# Bob Phalen

Bob Phalen is a Republican member of the Montana Senate for district 17.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Montana Senate, district 17
- Serving since: 2021-01-04
- Current term: MT 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/cf7f704c-87ac-4bcd-821a-9377bbbee43f

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/cf7f704c-87ac-4bcd-821a-9377bbbee43f (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

Phalen has served since 2021.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.50 (standard error 0.02), from 179 donors and 600 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 71% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MT 2025–26 session)

2,812 roll calls. Attendance 99.9% (Montana Senate 98.9%). Party unity 96.7% (85%). 208 votes against the party majority.

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $23.9K (State Senate Republicans median $28.3K). 91% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://leg.mt.gov/legislator-information/roster/individual/6843
- X: https://x.com/phalen_bob
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bob.phalen.9
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064262855540
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/phalenbob/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/cf7f704c-87ac-4bcd-821a-9377bbbee43f