Who is on the ballot in 59102?

Downing is a combat veteran who served eight years in the U.S. Air Force and Air National Guard's Combat Search and Rescue squadron, including two tours in Afghanistan, per the campaign site. He later worked as a research scientist and educator at NYU's Courant Institute, founded a technology startup and an insurance company, and held one of Montana's five elected statewide constitutional offices, serving as State Auditor, Commissioner of Securities and Insurance, and Land Board Commissioner, per the campaign site.

Miller is a civil trial attorney and partner at the Helena law firm Morrison, Sherwood, Wilson & Deola, where he has worked since 2010 and been a partner since 2014, per the campaign site. He graduated from the University of Montana Law School in 2007, clerked for three years at the Montana Supreme Court, and holds a philosophy degree from Emory University, per the campaign site.

Patrick McCracken is the Libertarian candidate for U.S. House in Montana's 2nd District, per his campaign site. His campaign site does not provide additional biographical or career details.

Michael D. Eisenhauer is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Montana's 2nd Congressional District as an independent, per the Montana Secretary of State's 2026 candidate list. Ballot status: Eisenhauer filed as an independent by petition; the Secretary of State's list showed the petition as pending when checked on September 17, 2026, and the Montana Free Press election guide lists the name among the general election candidates.

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 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 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 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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.