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File · Money Read
What the money shows
Steve Daines has an estimated net worth of $20.6M. The 2026 campaign raised $3M. Steve Daines sits on National Parks and Europe and Regional Security Cooperation.
Sources: House disclosures · Senate disclosures · FEC
Est. net worth
$21M
$8.5M+
Raised (last cycle)
$3.0M
FEC · cycle 2026
Years in role
11
Senator since 2015 · 13y in office
Net-worth filings
12
+$6.0M since 2014
File — Balance
Bills weighed against funded sectors
Each pan counts bills. Excluded bills are shown beside the scale when the vote or bill direction is unclear.
Other
$214K in corporate money from other · 0 roll calls · 0 bills
against other
0 bills
with other
0 bills
No scored votes
No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.
Banking & Financial
$161K in corporate money from banking · 13 roll calls · 9 bills
Ideological / Leadership
$75K in corporate money from ideological / leadership · 0 roll calls · 0 bills
against ideological / leadership
0 bills
with ideological / leadership
0 bills
No scored votes
No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.
Transportation
$58K in corporate money from transportation · 8 roll calls · 2 bills
against transportation
0 bills
with transportation
0 bills
No scored votes
No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.
Energy & Utilities
$20K in corporate money from energy · 2 roll calls · 1 bills
Real Estate & Construction
$20K in corporate money from real estate · 0 roll calls · 0 bills
against real estate
0 bills
with real estate
0 bills
No scored votes
No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.
Health & Pharma
$17K in corporate money from health · 0 roll calls · 0 bills
against health
0 bills
with health
0 bills
No scored votes
No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.
Labor / Unions
$10K in union money · 0 roll calls · 0 bills
against labor / unions
0 bills
with labor / unions
0 bills
No scored votes
No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.
Retail & Consumer
$10K in corporate money from retail · 0 roll calls · 0 bills
against retail
0 bills
with retail
0 bills
No scored votes
No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.
File A — Net Worth
Net worth over time
Estimated from financial disclosures. The band shows the disclosed range; the line is the midpoint estimate.
midpoint disclosed range govt salary
source filing →† Includes one or more open-ended top brackets (over $50M). The high end is a floor, so the true figure may be higher.
File C — Service
Term history
- SenatorMTR2021 – 2027 · 6 yrs
- SenatorMTRHouse → Senate2015 – 2021 · 6 yrs
- RepresentativeMT-0R2013 – 2015 · 2 yrs
File D — Benchmark
If they'd just invested 20%
A disciplined-saver benchmark: 20% of each year's government salary, invested at an assumed 10%/yr return — versus actual disclosed net worth.
hypothetical retirement actual net worth salary
Hypothetical, not actual savings — see methodology.
File — Background
Senator Steve Daines, MT
Born August 20, 1962.
Studied at
Montana State University [wikidata]
File — The 2026 race
Montana · Senate
General election 2026-11-03. Money figures are FEC filings for the 2026 cycle.
The read · Montana · Senate
Steve Daines ranks No. 2 in money raised.
Independent Seth Bodnar leads the field with about $3.2M raised.
Seth Bodnar reports 97% of campaign money from individuals.
The incumbent, Steve Daines, ranks No. 2 in the money.
Public campaign-finance filings, 2026 cycle. Candidate rows are filers on record, not final ballot lists. Totals are rounded to whole dollars.
The tale of the tape
Money, side by side. Green marks the leader on each line.
Seth Bodnar I · challenger SB | vs | Steve Daines R · incumbent |
|---|---|---|
| $3.2M | Raised | $3.0M |
| $978K | Cash on hand | $2.6M |
| 3% | From PACs | 45% |
| 97% | From individuals | 46% |
| Too few to rank | Top donor sector | Banking & Financial |
| No | Incumbent | Yes |
Contractor money
Federal contractors who funded this member
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Bills
Recorded votes
31 votes · 25 Yea · 5 Nay. "Sector money" is this member's corporate and union money from the sector each bill touches. Receipts, not a claim about the vote. Money-linked votes first.
1–15 of 31
File — The Montana delegation
Who else Montana sends to Congress
2 senators and 2 of 2 House seats filled. Counting this seat.
Seat counts come from the 2020 census apportionment. A seat shows as open when no current member holds it. Source
File — Where this page comes from
Steve Daines · sources
Only sources that fed this profile are listed here.
| Source | What it gave this page | Last fetched |
|---|---|---|
| @unitedstates congress-legislators github.com | Roster, terms, identifiers, official site link | 2026-07-30 |
| Wikidata www.wikidata.org | Education, career before office, family ties | 2026-07-30 |
| The member's official site | Where to reach them. We link out rather than republishing office addresses and phone numbers. | - |