# Caleb Hinkle

Caleb Hinkle is a Republican member of the Montana House for district 68.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Montana House, district 68
- Serving since: 2021-01-04
- Current term: MT 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/b6bacabc-6ff6-4bc6-9631-fbbf067f9f0e

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b6bacabc-6ff6-4bc6-9631-fbbf067f9f0e (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

Hinkle sits at +0.70 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 92% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.70 (standard error 0.03), from 199 donors and 594 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 92% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MT 2025–26 session)

2,755 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Montana House 99.2%). Party unity 95.7% (89%). 377 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:

- HB 650: Revise bonding laws to include broadband projects (became law, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HB650/
- HB 675: Revise laws related to hypersexualized shows (in committee, 2025-05-20) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HB675/
- HR 8: House resolution recognizing history of racism and bigotry within democratic party (in committee, 2025-05-22) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HR8/
- HB 328: Allow hunter over 75 years to use general elk license for cow elk (became law, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HB328/
- HB 284: Establish an interim committee to investigate civil rights violations and censorship within the MUS (became law, 2025-05-16) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HB284/
- HB 214: Provide for prosecution of state crimes for persons subject to federal immigration detention (became law, 2025-04-07) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HB214/
- HB 215: Revise laws on state appointments and vacancies of executive boards and commissions (became law, 2025-04-07) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HB215/
- HB 327: Legislative referendum on state surplus revenue (in committee, 2025-05-20) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HB327/
- HJ 6: Joint resolution recognizing the 250th birthday of the United States of America (passed both chambers, 2025-05-01) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HJ6/
- HB 524: Remove boarding and rooming houses from lodging requirements (in committee, 2025-05-20) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HB524/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $42.9K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 97% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://leg.mt.gov/legislator-information/roster/individual/6920
- Campaign site: https://calebhinkle.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Caleb-Hinkle-Montana-Legislature-100057728993647/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100005710998394

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b6bacabc-6ff6-4bc6-9631-fbbf067f9f0e