# Ken Bogner

Ken Bogner is a Republican member of the Montana Senate for district 18.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Montana Senate, district 18
- Serving since: 2019-01-07
- Current term: MT 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/ea9c7cc2-da2d-430e-a997-824818295244

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ea9c7cc2-da2d-430e-a997-824818295244 (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

Bogner reported $4,585 in the 2026 cycle, in the bottom quarter of State Senate Republicans (median $46.2K).

## What Bogner says (MT 2025–26 session)

19 classified statements: 19 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Bogner | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.3% | 272 of 354 |
| Policy criticism | 15.8% | 9.5% | 75 of 354 |
| Policy discussion | 36.8% | 37.3% | 177 of 354 |
| Bipartisanship | 5.3% | 2.3% | 41 of 354 |
| Credit claiming | 26.3% | 15.4% | 66 of 354 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.3% | 261 of 354 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 57% (State Senate Republicans 17%); Science, Technology, Communications 29% (State Senate Republicans 2.5%); Agriculture and Food 14% (State Senate Republicans 6.2%); Armed Forces and National Security 14% (State Senate Republicans 6.5%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 0% (State Senate Republicans 5.0%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.33 (standard error 0.01), from 92 donors and 900 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 45% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MT 2025–26 session)

2,812 roll calls. Attendance 99.8% (Montana Senate 98.9%). Party unity 91.6% (85%). 264 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:

- SB 548: Generally revise laws regarding foreign governments (in committee, 2025-05-23) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SB548/
- SB 431: Revise laws regarding residential covenants (in committee, 2025-05-23) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SB431/
- SJ 26: Joint resolution regarding the purchase and sale of stocks by members of congress (passed both chambers, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SJ26/
- SB 124: Revise electronic license privacy law (became law, 2025-04-18) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SB124/
- SB 564: Revise government transparency laws (became law, 2025-05-16) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SB564/
- SB 353: Revise right to try laws to include minors with a terminal illness (in committee, 2025-05-23) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SB353/
- SB 176: Providing for nondiscrimination related to firearms possession or activity (in committee, 2025-05-23) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SB176/
- SB 400: Provide for property owners to vote to add, remove, amend easements and covenants (in committee, 2025-05-23) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SB400/
- SB 306: Prohibit sale of tax deed to foreign entity (became law, 2025-04-18) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SB306/
- SB 364: Establish kill switch laws (became law, 2025-05-13) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SB364/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $4,585 (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-06-03 · Post on X · https://x.com/KennethBogner/status/2062015312963482093
- 2026-04-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/KennethBogner/status/2048527319426281569
- 2026-03-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/KennethBogner/status/2031168931268804690
- 2026-03-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/KennethBogner/status/2031169323385958538
- 2026-03-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/KennethBogner/status/2031169358685212948
- 2026-03-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/KennethBogner/status/2031169410895942095
- 2026-03-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/KennethBogner/status/2031389295735607584
- 2026-01-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/KennethBogner/status/2014752439107559536
- 2025-11-06 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/KennethBogner/status/1986452536971436264
- 2025-10-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/KennethBogner/status/1980376178000294019

## Links

- Official site: https://leg.mt.gov/legislator-information/roster/individual/6809
- Campaign site: https://kennethbogner.com
- X: https://x.com/KennethBogner
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KenBognerforCongress/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kenneth.bogner
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kenbogner
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@kenbogner
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kennethbogner/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ea9c7cc2-da2d-430e-a997-824818295244