Who is on the ballot in 59474?

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 23, 2026; the priorities above are the ones its Meet Kurt Alme page names, 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.

Annie Bukacek, of Kalispell, is a physician with more than forty years of experience who operates a small medical practice and holds a Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Illinois College of Medicine, per the Flathead Beacon. She has served as the District 5 Public Service Commissioner since 2022 and previously served on the Flathead City-County Board of Health, per the same source and the Commission's own website.

Kevin Hamm is a small business owner and community organizer who has called Montana home since childhood, per his campaign site. He has served on community boards including the Queen City Ballet and Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies, and founded the Happiness and Joy Foundation, a nonprofit that has directed the Montana Pride celebration for more than a decade. He founded Studio 19 in 2010, which manages live video production for Frontier Conference athletics and streaming for Carroll College, and later launched Auxilyum Technologies, an information technology support company for small businesses, per the same source.

Noy Holland is the Democratic nominee for Montana Senate District 9 on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Montana Secretary of State's 2026 candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.

Llew is a partner in Frontline Ag Solutions, a John Deere dealership, along with Courtesy Ford and Pure Bliss Cycles, per the campaign site. His family has farmed and ranched across Teton, Pondera and Toole counties since 1896, per the campaign site. He has served over a decade as state representative for House District 18 and currently chairs the House Appropriations Committee, per the campaign site.

Per the campaign site, Butch Gillespie ranches in the Kevin and Ethridge area and is a past vice president of the Marias River Livestock Association. Bruce, who goes by Butch, is a fourth session Republican state senator from Ethridge who represents Senate District 9, covering Shelby, Conrad, Choteau, Wolf Creek and Lincoln, and is term limited from that seat, per the Montana Free Press Capitol Tracker. He has sponsored legislation on farmers markets, livestock boards, veterinary medicine and hail insurance.