--- title: "Lester Bracey, County Auditor in Missoula County, 2026: Montana campaign finance" description: "Money reported by Lester Bracey as a candidate for County Auditor in Missoula County in the 2026 Montana election." type: "candidacy" name: "Lester Bracey" slug: "candidacies/lester-bracey-g327366-2026-county-auditor-c21562" candidate_id: 21562 election_year: 2026 office: "County Auditor in Missoula County" party: "Democratic" person_page: "/people/lester-bracey-g327366" public_url: "https://tcers-public.406dc.net/profiles/candidate/21562" data_through: "2026-09-30" generated_at: "2026-09-30" source: "Montana Commissioner of Political Practices (CERS)" --- # Lester Bracey, County Auditor in Missoula County, 2026: Montana campaign finance In 2026, Lester Bracey ran for County Auditor in Missoula County as a Democratic candidate. This page holds the money reported for that candidacy only. Lester Bracey's other candidacies are listed on [Lester Bracey's candidate record](/people/lester-bracey-g327366). Data through 2026-09-30. This candidacy (County Auditor in Missoula County, 2026) on the Montana campaign finance public site: https://tcers-public.406dc.net/profiles/candidate/21562 No other candidate filed for County Auditor in Missoula County in 2026 in this record. ## Lester Bracey, County Auditor in Missoula County, 2026: summary of money reported, data through 2026-09-30 | Figure | Amount | Lines | |---|---|---| | Contributions received in cash, net of refunds | $928.63 | 5 | | Other receipts (not contributions) | $0.00 | 0 | | Expenditures, net of refunds received | $544.23 | 2 | | Debts and loans still owed | $0.00 | 0 | Lester Bracey, County Auditor in Missoula County, 2026: $928.63 in cash contributions, net of refunds; $544.23 spent; $0.00 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 Lester Bracey, County Auditor in Missoula County, 2026. 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. ### Lester Bracey, County Auditor in Missoula County, 2026: where the money came from, data through 2026-09-30 Contributions to Lester Bracey, County Auditor in Missoula County, 2026 from Montana addresses as filed: at least $200.00 (2 contributors). From out-of-state addresses as filed: at least $100.00 (1 contributor). The candidate's own money: $628.63. 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 | $200.00 | 2 | | Out-of-state addresses as filed | $100.00 | 1 | | The candidate's own money | $628.63 | 1 | ### Lester Bracey, County Auditor in Missoula County, 2026: largest contributors, rows 1 to 4 of 4, data through 2026-09-30 | Contributor | From | Given, net of refunds | Contributions | |---|---|---|---| | Lester Bracey, County Auditor in Missoula County, 2026: largest contributors, rows 1 to 4 of 4, data through 2026-09-30 | | | | | Lester Bracey *(the candidate's own money)* | | $628.63 | 2 | | Andrea Olsen | Missoula, MT | $100.00 | 1 | | Annie Gallagher | Dixon, MT | $100.00 | 1 | | Jeffri Frontz | Columbus, OH | $100.00 | 1 | 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. ### Lester Bracey, County Auditor in Missoula County, 2026: largest payments made, rows 1 to 2 of 2, data through 2026-09-30 | Paid to | Total | Payments | |---|---|---| | Lester Bracey, County Auditor in Missoula County, 2026: largest payments made, rows 1 to 2 of 2, data through 2026-09-30 | | | | Missoula County | $528.63 | 1 | | USPS | $15.60 | 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. ### Lester Bracey, County Auditor in Missoula County, 2026: every contribution as filed, rows 1 to 5 of 5, data through 2026-09-30 | Date | Contributor | From | Amount | |---|---|---|---| | Lester Bracey, County Auditor in Missoula County, 2026: every contribution as filed, rows 1 to 5 of 5, data through 2026-09-30 | | | | | 2026-03-07 | Andrea Olsen | Missoula, MT | $100.00 | | 2026-03-20 | Name not recorded | | $100.00 | | 2026-03-20 | Name not recorded | | $528.63 | | 2026-03-24 | Annie Gallagher | Dixon, MT | $100.00 | | 2026-06-24 | Jeffri Frontz | Columbus, OH | $100.00 | ## What this record does not say about Lester Bracey, County Auditor in Missoula County, 2026, data through 2026-09-30 It does not say whether Lester Bracey 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".