# Bob Carter

Bob Carter is a Democratic member of the Montana House for district 96.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Montana House, district 96
- Serving since: 2023-01-02
- Current term: MT 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/ad9a1852-425f-4f4b-9b6e-270f2c282024

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ad9a1852-425f-4f4b-9b6e-270f2c282024 (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

11% of Carter’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Montana, in the bottom 5% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.51 (standard error 0.03), from 44 donors and 300 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 68% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MT 2025–26 session)

2,755 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Montana House 99.2%). Party unity 90.7% (89%). 144 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (MT 2025–26 session)

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

Recent sponsored bills:

- HJ 18: Resolution supporting DC statehood (in committee, 2025-05-20) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HJ18/
- HJ 72: Interim study of personal data sharing by DOT (in committee, 2025-05-22) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HJ72/
- HJ 74: Study resolution analyzing water re-use in the state (passed both chambers, 2025-05-06) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HJ74/
- HB 712: Provide for restitution payments to children of certain homicide victims (became law, 2025-05-13) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HB712/
- HB 436: Require trappers to post notice signs near trails on public lands (in committee, 2025-05-20) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HB436/
- HB 187: Revise election laws to remove continuous tabulation requirement (in committee, 2025-05-20) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HB187/
- HB 773: Revise laws related to metropolitan planning orgs and transportation planning (in committee, 2025-05-20) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HB773/
- HB 255: Revise online data privacy laws for K-12 pupil records (in committee, 2025-05-22) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HB255/
- HB 662: Revise the Montana driver privacy protection act (in committee, 2025-05-22) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HB662/
- HB 940: Prohibit smoking and vaping in cars with minors or pregnant persons (in committee, 2023-05-03) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2023/HB940/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $900 (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 11% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://leg.mt.gov/legislator-information/roster/individual/7622
- Campaign site: https://cartermt.us
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BobCarter4Montana

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ad9a1852-425f-4f4b-9b6e-270f2c282024