# Brandon Ler

Brandon Ler is a Republican member of the Montana House for district 33.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Montana House, district 33
- Serving since: 2021-01-04
- Current term: MT 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/578dada9-9f18-470a-ae8f-e8516a5e9635

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/578dada9-9f18-470a-ae8f-e8516a5e9635 (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

Ler has 108 classified statements in the MT 2025–26 session.

## What Ler says (MT 2025–26 session)

108 classified statements: 108 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Ler | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 642 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 6.5% | 9.3% | 394 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 42.6% | 31.9% | 231 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 677 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 25.9% | 12.7% | 99 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.9% | 1.4% | 304 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Energy 20% (State House Republicans 4.1%); Taxation 20% (State House Republicans 8.1%); Law 17% (State House Republicans 3.1%); Agriculture and Food 15% (State House Republicans 4.4%); Government Operations and Politics 13% (State House Republicans 18%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.42 (standard error 0.02), from 142 donors and 597 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 63% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MT 2025–26 session)

2,755 roll calls. Attendance 99.0% (Montana House 99.2%). Party unity 97.0% (89%). 167 votes against the party majority.

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $35.6K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 95% 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.

- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Rep_BrandonLer/status/2112194026422301039
- 2026-09-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/Rep_BrandonLer/status/2096985085765710136
- 2026-08-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/Rep_BrandonLer/status/2091615377558229297
- 2026-08-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/Rep_BrandonLer/status/2087191125916619196
- 2026-08-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/Rep_BrandonLer/status/2087191185840570517
- 2026-07-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Rep_BrandonLer/status/2079989165396312447
- 2026-06-18 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/Rep_BrandonLer/status/2067396876299600028
- 2026-06-18 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Rep_BrandonLer/status/2067397930903105546
- 2026-06-03 · Post on X · https://x.com/Rep_BrandonLer/status/2062182183281029208
- 2026-06-02 · Post on X · https://x.com/Rep_BrandonLer/status/2061867558513598678

## Links

- Official site: https://leg.mt.gov/legislator-information/roster/individual/6842
- X: https://x.com/Rep_BrandonLer
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brandon.ler
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lerforhd35

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/578dada9-9f18-470a-ae8f-e8516a5e9635