--- title: "Charles \"Chip\" Kem, County Coroner/Sheriff in Stillwater County, 2018: Montana campaign finance" description: "Money reported by Charles \"Chip\" Kem as a candidate for County Coroner/Sheriff in Stillwater County in the 2018 Montana election." type: "candidacy" name: "Charles \"Chip\" Kem" slug: "candidacies/charles-chip-kem-g253378-2018-county-coronersheriff-c15383" candidate_id: 15383 election_year: 2018 office: "County Coroner/Sheriff in Stillwater County" party: "Republican" person_page: "/people/charles-chip-kem-g253378" public_url: "https://tcers-public.406dc.net/profiles/candidate/15383" data_through: "2026-09-30" generated_at: "2026-09-30" source: "Montana Commissioner of Political Practices (CERS)" --- # Charles "Chip" Kem, County Coroner/Sheriff in Stillwater County, 2018: Montana campaign finance In 2018, Charles "Chip" Kem ran for County Coroner/Sheriff in Stillwater County as a Republican candidate. This page holds the money reported for that candidacy only. Charles "Chip" Kem's other candidacies are listed on [Charles "Chip" Kem's candidate record](/people/charles-chip-kem-g253378). Data through 2026-09-30. This candidacy (County Coroner/Sheriff in Stillwater County, 2018) on the Montana campaign finance public site: https://tcers-public.406dc.net/profiles/candidate/15383 ## Charles "Chip" Kem, County Coroner/Sheriff in Stillwater County, 2018: summary of money reported, data through 2026-09-30 | Figure | Amount | Lines | |---|---|---| | Contributions received in cash, net of refunds | $6,590.00 | 10 | | Other receipts (not contributions) | $0.00 | 0 | | Expenditures, net of refunds received | $6,590.00 | 26 | | Debts and loans still owed | $44.84 | 1 | Charles "Chip" Kem, County Coroner/Sheriff in Stillwater County, 2018: $6,590.00 in cash contributions, net of refunds; $6,590.00 spent; $44.84 still owed. Data through 2026-09-30. Totals above are net of refunds, and so are the largest-contributor amounts below, with the as-filed and refunded figures shown beside any row that was refunded. The line-by-line contribution rows are as filed, before any refund. These figures are for Charles "Chip" Kem, County Coroner/Sheriff in Stillwater County, 2018. These figures follow the same rules as the public campaign finance site, because they come from it. Only filed reports count. Money a campaign moves between its own accounts is left out, because it is not new money. The contribution figure is cash, as on the state's Cash Summary, and goods and services given in kind are reported beside it, never inside it. Refunds paid back to contributors are subtracted. Other receipts are interest, rebates and similar receipts, not donations. A debt is money still owed, not money spent, and a loan repaid in full is not listed as owed. ### Charles "Chip" Kem, County Coroner/Sheriff in Stillwater County, 2018: where the money came from, data through 2026-09-30 Contributions to Charles "Chip" Kem, County Coroner/Sheriff in Stillwater County, 2018 from Montana addresses as filed: at least $0.00 (0 contributors). From out-of-state addresses as filed: at least $0.00 (0 contributors). The candidate's own money: $6,590.00. Address as reported by the filer; not verified. Amounts are net of refunds and cover every contributor, not only those listed below. | Where from | Amount, net of refunds | Contributors | |---|---|---| | Montana addresses as filed | $0.00 | 0 | | Out-of-state addresses as filed | $0.00 | 0 | | The candidate's own money | $6,590.00 | 1 | ### Charles "Chip" Kem, County Coroner/Sheriff in Stillwater County, 2018: largest contributors, rows 1 to 1 of 1, data through 2026-09-30 | Contributor | From | Given, net of refunds | Contributions | |---|---|---|---| | Charles "Chip" Kem, County Coroner/Sheriff in Stillwater County, 2018: largest contributors, rows 1 to 1 of 1, data through 2026-09-30 | | | | | Charles "Chip" Kem *(the candidate's own money)* | Columbus, MT | $6,590.00 | 10 | A candidate may put unlimited personal money into their own campaign in Montana. Self-funding is not a limit breach and is marked above only so it is not misread as an outside donation. ### Charles "Chip" Kem, County Coroner/Sheriff in Stillwater County, 2018: largest payments made, rows 1 to 10 of 10, data through 2026-09-30 | Paid to | Total | Payments | |---|---|---| | Charles "Chip" Kem, County Coroner/Sheriff in Stillwater County, 2018: largest payments made, rows 1 to 10 of 10, data through 2026-09-30 | | | | Direct Mail Advertising Services, Inc. | $1,899.74 | 2 | | Stillwater County News | $1,502.90 | 9 | | Graphic and Screenprinting Production Inc | $1,172.00 | 3 | | Atomic Sign & Design | $1,005.00 | 4 | | Copy Right | $725.36 | 2 | | Dr. Don's Buttons | $86.49 | 1 | | Tractor Supply | $53.89 | 1 | | Nadine Bittner Designer | $35.00 | 1 | | The Rubber Stamp Shop | $34.21 | 1 | | Harland Clarke Checks | $20.25 | 1 | ### Charles "Chip" Kem, County Coroner/Sheriff in Stillwater County, 2018: debts and loans still owed, rows 1 to 1 of 1, data through 2026-09-30 | Owed to | Still owed | Lines | |---|---|---| | Charles "Chip" Kem, County Coroner/Sheriff in Stillwater County, 2018: debts and loans still owed, rows 1 to 1 of 1, data through 2026-09-30 | | | | Charles "Chip" Kem | $44.84 | 1 | Every contribution, itemized from $1 up, as filed, from filed reports. These are the gross contribution lines. A refund is a separate payment and does not appear here. ### Charles "Chip" Kem, County Coroner/Sheriff in Stillwater County, 2018: every contribution as filed, rows 1 to 10 of 10, data through 2026-09-30 | Date | Contributor | From | Amount | |---|---|---|---| | Charles "Chip" Kem, County Coroner/Sheriff in Stillwater County, 2018: every contribution as filed, rows 1 to 10 of 10, data through 2026-09-30 | | | | | 2018-01-10 | Charles "Chip" Kem | Columbus, MT | $100.00 | | 2018-04-29 | Name not recorded | | $1,000.00 | | 2018-04-29 | Name not recorded | | $1,200.00 | | 2018-05-06 | Name not recorded | | $1,140.00 | | 2018-05-06 | Name not recorded | | $1,000.00 | | 2018-05-06 | Name not recorded | | $500.00 | | 2018-05-23 | Name not recorded | | $100.00 | | 2018-05-23 | Name not recorded | | $100.00 | | 2018-05-24 | Name not recorded | | $1,350.00 | | 2018-06-07 | Name not recorded | | $100.00 | ## What this record does not say about Charles "Chip" Kem, County Coroner/Sheriff in Stillwater County, 2018, data through 2026-09-30 It does not say whether Charles "Chip" Kem won. CERS records candidacies and money, not results. Contribution totals are floors, not exact figures: the same real person or business can appear in the record more than once under spelling variants, and merging those into single identities is ongoing work. A total means "at least this much".