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Since Montana became a U.S. state in 1889, it has sent congressional delegations to the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. Each state elects two senators to serve for six years. Before the Seventeenth Amendment took effect in 1913, senators were elected by the Montana State Legislature.
Montana has two congressional districts. A state since 1889, it gained its second seat in the U.S. House for the 1912 election. Both seats were at-large selections on the ballot (entire state) for three elections, until the two districts were established prior to the 1918 election.
The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Montana. For chronological tables of members of both houses of the United States Congress from the state (through the present day), see United States congressional delegations from Montana. The list of names should be complete (as of ...
The Montana Senate is the upper house of the Montana Legislature, the state legislative branch of the U.S. state of Montana. The body is composed of 50 senators elected for four years. [ 1 ] Half of the Senate is up for election every two years.
In the event that the parties have a tie in number of members, the speaker and other officers are elected from the party who holds the governor's office. Thus, during the 61st legislature from 2007 to 2009, the Montana Democratic Party led the tied legislature as a result of the victory of Democratic Governor Brian Schweitzer in the 2004 election .
The Montana State Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Montana. It is composed of the 100-member Montana House of Representatives and the 50-member Montana Senate. [1] The Montana Constitution dictates that the legislature meet in regular session for no longer than 90 days in each odd-numbered year. [1]
Montana was admitted to the Union on November 8, 1889, and elects U.S. senators to classes 1 and 2.Its current U.S. senators are Democrat Jon Tester (serving since 2007) and Republican Steve Daines (serving since 2015), making it one of five states to have a United States Senate delegation split between Republican and Democratic caucusing senators.
Montana House of Representatives 23rd district general election, 2024 Party Candidate Votes % Republican: Eric Tilleman: 2,504 : 56.24% : Democratic: Sandor R. Hopkins 1,811 40.68% Libertarian: Kevin Leatherbarrow 137 3.08% Total votes 4,452 : 100% : Republican hold