Gallatin County Sample Ballot & Voter Guide 2026

Jason has worked over 22 years in public service as a firefighter, EMT and law enforcement officer, per the campaign site. He grew up in Montana in a small business family, per the campaign site.

Richard holds a BS in Social Sciences from Portland State University and has worked as an air traffic advisor and weather observer on the Alaska Oil Pipeline project, per the campaign site. He also taught English in Japan and South Korea, owned a small trucking business, and holds a commercial pilot license, per the campaign site. He has lived in Bozeman for 12 years, per the campaign site.

Kathleen has a four-decade career in natural resources, economic development and public policy, per the campaign site. She served three terms in the Montana House of Representatives and most recently served as Montana State Director for USDA Rural Development, per the campaign site.

Neal was born in Madison, Wisconsin, in 1950 and has lived in Gallatin County since 1974, per a Montana Free Press candidate questionnaire he completed for a prior legislative campaign. He is a Montana National Guard veteran who works in business and industrial property management and was educated in architecture, per the questionnaire. No campaign website or questionnaire response for the 2026 race was found as of September 17, 2026.

Kelly grew up in Ekalaka, rural eastern Montana, and graduated from Montana State University with a Computer Science degree in 2003, per the campaign site. He works at the Community Food Co-op and has served three terms in the Montana House across House Districts 64 and 65, per the campaign site. In 2025 he passed a bill refunding rental application fees to unsuccessful applicants, per the campaign site.

Bob is a member of the Livingston Police Department and a U.S. Army veteran, per the campaign site.

Marc is a civil rights attorney at a non-profit civil rights advocacy organization and also maintains a small corporate law practice focused on business creation and counseling, per the campaign site.

Alanah is an attorney and mediator with decades of experience as a trial lawyer, per the campaign site. She was born in Big Sky and raised in Four Corners, and has served on the Judiciary, Agriculture, and Federal Relations, Energy and Technology committees, per the campaign site.

Greg is a technology consultant with a 40-year background in software development who has founded several businesses, including Powerhouse Systems and Maptronix, per the campaign site. He has lived in Gallatin Gateway since 2014, per the campaign site.

Rio holds an undergraduate degree in Bioresource Research from Oregon State University and a master's degree in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Minnesota, per the campaign site. Rio works as an engineer in the renewable energy industry designing utility-scale wind farms and previously worked as an environmental planner on watershed and trout habitat projects, and chairs the Bozeman Transportation Board, per the campaign site.

Esther is the chief executive officer of Canyon Enterprises, with 42 years in campground management including federal permit bidding and contract negotiation, per the campaign site. She holds a bachelor's degree in Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies from the College of Great Falls and a master's degree in Exercise Physiology from Montana State University, and was born and raised in a farming community north of Great Falls, per the campaign site.

Brady is a renter in Bozeman who has worked as a campus organizer at Montana State University and served as a precinct representative for House District 64, per his campaign site. He spent nearly 200 hours registering student voters during the 2024 election cycle.

Daniel grew up working on a family cattle ranch and has worked in wildland and structural firefighting, coal and hard rock mining, drill rig operation and over-the-road trucking, per the campaign site. He now owns Kingdom's Logistics LLC, a driver training and professional development business, per the campaign site.

Brian is an attorney with 30 years of legal practice and has lived in Bozeman since 1994, per the campaign site. He is the incumbent representative for House District 65 seeking re-election, per the campaign site.

Owen, a Bozeman native, spent 22 years as a plumber before opening his own plumbing business and holds a Montana master plumber license, per his campaign site. He is also a certified welding inspector, owns a small whiskey distillery in Belgrade, and served nine years part time in the Montana Army National Guard.

Logan is a U.S. Army veteran and former public school educator who now works in church music ministry and nonprofit management, per his campaign site. A fifth-generation Montanan from Miles City, he now lives in Belgrade with his wife and daughter.

Randy is an entrepreneur who employs 18 people in the Belgrade and Manhattan area and has raised his family in the Gallatin Valley for 32 years, per the campaign site. He is a former chairman of the Gallatin Republican Party and a lifetime NRA member, per the campaign site.

Trevor is a fourth-generation Montanan from Sheridan and leads Montana's oldest industrial marketing firm; his family previously ran what the site calls the state's oldest family-owned grocery store, per the campaign site.

Jane is a U.S. Air Force veteran who received two Achievement Medals and has served in the Montana House since 2020, per the campaign site. She sits on the House Judiciary, Health and Human Services, Appropriations, and Tax and Fiscal Policy committees and is a fellow with the National Conference of State Legislatures on early childhood, maternal health and budget issues, per the campaign site.