# Theresa Manzella

Theresa Manzella is a Republican member of the Montana Senate for district 44.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Montana Senate, district 44
- Serving since: 2021-01-04
- Current term: MT 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/97c7ced5-ba80-4a9a-80ca-349fd2040a64

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/97c7ced5-ba80-4a9a-80ca-349fd2040a64 (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

Manzella has 5 classified statements in the MT 2025–26 session.

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

5 classified statements: 5 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 | Manzella | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.3% | 273 of 355 |
| Policy criticism | 20.0% | 9.5% | 57 of 355 |
| Policy discussion | 40.0% | 37.3% | 161 of 355 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.3% | 311 of 355 |
| Credit claiming | 20.0% | 15.4% | 114 of 355 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.3% | 261 of 355 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 50% (State Senate Republicans 17%); Taxation 50% (State Senate Republicans 7.1%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State Senate Republicans 6.2%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State Senate Republicans 6.5%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 0% (State Senate Republicans 5.0%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.51 (standard error 0.02), from 215 donors and 886 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 72% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MT 2025–26 session)

2,812 roll calls. Attendance 98.6% (Montana Senate 98.9%). Party unity 94.8% (85%). 247 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (MT 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 10 bills: 10 reached committee, 7 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 72: Confirm governor's appointee for the board of veterans' affairs (passed one chamber, 2025-04-30) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SR72/
- SR 61: Confirm governor's appointee for the board of veterans' affairs (passed one chamber, 2025-04-30) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SR61/
- SR 63: Confirm governor's appointee for the board of veterans' affairs (passed one chamber, 2025-04-30) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SR63/
- SR 74: Confirm governor's appointee for the board of veterans' affairs (passed one chamber, 2025-04-30) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SR74/
- SR 62: Confirm governor's appointee for the board of veterans' affairs (passed one chamber, 2025-04-30) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SR62/
- SR 73: Confirm governor's appointee for the board of veterans' affairs (passed one chamber, 2025-04-30) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SR73/
- SR 47: Confirm governor's appointees for public employees' retirement board (passed one chamber, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SR47/
- SB 479: Generally revise laws related to chemical abortion (in committee, 2025-05-23) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SB479/
- SB 525: Authorize use of school chaplains in school districts and public charter schools (in committee, 2025-05-23) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SB525/
- SB 477: Revise subdivision family transfer laws (in committee, 2025-05-23) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SB477/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $26.3K (State Senate Republicans median $28.3K). 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.

- 2026-04-15 · Post on X · https://x.com/TManzella1/status/2044423126482907393
- 2025-10-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/TManzella1/status/1981544403669045564
- 2025-09-10 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/TManzella1/status/1965796498916135398
- 2025-06-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/TManzella1/status/1933343180113801642
- 2025-02-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/TManzella1/status/1891966780836360562

## Links

- Official site: https://archive.legmt.gov/legislator-information/roster/individual/7554
- Campaign site: https://manzellaformontana.com
- X: https://x.com/TManzella1
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theresa.manzella
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/manzellatheresa/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/theresa-manzella-a0290939/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/97c7ced5-ba80-4a9a-80ca-349fd2040a64