Powder River County candidates, 2026
12 candidacies in the 2026 Montana election cycle list Powder River County as the candidate's residence.
Candidates who live in Powder River County (2026)
| Candidate | Office sought | Party | Own document |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Johnson | County Coroner/Sheriff | Republican | Not yet |
| Beau Kuhbacher | County Commissioner | Republican | Yes |
| Catherine Landa | Justice of the Peace | Non-Partisan | Yes |
| Cressi Johnson | Public Administrator | Republican | Yes |
| Cynde Jo Gatlin | County Clerk and Recorder | Republican | Yes |
| Devin Boman | County Coroner/Sheriff | Republican | Not yet |
| Elaine George | Public Administrator | Independent | Not yet |
| Hattie Arithson | County Assessor/Treasurer/Supt. of Schools | Republican | Not yet |
| Jeffrey Noble | County Attorney | Republican | Not yet |
| John Olson | County Commissioner | Independent | Not yet |
| Phillip Desatoff | County Commissioner | Republican | Yes |
| Trenton Schaffer | 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 Powder River County (2026)
These county, school and city offices are elected within Powder River County:
- County Assessor/Treasurer/Supt. of Schools
- County Attorney
- County Clerk and Recorder
- County Commissioner
- County Coroner/Sheriff
- 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 Powder River County votes in. Do not read the residence list above as the answer to that question.