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


# Mineral County candidates, 2026

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

## Candidates who live in Mineral County (2026)

| Candidate | Office sought | Party | Own document |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Moats | County Commissioner | Independent | Not yet |
| BUFFY KELLY | Justice of the Peace | Non-Partisan | Not yet |
| Curtis Cochran | House District No. 90 | Republican | Not yet |
| [Dan Clemts](/people/dan-clemts-g247750/) | County Commissioner | Republican | Yes |
| Debra Sheppard | County Commissioner | Republican | Not yet |
| Duane Simons | County Commissioner | Republican | Not yet |
| JOHN SQUIER | House District No. 90 | Republican | Not yet |
| Jeffrey Stanek | House District No. 90 | Republican | Not yet |
| [Kelann McLees](/people/kelann-mclees-g305900/) | County Clerk and Recorder | Republican | Yes |
| Kim Taron | Justice of the Peace | Non-Partisan | Not yet |
| [Merry Mueller](/people/merry-mueller-g306286/) | County Treasurer/Superintendent of Schools | Republican | Yes |
| Roy Miller | County Attorney | Republican | Not yet |
| Ryan Funke | County Coroner/Sheriff | Republican | Not yet |
| Samuel Banks | County Coroner/Sheriff | Republican | Not yet |
| [Tina Maturino](/people/tina-maturino-g270652/) | Justice of the Peace | Non-Partisan | Yes |
| steve Reid | County Commissioner | 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 Mineral County (2026)

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

- County Attorney
- County Clerk and Recorder
- County Commissioner
- County Coroner/Sheriff
- County Treasurer/Superintendent of Schools
- 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 Mineral County votes in. Do not read the residence list above as the answer to that question.