# Ed Byrne

Ed Byrne is a Republican member of the Montana House for district 11.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Montana House, district 11
- Serving since: 2025-01-06
- Current term: MT 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/370cab6e-1802-49f1-938f-1b0d1c036cd8

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/370cab6e-1802-49f1-938f-1b0d1c036cd8 (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

Byrne sits at +0.60 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 86% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.60 (standard error 0.03), from 40 donors and 300 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 86% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MT 2025–26 session)

2,755 roll calls. Attendance 99.9% (Montana House 99.2%). Party unity 95.1% (89%). 323 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (MT 2025–26 session)

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

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 329: Make the Montana ammunition act permanent (became law, 2025-05-19) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HB329/
- HB 739: Revise laws for agricultural vehicles on the highway (became law, 2025-05-13) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HB739/
- HB 213: Revise residential and commercial property tax rate (in committee, 2025-05-20) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HB213/
- HB 212: Limit liability of agricultural vehicles (in committee, 2025-05-22) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HB212/
- HB 528: Revise property tax rates for agricultural, residential, and commercial property (in committee, 2025-05-22) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HB528/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $6,940 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 87% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ByrneforHD11

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/370cab6e-1802-49f1-938f-1b0d1c036cd8