# Chip Fitzpatrick

Chip Fitzpatrick is a Democratic member of the Montana House for district 42.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Montana House, district 42
- Serving since: 2025-01-06
- Current term: MT 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/83bac865-b5d7-4797-ae5a-2cb5d29e9626

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/83bac865-b5d7-4797-ae5a-2cb5d29e9626 (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

17% of Fitzpatrick’s statements use bipartisan language, 5.9 times the State House Democrat average of 2.9%.

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

1,523 classified statements: 1,523 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Fitzpatrick | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.1% | 2.5% | 401 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 5.8% | 10.4% | 450 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 47.4% | 39.2% | 255 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 16.9% | 2.9% | 6 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 23.3% | 14.4% | 173 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.3% | 1.0% | 292 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Health 22% (State House Democrats 15%); International Affairs 15% (State House Democrats 1.4%); Armed Forces and National Security 14% (State House Democrats 3.1%); Government Operations and Politics 12% (State House Democrats 15%); Education 8.6% (State House Democrats 15%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.39 (standard error 0.02), from 30 donors and 293 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 83% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MT 2025–26 session)

2,755 roll calls. Attendance 96.0% (Montana House 99.2%). Party unity 90.9% (89%). 120 votes against the party majority.

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $4,836 (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 100% 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, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepBrianFitz/status/2114509600296694102
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepBrianFitz/status/2114523948847120589
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepBrianFitz/status/2114825116399947792
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepBrianFitz/status/2114187689960288304
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepBrianFitz/status/2114463126230073512
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepBrianFitz/status/2114484047384625472
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: bipartisanship · https://x.com/RepBrianFitz/status/2113696647104331830
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion, bipartisanship, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepBrianFitz/status/2113724372284305772
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepBrianFitz/status/2113766864748749203
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepBrianFitz/status/2113419268725313860

## Links

- Official site: https://legislators.legmt.gov/#/legislator/237
- X: https://x.com/RepBrianFitz
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/repbrianfitz/?hl=en
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYMNcgHss4_Q5JY2vSvMpgw

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/83bac865-b5d7-4797-ae5a-2cb5d29e9626