# Llew Jones

Llew Jones is a Republican member of the Montana House for district 18.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Montana House, district 18
- Serving since: 2019-01-07
- Current term: MT 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/ed3e498d-5160-4f6a-8580-ee2a4d877b5d

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ed3e498d-5160-4f6a-8580-ee2a4d877b5d (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

Jones voted against the majority of Montana House Republicans 296 times; party unity 71%, in the bottom tenth of the Montana House (average 89%).

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

40 classified statements: 40 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Jones | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 642 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 37.5% | 9.3% | 15 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 85.0% | 31.9% | 6 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 2.5% | 1.8% | 206 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 45.0% | 12.7% | 8 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 7.5% | 1.4% | 22 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Economics and Public Finance 44% (State House Republicans 12%); Taxation 44% (State House Republicans 8.1%); Education 24% (State House Republicans 15%); Health 18% (State House Republicans 10%); Housing and Community Development 12% (State House Republicans 3.4%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.12 (standard error 0.01), from 239 donors and 895 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 15% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MT 2025–26 session)

2,755 roll calls. Attendance 98.9% (Montana House 99.2%). Party unity 71% (89%). 296 votes against the party majority.

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $34.0K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 62% 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.

- 2026-01-08 · Post on X · https://x.com/BlissLlew/status/2009295799751147836
- 2026-01-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/BlissLlew/status/2006766650939609170
- 2025-11-20 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/BlissLlew/status/1991540258698407944
- 2025-11-14 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/BlissLlew/status/1989409548873208118
- 2025-11-08 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/BlissLlew/status/1987284860868960453
- 2025-09-11 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/BlissLlew/status/1966279851557662750
- 2025-09-06 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/BlissLlew/status/1964419068116815888
- 2025-08-31 · Post on X · https://x.com/BlissLlew/status/1962195863448744008
- 2025-08-23 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/BlissLlew/status/1959343589412221012
- 2025-08-01 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/BlissLlew/status/1951290836848914560

## Links

- Official site: https://leg.mt.gov/legislator-information/roster/individual/5076
- Campaign site: https://votellewjones.com
- X: https://x.com/BlissLlew
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/llew.jones.75
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mtllew/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/llew-jones-45235019/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ed3e498d-5160-4f6a-8580-ee2a4d877b5d