# Shane Klakken

Shane Klakken is a Republican member of the Montana House for district 37.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Montana House, district 37
- Serving since: 2025-01-06
- Current term: MT 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/2bb6ac7c-9a64-416f-a983-8382965c3a16

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2bb6ac7c-9a64-416f-a983-8382965c3a16 (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

100% of Klakken’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Montana, in the top quarter of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.30 (standard error 0.02), from 82 donors and 300 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 41% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MT 2025–26 session)

2,755 roll calls. Attendance 99.9% (Montana House 99.2%). Party unity 90% (89%). 203 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 570: Revise laws related to services provided by airports to light aircraft (in committee, 2025-02-20) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HB570/
- HB 859: Provide income tax credits for contributions to a community improvement organization (in committee, 2025-05-20) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HB859/
- HB 571: Revise aeronautics laws related to the use of ADS–B information (became law, 2025-05-13) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HB571/
- HR 5: Resolution recognizing the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States (passed one chamber, 2025-04-25) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HR5/
- HB 569: Revise laws related to perjury and false swearing (in committee, 2025-05-22) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HB569/
- HB 731: Revise laws related to airports and light aircraft (in committee, 2025-05-22) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HB731/
- HJ 57: Study resolution examining the effects of public safety communications on extreme weather responses (in committee, 2025-05-22) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HJ57/
- HJ 5: Resolution for Article V of US Constitution convention of states (in committee, 2025-05-20) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HJ5/
- HB 89: Provide deadline to file for property tax relief from a disaster (became law, 2025-04-07) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HB89/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $7,457 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://legislators.legmt.gov/#/legislator/183
- Campaign site: https://shaneklakken.com/shane-klakken-hd-37-rep
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Shane-Klakken-For-State-Legislature/61554405313329/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2bb6ac7c-9a64-416f-a983-8382965c3a16