2025 Capitol Tracker

The lawmakers, bills and votes of the 69th Montana Legislature

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Sen. Jason Ellsworth, SD 43

Sen. Jason Ellsworth

Fourth-session Republican from Hamilton

Representing Senate District 43

Hamilton and southern Bitterroot Valley

406-360-0009 • jason.ellsworth@legmt.gov

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Ellsworth previously served in the Montana Senate in 2019, 2021 and 2023.

Montana Free Press coverage

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Investigation finds no waste, fraud or abuse by Senate president

Mar 26, 2025 • Tom Lutey

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Ethics committee starts investigation into former state Senate president

Mar 7, 2025 • Tom Lutey

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Senate forwards ‘waste, fraud and abuse’ complaint against its president to legislative auditor

Mar 6, 2025 • Tom Lutey

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Regier’s counsel conundrum

Mar 5, 2025 • Tom Lutey

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Senate Ethics Committee sets date for Ellsworth hearing

Feb 28, 2025 • Tom Lutey

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Chaos reigns in a divided Republican Senate

Feb 17, 2025 • Tom Lutey

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The power of Flowers

Feb 13, 2025 • Tom Lutey

The Session: Week 5 | Tracking bills, abortion, and more drama in the Senate

Feb 10, 2025 • MTFP Staff

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Montana Senate votes to send Ellsworth investigation to Department of Justice

Feb 6, 2025 • Tom Lutey

The Session: Week 4 | An everything bagel of chaos

Feb 3, 2025 • MTFP Staff

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Declining decorum in Senate Judiciary

Jan 30, 2025 • Tom Lutey

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Private contractor says he’s the one who split controversial contract, not former Senate president

Jan 29, 2025 • Tom Lutey

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Montana Senate convening Ethics Committee to investigate its former president

Jan 27, 2025 • Tom Lutey

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Audit says Ellsworth’s actions ‘constitute an abuse of his government position’

Jan 24, 2025 • Tom Lutey

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From president to persona non grata

Jan 24, 2025 • Tom Lutey

Montana state senator backs off controversial contract

Jan 20, 2025 • Tom Lutey

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Montana House hears trans bathroom bill as Senate stalls out

Jan 10, 2025 • Tom Lutey

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Regier’s not fine with The Nine

Jan 10, 2025 • Tom Lutey

Committee assignments

Senate Finance and Claims

Senate Local Government

Senate Fish and Game

Senate Executive Review Committee - Chair 🪑

Senate Rules

Joint Appropriations Section A — General Government

Bills sponsored

📋 SB 20: Prohibit retired judges from hearing constitutional cases

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Floor vote statistics

Calculations based on 1,930 Senate floor votes in 2025 involving bills.

🥇 94%

of votes cast on winning side

Average for Senate Republicans is 86%.

🔴 87%

of votes cast on side taken by most Republicans

Average for Senate Republicans is 89%.

🔵 79%

of votes cast on side taken by most Democrats

Average for Senate Republicans is 69%.

Ellsworth has been marked absent or excused for 28 votes. Average for Senate lawmakers is 21.0.

SD 43 election results

Last in-cycle for Senate election in 2022. House seats are elected every two years, Senate seats every four.

General election vote, 2022

Won by 35% (4,102 votes)

Party primary vote, 2022

Won by 36% (1,831 votes)

Governor vote in district, 2024

Won by 40% (5,888 votes)

Senators elected in 2022 were assigned new districts during the 2023 redistricting cycle.

About the 2025 Montana Free Press Capitol Tracker

This guide is an effort to make the quantifiable aspects of the Montana Legislature more accessible to the public by compiling information about lawmakers, proposed bills and the legislative process. This is a project of Montana Free Press, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit newsroom that aims to provide Montanans with in-depth, nonpartisan news coverage.

The information presented here is collected from a variety of sources including the Montana Legislature's public roster and its official bill-tracking system. Reporting and web design were done by Jacob Olness and Eric Dietrich. Please contact them at jolness@montanafreepress.org and edietrich@montanafreepress.org with bug reports, questions or suggestions.

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