Lewis & Clark County candidates, 2026

52 candidacies in the 2026 Montana election cycle list Lewis & Clark County as the candidate's residence.

Candidates who live in Lewis & Clark County (2026)

Candidate Office sought Party Own document
Aaron Leas House District No. 83 Republican Yes
Amy Reeves County Clerk & Recorder/Treasurer Non-Partisan Not yet
Ann Bukacek Public Service Commission District No. 05 Republican Yes
Benjamin Kuiper House District No. 81 Democratic Not yet
Brandon Hansen School Trustee Not recorded Yes
Brent Colbert County Commissioner Non-Partisan Not yet
Chiko Olson House District No. 79 Republican Not yet
Christopher Norris County Coroner/Sheriff Non-Partisan Yes
Clinton McKay House District No. 82 Republican Not yet
Dana Toole Senate District No. 41 Democratic Not yet
Daniel Guzynski District Judge, District 01 Dept. 03 Non-Partisan Not yet
David Sanders Public Service Commission District No. 05 Republican Not yet
Deb Lane House District No. 84 Non-Partisan Not yet
Dru Koester Senate District No. 41 Libertarian Yes
Erin Farris-Olsen Senate District No. 41 Democratic Not yet
Jakob Miles County Commissioner Non-Partisan Not yet
James Marshal House District No. 84 Republican Not yet
Jamie Van Valkenburg House District No. 84 Democratic Not yet
JANET ELLIS House District No. 81 Democratic Yes
Jill Cohenour House District No. 83 Democratic Yes
John Looney House District No. 81 Republican Not yet
Joe Cohenour House District No. 83 Democratic Yes
Katie Fruits House District No. 80 Republican Yes
Kevin Downs County Attorney/Public Administrator Non-Partisan Not yet
Kevin Hamm Public Service Commission District No. 05 Democratic Yes
Leo Dutton County Coroner/Sheriff Non-Partisan Not yet
LUKE MUSZKIEWICZ House District No. 79 Democratic Not yet
MIchael Swingley Justice of the Peace Non-Partisan Not yet
Martin Balukas School Trustee Independent Yes
Mary Ann Dunwell Senate District No. 42 Democratic Yes
Megan Lane House District No. 80 Democratic Not yet
Melissa Romano House District No. 80 Democratic Yes
Michael J Fasbender House District No. 17 Republican Not yet
Michael Talia Senate District No. 42 Republican Not yet
Nathan White Senate District No. 09 Not recorded Yes
Nick Lancette Senate District No. 42 Republican Not yet
Pete Elverum House District No. 82 Democratic Not yet
Qasim Abdul-Baki House District No. 80 Democratic Yes
REGINALD HAGEMAN County Superintendent of Schools Not recorded Not yet
Roy Caldwell House District No. 84 Republican Yes
Scott Walter House District No. 84 Republican Not yet
Stephen LaPraim Senate District No. 42 Republican Yes
Stephen LaPraim House District No. 17 Republican Yes
Susan Geise House District No. 17 Republican Not yet
Tia Nelson House District No. 84 Democratic Yes
Tim Mielke Justice of the Peace Non-Partisan Not yet
Tom Rolfe County Commissioner Non-Partisan Not yet
Tristan Ulmer School Trustee Republican Not yet
Zachary & Patty Wirth Senate District No. 09 Republican Yes
Joe Dooling Public Service Commission District No. 05 Republican Not yet

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 Lewis & Clark County (2026)

These county, school and city offices are elected within Lewis & Clark County:

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 Lewis & Clark County votes in. Do not read the residence list above as the answer to that question.