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Who is on the ballot in 59722?

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Fields below reflect the November 3, 2026 general election ballot as races are certified.

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5 races and 3 ballot questions in your ZIP preview.

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County and municipal contests depend on your exact address: use the address lookup below for the full slate. Every race links to official sources on the Montana voter hub.
U.S. House, Montana District 1
3 candidates
Federal ▾
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Aaron Flint
REP
Biography
Flint is a combat veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan and has worked as a radio host, a fifth-generation Montanan, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Make Montana more affordable
  • Promote trade education, manufacturing and mining
  • Ensure public access to public lands
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Sam Forstag
DEM
Biography
Forstag is a smokejumper and union leader who worked his way through the University of Montana before joining the Forest Service, where he became a smokejumper, per the campaign site. Between fire seasons he has worked as a union organizer and legislative advocate and currently serves as vice president of his union's local chapter, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Make Housing Work for Working People
  • Make Healthcare Work for Working People
  • Make Childcare & Education Work for Working People
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Nick Sheedy
Biography
Nick Sheedy is the Libertarian nominee for Montana's 1st Congressional District, per the Montana Free Press 2026 election guide. No additional occupation or career background was found as of September 20, 2026. No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.
Top Priorities
From other published sources
  • Strengthen the War Powers Resolution so that Congress, not the President, controls decisions to deploy military forces, per questionnaire
  • End the Federal Reserve to address inflation and restore Congress's constitutional authority over currency, per questionnaire
About this race
Aaron Flint (R), Sam Forstag (D), Nick Sheedy (L) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Montana's 1st Congressional District, per the Secretary of State's 2026 candidate list. Party nominees were chosen at the June 2, 2026 primary. The seat is open: Ryan K. Zinke is not on the list.
U.S. Senate
4 candidates
Federal ▾
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Kurt Alme
REP
Biography
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.
Campaign Finance
$924,643 raised · top industries: Itemized individual contributions (over $200), Candidate self-funding
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Seth Bodnar
Biography
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.
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
Campaign Finance
$1,358,574 raised · top industries: Itemized individual contributions (over $200), Unitemized small-dollar donations (under $200)
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Alani Bankhead
DEM
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Everyday costs
  • Universal health care
  • Public lands
Campaign Finance
$15,240 raised · top industries: Itemized individual contributions (over $200)
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Kyle Austin
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Agriculture
  • Second Amendment rights
  • Healthcare 2.0
Supreme Court Justice #4
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
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Amy Eddy
Biography
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.
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.
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Dan Wilson
Biography
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.
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.

Countywide races in Powell County

ZIP 59722 sits in Powell County, per the Census crosswalk. These seats are voted countywide; district seats, city races and school boards need a street address. All Powell County races (2).

Public Service Commission District 5
2 candidates
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Annie Bukacek
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
From other published sources
  • On new data centers, wants to ensure existing residential and small business customers are not saddled with any share of a data center's energy costs, per Montana Free Press candidate questionnaire
  • On the proposed NorthWestern and Black Hills utility merger, supports the Commission's standard process of collecting public comment and building as complete an, per Montana Free Press candidate questionnaire
  • Notes the Commission is one of Montana's smallest state agencies and has suggested additional funding could support hiring more industry experienced examiners, per Montana Free Press candidate questionnaire
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Kevin Hamm
DEM
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Opposes the Commission's recent decision to raise NorthWestern Energy's residential base rates and to shift more risk for the utility's energy buying decisions
  • Wants the state to build out wind, solar, and storage capacity as part of Montana's electricity generation future
About this race
Republican incumbent Annie Bukacek faces Democrat Kevin Hamm for the Public Service Commission District 5 seat, per the Montana Secretary of State's certified candidate list.
Montana House District 76
2 candidates
County ▾
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Shayne Morgan
Biography
Shayne graduated from Butte High School in 1990 and studied at Montana Tech, Carroll College and Chemeketa Community College, per the campaign site. He has worked as a radio broadcaster, a newspaper and television journalist, publisher of The Valley Explorer, and a wildland firefighter for eight seasons, and currently works for Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks at the Warm Springs unit, per the campaign site. Ballot status: Shayne Morgan filed as an independent by petition; the Secretary of State's list showed the petition as pending when checked on September 17, 2026.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Community-focused leadership over politics as usual
  • Listening to constituents
  • Building a better future for House District 76
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Trish Schreiber
REP
Biography
Trish has worked as an educational therapist for more than 25 years specializing in reading and writing challenges and holds a master's degree in special education, per the campaign site. She has lived in Helmsville for nearly a decade and has volunteered for four years as a citizen advocate on education policy in Helena, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Lowering income taxes and returning surplus revenue to taxpayers
  • Returning education decisions to parents, teachers and local districts
  • Reducing regulations for farmers and ranchers
About this race
Shayne Morgan (Independent), Trish Schreiber (Republican) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Montana House District 76. The state's list marks no incumbent for this seat. Party nominees were chosen at the June 2, 2026 primary, per the Montana Secretary of State's 2026 candidate list. Every address in Powell County is in this district, per the certified district list.

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