# Kelly Kortum

Kelly Kortum is a Democratic member of the Montana House for district 64.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Montana House, district 64
- Serving since: 2021-01-04
- Current term: MT 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/ef4c6827-f405-491c-a349-d1ede87549c1

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ef4c6827-f405-491c-a349-d1ede87549c1 (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

8.3% of Kortum’s statements contain a personal attack, 3.3 times the State House Democrat average of 2.5%.

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

530 classified statements: 530 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Kortum | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 8.3% | 2.5% | 67 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 17.2% | 10.4% | 167 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 26.8% | 39.2% | 563 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 1.3% | 2.9% | 471 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 2.5% | 14.4% | 633 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 1.3% | 1.0% | 174 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 36% (State House Democrats 15%); Housing and Community Development 11% (State House Democrats 6.2%); Taxation 10% (State House Democrats 3.6%); Health 8.6% (State House Democrats 15%); Economics and Public Finance 7.9% (State House Democrats 11%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.75 (standard error 0.03), from 217 donors and 600 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 32% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MT 2025–26 session)

2,755 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Montana House 99.2%). Party unity 96.3% (89%). 251 votes against the party majority.

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $17.0K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 93% 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.

- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/kellykortum, KellyForMT/status/2114449571246199271
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/kellykortum, KellyForMT/status/2113753096639889615
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/kellykortum, KellyForMT/status/2112601450601996468
- 2026-10-15 · Post on X · https://x.com/kellykortum, KellyForMT/status/2110806446908862602
- 2026-10-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/kellykortum, KellyForMT/status/2110050796360601710
- 2026-10-08 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/kellykortum, KellyForMT/status/2108277192321069204
- 2026-10-08 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/kellykortum, KellyForMT/status/2108279797621383296
- 2026-10-08 · Post on X · https://x.com/kellykortum, KellyForMT/status/2108281026950889755
- 2026-10-07 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/kellykortum, KellyForMT/status/2107946195775791559
- 2026-10-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/kellykortum, KellyForMT/status/2106791845066105234

## Links

- Official site: https://leg.mt.gov/legislator-information/roster/individual/6864
- Campaign site: https://kellyformt.com
- X: https://x.com/kellykortum
- X: https://x.com/KellyForMT
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kelly.kortum
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KellyForMT/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kellyformt/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_V62LbWzt1CnJpXzArKw2Q

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ef4c6827-f405-491c-a349-d1ede87549c1