Cascade County Sample Ballot & Voter Guide 2026

Jessica describes herself as a Montana mom raising her family in the community, per the campaign site. No further occupation or career details are given on the site.

Margaret is a fourth-generation Montanan who grew up in Great Falls District 10, per the campaign site. She holds a Computer Science Engineering degree from Montana State University and an MBA, and her career includes work as a software engineer, a vice president at American Express and chief information officer of a med-tech startup, per the campaign site. She returned to Great Falls in 2022 and now runs a small home-based business, per the campaign site.

Valynda Holland is the Democratic candidate for Montana Senate District 11, an open seat in Great Falls. Holland has worked in food service, healthcare billing and housing management, and serves on the Advisory Board for the Mansfield Center for the Performing Arts, per her campaign site. Campaign priorities listed include housing affordability, healthcare costs and government transparency, per the same source.

Mindy is an optometrist and small business owner who has served the Great Falls community for more than 35 years, including offering free infant eye exams since 2005, per her campaign site. She is a member of the Great Falls Chamber of Commerce, the Montana Optometric Association and the American Optometric Association, per her campaign site.

Hannah Trebas is a lifelong Montanan running for Montana House District 19, per the campaign site. Trebas describes the campaign as being about representing a district where Trebas actually lives, per the campaign site.

Jane is a former Cascade County Commissioner who also worked for the U.S. Forest Service and helped establish and manage the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center in Great Falls, per her campaign site. She serves on the Great Falls Chamber of Commerce's Business Advocacy Committee and the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation.

Steve Keller is a recently retired Great Falls radio broadcaster running for Montana House District 20, per the campaign site. Keller's site says the campaign is about being a legislator who listens to constituents rather than following a party platform, per the campaign site.

Melissa is an educator, a mom of four and a fourth generation Montanan who has served as a preschool board president and in multiple PTA leadership roles, per the campaign site. As a freshman legislator she passed seven bills and serves on the Education, Taxation and Human Services committees, per the campaign site.

Trevor is an attorney specializing in estate planning, business matters and veterans law, with degrees from Montana State University and the University of Montana, per the campaign site. He served on the Great Falls Public School Board and grew up in HD 21, attending Sacajawea Elementary, North Middle School and CMR, per the campaign site.

Lela was born in Great Falls into a military and union household and, after high school, joined the U.S. Army and served in the Military Intelligence Corps, later earning a degree from the University of Virginia, per the campaign site. She went on to spend over a decade in political campaign management and is now a Certified Recovery Coach and Executive Director of the Independence Rock Coalition, per the campaign site.

Jason is a fourth generation Montanan who was born and raised on his family's ranch in Cascade, per his campaign site. He has coached wrestling for 23 years at Simms, Belt, Great Falls High and Cascade High School, earning Montana Coach of the Year in 2017, and co-owns Adventurous Learning Place, an early education facility, with his wife Kasey.

Rebecca grew up on a working ranch in Cascade County and worked alongside her father in his Great Falls business, per her campaign site. She has experience with a national nonprofit and within Great Falls city government, and serves on the boards of the Great Falls Early Child Coalition, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cascade County and the Rotary Club of Great Falls.

Eric has taught high school agriculture and FFA for 16 years and has served as Cascade Volunteer Fire Chief for more than 10 years, per the campaign site. He has lived in Cascade County for 20 years and also serves as Rural Fire Council President, per the campaign site.

Pam worked 21 years with Great Falls Public Schools and is a lifelong Great Falls resident who raised three daughters, per the campaign site. She is active in volunteerism, church and education support, per the campaign site.

Steve is a fifth generation Montanan who has worked as an attorney in private practice since 2005, per the campaign site. He has served in both the Montana House and Senate, including as Senate Majority Leader and House Majority Leader, and volunteers as a youth soccer and basketball coach, per the campaign site.

Steve is a Montana native who grew up on a farm and ranch and moved to Great Falls in 1985 to begin a health care career as an EMS first responder, paramedic and later registered nurse, per the campaign site. He and his wife also run a wildland fire contracting business based in Cascade, and in the legislature he chaired the Natural Resources Committee and was elected Majority Whip, per the campaign site.

Jefferson was born in 1955 at Larson Air Force Base in Moses Lake, Washington, and later lived in Hawaii and Texas before settling in Montana, where he has resided for 10 years; his family heritage includes pioneer settlers and military veterans, per the campaign site.

Randyn owns Performance Farrier Services, which he started in 2016 after graduating from the Montana State University farrier program in 2015, per the campaign site. He writes a column on agricultural, political and cultural issues for the Western Ag Reporter, per the campaign site.