# Mike Cuffe

Mike Cuffe is a Republican member of the Montana Senate for district 1.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Montana Senate, district 1
- Serving since: 2019-01-07
- Current term: MT 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/54c93c1b-968f-4b39-a17f-26ebcb266f69

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/54c93c1b-968f-4b39-a17f-26ebcb266f69 (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

50% of Cuffe’s itemized money in the 2022 cycle came from Montana, the lowest of 22 State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.28 (standard error 0.01), from 4 donors and 895 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 37% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MT 2025–26 session)

2,812 roll calls. Attendance 97.9% (Montana Senate 98.9%). Party unity 73% (85%). 371 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (MT 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 2 bills: 2 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 0.

Recent sponsored bills:

- SJ 20: Joint resolution recognizing the military service of Montanans in World War II (passed both chambers, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SJ20/
- SB 320: Create Montana-Ireland trade commission (became law, 2025-03-18) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SB320/
- SB 226: Require petition submittals be dropped off within a specific timeframe (became law, 2025-05-16) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SB226/
- SB 58: Revise vote count procedures (became law, 2025-04-18) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SB58/
- SB 57: Revise county canvassing processes (became law, 2025-05-13) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SB57/
- SB 545: Establish the Danny L. Radish Highway in Lincoln County (became law, 2025-05-16) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SB545/
- SB 56: Supplemental employer contribution for PERS, HPORS, SRS, GWPORS (became law, 2025-05-13) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SB56/
- SB 276: Generally revise voter identification laws (became law, 2025-05-08) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SB276/
- SB 490: Revise election laws regarding late registration (became law, 2025-05-08) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SB490/
- SB 59: Staff Sergeant Arthur J Rambo memorial bridge (became law, 2025-01-16) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SB59/

## Campaign money (2022 cycle)

Itemized receipts $4,750 (State Senate Republicans median $34.5K). 50% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://leg.mt.gov/legislator-information/roster/individual/6803

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/54c93c1b-968f-4b39-a17f-26ebcb266f69