Tim Sheehy

R Republican · Senator, Montana

Moderate self-dealing

4/6 components have data

#71 of 193 scored

Tim Sheehy is a first-term Republican senator (sworn in January 2025) and wealthy co-founder of aerial-firefighting firm Bridger Aerospace, with a disclosed net worth estimated between $100M and $300M, most of it predating his office. His sharpest accountability issue is a conflict of interest: while holding roughly $13-15M in Bridger stock, he pushed in early 2025 to eliminate Forest Service airworthiness inspections, with a leaked draft executive order edited by both his policy adviser and a Bridger lobbyist, the same month a Bridger aircraft failed such an inspection (per ProPublica). He pledged not to personally trade stocks, donated his Senate salary, and moved Bridger holdings into blind trusts, though ethicists note the trustees are executives of a company formerly run by his brother, undermining the trusts' independence. His missed-vote rate (about 2.9%) is near the Senate median, and no documented campaign-funds personal-use or net-worth-enrichment-in-office findings surfaced in available public records.

Public record

In Congress since: 2025
Committees: Armed Services
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Veterans' Affairs
Missed votes, 119th Congress: 2.6% (24 of 915; median member 1.9%)
Campaign money, 2025–26 cycle: $1.5M raised · 27% from PACs & committees · $746K cash on hand FEC ↗

The stock-trading ban

Senate cloture on H.R. 7008, Sep 30, 2026

Yes

Cosponsored a ban bill

None

H.R. 7008 bans new stock purchases by members, spouses and dependents; it doesn't force sales of existing holdings. The Senate vote was on the version paired with the SAVE Act, which is why no Democrat voted yes. Full breakdown →

Disclosed stock trades

5trades since Jan 2025

3buys

2sells

5filed past 45 days

$553K–$1.1Mdisclosed value range

Traded	Filed	Owner	Asset	Type	Amount
Nov 4, 2025	Aug 13, 2026 late 237d	Member	Max Ventures New World Opportunities Fund LP - Sana Labs AB	Sell	$50,001 - $100,000	filing ↗
Nov 3, 2025	Aug 13, 2026 late 238d	Member	WCAS XIV Co-Investors LLC - Grant Street Group	Buy	$1,001 - $15,000	filing ↗
Jul 8, 2025	Aug 13, 2026 late 356d	Member	WCAS XIV Co-Investors LLC - AIA Contract Documents	Buy	$1,001 - $15,000	filing ↗
Jun 28, 2025	Aug 13, 2026 late 366d	Member	Ansett Aerospace Holdings LLC - Regaero Holdings Pty Ltd	Sell	$500,001 - $1,000,000	filing ↗
Jun 16, 2025	Aug 13, 2026 late 378d	Member	WCAS XIV Co-Investors LLC - Constitution Surgery Alliance	Buy	$1,001 - $15,000	filing ↗

Amounts are the ranges members must report, not exact values. The STOCK Act requires a report within 45 days of a trade; "late" counts days past that deadline, measured to the filing date.

How the score breaks down

Stock self-tradinghousehold / spouse

25% weight

Sheehy sold dozens of individual stocks (Coinbase, Tesla, Amazon, Carvana, Roblox) in 2024 BEFORE taking office, and pledged not to personally trade as a senator. Bridger holdings ($10-50M) moved to blind trusts. No documented in-office personal-stock trading; pre-office sales are not Senate STOCK Act activity, so score is low.

Sheehy sold dozens of individual stocks in 2024 and his office says he will not personally trade stocks and donated his Senate salary; moved $10-50M Bridger stock into blind trusts.News reportingbozemandailychronicle.com ↗

Net-worth enrichment in officeno data

15% weight

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Net worth estimated $100M-$300M, but this wealth is overwhelmingly pre-office (Bridger Aerospace founder, Turtle Lake Holding >$50M). Pre-office wealth is not scored, and no public record documents net-worth growth beyond salary/market during his ~18 months in office.

2024 disclosure estimates net worth $100M-$300M, largest asset Turtle Lake Holding (>$50M), built on pre-office Bridger Aerospace and investments.News reportingbozemandailychronicle.com ↗

Money → action alignmentcorrelation, not proof of any quid-pro-quo

20% weight

CORRELATION, NOT PROOF. A pro-Sheehy super PAC received $4.6M from Blackstone's Stephen Schwarzman (34% of its receipts) plus prior $400K; Blackstone-affiliated donors were his 7th-largest contributor group. Separately, his early-2025 push to cut firefighting-aircraft inspections aligned with the aerial-firefighting industry (United Aerial Firefighters Association, of which he was a founding board member) and his own former company's interest. The inspection push is a direct industry-aligned action, raising this above a baseline.

Schwarzman gave $4.6M (34% of receipts) to a pro-Sheehy super PAC plus an earlier $400K; Blackstone employees were his 7th-largest contributor group.Reference databaseopensecrets.org ↗Sheehy was a founding board member of the United Aerial Firefighters Association, which shaped the draft order to let contractors set their own inspection standards.News reportingmontanafreepress.org ↗

Campaign-fund personal useno data

15% weight

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No public record found documenting campaign-committee or leadership-PAC (Sheehy Majority Cmte) funds spent on personal benefit. Per rules, absence of evidence is not penalized.

FEC and OpenSecrets list Sheehy's campaign and Sheehy Majority Cmte PAC expenditures; no documented personal-use finding surfaced.Reference databaseopensecrets.org ↗

Revolving door & family

15% weight

Strong family/former-company ties to official action. While holding ~$13-15M in Bridger stock, Sheehy pushed in March-April 2025 to end Forest Service airworthiness inspections; a leaked draft executive order was edited by both his policy adviser AND a Bridger lobbyist, the same month a Bridger aircraft failed an inspection. His Bridger 'blind' trusts are managed by executives at an energy firm formerly run by his brother Matt, which ethics counsel say defeats the trusts' independence.

Leaked draft executive order eliminating inspections was edited by a Sheehy policy adviser and a Bridger Aerospace lobbyist, same month Bridger failed an inspection; Sheehy held $13-15M in Bridger stock.Reference databasepropublica.org ↗Sheehy's Bridger blind trusts are run by executives at a firm formerly run by his brother; ethics counsel Cynthia Brown says picking a family member's company defeats the rules' purpose.News reportingmontanafreepress.org ↗

Skips the job to fundraise

10% weight

From Jan 2025 to June 2026, Sheehy missed 24 of 830 roll-call votes (2.9%), essentially at the Senate median of ~2.8%. No documented pattern of skipping votes for fundraising or paid speeches. Low score.

Sheehy missed 24 of 830 roll call votes (2.9%) Jan 2025-Jun 2026, on par with the ~2.8% median for serving senators.Reference databasegovtrack.us ↗

Sources behind this score: 4 news reporting · 4 reference database. Score = weighted average of the components that have data; the 2 without sourced evidence are excluded, never counted against the member. Methodology →

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