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


# Valley County candidates, 2026

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

## Candidates who live in Valley County (2026)

| Candidate | Office sought | Party | Own document |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brenda Anderson | Treasurer | Non-Partisan | Not yet |
| Chisholm Christensen | House District No. 28 | Republican | Not yet |
| [Christa Cheifer](/people/christa-cheifer-g340215/) | Justice of the Peace | Non-Partisan | Yes |
| Christina Hillman | Justice of the Peace | Non-Partisan | Not yet |
| Dylan Jensen | County Attorney | Non-Partisan | Not yet |
| [Eric Albus](/people/eric-albus-g240616/) | Senate District No. 14 | Republican | Yes |
| Jeff Pattison | Public Service Commission District No. 01 | Republican | Not yet |
| [John Rogenes](/people/john-rogenes-g302552/) | County Commissioner | Republican | Yes |
| [Marie Pippin](/people/marie-pippin-g310592/) | County Clerk & Recorder/Superintendent of Schools | Non-Partisan | Yes |
| Paul Tweten | County Commissioner | Non-Partisan | Not yet |
| [Sherri Turner](/people/sherri-turner-g249975/) | Public Administrator | Non-Partisan | Yes |
| [Tara Strommen](/people/tara-strommen-g260677/) | Clerk of District Court | Non-Partisan | Yes |
| Teresa Fahlgren | House District No. 29 | Democratic | Not yet |
| [Thomas Boyer](/people/thomas-boyer-g253067/) | County Coroner/Sheriff | Non-Partisan | 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 Valley County (2026)

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

- Clerk of District Court
- County Attorney
- County Clerk & Recorder/Superintendent of Schools
- County Commissioner
- County Coroner/Sheriff
- Justice of the Peace
- Public Administrator
- Treasurer

**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 Valley County votes in. Do not read the residence list above as the answer to that question.