# Pat Flowers

Pat Flowers is a Democratic member of the Montana Senate for district 31.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Montana Senate, district 31
- Serving since: 2019-01-07
- Current term: MT 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/4877fdac-4a93-4654-ad03-1b3038145c69

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4877fdac-4a93-4654-ad03-1b3038145c69 (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

Flowers sits at −0.46 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 77% of State Senate Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.46 (standard error 0.02), from 319 donors and 889 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 77% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MT 2025–26 session)

2,812 roll calls. Attendance 98.1% (Montana Senate 98.9%). Party unity 96.5% (85%). 79 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (MT 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 3 bills: 3 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0.

Recent sponsored bills:

- SJ 40: Interim study on legislative branch procurement and leadership expenditures (in committee, 2025-05-23) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SJ40/
- SJ 28: Interim study resolution on the legislature's ethics processes (passed both chambers, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SJ28/
- SB 460: Generally revise gravel pit laws (in committee, 2025-05-23) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SB460/
- SB 63: Revise law related to the use of motion-tracking devices while hunting (in committee, 2025-05-23) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SB63/
- SB 64: Clarifying calculation of legislator compensation and expenses during the interim (became law, 2025-04-17) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SB64/
- SB 525: Generally revise laws related to hunting licenses and permits (in committee, 2023-05-03) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2023/SB525/
- LC 4620: Revise capitol complex laws recognizing US senator Thomas Carter (introduced, 2023-03-24) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2023/LC4620/
- SB 486: Revise subdivision laws related to glamping (in committee, 2023-05-03) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2023/SB486/
- LC 4616: Revise subdivision laws related to glamping (introduced, 2023-02-22) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2023/LC4616/
- SB 388: Revise nonresident bird hunting (passed one chamber, 2023-05-08) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2023/SB388/

## Campaign money (2022 cycle)

Itemized receipts $64.8K (State Senate Democrats median $64.8K). 85% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://leg.mt.gov/legislator-information/roster/individual/6797
- Campaign site: https://patflowersformontana.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/flowersformontana/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pat.flowers.16568
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/flowersformontana/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4877fdac-4a93-4654-ad03-1b3038145c69