2025 Capitol Tracker

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

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Last update: 9:47 AM Feb 5, 2025
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Sen. Shelley Vance, SD 34

Sen. Shelley Vance

Second-session Republican from Belgrade
Representing Senate District 34
Belgrade, west of Bozeman
406-587-8608 • shelley.vance@legmt.gov
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Shelley Vance previously served in the Montana Senate in 2023.

Committee assignments

Senate Finance and Claims
Senate State Administration
Senate Fish and Game
Joint Appropriations Section D — Judicial Branch, Law Enforcement, and Justice - Vice-chair

Bills sponsored

📋 SB 65: Revise change-of-name laws
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Floor vote statistics

Calculations based on 152 Senate floor votes in 2025 involving bills.
🥇 93%
of votes cast on winning side
Average for Senate Republicans is 89%.
🔴 84%
of votes cast on side taken by most Republicans
Average for Senate Republicans is 92%.
🔵 70%
of votes cast on side taken by most Democrats
Average for Senate Republicans is 62%.
Vance has been marked absent or excused for 11 votes. Average for Senate lawmakers is 0.8.

SD 34 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

(R) SHELLEY VANCE(R) 64%(D) 36%
Won by 28% (2,833 votes)

Party primary vote, 2022

(R) SHELLEY VANCE(R) 71%(R) 29%
Won by 41% (1,343 votes)

Governor vote in district, 2024

(R) GREG GIANFORTE(R) 64%(D) 32%
Won by 32% (3,897 votes)
Senators elected in 2022 were assigned new districts during the 2023 redistricting cycle.

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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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