Chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 2023
Leader
Mitch McConnell
Preceded by
Rick Scott
United States Senator from Montana
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 2015
Serving with Jon Tester
Preceded by
John Walsh
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Montana's at-large district
In office January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015
Preceded by
Denny Rehberg
Succeeded by
Ryan Zinke
Personal details
Born
Steven David Daines
(1962-08-20) August 20, 1962 (age 61) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Political party
Republican
Spouse
Cindy Daines
(m. 1986)
Children
4
Relatives
Jay Owenhouse (brother-in-law)[1]
Education
Montana State University (BS)
Website
Senate website
Steve Daines's voice
Steve Daines shows his support for the Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015 Recorded April 19, 2016
Steven David Daines (/ˈdeɪnz/DAYNZ; born August 20, 1962) is an American politician and former corporate executive serving as the junior United States senator from Montana since 2015. A member of the Republican Party, he represented Montana's at-large congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2013 to 2015.
Daines was born in Los Angeles and grew up in Bozeman, Montana. Before entering politics, he held positions at Procter & Gamble and the Montana-based software service RightNow Technologies. He was Roy Brown's running mate in the 2008 Montana gubernatorial election, losing in the general election to incumbent governor Brian Schweitzer and lieutenant governor John Bohlinger. Daines ran again for public office in 2012 for Montana's at-large congressional district; he won the general election, defeating Democratic nominee Kim Gillan.
After incumbent U.S. Senator Max Baucus announced he would not run for reelection in the 2014 Senate election, Daines won, defeating Democrat Amanda Curtis and becoming the first Republican to win a Senate seat in Montana in the 21st century. He was reelected in 2020, defeating the Democratic nominee, incumbent governor Steve Bullock. In 2023, he became chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, succeeding Rick Scott.
^"Susan Marie Owenhouse 1966–2009". legacy.com. Retrieved September 22, 2020.
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money than Daines. Closer to election day, Bullock slightly trailed in polls, but the election was still seen as relatively competitive. Daines defeated...
defeated Rehberg, 48.7%–44.8%. When after one term in the U.S. House SteveDaines ran for the U.S. Senate, Rehberg considered running for his old House...
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the 2020 United States Senate election in Montana, losing to incumbent SteveDaines. Despite ending his campaign before voting began, Bullock still appeared...
In May 2020, Scott voted for an amendment co-sponsored by Senators SteveDaines and Ron Wyden that would have required federal intelligence and law enforcement...
nomination, thereby becoming the new Democratic nominee. Congressman SteveDaines won the Republican nomination over state Representative Champ Edmunds...
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