# Becky Edwards

Becky Edwards is a Democratic member of the Montana House for district 61.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Montana House, district 61
- Serving since: 2025-01-06
- Current term: MT 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/94db4829-5bc5-433b-9617-f1e9740ad694

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/94db4829-5bc5-433b-9617-f1e9740ad694 (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

81% of Edwards’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Montana, in the bottom quarter of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.71 (standard error 0.03), from 232 donors and 299 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 36% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MT 2025–26 session)

2,755 roll calls. Attendance 99.9% (Montana House 99.2%). Party unity 96.5% (89%). 150 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (MT 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 2 bills: 2 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0.

Recent sponsored bills:

- HJ 42: Interim study on procurement, no-bid contracts, and transparency on no-bid purchases (passed both chambers, 2025-05-06) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HJ42/
- HB 820: Require free on-campus parking permits for veterans and Montana national guard service members (in committee, 2025-03-01) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HB820/
- HJ 62: Study resolution on wildfire safety (passed both chambers, 2025-05-06) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HJ62/
- HB 654: Increase access to early literacy targeted intervention programs (in committee, 2025-05-20) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HB654/
- HJ 8: Study resolution on EV taxation and fees (in committee, 2025-05-22) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HJ8/
- HB 26: Repeal mercury thermostat collection act (became law, 2025-05-08) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HB26/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $38.6K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 81% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://legislators.legmt.gov/#/legislator/177
- Campaign site: https://www.beckyformontana.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BeckyForUtah/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beckyformontana/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/94db4829-5bc5-433b-9617-f1e9740ad694