---
title: "Toole County candidates, 2026"
description: "Candidates who list Toole County as their residence in the 2026 Montana election cycle."
type: "county"
election_year: 2026
county: "Toole"
candidate_count: 15
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)"
---


# Toole County candidates, 2026

15 candidacies in the 2026 Montana election cycle list Toole County as the candidate's residence.

## Candidates who live in Toole County (2026)

| Candidate | Office sought | Party | Own document |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Boyd Jackson](/people/boyd-jackson-g237210/) | County Treasurer/Superintendent of Schools | Republican | Yes |
| Bruce (Butch) Gillespie | House District No. 18 | Republican | Not yet |
| Caydon Keller | County Attorney | Republican | Not yet |
| [Christopher Montgomery](/people/christopher-montgomery-g327382/) | County Commissioner | Republican | Yes |
| Dan Whitted | County Coroner | Republican | Not yet |
| [Daniel McDonough](/people/daniel-mcdonough-g290487/) | County Sheriff | Republican | Yes |
| Lloyd Omdahl | County Commissioner | Republican | Not yet |
| Michael Waite | County Commissioner | Republican | Not yet |
| [Michelle Martin Edwards](/people/michelle-martin-edwards-g237402/) | County Commissioner | Republican | Yes |
| Phyllis Robertson | Public Administrator | Republican | Not yet |
| [SHELLY HAYES](/people/shelly-hayes-g305135/) | Public Administrator | Republican | Yes |
| Shannon McAllister | Justice of the Peace | Non-Partisan | Not yet |
| Terry Tomsheck | County Commissioner | Republican | Not yet |
| [Toni Moore](/people/toni-moore-g271213/) | County Clerk and Recorder | Republican | Yes |
| [Tyler Padilla](/people/tyler-padilla-g240545/) | County Sheriff | 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 Toole County (2026)

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

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