# Ellie Boldman

Ellie Boldman is a Democratic member of the Montana Senate for district 47.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Montana Senate, district 47
- Serving since: 2021-01-04
- Current term: MT 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/4e6ad74d-1e72-4d2b-ac0d-557f429b3e9a

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4e6ad74d-1e72-4d2b-ac0d-557f429b3e9a (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

16% of Boldman’s statements discuss policy, in the bottom tenth of State Senate Democrats (average 43%).

## What Boldman says (MT 2025–26 session)

572 classified statements: 572 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Boldman | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 1.4% | 2.4% | 120 of 329 |
| Policy criticism | 7.0% | 10.3% | 181 of 329 |
| Policy discussion | 16.3% | 42.9% | 298 of 329 |
| Bipartisanship | 3.9% | 3.4% | 108 of 329 |
| Credit claiming | 4.4% | 16.1% | 266 of 329 |
| Extreme labels | 0.9% | 0.8% | 75 of 329 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 26% (State Senate Democrats 14%); Health 25% (State Senate Democrats 17%); Crime and Law Enforcement 17% (State Senate Democrats 8.4%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 8.6% (State Senate Democrats 8.4%); Taxation 6.5% (State Senate Democrats 3.1%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.44 (standard error 0.02), from 14 donors and 600 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 79% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MT 2025–26 session)

2,812 roll calls. Attendance 99.4% (Montana Senate 98.9%). Party unity 91.5% (85%). 118 votes against the party majority.

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $6,490 (State Senate Democrats median $16.2K). 86% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/elliehill/status/2114551300272857466
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/elliehill/status/2114572392253329521
- 2026-10-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/elliehill/status/2111830064476340529
- 2026-10-17 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/elliehill/status/2111333569285267785
- 2026-10-17 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/elliehill/status/2111490355799663074
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/elliehill/status/2110910637597659257
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/elliehill/status/2110935983936135220
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/elliehill/status/2111071881080209527
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/elliehill/status/2111093518336929805
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/elliehill/status/2111157287570354263

## Links

- Official site: https://leg.mt.gov/legislator-information/roster/individual/6886
- X: https://x.com/elliehill
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ellie.boldman.hill
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/misselliehill/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ellie-hill-6954175/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4e6ad74d-1e72-4d2b-ac0d-557f429b3e9a