# Brian Close

Brian Close is a Democratic member of the Montana House for district 65.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Montana House, district 65
- Serving since: 2025-01-06
- Current term: MT 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/733ea07d-29e9-4259-b489-6ae30bc76bce

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/733ea07d-29e9-4259-b489-6ae30bc76bce (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

Close reported $8,512 in the 2026 cycle, in the bottom quarter of State House Democrats (median $40.4K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.51 (standard error 0.03), from 110 donors and 298 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 68% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MT 2025–26 session)

2,755 roll calls. Attendance 99.3% (Montana House 99.2%). Party unity 94.1% (89%). 173 votes against the party majority.

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $8,512 (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 92% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://legislators.legmt.gov/#/legislator/201
- Campaign site: https://brianclose4montana.net/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BrianClose4Montana/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/733ea07d-29e9-4259-b489-6ae30bc76bce