Montana voters see 1 statewide court race, 23 county-level judicial races in the counties we track on the November 3, 2026 ballot in the races The Ballot Brief tracks. Retention questions are a yes-or-no vote on keeping a sitting judge; elected seats work like any other race.
Statewide court races
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Voted statewide: on every Montana ballot. 2 candidates.
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.
Top Priorities
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.
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
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.
