--- title: "Molly Owen, District Judge, District 20 Dept. 01, 2026: Montana campaign finance" description: "Money reported by Molly Owen as a candidate for District Judge, District 20 Dept. 01 in the 2026 Montana election." type: "candidacy" name: "Molly Owen" slug: "candidacies/molly-owen-g244503-2026-district-judge-district-20-dept-01-c21417" candidate_id: 21417 election_year: 2026 office: "District Judge, District 20 Dept. 01" party: "Non-Partisan" person_page: "/people/molly-owen-g244503" public_url: "https://tcers-public.406dc.net/profiles/candidate/21417" data_through: "2026-09-30" generated_at: "2026-09-30" source: "Montana Commissioner of Political Practices (CERS)" --- # Molly Owen, District Judge, District 20 Dept. 01, 2026: Montana campaign finance In 2026, Molly Owen ran for District Judge, District 20 Dept. 01 as a Non-Partisan candidate. This page holds the money reported for that candidacy only. Molly Owen's other candidacies are listed on [Molly Owen's candidate record](/people/molly-owen-g244503). Data through 2026-09-30. This candidacy (District Judge, District 20 Dept. 01, 2026) on the Montana campaign finance public site: https://tcers-public.406dc.net/profiles/candidate/21417 No other candidate filed for District Judge, District 20 Dept. 01 in 2026 in this record. ## Molly Owen, District Judge, District 20 Dept. 01, 2026: summary of money reported, data through 2026-09-30 | Figure | Amount | Lines | |---|---|---| | Contributions received in cash, net of refunds | $1,598.13 | 1 | | Other receipts (not contributions) | $0.00 | 0 | | Expenditures, net of refunds received | $1,598.13 | 1 | | Debts and loans still owed | $1,598.13 | 1 | Molly Owen, District Judge, District 20 Dept. 01, 2026: $1,598.13 in cash contributions, net of refunds; $1,598.13 spent; $1,598.13 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 Molly Owen, District Judge, District 20 Dept. 01, 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. ### Molly Owen, District Judge, District 20 Dept. 01, 2026: where the money came from, data through 2026-09-30 Contributions to Molly Owen, District Judge, District 20 Dept. 01, 2026 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: $1,598.13. 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 | $1,598.13 | 1 | ### Molly Owen, District Judge, District 20 Dept. 01, 2026: largest contributors, rows 1 to 1 of 1, data through 2026-09-30 | Contributor | From | Given, net of refunds | Contributions | |---|---|---|---| | Molly Owen, District Judge, District 20 Dept. 01, 2026: largest contributors, rows 1 to 1 of 1, data through 2026-09-30 | | | | | Molly Owen *(the candidate's own money)* | Polson, MT | $1,598.13 | 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. ### Molly Owen, District Judge, District 20 Dept. 01, 2026: largest payments made, rows 1 to 1 of 1, data through 2026-09-30 | Paid to | Total | Payments | |---|---|---| | Molly Owen, District Judge, District 20 Dept. 01, 2026: largest payments made, rows 1 to 1 of 1, data through 2026-09-30 | | | | Montana Secretary of State | $1,598.13 | 1 | ### Molly Owen, District Judge, District 20 Dept. 01, 2026: debts and loans still owed, rows 1 to 1 of 1, data through 2026-09-30 | Owed to | Still owed | Lines | |---|---|---| | Molly Owen, District Judge, District 20 Dept. 01, 2026: debts and loans still owed, rows 1 to 1 of 1, data through 2026-09-30 | | | | Molly Owen | $1,598.13 | 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. ### Molly Owen, District Judge, District 20 Dept. 01, 2026: every contribution as filed, rows 1 to 1 of 1, data through 2026-09-30 | Date | Contributor | From | Amount | |---|---|---|---| | Molly Owen, District Judge, District 20 Dept. 01, 2026: every contribution as filed, rows 1 to 1 of 1, data through 2026-09-30 | | | | | 2026-02-17 | Molly Owen | Polson, MT | $1,598.13 | ## What this record does not say about Molly Owen, District Judge, District 20 Dept. 01, 2026, data through 2026-09-30 It does not say whether Molly Owen 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".