# Sue Vinton

Sue Vinton is a Republican member of the Montana Senate for district 20.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Montana Senate, district 20
- Serving since: 2017-01-02
- Current term: MT 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/b4f79bac-c985-4bdc-9505-145cdd861198

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b4f79bac-c985-4bdc-9505-145cdd861198 (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

Vinton missed 1.9% of 2,812 roll calls, attendance in the bottom quarter of the Montana Senate (average 98.9%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.37 (standard error 0.02), from 26 donors and 893 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 53% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MT 2025–26 session)

2,812 roll calls. Attendance 98.0% (Montana Senate 98.9%). Party unity 91.9% (85%). 203 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (MT 2025–26 session)

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

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 253: Revise administrative and certification processes for student scholarship organizations (became law, 2025-05-16) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SB253/
- SB 347: Revise medical resident licensure laws (became law, 2025-04-17) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SB347/
- SB 486: Revise equal opportunity education savings account funding (became law, 2025-05-08) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SB486/
- SB 368: Allow correction of minor maintenance items at mines (became law, 2025-04-18) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SB368/
- SB 442: Revise real property manager licensing laws (became law, 2025-05-08) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SB442/
- SB 457: Revise laws regarding legislative subpoenas (became law, 2025-05-08) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SB457/
- SJ 6: Joint resolution for legislature's consent and approval long-range legislative branch capitol development plan (passed both chambers, 2025-04-22) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SJ6/
- SJ 33: Interim study of the prescription drug supply chain (passed both chambers, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SJ33/
- SB 177: Allow community choice school commission to seek public funding (became law, 2025-05-08) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SB177/
- SB 76: Revise laws related to preliminary determinations for water right permits or changes in appropriations (became law, 2025-02-27) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SB76/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $11.6K (State Senate Republicans median $28.3K). 91% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://archive.legmt.gov/legislator-information/roster/individual/5115
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sue.vinton.7
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Sue-Vinton-for-Montana-100057722753442/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b4f79bac-c985-4bdc-9505-145cdd861198