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U.S. Representative · Montana 1st District
Ryan K. Zinke
RepublicanDistrict R+5119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score38#240 of 433 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Ryan K. Zinke’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office512 Cannon House Office Building Washington DC 20515-2600
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
Signals to watch
What in this member’s district, record and ideology could move them, and in which direction. Their score is the same on every bill they haven’t committed to, so these are the things to watch.Could pull them toward Democrats · 1 signal
- MediumBacks 2 Democratic-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 2 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Democrats: H.R. 1948, H.R. 1993.
Keeps them with Republicans · 1 signal
- MediumVotes with House RepublicansNo ideology or scorecard measure places this member toward the Democrats: DW-NOMINATE +0.442 (party median +0.530; rank 69 of 219 by distance toward the Democrats); Heritage Action 87 (avg 86); LCV 3 (avg 1).
Term and election
From the congress-legislators datasetOn the ballot 2026
- Current term
- January 3, 2025 – January 3, 2027
- Next election
- November 3, 2026
- Years in office
- 11.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on AppropriationsMajority · 23rd in seniority
- Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
- Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies
- Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
- House Committee on Foreign AffairsMajority · 20th in seniority
- Subcommittee on East Asia and Pacific
- Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewR median
D median
Zinke← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of +0.442 is 0.09 to the left of the House Republican median (+0.530).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the House Republican average- 119th Congress87House Republican average: 86 (n=217)
Swing score by bill
swing-v3 · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 51–100 of 858 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 9328Improving Travel for Military Members ActSummary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the Senate | No recorded vote | 54
| Middle |