Vince Ricci

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Vince Ricci
Image of Vince Ricci
Montana State Senate District 27
Tenure

2025 - Present

Term ends

2029

Years in position

0

Prior offices
Montana House of Representatives District 55
Successor: Lee Deming

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Education

High school

Park High School

Personal
Birthplace
Livingston, Mont.
Profession
Small business owner
Contact

Vince Ricci (Republican Party) is a member of the Montana State Senate, representing District 27. He assumed office on January 6, 2025. His current term ends on January 3, 2029.

Ricci (Republican Party) ran for election to the Montana State Senate to represent District 27. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Vince Ricci was born in Livingston, Montana. He earned a high school diploma from Park High School. His career experience includes working as a small business owner. Ricci served on the Laurel Volunteer Fire Department.[1]

Committee assignments

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2021-2022

Ricci was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Ricci was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Montana committee assignments, 2017
Agriculture
Business and Labor, Vice chair
Human Services
Legislative Administration, Chair

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Ricci served on the following committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2024

See also: Montana State Senate elections, 2024

General election

General election for Montana State Senate District 27

Vince Ricci defeated Kathleen Gilluly in the general election for Montana State Senate District 27 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Vince Ricci
Vince Ricci (R)
 
74.2
 
8,446
Image of Kathleen Gilluly
Kathleen Gilluly (D) Candidate Connection
 
25.8
 
2,942

Total votes: 11,388
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Montana State Senate District 27

Kathleen Gilluly advanced from the Democratic primary for Montana State Senate District 27 on June 4, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Kathleen Gilluly
Kathleen Gilluly Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
1,155

Total votes: 1,155
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Montana State Senate District 27

Vince Ricci defeated incumbent Chris Friedel in the Republican primary for Montana State Senate District 27 on June 4, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Vince Ricci
Vince Ricci
 
60.6
 
2,519
Image of Chris Friedel
Chris Friedel
 
39.4
 
1,640

Total votes: 4,159
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Endorsements

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Pledges

Ricci signed the following pledges.

  • U.S. Term Limits

2022

See also: Montana House of Representatives elections, 2022

Vince Ricci was not able to file for re-election due to term limits.

2020

See also: Montana House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Montana House of Representatives District 55

Incumbent Vince Ricci won election in the general election for Montana House of Representatives District 55 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Vince Ricci
Vince Ricci (R)
 
100.0
 
4,473

Total votes: 4,473
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Montana House of Representatives District 55

Incumbent Vince Ricci advanced from the Republican primary for Montana House of Representatives District 55 on June 2, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Vince Ricci
Vince Ricci
 
100.0
 
2,184

Total votes: 2,184
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2018

See also: Montana House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Montana House of Representatives District 55

Incumbent Vince Ricci defeated Kathleen O'Donnell in the general election for Montana House of Representatives District 55 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Vince Ricci
Vince Ricci (R)
 
71.0
 
3,070
Image of Kathleen O'Donnell
Kathleen O'Donnell (D)
 
29.0
 
1,256

Total votes: 4,326
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Montana House of Representatives District 55

Kathleen O'Donnell advanced from the Democratic primary for Montana House of Representatives District 55 on June 5, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Kathleen O'Donnell
Kathleen O'Donnell
 
100.0
 
780

Total votes: 780
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Montana House of Representatives District 55

Incumbent Vince Ricci advanced from the Republican primary for Montana House of Representatives District 55 on June 5, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Vince Ricci
Vince Ricci
 
100.0
 
1,483

Total votes: 1,483
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2016

See also: Montana House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Montana House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election was held on June 7, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was March 14, 2016.

Incumbent Vince Ricci defeated Ryan Arnold in the Montana House of Representatives District 55 general election.[2][3]

Montana House of Representatives, District 55 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Vince Ricci Incumbent 74.67% 3,387
     Democratic Ryan Arnold 25.33% 1,149
Total Votes 4,536
Source: Montana Secretary of State


Ryan Arnold ran unopposed in the Montana House of Representatives District 55 Democratic primary.[4][5]

Montana House of Representatives, District 55 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Ryan Arnold  (unopposed)


Incumbent Vince Ricci ran unopposed in the Montana House of Representatives District 55 Republican primary.[6][7]

Montana House of Representatives, District 55 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Vince Ricci Incumbent (unopposed)

2014

See also: Montana House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the Montana House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 3, 2014, and a general election took place on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 10, 2014; minor party and independent candidates had until June 2, 2014, to file. Doc Woerner was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Vince Ricci was unopposed in the Republican primary. Ricci faced Woerner in the general election. Incumbent Cary Smith (R) ran for District 27 of the Montana State Senate. Steve Gray (D) filed to run, but was removed from the ballot before the primary.[8][9]

Montana House of Representatives, District 55 General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngVince Ricci 61.3% 2,064
     Democratic Doc Woerner 38.7% 1,304
Total Votes 3,368

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2020

Vince Ricci did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary


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Vince Ricci campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Montana State Senate District 27Won general$20,116 $0
2020Montana House of Representatives District 55Won general$4,631 N/A**
2018Montana House of Representatives District 55Won general$10,151 N/A**
2016Montana House of Representatives, District 55Won $7,669 N/A**
2014Montana House of Representatives, District 55Won $8,276 N/A**
Grand total$50,843 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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2022

In 2022, the Montana State Legislature was not in session.


2021


2020


2019


2018


2017


2016


2015




See also


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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
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Montana State Senate District 27
2025-Present
Succeeded by
-
Preceded by
-
Montana House of Representatives District 55
2015-2023
Succeeded by
Lee Deming (R)


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