Is Steve Daines pro-Israel or pro-Palestine?

Where does Steve Daines stand on Israel?

Steve Daines (Republican, Montana) has the 21st most pro-Israel record in the US Senate, with a net score of +74: 2 sponsored bills, 26 cosponsorships, and 16 aligned floor votes on the pro-Israel side, with no recorded activity on the pro-Palestine side.

Net score breakdown

Weights: sponsoring a scored bill 3 points, authoring a scored amendment 3 points, cosponsoring a scored bill 2 points, an aligned floor vote 1 point.

• Pro-Israel activity (additions): 2 sponsored bills × 3 = 6 points; 26 cosponsored bills × 2 = 52 points; 16 aligned floor votes × 1 = 16 points. Subtotal: 74 points pro-Israel.
• Net score: +74 pro-Israel (74 pro-Israel points minus 0 pro-Palestine points).

Campaign finance

2026 cycle, source: FEC, filings through 2026-09-30. Total raised: $4,779,230. Total spent: $3,958,204. Cash on hand: $2,579,268.

Pro-Israel money

Hardline pro-Israel money supporting Daines: $911,701 (2014–2026, 4 PACs, 57 donors, 512 bundled).

Pro-Israel money spent AGAINST Daines: $0. No tracked pro-Israel money spent against this member.

Where the supporting money comes from

• PAC money: $28,000 (3%, routed + independent expenditures).
• Individual donors: $281,441 (21%, 57 named individuals), of which $94,400 was routed through conduits and is counted once, under bundled.
• Bundled / earmarked: $696,660 (76%, 512 conduit donors).

How the buckets add up to $911,701: PAC money $28,000, plus named individual donors $281,441, minus $94,400 routed through conduits by 29 of those donors (counted once under bundled), plus bundled / earmarked $696,660, equals $911,701 hardline pro-Israel money supporting Daines.

Full committee and donor lists: Israel/Palestine campaign finance.

Scoring and classification: VoteLog methodology.