# Lee Deming

Lee Deming is a Republican member of the Montana House for district 54.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Montana House, district 54
- Serving since: 2023-01-02
- Current term: MT 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/06d3f385-e129-46a1-b8a3-88d1b5efa2c8

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/06d3f385-e129-46a1-b8a3-88d1b5efa2c8 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

Deming reported $750 in the 2026 cycle, in the bottom 5% of State House Republicans (median $33.7K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.34 (standard error 0.02), from 38 donors and 300 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 48% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MT 2025–26 session)

2,755 roll calls. Attendance 99.9% (Montana House 99.2%). Party unity 91.3% (89%). 260 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (MT 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 1 bills: 1 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0.

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 948: Generally revise insurance laws to provide that the Commissioner of Insurance's office is not a criminal justice agency (in committee, 2025-05-20) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HB948/
- HB 320: Establish the Montana's academic prosperity program for scholars act (in committee, 2025-05-20) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HB320/
- HB 52: Generally revising administrative procedure laws relating to agency deference (in committee, 2025-05-20) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HB52/
- HB 723: Establish annual reporting requirements of infants born alive (became law, 2025-05-13) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HB723/
- HB 315: Revise alcohol laws relating to restaurant beer and wine licenses (in committee, 2025-05-20) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HB315/
- HB 404: Require official action to release Montana national guard to active duty combat (in committee, 2025-05-20) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HB404/
- HB 439: Creating sheriffs' first initiative for cooperation and communication (in committee, 2025-05-20) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HB439/
- HJ 14: Resolution on Marbury v. Madison (in committee, 2025-05-20) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HJ14/
- HB 316: Constitutional amendment to define person (in committee, 2025-05-22) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HB316/
- HB 65: Audit State Bar of Montana (in committee, 2025-03-21) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HB65/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $750 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://leg.mt.gov/legislator-information/roster/individual/7623
- X: https://x.com/leedeeming
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lee-deming-953545a5/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/06d3f385-e129-46a1-b8a3-88d1b5efa2c8