---
title: "Broadwater County candidates, 2026"
description: "Candidates who list Broadwater County as their residence in the 2026 Montana election cycle."
type: "county"
election_year: 2026
county: "Broadwater"
candidate_count: 17
note: "county is the candidate residence, not the race jurisdiction"
data_through: "2026-09-26"
generated_at: "2026-09-26"
source: "Montana Commissioner of Political Practices (CERS)"
---


# Broadwater County candidates, 2026

17 candidacies in the 2026 Montana election cycle list Broadwater County as the candidate's residence.

## Candidates who live in Broadwater County (2026)

| Candidate | Office sought | Party | Own document |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Angie Paulsen](/people/angie-paulsen-g236119/) | County Clerk and Recorder | Non-Partisan | Yes |
| Audrey Walleser Martin | County Commissioner | Non-Partisan | Not yet |
| [Debra Randolph](/people/debra-randolph-g308307/) | County Commissioner | Non-Partisan | Yes |
| [Jane Gillette](/people/jane-gillette-g329927/) | House District No. 77 | Republican | Yes |
| [Jean Hodges](/people/jean-hodges-g327243/) | School Trustee | Independent | Yes |
| [Judy Gillespie](/people/judy-gillespie-g238081/) | School Trustee | Non-Partisan | Yes |
| [Kevin Bratcher](/people/kevin-bratcher-g316076/) | County Attorney | Non-Partisan | Yes |
| [Kirk Flynn](/people/kirk-flynn-g239209/) | Justice of the Peace | Non-Partisan | Yes |
| [Leona Nelson](/people/leona-nelson-g236103/) | County Treasurer/Superintendent of Schools | Independent | Yes |
| [Luis Espinoza](/people/luis-espinoza-g316199/) | County Sheriff | Non-Partisan | Yes |
| [Mark Wood](/people/mark-wood-g305912/) | County Coroner/Sheriff | Non-Partisan | Yes |
| Michelle Beebe | County Treasurer/Superintendent of Schools | Non-Partisan | Not yet |
| Nicholas Rauser | County Coroner/Sheriff | Non-Partisan | Not yet |
| [Sheila Stenzel](/people/sheila-stenzel-g328268/) | County Treasurer/Superintendent of Schools | Non-Partisan | Yes |
| [Symantha Deans](/people/symantha-deans-g309121/) | County Treasurer/Superintendent of Schools | Independent | Yes |
| Timothy Ravndal | County Commissioner | Non-Partisan | Not yet |
| [Tim Ravndal](/people/tim-ravndal-g251798/) | County Commissioner | Non-Partisan | Yes |

A candidate marked "Not yet" has no document of their own in this corpus. The records filed under their name are not yet confirmed as one complete profile. A page built from part of the records would understate the career and the money, so none is published until the profile is complete. The absence of a page is not a finding that the candidate raised or spent nothing.

## Races held in Broadwater County (2026)

These county, school and city offices are elected within Broadwater County:

- County Attorney
- County Clerk and Recorder
- County Commissioner
- County Coroner/Sheriff
- County Sheriff
- County Treasurer/Superintendent of Schools
- Justice of the Peace
- School Trustee

**This list is incomplete, and the gap is in the source record.** The county above is the county each candidate LIVES in. A legislative district is not a county and does not sit inside one, and CERS holds no mapping from a district to the counties it covers. So this record cannot list the legislative races that Broadwater County votes in. Do not read the residence list above as the answer to that question.