# Butch Gillespie

Butch Gillespie is a Republican member of the Montana Senate for district 9.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Montana Senate, district 9
- Serving since: 2019-01-07
- Current term: MT 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/0bb87197-276c-4ea7-9e93-cf782879e010

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0bb87197-276c-4ea7-9e93-cf782879e010 (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

Gillespie reported $718 in the 2026 cycle, in the bottom 5% of State Senate Republicans (median $46.2K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.09 (standard error 0.01), from 12 donors and 900 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 15% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MT 2025–26 session)

2,812 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Montana Senate 98.9%). Party unity 59% (85%). 438 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (MT 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 8 bills: 8 reached committee, 8 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0. 100.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Montana Senate 96.6%; rank 5 of 10).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 90: Confirm governor's appointees for the board of livestock (passed one chamber, 2025-04-16) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SR90/
- SR 103: Confirm governor's appointees for livestock loss board (passed one chamber, 2025-04-16) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SR103/
- SR 88: Confirm governor's appointees for the board of milk control (passed one chamber, 2025-04-16) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SR88/
- SR 79: Confirm governor's appointee for director of the department of agriculture (passed one chamber, 2025-04-24) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SR79/
- SR 19: Confirm governor's appointees for the board of hail insurance (passed one chamber, 2025-04-14) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SR19/
- SR 45: Confirm governor's appointees for board of veterinary medicine (passed one chamber, 2025-04-14) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SR45/
- SR 34: Confirm governor's appointee for livestock loss board (passed one chamber, 2025-04-14) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SR34/
- SR 35: Confirm governor's appointee for board of livestock (passed one chamber, 2025-04-14) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SR35/
- SB 200: Generally revise cooperative laws (became law, 2025-04-18) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SB200/
- SJ 11: Interim study on farmer's markets and food systems (passed both chambers, 2025-04-30) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SJ11/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $718 (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 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/6806
- Campaign site: http://www.gillespie4mtsenate.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gillespie4MTsenate/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/butch.gillespie.9/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/butch-gillespie-019a7a38/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0bb87197-276c-4ea7-9e93-cf782879e010