# Russel Tempel

Russel Tempel is a Republican member of the Montana Senate for district 14.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Montana Senate, district 14
- Serving since: 2017-01-02
- Current term: MT 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/8a8a229e-b35e-4fea-a4a9-114cc9f7488e

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8a8a229e-b35e-4fea-a4a9-114cc9f7488e (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

Tempel voted against the majority of Montana Senate Republicans 642 times; party unity 42%, the lowest of 50 in the Montana Senate (average 85%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.04 (standard error 0.01), from 29 donors and 897 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 11% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MT 2025–26 session)

2,812 roll calls. Attendance 99.9% (Montana Senate 98.9%). Party unity 42% (85%). 642 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (MT 2025–26 session)

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

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 81: Confirm governor's appointee for director of the department of transportation (passed one chamber, 2025-04-14) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SR81/
- SR 40: Confirm governor's appointees for transportation commission (passed one chamber, 2025-04-02) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SR40/
- SB 103: Revise fee for issuing an execution or order of sale on foreclosure of lien (became law, 2025-05-16) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SB103/
- SB 138: Revise education laws related to a teacher's authority to maintain a positive classroom environment (in committee, 2025-05-23) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SB138/
- SB 264: Eliminate a defense to the vehicle noise statute (became law, 2025-05-08) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SB264/
- SB 129: Revise laws related to compulsory attendance (passed one chamber, 2023-05-08) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2023/SB129/
- SB 144: Revise helmet requirement regarding completely enclosed autocycles (became law, 2023-05-22) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2023/SB144/
- LC 4403: Revise helmet requirement regarding completely enclosed autocycles (introduced, 2023-01-09) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2023/LC4403/
- SB 81: Revise description of pipeline carrier for property tax purposes (became law, 2023-04-24) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2023/SB81/
- SB 60: Establish enterprise fund for Montana spatial real time network (became law, 2023-05-04) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2023/SB60/

## Campaign money (2022 cycle)

Itemized receipts $11.6K (State Senate Republicans median $34.5K). 97% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://leg.mt.gov/legislator-information/roster/individual/5042

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8a8a229e-b35e-4fea-a4a9-114cc9f7488e