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Deer Lodge County, MT

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

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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
Campaign siteFull profile
Sam Forstag portrait
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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
Campaign siteFull profile
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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
Full profile
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 ▾
Kurt Alme portrait
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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
Campaign siteFull profile
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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)
Campaign siteFull profile
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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)
Campaign siteFull profile
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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
Campaign siteFull profile
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.
Campaign siteFull profile
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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.
Campaign siteFull profile

ZIP 59756 sits in Deer Lodge County, per the Census crosswalk; see the Deer Lodge County page for its local races.

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