---
title: "Pondera County candidates, 2026"
description: "Candidates who list Pondera County as their residence in the 2026 Montana election cycle."
type: "county"
election_year: 2026
county: "Pondera"
candidate_count: 13
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)"
---


# Pondera County candidates, 2026

13 candidacies in the 2026 Montana election cycle list Pondera County as the candidate's residence.

## Candidates who live in Pondera County (2026)

| Candidate | Office sought | Party | Own document |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Adrien Wagner](/people/adrien-wagner-g245505/) | House District No. 15 | Democratic | Yes |
| Cody Shaw | Justice of the Peace | Non-Partisan | Not yet |
| Ernest Padilla | County Coroner/Sheriff | Republican | Not yet |
| [Haley Gray](/people/haley-gray-g260657/) | County Treasurer/Superintendent of Schools | Republican | Yes |
| Heidi Fowler | County Commissioner | Republican | Not yet |
| [James Coombs](/people/james-coombs-g239059/) | House District No. 18 | Republican | Yes |
| [Joseph Crawford](/people/joseph-crawford-g267536/) | County Commissioner | Republican | Yes |
| Kody Farkell | County Clerk and Recorder | Republican | Not yet |
| Llewelyn Jones | Senate District No. 09 | Republican | Not yet |
| Robert Skorupa | County Coroner/Sheriff | Republican | Not yet |
| Shari Lennon | County Attorney/Public Administrator | Republican | Not yet |
| Shaunna Graham | County Assessor/Treasurer/Supt. of Schools | Republican | Not yet |
| [William Breding](/people/william-breding-g305915/) | County Commissioner | 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 Pondera County (2026)

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

- County Assessor/Treasurer/Supt. of Schools
- County Attorney/Public Administrator
- 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 Pondera County votes in. Do not read the residence list above as the answer to that question.