# Terry Nelson

Terry Nelson is a Republican member of the Montana House for district 87.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Montana House, district 87
- Serving since: 2025-03-11
- Current term: MT 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/34d1a14e-02b6-4f4e-91df-11f2236ec097

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/34d1a14e-02b6-4f4e-91df-11f2236ec097 (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

72% of Nelson’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Montana, in the bottom quarter of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.33 (standard error 0.03), from 9 donors and 179 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 46% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MT 2025–26 session)

1,505 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Montana House 99.2%). Party unity 91.2% (89%). 110 votes against the party majority.

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $4,101 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 72% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/34d1a14e-02b6-4f4e-91df-11f2236ec097