Steve Daines (Republican Party) is a member of the U.S. Senate from Montana. He assumed office on January 3, 2015. His current term ends on January 3, 2027.
Daines (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the U.S. Senate to represent Montana. He won in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Daines was first elected to the Senate in 2014.
Daines is a member of the Senate Committees on Indian Affairs; Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; Appropriations; Energy and Natural Resources; and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Before being elected to the Senate, Daines was a member of the U.S. House, representing Montana's At-Large Congressional District from 2013 to 2015.
In 2007, Daines served as then-Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee's (R) Montana presidential campaign chairman. He was also the 2008 Republican nominee for lieutenant governor of Montana.
Daines was born in Van Nuys, California, and his family moved to Bozeman, Montana, when he was a child. Daines graduated from Bozeman High School and went on to earn a B.S. in chemical engineering from Montana State University. He worked for Procter & Gamble for 13 years, both in the United States and abroad. In 1997, he and his family returned to Bozeman, where Daines joined RightNow Technologies, a start-up business that went public in 2004. In 2007, Daines served as former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee's Montana campaign chairman. He was also the 2008 Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor.
