Montana 2026 Primary

U.S. Senate & U.S. House & Governor

Jun 2 2026

Completed

Open primary

U.S. House & U.S. Senate

Nov 3 2026

83 days away

Filing Deadline: Mar 9, 2026

★ U.S. Senate Safe R

Incumbent: R Steve Daines Open Seat

Democrat

Alani Ines Bankhead Nominee $58,829 raised

Michael Hummert $12,330 raised

Michael James Blackwolf $26,144 raised

Reilly Neill $294,625 raised

Independent

Seth Bodnar $3,238,151 raised

L

Kyle Austin Nominee $262,195 raised

Republican

Kurt Alme Nominee $1,984,861 raised

Lee Calhoun $8,325 raised

Dollar figures are each campaign’s total funds raised, from FEC filings.

Primary Results

Democratic Primary

Held June 2, 2026.

Candidate	Votes	%
Alani Bankhead ✓	48,772	43.6%
Reilly Neill	36,880	33.0%
Michael Black Wolf	14,678	13.1%
Christopher Kehoe	7,108	6.4%
Michael Hummert	4,305	3.9%

Republican Primary

Held June 2, 2026.

Candidate	Votes	%
Kurt Alme ✓	128,716	76.1%
Lee Calhoun	23,872	14.1%
Charles Walking Child	16,474	9.7%

Libertarian Primary

Held June 2, 2026.

Candidate	Votes	%
Kyle Austin ✓	1,819	53.2%
Tom Jandron	1,592	46.8%

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★ Governor

Governor race details will be available as filing opens.

★ U.S. House 2 districts

MT-01 District 1 Likely R R Ryan Zinke Open

Matt Rains (D) Russell Tyler Cleveland (D) Ryan Busse (D) Sam Forstag (D) ✓ Nick Sheedy (L) ✓ Aaron Flint (R) ✓ Al Olszewski (R) Christi Jacobsen (R)

Democratic · Jun 2 Sam Forstag 26,276 37.3% ✓ Ryan Busse 23,196 33.1% Russell Cleveland 15,238 21.7% Matt Rains 5,518 7.9%

Republican · Jun 2 Aaron Flint 41,170 50.1% ✓ Christi Jacobsen 18,877 23.0% Al Olszewski 16,686 20.3% Ray Curtis 5,479 6.7%

Libertarian · Jun 2 Nick Sheedy 1,202 100.0% ✓

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MT-02 District 2 Safe R R Troy Downing

Brian James Miller (D) ✓ Sam Lux (D) Michael D. Eisenhauer (I) Patrick McCracken (L) ✓ Troy Downing (R) ^* ✓

Democratic · Jun 2 Brian Miller 24,033 55.7% ✓ Sam Lux 11,759 27.2% Jonathan Windy Boy 7,484 17.2%

Republican · Jun 2 Troy Downing 82,088 100.0% ✓

Libertarian · Jun 2 Patrick McCracken 1,846 100.0% ✓

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📊 Primary Polls

Race	Pollster	Date	Sample	Results
Senate · Republican primary	Rutgers-Eagleton	2026-05-07	— RV	Kurt Alme 73% · Lee Calhoun 12%

Primary polls are shown here only — they never enter the general-election averages. Pollster names link to track records.

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