---
type: Person
title: "Bob Phalen"
description: "MT Senate District 17 — MT State Senate District 17"
role: "MT Senate District 17"
party: "R"
level: "state"
branch: "legislative"
state: "MT"
district: "MT State Senate District 17"
represents: "us/states/mt/districts/senate/17"
tenure:
  start: "2025-01-06"
  current: true
election:
  term_length: 2
  term_limit: "varies"
ids:
  person: "7a3c90c7-7f17-47de-8ef3-0733a955e9ee"
  office: "6cf39df4-fb2d-48c3-a4cf-b3028a22c89a"
  tenure: "71ed3b1c-0f6d-437f-ba5a-107fabd720ae"
  jurisdiction: "46021f44-e5fe-4b9f-87be-ad4cc12dee87"
sources:
  - field: tenure
    source: "OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "SLDU (Census 2025)"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, state, legislative, mt]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# Bob Phalen

Current MT Senate District 17 (MT State Senate District 17).

Represents [MT State Senate District 17](/us/states/mt/districts/senate/17.md).

## Sources

- tenure: OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20
- jurisdiction: SLDU (Census 2025)

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).