# Eric Matthews

Eric Matthews is a Democratic member of the Montana House for district 66.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Montana House, district 66
- Serving since: 2023-01-02
- Current term: MT 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/1cc82ae1-087a-497e-9f01-6a96201815e3

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1cc82ae1-087a-497e-9f01-6a96201815e3 (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

Matthews has served since 2023.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.62 (standard error 0.03), from 84 donors and 300 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 51% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MT 2025–26 session)

2,755 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Montana House 99.2%). Party unity 95.8% (89%). 126 votes against the party majority.

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $14.7K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 92% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://leg.mt.gov/legislator-information/roster/individual/7636
- Campaign site: https://matthewsformt.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100078425230500&paipv=0&eav=AfbI1jorXWo55RtxAjXabAk-q2XhPbvTfv619b-YMKuF10WVrIForzG4BDzbxrfK_A8

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1cc82ae1-087a-497e-9f01-6a96201815e3