---
title: "Chouteau County candidates, 2026"
description: "Candidates who list Chouteau County as their residence in the 2026 Montana election cycle."
type: "county"
election_year: 2026
county: "Chouteau"
candidate_count: 8
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)"
---


# Chouteau County candidates, 2026

8 candidacies in the 2026 Montana election cycle list Chouteau County as the candidate's residence.

## Candidates who live in Chouteau County (2026)

| Candidate | Office sought | Party | Own document |
|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Smith | County Coroner/Sheriff | Republican | Not yet |
| Lana Claassen | County Clerk and Recorder | Republican | Not yet |
| Matthew Guderjahn | County Coroner/Sheriff | Republican | Not yet |
| Ricky Darlington | County Commissioner | Republican | Not yet |
| Seth Broesder | Justice of the Peace | Non-Partisan | Not yet |
| Stephen Gannon | County Attorney | Republican | Not yet |
| [Tanya Schmockel](/people/tanya-schmockel-g287719/) | County Commissioner | Democratic | Yes |
| [Waden Fultz](/people/waden-fultz-g251539/) | County Assessor/Treasurer | Republican | 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 Chouteau County (2026)

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

- County Assessor/Treasurer
- County Attorney
- County Clerk and Recorder
- County Commissioner
- County Coroner/Sheriff
- Justice of the Peace

**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 Chouteau County votes in. Do not read the residence list above as the answer to that question.