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59761

Who is on the ballot in 59761?

Beaverhead County, MT

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

3 races on your November 3 ballot. Jump to:
U.S. Senate1U.S. House1Statewide1

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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
  • Make Montana more affordable
  • Promote trade education, manufacturing and mining
  • Ensure public access to public lands
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
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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
  • Ensure working people can afford housing, health care, childcare and retirement
  • Invest proactively in public lands management and health care access
  • Strengthen unions and raise wages for working people
Per the campaign site.
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
  • Strengthen the War Powers Resolution so that Congress, not the President, controls decisions to deploy military forces
  • End the Federal Reserve to address inflation and restore Congress's constitutional authority over currency
Per the 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 Republican candidate for Montana's open U.S. Senate seat, a former U.S. attorney for the District of Montana, and former state budget director. He entered after Steve Daines withdrew at the filing deadline and has emphasized law enforcement, border security, public lands, energy, federal spending, and conservative Montana representation.
Top Priorities
  • Use federal prosecution and state budget experience
  • Strengthen border security and public safety
  • Support Montana energy, public lands, and fiscal conservatism
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 Montana's open U.S. Senate seat, a former University of Montana president, Rhodes scholar, West Point graduate, and Army veteran. His campaign emphasizes independent leadership, veterans, education, economic opportunity, public lands, and a less partisan approach to Montana's Senate representation. Ballot status: Bodnar filed as an independent by petition; the Secretary of State's 2026 candidate list showed the petition as pending when checked on September 17, 2026.
Top Priorities
  • Offer independent leadership outside the two-party primary system
  • Support veterans, education, and economic opportunity
  • Protect Montana public lands and pragmatic problem-solving
Campaign Finance
$1,358,574 raised · top industries: Itemized individual contributions (over $200), Unitemized small-dollar donations (under $200)
Campaign siteFull profile
Alani Bankhead portrait
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Alani Bankhead
DEM
Biography
Alani Bankhead is a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Montana, an Air Force lieutenant colonel, and a leadership coach. Her campaign emphasizes military service, veterans, reproductive rights, health care, affordability, and leadership grounded in service to Montana communities.
Top Priorities
  • Bring military and leadership experience to the Senate race
  • Support veterans, health care, and working families
  • Protect reproductive rights and Montana freedoms
Campaign Finance
$15,240 raised · top industries: Itemized individual contributions (over $200)
Campaign siteFull profile
Kyle Austin portrait
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Kyle Austin
Biography
Austin is a pharmacist who founded and operates an independent pharmacy in Billings, and he also runs his family's farm on Montana's Hi-Line, per the campaign site. He holds a Doctor of Pharmacy degree and says his pharmacy background informs his focus on healthcare-industry issues, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Offer a Libertarian option in the Senate race
  • Emphasize health-care freedom and limited government
  • Bring pharmacist and prior-candidate experience
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
  • Says she will run a nonpartisan campaign and has stated she will not accept campaign contributions from political parties., per the campaign site
  • Campaign priorities include upholding the Montana Constitution and individual freedoms, and applying the law impartially regardless of politics., per the campai
  • Says the court should provide legal certainty for Montana's farming, ranching and business communities., per the campaign site
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
  • 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.
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile

ZIP 59761 sits in Beaverhead County, per the Census crosswalk; see the Beaverhead County page for its local races.

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