Montana Conservatives

Taxpayer Advisory Bulletin

2009 Montana Legislative Session

Numerical ranking is followed by legislator's name and party designation. Group designations ("conservative," "moderate" and "liberal" were given by the Montana Conservative Alliance.

GROUP 1: CONSERVATIVES - House of Representatives

93% Scott Sales, R

90% Krayton Kerns, R, Scott Mendenhall, R

87% Joel Boniek, R

83% Lee Randall, R

79% Dave Kasten, R, Bob Wagner, R

74% Ray Hawk, R

73% Bob Lake, R, Mike More, R

72% Gerald Bennett, R, Mike Miller, R

70% Cary Smith, R

68% Russell Bean, R, Jon Sonju, R

67% Tom McGillvray, R, Keith Regier, R

66% Mark Blasdel, R

64% Gordon Vance, R GROUP 2: MODERATES - House of Representatives

58% Dee Brown, R

55% David Howard, R, Chas Vincent, R

52% Ed Butcher, R, Gordon Hendrick, R, Pat Ingraham, R

48% Wendy Warburton, R

47% Penny Morgan, R, Ron Stoker, R

44% Bill Beck, R

39% Scott Reichner, R

36% Mike Milburn, R

GROUP 3: LIBERALS - House of Representatives

34% Wayne Stahl, R

33% Dennis Himmelberger, R

31% Jeffrey Welborn, R

28% Don Roberts, R, Ted Washburn, R

26% Tom Berry, R, Roy Hollandsworth, R

24% Walter McNutt, R

21% Gary MacLaren, R

19% Brian Hoven, R

18% Elsie Arntzen, R 17% Llew Jones, R, Bill Nooney, R

14% Duane Ankney, R

13% Harry Klock, R

11% Bill Glaser, R

6% Mary Caferro, D, Jesse O'Hara, R

3% Carolyn Pease-Lopez, D

2% J.P. Pomnichowski, D

1% Arlene Becker, D, Bob Bergren, D, Margarett Campbell, D, Dennis Getz, D, Mke Jopek, D, Bill McChesney, D, Edith McClafferty, D, Art Noonan, D, J. David Roundstone, D, Dan Villa, D, Bill Wilson, D

0% Shannon Augare, D, Dick Barrett, D, Paul Beck, D, Tony Belcourt, D, Anders Blewett, D, Carlie Boland, D, Jill Cohenour, D, Sue Dickenson, D, Robyn Driscoll, D, Bob Ebinger, D, John Fleming, D, Julie French, D, Timothy Furey, D, Wanda Grinde, D, Robin Hamilton, D, Betsy Hands, D, Teresa Henry, D, Cynthia Hiner, D, Galen Hollenbaugh, D, Chuck Hunter, D, Deborah Kottel, D, Margaret MacDonald, D, Sue Malek, D, Dave McAlpin, D, Robert Mehlhoff, D, Mike Menahan, D, Pat Noonan, D, Mike Phillips, D, Michele Reinhart, D, Diane Sands, D, Jon Sesso, D, Cheryl Steenson, D, Kendall VanDyk, D, Franke Wilmer, D, Brady Wiseman, D

GROUP 1: CONSERVATIVES - Senate

93% Greg Hinkle, R

89% Joe Balyeat, R

63% Dan McGee, R GROUP 2: MODERATES - Senate

56% John Esp, R

54% Jim Shockley, R

49% Greg Barkus, R, John Brenden, R, Verdell Jackson, R

47% Jeff Essman, R

43% Keith Bales, R

41% Aubyn Curtiss, R

39% Kelly Gebhardt, R, Rick Ripley, R

36% Don Steinbeisser, R, Robert Story, R, Bruce Tutvedt, R

GROUP 3: LIBERALS - Senate

29% Debby Barrett, R, Roy Brown, R

24% Rick Laible, R

23% Jerry Black, R

16%Gary Perry, R

14% Jim Peterson, R, Terry Murphy, R

11% Taylor Brown, R, Ryan Zinke, R

10% Carol Juneau, D, Jim Keane, D, Dave Lewis, R

9% Jonathan Windy Boy, D

7% Kim Hansen, D 6% Ron Erickson, D, Larry Jent, D, Christine Kaufmann, D, Jesse Laslovich, D, Lynda Moss, D

5% Carolyn Squires, D

4% Mike Cooney, D, Steve Gallus, D, Bob Hawks, D, Trudi Schmidt, D, Joe Tropila, D, Mitch Tropila, D, David Wanzenreid, D, Carol Williams, D

3% Gary Branae, D, Bradley Maxon Hamlett, D, John Brueggeman, R, Cliff Larsen, D, Kim Gillan, D, Sharon Stewart-Peregoy, D