Tim Sheehy
RepublicanU.S. Senator, MT| Age | 40 (b. 1985-11-18) |
| Gender | Male |
| In office since | 2025-01-03 (~1 yrs) |
| Race / ethnicity | White |
| Religion | Lutheran |
| Education | St. Paul Academy (2004); B.S. in History, U.S. Naval Academy (2008); completed Army Ranger School and Airborne School while at the Naval Academy |
| Prior occupation | Navy SEAL Officer (2008–2014/2019); CEO and co-founder of Bridger Aerospace (2014–2024); co-founder of Ascent Vision Technologies (sold to CACI International for $350M in 2020); co-founder of Little Belt Cattle Company (2020) |
| Military service | Yes: U.S. Navy (Lieutenant) |
| Birthplace | Ramsey, Minnesota |
| Marital status | married — Carmen Meier Sheehy |
| Children | 4 |
| Residence | Ranch outside Bozeman, Montana |
| Notable relatives | Matthew Sheehy (brother, co-founder of Bridger Aerospace and Little Belt Cattle Company) |
Pending research: languages · openly lgbtq.
Career & politics
| First elected | 2024 |
| Committees | Senate Committee on Armed Services · Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation · Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs |
| Caucuses | Senate Stewardship Caucus (co-founder) |
| Leadership | Co-chair, Senate Stewardship Caucus |
| Ideology | Conservative Republican; youngest Republican senator in the 119th Congress; self-described business conservative with emphasis on defense and natural resources |
| Signature legislation | Aerial Firefighting Enhancement Act of 2025 (S.160, signed into law as Public Law No. 119-18 on June 12, 2025) · COVID-19 Military Backpay Act of 2025 (restoring compensation for servicemembers discharged under COVID vaccine mandate) |
Financial
Net worth: disclosed $102,059,158–$297,062,999 (2024) · estimate
| Turtle Lake Holding Company, LLC | business_owned · $50,000,001 · 2024 |
| Bridger Aerospace Group Holdings Inc. (blind trust) | stock · $5,000,000–$25,000,000 · 2025 |
| Note receivable (Bird Point, LLC) | other · $5,000,000–$25,000,000 · 2024 |
| Note receivable (Element Aviation Services, LLC) | other · $5,000,000–$25,000,000 · 2024 |
| Residential property in Polson, MT | real_estate · $5,000,000–$25,000,000 · 2024 |
| Little Belt Cattle Company (ranch, ~20,000 acres) | business_owned · 2024 |
| Pzena Emerging Markets Value Fund | fund · $250,000–$500,000 · 2023 |
| American Electric Power (stock) | stock · $50,000–$100,000 · 2023 |
| Cloverly (carbon offset software) | private_equity · $50,000–$100,000 · 2023 |
Top donors: Blackstone (Stephen Schwarzman) ($8 million to super PAC) · Koch Industries-affiliated PAC ($25 million (PAC spending)) · Walton family heirs (Walmart) ($15 million (PAC spending)) · Timothy Mellon (Sentinel Action Fund) ($4 million) · James John Liautaud (Jimmy John's founder) ($1.5 million)
Top industries: Finance/Investment · Defense/Aerospace · Agriculture/Livestock · Real Estate · Oil & Gas/Energy
Scandals & crimes ledger
resolved — NPS Citation for Illegal Discharge of Firearm in Glacier National Park
In October 2015, Sheehy was cited by a National Park Service ranger for illegally discharging a firearm within Glacier National Park (NPS citation GLAC NP15155771). He paid a $525 collateral fine. Nearly a decade later, during his 2024 Senate campaign, Sheehy publicly acknowledged he had lied to the ranger about the circumstances of the discharge, saying he fabricated the accidental-discharge story to avoid triggering a military investigation into how a bullet from Afghanistan ended up in his arm.
resolved — Florida Plane Crash Negligence Lawsuit — Ngalamulume v. Sheehy
A training plane Sheehy was aboard crashed into a home in Winter Haven, Florida on February 23, 2019, killing his flight instructor and injuring a resident. The Ngalamulume family filed a civil negligence suit against Sheehy and the plane maintenance company, alleging he failed to follow the flight instructor's directions. Sheehy denied wrongdoing. The case settled and was dismissed with prejudice in September 2024 while Sheehy was running for Senate. Settlement terms were not disclosed.