies including gold/silver as constitutional money and audit/abolition of the Federal Reserve
FALSE (0)
Candidate opposes deficit spending and supports a balanced-budget constitutional amendment
FALSE (0)
Candidate supports usury limits, anti-debt-slavery protections, and tithe-friendly tax structures
FALSE (0)
Candidate opposes WEF/ESG/Davos economic capture and supports anti-trust action against monopolistic financial cartels
FALSE (0)

Election Integrity

6/10
Candidate supports hand-counted paper ballots and opposes electronic voting machines
TRUE (+2)
Candidate supports photo voter ID with citizenship verification
TRUE (+2)
Candidate supports single-day in-person voting with absentee only for verified medical/military exceptions
FALSE (0)
Candidate opposes mass mail-in voting, drop boxes, and ballot harvesting
FALSE (0)
Candidate opposes private election funding ("Zuckerbucks") and foreign-government election interference
TRUE (+2)

Border & Immigration

6/10
Candidate supports completed physical border barrier and active military border presence
TRUE (+2)
1 claim

  1. Voted in January 2019 to fund $5.7 billion in border-wall construction; in 2024 opposed the Senate emergency supplemental border deal as a betrayal of Trump-era enforcement policies, stating that reversing those policies had turned the border into 'one of the biggest national security risks in our country's history.'

    Verified 2026-06-02Dispute this claim
Candidate supports mandatory deportation of all illegal aliens, including those who entered as minors
TRUE (+2)
Candidate opposes sanctuary city/state policies and supports federal preemption against them
Not yet verified
Candidate supports mandatory E-Verify for all employment and benefit eligibility
TRUE (+2)
Candidate opposes birthright citizenship for children of illegal aliens, tourist births, and opposes foreign ownership of U.S. farmland
Not yet verified

Self-Defense & 2A

10/10 ✉️ Petition your reps
Candidate supports constitutional carry without permit requirements
TRUE (+2)[1,2]
Candidate opposes red-flag laws, magazine limits, "assault weapons" bans, and gun registries
TRUE (+2)[1,2]
1 claim

  1. Holds an NRA 'A' rating; opposes expanded background checks, red-flag laws, and new firearm restrictions; reintroduced the Firearm Owners Protection Act reform to preserve law-abiding gun owners' right to transport firearms across state lines.

    Verified 2026-06-02Dispute this claim
Candidate supports repeal of the National Firearms Act (NFA), Gun Control Act (GCA), and other federal gun regulations
TRUE (+2)[1,2]
Candidate supports castle doctrine and stand-your-ground laws with full civil immunity for lawful defense
TRUE (+2)[1,2]
Candidate opposes ATF overreach, citizen disarmament initiatives, and U.N. small-arms treaty participation
TRUE (+2)[1,2]

Foreign Policy Restraint

0/10
Candidate supports Article I congressional war-powers requirement before any U.S. military action
FALSE (0)
Candidate supports immediate withdrawal from forever wars and repeal of standing AUMFs
FALSE (0)
Candidate opposes foreign aid to nations hostile to U.S. interests or actively persecuting Christians
FALSE (0)
Candidate has never accepted donations from foreign-backed lobbies (e.g., AIPAC) or foreign-linked PACs
FALSE (0)
Candidate opposes U.S. participation in WHO, U.N. governance overreach, NATO expansion, and supranational governance
FALSE (0)

Industry Capture & Sovereignty

0/10
Candidate opposes pharmaceutical mandates of any kind (COVID, childhood, employer-required) and supports informed consent
FALSE (0)
Candidate supports repeal of pharma liability shields (1986 NCVIA, PREP Act) and restoration of tort accountability
FALSE (0)
Candidate opposes Big Ag consolidation (Bayer/Monsanto/Cargill) and supports anti-trust action against agricultural cartels
FALSE (0)
Candidate supports raw-milk freedom, small-farm protections, and opposes USDA / EPA overreach against family farms
FALSE (0)
Candidate supports defense-contractor accountability, completion of Pentagon audits, and ending revolving-door appointments
FALSE (0)

Sources & Evidence

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Ballotpedia ProfileCenter
Congress.gov — Official RecordOfficial

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References & footnotes

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    Congress.gov Official
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