Steve Daines

Republican · Senator, MT

Raised, 2021–2026
$16.8M
From PACs & committees
$580.9K
Top sector
Finance, Insurance & Real Estate
Outside spending for
$3
Outside spending against
$4.9K

Committees

Where the money came from

  • Individuals
  • PACs
  • Party, self & other
2025–26
$9.6M
2023–24
$3.4M
2021–22
$3.9M
Money raised by cycle
CycleIndividualsPACsParty, self & otherTotal
2026$2,750,180$2,704,100$4,104,180$9,558,460
2024$1,177,927$1,387,600$798,981$3,364,508
2022$2,014,336$798,050$1,076,024$3,888,411

Totals from the FEC's candidate summaries.H2MT01060, S2MT00096

PAC money by sector

  1. $579.1K
  2. $324.6K
  3. $229.9K
  4. $200.5K
  5. $183.5K
  6. $181.3K
  7. $165.5K
  8. $118.3K
  9. $112K
  10. $69.5K
  11. $49.5K
  12. $49.5K
  13. $48.5K
  14. $11K
  15. $3K

Individual donors by sector

Estimated from the employer and occupation on 12,803 itemized donations ($876.7K). Donations of $200 or less aren't itemized.

  1. Retired
    $467.4K
  2. $308.5K
  3. Not employed
    $81.8K
  4. $76.4K
  5. $53.6K
  6. $39.2K
  7. $31.3K
  8. $23.9K
  9. $14K
  10. $10.4K
  11. $8.8K
  12. $8.7K
  13. $1.2K
  14. $1.1K

Top employers of donors

Itemized donations from people who listed each employer.

  1. Yellowstone Bank
    $35K
  2. Northwestern Mutual
    $19K
  3. Town Pump Inc
    $17.5K
  4. $16.4K
  5. Apollo Management
    $15.4K
  6. Fisher Investments
    $14K
  7. Kirkland and Ellis
    $10.5K
  8. Veterans Guardian
    $9.1K
  9. Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP
    $9K
  10. Capitol Tax Partners
    $8K
  11. $7K
  12. Vibrant Capital Partners
    $7K
  13. Fertitta Entertainment
    $7K
  14. $7K
  15. Skybox Capital
    $7K

Outside spending

Super PACs and other groups can spend unlimited amounts on ads for or against a candidate, as long as they don't coordinate with the campaign. This money doesn't go to Steve Daines.

SpenderSupportingOpposing
Really American PAC
Super PAC / hybrid PAC
–$3K
Planned Parenthood Votes
Super PAC / hybrid PAC
–$2K
Senate Conservatives Fund
Super PAC / hybrid PAC
$3–

Top contributors

Each organization's PAC plus donations from its employees, the way OpenSecrets counted.

  1. WinredPAC $78K
    $78K
  2. Yellowstone Bankemployees $35K
    $35K
  3. Charter CommunicationsPAC $10K · employees $16.4K
    $26.4K
  4. Northwestern Mutualemployees $19K
    $19K
  5. Town Pump Incemployees $17.5K
    $17.5K
  6. Apollo Managementemployees $15.4K
    $15.4K
  7. $15K
  8. $15K
  9. $15K
  10. Fisher Investmentsemployees $14K
    $14K
  11. Denbury IncPAC $11.9K
    $11.9K
  12. GooglePAC $6.5K · employees $5.3K
    $11.8K
  13. $11.5K
  14. $11.5K
  15. $10.5K

Top PACs

  1. WinredSuper PAC / hybrid PAC
    $78K
  2. $15K
  3. $15K
  4. $15K
  5. $11.9K
  6. $11.5K
  7. $11.5K
  8. $10.5K
  9. $10K
  10. $10K
  11. $10K
  12. $10K
  13. $10K
  14. $10K
  15. $10K