---
title: "Russell Sias, School Trustee in Flathead County, 2026: Montana campaign finance"
description: "Money reported by Russell Sias as a candidate for School Trustee in Flathead County in the 2026 Montana election."
type: "candidacy"
name: "Russell Sias"
slug: "candidacies/russell-sias-g264429-2026-school-trustee-c21456"
candidate_id: 21456
election_year: 2026
office: "School Trustee in Flathead County"
party: "Unknown"
person_page: "/people/russell-sias-g264429"
public_url: "https://tcers-public.406dc.net/profiles/candidate/21456"
data_through: "2026-09-30"
generated_at: "2026-09-30"
source: "Montana Commissioner of Political Practices (CERS)"
---


# Russell Sias, School Trustee in Flathead County, 2026: Montana campaign finance

In 2026, Russell Sias ran for School Trustee in Flathead County. This page holds the money reported for that candidacy only. Russell Sias's other candidacies are listed on [Russell Sias's candidate record](/people/russell-sias-g264429). Data through 2026-09-30.

This candidacy (School Trustee in Flathead County, 2026) on the Montana campaign finance public site: https://tcers-public.406dc.net/profiles/candidate/21456

## Russell Sias, School Trustee in Flathead County, 2026: others who ran for School Trustee in Flathead County in 2026, data through 2026-09-30

- [Barbara Riley](/people/barbara-riley-g236529/) (Non-Partisan)
- [Benjamin Sletvold](/people/benjamin-sletvold-g302827/) (Unknown)
- [Brian Putnam](/people/brian-putnam-g235552/) (Non-Partisan)
- [Carrie Eklund](/people/carrie-eklund-g270358/) (Independent)
- [Chelsey Spence](/people/chelsey-spence-g299907/) (Independent)
- [Dakota Baier](/people/dakota-baier-g327258/) (Unknown)
- [Jerrie Boksich](/people/jerrie-boksich-g260149/) (Non-Partisan)
- [Jinnifer Mariman](/people/jinnifer-mariman-g237292/) (Unknown)
- John - (Write in) FALLON (Non-Partisan)
- [Jon Wilson](/people/jon-wilson-g248006/) (Republican)
- [Karin Hilding](/people/karin-hilding-g327351/) (Independent)
- [Katherine (Kate) Averill](/people/katherine-kate-averill-g327328/) (Non-Partisan)
- Kendall Massie (Republican)
- [Krista Buls](/people/krista-buls-g268397/) (Republican)
- [Megan Upton](/people/megan-upton-g238985/) (Republican)
- [Paul Sandry](/people/paul-sandry-g272614/) (Non-Partisan)
- [Roy Burgess](/people/roy-burgess-g303130/) (Unknown)
- [Scott Cummings](/people/scott-cummings-g301207/) (Republican)
- [Shannon Hanson](/people/shannon-hanson-g233358/) (Non-Partisan)
- [Shannon Jones](/people/shannon-jones-g267719/) (Unknown)
- [Sheri Hand](/people/sheri-hand-g327249/) (Unknown)
- [Thomas Hollo](/people/thomas-hollo-g406692/) (Unknown)
- [Zachary Bernheim](/people/zachary-bernheim-g315241/) (Independent)
- [richard terrett](/people/richard-terrett-g315240/) (Republican)

No filed finance report for this candidacy is in the record. That is not a finding that none was owed or filed.

## What this record does not say about Russell Sias, School Trustee in Flathead County, 2026, data through 2026-09-30

It does not say whether Russell Sias 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".