# S.J. Howell

S.J. Howell is a Democratic member of the Montana House for district 100.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Montana House, district 100
- Serving since: 2023-01-02
- Current term: MT 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/9f2826d8-7d78-45bd-b5a8-2bbc9f7eff2d

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9f2826d8-7d78-45bd-b5a8-2bbc9f7eff2d (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

100% of Howell’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Montana, in the top tenth of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.84 (standard error 0.04), from 105 donors and 300 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 21% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MT 2025–26 session)

2,755 roll calls. Attendance 99.9% (Montana House 99.2%). Party unity 95.7% (89%). 214 votes against the party majority.

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $7,310 (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://leg.mt.gov/legislator-information/roster/individual/7630
- Campaign site: https://www.howellformontana.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sarah.howell.549/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/howell4mt/?hl=en

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9f2826d8-7d78-45bd-b5a8-2bbc9f7eff2d