# Barry Usher

Barry Usher is a Republican member of the Montana Senate for district 19.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Montana Senate, district 19
- Serving since: 2023-01-02
- Current term: MT 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/69cfa3aa-7091-4752-a99c-b6a42c70b17b

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/69cfa3aa-7091-4752-a99c-b6a42c70b17b (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

Usher missed 5.0% of 2,812 roll calls, the lowest attendance of 50 in the Montana Senate (average 98.9%).

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

702 classified statements: 702 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Usher | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 5.4% | 2.3% | 52 of 354 |
| Policy criticism | 5.1% | 9.5% | 202 of 354 |
| Policy discussion | 17.9% | 37.3% | 296 of 354 |
| Bipartisanship | 1.7% | 2.3% | 166 of 354 |
| Credit claiming | 4.3% | 15.4% | 281 of 354 |
| Extreme labels | 2.0% | 1.3% | 70 of 354 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 23% (State Senate Republicans 17%); Crime and Law Enforcement 17% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Immigration 15% (State Senate Republicans 4.1%); Economics and Public Finance 12% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Health 8.7% (State Senate Republicans 9.1%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.53 (standard error 0.02), from 330 donors and 884 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 76% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MT 2025–26 session)

2,812 roll calls. Attendance 94.9% (Montana Senate 98.9%). Party unity 96.2% (85%). 241 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (MT 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 15 bills: 15 reached committee, 14 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0. 100.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Montana Senate 96.6%; rank 5 of 10).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 109: Confirm speaker appointee to judicial standards commission (passed one chamber, 2025-04-30) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SR109/
- SR 110: Confirm speaker appointee to judicial standards commission (passed one chamber, 2025-04-30) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SR110/
- SJ 43: Study of the criminal justice data warehouse (in committee, 2025-05-23) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SJ43/
- SR 92: Confirm governor's appointee for district court judge - district 20 (passed one chamber, 2025-04-22) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SR92/
- SR 93: Confirm governor's appointees for the board of crime control (passed one chamber, 2025-04-24) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SR93/
- SR 80: Confirm governor's appointee for director of the department of corrections (passed one chamber, 2025-04-22) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SR80/
- SR 29: Confirm governor's appointee for board of crime control (passed one chamber, 2025-04-24) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SR29/
- SR 21: Confirm governor's appointees for the board of pardons and parole (passed one chamber, 2025-04-30) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SR21/
- SR 76: Confirm governor's appointees for the public safety officer standards and training council (passed one chamber, 2025-04-22) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SR76/
- SR 42: Confirm governor's appointee for workers' compensation judge (passed one chamber, 2025-04-24) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SR42/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $56.1K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 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.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/barry4montana/status/2114775713358504058
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/barry4montana/status/2113975701426811142
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/barry4montana/status/2113994417501769841
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/barry4montana/status/2113994530668392718
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/barry4montana/status/2114076405495673229
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/barry4montana/status/2114119812867879246
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/barry4montana/status/2114136009583849956
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/barry4montana/status/2113624159381315939
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/barry4montana/status/2112535727418605988
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/barry4montana/status/2112547618333278672

## Links

- Official site: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://leg.mt.gov/legislator-information/roster/individual/7603&ved=2ahUKEwjV8sS424aIAxVXKUQIHSm3J68QFnoECCoQAQ&usg=AOvVaw32bNhVlxPxzsQvLt2sAHEf
- Campaign site: https://barryusher.com
- X: https://x.com/barry4montana
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BarryUsherforMontana
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barry-usher-174b6411/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/69cfa3aa-7091-4752-a99c-b6a42c70b17b