RepublicanIn office since Nov 2024

Gayle Lammers

Montana State Senator, District 21 since 2024. Next on the ballot in 2028.

Montana State Senator, District 21

In office
1 yr
Since 2024
Bills became law
5
5 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
Votes missed
0.1%
Chamber median 0.5%
With party
54%
On votes splitting the parties
Last margin
+13.6
Won 2024
Next election
2028
Nov 7, 2028

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET

Committees

As of 2026-10.

  • Energy, Technology and Federal Relations · vice chair
  • State-Tribal Relations · vice chair
  • Energy and Technology Interim
  • Finance and Claims
  • General Government Interim Budget
  • Judiciary
  • Local Government

Source: Open States committeesUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET

Legislation

2025–2026 session · 5 sponsored · 5 became law
BillIntroCmteSenateHouseLaw
SB 69 Revise county attorney reporting requirements for child sexual abuse
Law Enforcement · Became law May 2025
SB 77 Require conservation districts to comply with state procurement laws
Contracts · Became law May 2025
SB 330 Create a Montana blockchain and digital innovation task force
Legislature · Became law May 2025
SB 70 Generally revise laws related to supervision on probation
Corrections · Became law May 2025
SB 104 Expanding access to low-cost capital to certain eligible projects and entities
Bond Issues, Public · Became law Apr 2025

Source: Open States billsUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:22 PM ET

Voting record

2025–2026 session · placement by roll-call votes

Where Lammers sits in the Montana State Senate

Lammers is closer to the center than 88% of the chamber's Republicans.

Dem. medianRep. medianLammersMore liberalMore conservative

Closest: Josh Kassmier, Jason Ellsworth, Shelley Vance

Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:55 PM ET

With Lammers’s party

  • Votes with the chamber's Republicans54%

Black tick: the average of Republicans in the Montana State Senate.

Source: 99chambers legislative scores from roll calls and cosponsorships

Key votes

Votes chosen for their effect, not their side: Lammers’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Republicans.

DateBillLammersRep. majorityDem. majorityResult
Apr 23, 2025HB 860: Provide for veterinary training loan programYesYesYesPassed 41–9
Apr 23, 2025HB 129: Provide income tax benefit to support emergency response volunteersYesNoYesPassed 28–22
Apr 23, 2025HB 853: Revise fees for licensed establishmentsYesNoYesPassed 29–21

Source: 99chambers key votes from Congress.gov, Voteview and Open States roll calls

Career

Offices held, and every time Lammers was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Elections

Margin against the seat’s presidential baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year.

YearRaceResultMargin
2024Montana State Senate, District 21WonR+13.6

Source: 99chambers results archive

Seats Lammers has held

Source: 99chambers results archive

Who Lammers has run against

  • Sharon Stewart Peregoy (D) · 2024 general, won

Source: 99chambers results archive

How we know Lammers

One person, matched across every source we use.

Source: Identity links: Wikidata, congress-legislators, Open States, FECUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET