---
title: "Fergus County candidates, 2026"
description: "Candidates who list Fergus County as their residence in the 2026 Montana election cycle."
type: "county"
election_year: 2026
county: "Fergus"
candidate_count: 16
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)"
---


# Fergus County candidates, 2026

16 candidacies in the 2026 Montana election cycle list Fergus County as the candidate's residence.

## Candidates who live in Fergus County (2026)

| Candidate | Office sought | Party | Own document |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angela Wright | County Commissioner | Non-Partisan | Not yet |
| Chris Rindal | Senate District No. 19 | Republican | Not yet |
| Danielle Werdi | City Council | Non-Partisan | Not yet |
| [Dustin Eades](/people/dustin-eades-g327253/) | County Coroner/Sheriff | Non-Partisan | Yes |
| Gary Kruger | Public Administrator | Non-Partisan | Not yet |
| Janel Tucek | County Clerk and Recorder | Non-Partisan | Not yet |
| [Jason Wilson](/people/jason-wilson-g315624/) | House District No. 37 | Independent | Yes |
| Kelly Mantooth | Justice of the Peace | Non-Partisan | Not yet |
| Kent Sipe | County Attorney | Non-Partisan | Not yet |
| Kristy Taplin | County Treasurer | Republican | Not yet |
| Rhonda Long | County Superintendent of Schools | Non-Partisan | Not yet |
| Ross Butcher | County Commissioner | Non-Partisan | Not yet |
| Ryan Peterson | County Coroner/Sheriff | Non-Partisan | Not yet |
| Shane Klakken | House District No. 37 | Republican | Not yet |
| Shelby Soares | County Attorney | Non-Partisan | Not yet |
| [Tracey Karcher](/people/tracey-karcher-g239338/) | House District No. 37 | Democratic | 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 Fergus County (2026)

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

- City Council
- County Attorney
- County Clerk and Recorder
- County Commissioner
- County Coroner/Sheriff
- County Superintendent of Schools
- County Treasurer
- Justice of the Peace
- Public Administrator

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