---
title: "Stillwater County candidates, 2026"
description: "Candidates who list Stillwater County as their residence in the 2026 Montana election cycle."
type: "county"
election_year: 2026
county: "Stillwater"
candidate_count: 14
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)"
---


# Stillwater County candidates, 2026

14 candidacies in the 2026 Montana election cycle list Stillwater County as the candidate's residence.

## Candidates who live in Stillwater County (2026)

| Candidate | Office sought | Party | Own document |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles (Chip) Kem | County Coroner/Sheriff | Republican | Not yet |
| Chris Grover | County Commissioner | Republican | Not yet |
| Daniel Palmer | County Coroner/Sheriff | Republican | Not yet |
| [Denise DeBiase-Janson](/people/denise-debiase-janson-g305693/) | Justice of the Peace | Non-Partisan | Yes |
| Fiona B. Nave | House District No. 56 | Republican | Not yet |
| Forrest J Mandeville | Senate District No. 28 | Republican | Not yet |
| Heidi Stadel | County Clerk & Recorder/Surveyor | Republican | Not yet |
| JERRY FRIEND | County Assessor/Treasurer | Republican | Not yet |
| [Jeremiah Winsted](/people/jeremiah-winsted-g251390/) | County Commissioner | Republican | Yes |
| [Kaity Williams](/people/kaity-williams-g327252/) | Justice of the Peace | Non-Partisan | Yes |
| [Kisha Cornell](/people/kisha-cornell-g233491/) | County Commissioner | Republican | Yes |
| Mark Ranstrom | County Superintendent of Schools | Republican | Not yet |
| Nancy Rohde | County Attorney/Public Administrator | Republican | Not yet |
| Zachary Thornley | County Attorney | 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 Stillwater County (2026)

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

- County Assessor/Treasurer
- County Attorney
- County Attorney/Public Administrator
- County Clerk & Recorder/Surveyor
- County Commissioner
- County Coroner/Sheriff
- County 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 Stillwater County votes in. Do not read the residence list above as the answer to that question.