--- title: "Melissa Gallagher, Justice of the Peace in Powell County, 2018: Montana campaign finance" description: "Money reported by Melissa Gallagher as a candidate for Justice of the Peace in Powell County in the 2018 Montana election." type: "candidacy" name: "Melissa Gallagher" slug: "candidacies/melissa-gallagher-g253714-2018-justice-of-the-peace-c15689" candidate_id: 15689 election_year: 2018 office: "Justice of the Peace in Powell County" party: "Non-Partisan" person_page: "/people/melissa-gallagher-g253714" public_url: "https://tcers-public.406dc.net/profiles/candidate/15689" data_through: "2026-09-30" generated_at: "2026-09-30" source: "Montana Commissioner of Political Practices (CERS)" --- # Melissa Gallagher, Justice of the Peace in Powell County, 2018: Montana campaign finance In 2018, Melissa Gallagher ran for Justice of the Peace in Powell County as a Non-Partisan candidate. This page holds the money reported for that candidacy only. Melissa Gallagher's other candidacies are listed on [Melissa Gallagher's candidate record](/people/melissa-gallagher-g253714). Data through 2026-09-30. This candidacy (Justice of the Peace in Powell County, 2018) on the Montana campaign finance public site: https://tcers-public.406dc.net/profiles/candidate/15689 ## Melissa Gallagher, Justice of the Peace in Powell County, 2018: summary of money reported, data through 2026-09-30 | Figure | Amount | Lines | |---|---|---| | Contributions received in cash, net of refunds | $300.00 | 15 | | In-kind contributions (goods and services, not cash) | $1,354.25 | | | Other receipts (not contributions) | $0.00 | 0 | | Expenditures, net of refunds received | $300.00 | 5 | | Debts and loans still owed | $0.00 | 0 | Melissa Gallagher, Justice of the Peace in Powell County, 2018: $300.00 in cash contributions, net of refunds, plus $1,354.25 given in kind; $300.00 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 Melissa Gallagher, Justice of the Peace in Powell 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. ### Melissa Gallagher, Justice of the Peace in Powell County, 2018: where the money came from, data through 2026-09-30 Contributions to Melissa Gallagher, Justice of the Peace in Powell 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: $1,654.25. 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 | $1,654.25 | 1 | ### Melissa Gallagher, Justice of the Peace in Powell County, 2018: largest contributors, rows 1 to 1 of 1, data through 2026-09-30 | Contributor | Given, net of refunds | Of which in-kind | Contributions | |---|---|---|---| | Melissa Gallagher, Justice of the Peace in Powell County, 2018: largest contributors, rows 1 to 1 of 1, data through 2026-09-30 | | | | | Melissa Gallagher *(the candidate's own money)* | $1,654.25 | $1,354.25 | 15 | 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. ### Melissa Gallagher, Justice of the Peace in Powell County, 2018: largest payments made, rows 1 to 4 of 4, data through 2026-09-30 | Paid to | Total | Payments | |---|---|---| | Melissa Gallagher, Justice of the Peace in Powell County, 2018: largest payments made, rows 1 to 4 of 4, data through 2026-09-30 | | | | Silver State Post | $170.00 | 2 | | Silver State Post | $72.50 | 1 | | Darcie Clawson | $50.00 | 1 | | Deer Lodge Food Pantry | $7.50 | 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. ### Melissa Gallagher, Justice of the Peace in Powell County, 2018: every contribution as filed, rows 1 to 15 of 15, data through 2026-09-30 | Date | Contributor | Amount | |---|---|---| | Melissa Gallagher, Justice of the Peace in Powell County, 2018: every contribution as filed, rows 1 to 15 of 15, data through 2026-09-30 | | | | 2018-05-02 | Name not recorded | $477.71 | | 2018-05-02 | Name not recorded | $27.65 | | 2018-05-02 | Name not recorded | $35.00 | | 2018-05-02 | Name not recorded | $57.50 | | 2018-05-02 | Name not recorded | $300.00 | | 2018-05-03 | Name not recorded | $30.21 | | 2018-06-13 | Name not recorded | $165.75 | | 2018-06-19 | Name not recorded | $20.46 | | 2018-06-19 | Name not recorded | $53.64 | | 2018-06-19 | Name not recorded | $183.85 | | 2018-06-19 | Name not recorded | $150.00 | | 2018-06-19 | Name not recorded | $93.54 | | 2018-10-01 | Name not recorded | $18.94 | | 2018-10-23 | Name not recorded | $25.00 | | 2018-10-23 | Name not recorded | $15.00 | ## What this record does not say about Melissa Gallagher, Justice of the Peace in Powell County, 2018, data through 2026-09-30 It does not say whether Melissa Gallagher 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".