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Billings, Montana sample ballot 2026

Billings voters (Yellowstone County, Montana) see U.S. Senate, Supreme Court Justice #4 plus 4 Yellowstone County races on the November 3, 2026 ballot. Your U.S. House district and any precinct-level races depend on your street address.

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District Court Judge, 13th Judicial District, Department 4Nonpartisan race · Brett Linneweber

Brett Linneweber

NonpartisanIncumbent

Brett Linneweber is a lawyer with 22 years of practice who was elected Park County Attorney in 2006 and later served as a senior deputy Yellowstone County attorney prosecuting serious criminal cases, per the campaign site. The campaign site says he began his career in private practice in Missoula and as a deputy county attorney in Livingston, has taken part in more than 50 district court jury trials, and earlier ran the commercial printing division at the Bozeman Chronicle.

District Court Judge, 13th Judicial District, Department 5Nonpartisan race · Rod Souza

Rod Souza

NonpartisanIncumbent

Rod Souza serves as District Court Judge, Department 5, of Montana's 13th Judicial District in Yellowstone County, per Yellowstone County. No campaign website was found as of September 21, 2026.

District Court Judge, 13th Judicial District, Department 9Nonpartisan race · Seth Cunningham

Seth Cunningham

NonpartisanIncumbent

Seth Cunningham serves as District Court Judge, Department 9, of Montana's 13th Judicial District in Yellowstone County, per Yellowstone County. No campaign website was found as of September 21, 2026.

District Court Judge, 13th Judicial District, Department 10Nonpartisan race · Ed Zink

Ed Zink

NonpartisanIncumbent

Ed Zink serves as District Court Judge, Department 10, of Montana's 13th Judicial District in Yellowstone County, per Yellowstone County. No campaign website was found as of September 21, 2026.

Full candidate profiles, priorities and campaign sites are on the Yellowstone County page.

Statewide races

U.S. SenateKurt Alme (R) · Seth Bodnar (Independent) · Alani Bankhead (D) · Kyle Austin (Libertarian)
Kurt Alme

Kurt Alme

Republican

Kurt Alme is a Montana native, born in Great Falls and raised across the state, per the campaign site. He served as director of the Montana Department of Revenue under Gov. Judy Martz and as Montana's budget director under Gov. Greg Gianforte, per the campaign site. He later served as Assistant U.S. Attorney, First Assistant U.S. Attorney and U.S. Attorney for Montana, per the campaign site. The campaign site's priorities page carries placeholder text as of October 13, 2026, per the campaign site.

Seth Bodnar

Seth Bodnar

Independent

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • End the costly and unauthorized war in Iran
  • Stop reckless tariffs driving up prices
  • Lower health care premiums and drug costs
About Seth Bodnar

Seth Bodnar is an independent candidate for U.S. Senate in Montana, per the campaign site. He was raised by two public school teachers, graduated from West Point, studied at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, deployed to Iraq as an infantry officer and served as a Green Beret, per the campaign site. He was president of the University of Montana for eight years, per the campaign site.

Alani Bankhead

Alani Bankhead

Democrat

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Everyday costs
  • Universal health care
  • Public lands
About Alani Bankhead

Alani Bankhead is a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel, a federal supervisory special agent and a certified professional coach, per the campaign site. The campaign site describes her as Montana's Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate and says she served 21 years in and out of uniform.

Kyle Austin

Kyle Austin

Libertarian

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Agriculture
  • Second Amendment rights
  • Healthcare 2.0
About Kyle Austin

Kyle Austin is a pharmacist who founded an independent pharmacy and who grew up on a family farm on Montana's Hi-Line, per the campaign site. He holds a Doctor of Pharmacy degree, per the campaign site.

Supreme Court Justice #4Nonpartisan race · Amy Eddy · Dan Wilson

Amy Eddy

Nonpartisan

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Says she will run a nonpartisan campaign and has stated she will not accept campaign contributions from political parties.
  • Campaign priorities include upholding the Montana Constitution and individual freedoms, and applying the law impartially regardless of politics.
  • Says the court should provide legal certainty for Montana's farming, ranching and business communities.
About Amy Eddy

Amy Eddy is a Flathead County District Court judge who has served on the bench since her 2015 appointment and has been elected three times by Flathead County voters, per her campaign site. She began her legal career as a trial attorney in Kalispell handling civil cases, and in 2017 she was chosen as Montana's first Asbestos Claims Court Judge, per the Daily Montanan. She holds a law degree from the University of Montana School of Law.

Dan Wilson

Nonpartisan

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Says Supreme Court justices must apply the law and the Montana Constitution as written in all their rulings.
  • Campaigns on maintaining a record he describes as tough on crime.
About Dan Wilson

Dan Wilson is a Flathead County District Court judge who has served on that bench since 2017. He began his legal career as a prosecutor in Great Falls before serving as a deputy county attorney and, later, a justice of the peace and prosecutor in Flathead County, per the Daily Montanan. He holds a law degree from the University of Minnesota Law School.

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