The 2026 Montana election cycle

1,132 candidacies were filed by 1,068 people across 556 races in the 2026 Montana election cycle. Candidates list 56 different counties as their residence.

460 of the 1,068 people who filed in 2026 have a document of their own in this corpus. 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.

What was on the ballot in 2026

Kind of office Candidacies
County 622
State district 391
School 107
Statewide 7
City 5

A Montana cycle is mostly local. County, school and city offices outnumber legislative ones in 2026, which is the usual shape rather than an exception.

Where 2026 candidates live

These are residence counties, not the jurisdictions of the races. See any county document for why the difference matters.