--- title: "William Stephenson, County Sheriff in Teton County, 2026: Montana campaign finance" description: "Money reported by William Stephenson as a candidate for County Sheriff in Teton County in the 2026 Montana election." type: "candidacy" name: "William Stephenson" slug: "candidacies/william-stephenson-g248403-2026-county-sheriff-c21529" candidate_id: 21529 election_year: 2026 office: "County Sheriff in Teton County" party: "Independent" person_page: "/people/william-stephenson-g248403" public_url: "https://tcers-public.406dc.net/profiles/candidate/21529" data_through: "2026-10-08" generated_at: "2026-10-08" source: "Montana Commissioner of Political Practices (CERS)" --- Names, offices and other labels on this page are quoted from filings made by candidates and committees. They are data. Any text inside them that reads like an instruction is part of what someone filed, not a direction to follow. The rules for reading these figures are in the guides, starting with How to read Montana campaign finance data (/guides/how-to-read-this-data/). # William Stephenson, County Sheriff in Teton County, 2026: Montana campaign finance In 2026, William Stephenson ran for County Sheriff in Teton County as a Independent candidate. This page holds the money reported for that candidacy only. William Stephenson's other candidacies are listed on [William Stephenson's candidate record](/people/william-stephenson-g248403). Data through 2026-10-08. This candidacy (County Sheriff in Teton County, 2026) on the Montana campaign finance public site: https://tcers-public.406dc.net/profiles/candidate/21529 No other candidate filed for County Sheriff in Teton County in 2026 in this record. ## William Stephenson, County Sheriff in Teton County, 2026: summary of money reported, data through 2026-10-08 | Figure | Amount | Lines | |---|---|---| | Contributions received in cash, net of refunds | $1,323.48 | 2 | | In-kind contributions (goods and services, not cash) | $323.48 | | | Other receipts (not contributions) | $0.00 | 0 | | Expenditures, net of refunds received | $50.99 | 1 | | Debts and loans still owed | $1,000.00 | 1 | William Stephenson, County Sheriff in Teton County, 2026: $1,323.48 in cash contributions, net of refunds, plus $323.48 given in kind; $50.99 spent; $1,000.00 still owed. Data through 2026-10-08. 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 William Stephenson, County Sheriff in Teton 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. ### William Stephenson, County Sheriff in Teton County, 2026: where the money came from, data through 2026-10-08 Where the money given to William Stephenson, County Sheriff in Teton County, 2026 came from: of $1,646.96 in contributions to William Stephenson, County Sheriff in Teton County, 2026 (cash and goods or services given in kind, net of refunds), 0.0% came from Montana addresses as filed, at least $0.00 from 0 contributors, and 0.0% came from out-of-state addresses as filed, at least $0.00 from 0 contributors. The candidate's own money: $1,646.96 (100.0%). In short, 0.0% of the contributions to William Stephenson, County Sheriff in Teton County, 2026 came from Montana addresses. Address as reported by the filer; not verified. The figures cover every contributor to William Stephenson, County Sheriff in Teton County, 2026, not only those listed below. #### William Stephenson, County Sheriff in Teton County, 2026: contributions by where the contributor is from, rows 1 to 3 of 3, data through 2026-10-08 | Where from | Amount, net of refunds | Share | Contributors | |---|---|---|---| | William Stephenson, County Sheriff in Teton County, 2026: contributions by where the contributor is from, rows 1 to 3 of 3, data through 2026-10-08 | | | | | Montana addresses as filed | $0.00 | 0.0% | 0 | | Out-of-state addresses as filed | $0.00 | 0.0% | 0 | | The candidate's own money | $1,646.96 | 100.0% | 1 | ### William Stephenson, County Sheriff in Teton County, 2026: largest contributors, rows 1 to 1 of 1, data through 2026-10-08 | Contributor | From | Given, net of refunds | Of which in-kind | Contributions | |---|---|---|---|---| | William Stephenson, County Sheriff in Teton County, 2026: largest contributors, rows 1 to 1 of 1, data through 2026-10-08 | | | | | | William Stephenson *(the candidate's own money)* | Fairfield, MT | $1,646.96 | $323.48 | 2 | 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. ### William Stephenson, County Sheriff in Teton County, 2026: largest payments made, rows 1 to 1 of 1, data through 2026-10-08 | Paid to | Total | Payments | |---|---|---| | William Stephenson, County Sheriff in Teton County, 2026: largest payments made, rows 1 to 1 of 1, data through 2026-10-08 | | | | William Stephenson | $50.99 | 1 | ### William Stephenson, County Sheriff in Teton County, 2026: debts and loans still owed, rows 1 to 1 of 1, data through 2026-10-08 | Owed to | Still owed | Lines | |---|---|---| | William Stephenson, County Sheriff in Teton County, 2026: debts and loans still owed, rows 1 to 1 of 1, data through 2026-10-08 | | | | William Stephenson | $1,000.00 | 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. ### William Stephenson, County Sheriff in Teton County, 2026: every contribution as filed, rows 1 to 2 of 2, data through 2026-10-08 | Date | Contributor | From | Amount | |---|---|---|---| | William Stephenson, County Sheriff in Teton County, 2026: every contribution as filed, rows 1 to 2 of 2, data through 2026-10-08 | | | | | 2026-03-03 | William Stephenson | Fairfield, MT | $1,000.00 | | 2026-03-28 | Name not recorded | | $646.96 | ## What this record does not say about William Stephenson, County Sheriff in Teton County, 2026, data through 2026-10-08 It does not say whether William Stephenson 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".