---
title: "Brian Putnam: Montana candidate record"
description: "Every candidacy and campaign finance figure on file for Brian Putnam in Montana."
type: "person"
name: "Brian Putnam"
slug: "brian-putnam-g235552"
election_years:
  - 2026
candidacy_count: 1
also_known_as:
  - "Rep Brian Putnam"
  - "Rep. Brian Putnam"
data_through: "2026-09-26"
generated_at: "2026-09-26"
source: "Montana Commissioner of Political Practices (CERS)"
---


# Brian Putnam: Montana candidate record

Brian Putnam appears in the Montana campaign finance record as a candidate in 2026, across 1 candidacy. This document covers the whole of that record.

Brian Putnam is also recorded in the filings under these names: Rep Brian Putnam, Rep. Brian Putnam.

## Brian Putnam: School Trustee in Flathead County, 2026

Brian Putnam filed as a candidate for School Trustee in Flathead County in the 2026 Montana election cycle.

### Others who ran for School Trustee in Flathead County in 2026

- [Barbara Riley](/people/barbara-riley-g236529/) (Non-Partisan)
- [Benjamin Sletvold](/people/benjamin-sletvold-g302827/) (Not recorded)
- [Carrie Eklund](/people/carrie-eklund-g270358/) (Independent)
- [Chelsey Spence](/people/chelsey-spence-g299907/) (Independent)
- [Dakota Baier](/people/dakota-baier-g327258/) (Not recorded)
- [Jerrie Boksich](/people/jerrie-boksich-g260149/) (Non-Partisan)
- [Jinnifer Mariman](/people/jinnifer-mariman-g237292/) (Not recorded)
- John - (Write in) FALLON (Non-Partisan)
- [Jon Wilson](/people/jon-wilson-g248006/) (Republican)
- [Karin Hilding](/people/karin-hilding-g327351/) (Independent)
- [Katherine (Kate) Averill](/people/katherine-kate-averill-g327328/) (Non-Partisan)
- Kendall Massie (Republican)
- [Krista Buls](/people/krista-buls-g268397/) (Republican)
- [Megan Upton](/people/megan-upton-g238985/) (Republican)
- [Paul Sandry](/people/paul-sandry-g272614/) (Non-Partisan)
- [Roy Burgess](/people/roy-burgess-g303130/) (Not recorded)
- [Russell Sias](/people/russell-sias-g264429/) (Not recorded)
- [Scott Cummings](/people/scott-cummings-g301207/) (Republican)
- [Shannon Hanson](/people/shannon-hanson-g233358/) (Non-Partisan)
- [Shannon Jones](/people/shannon-jones-g267719/) (Not recorded)
- [Sheri Hand](/people/sheri-hand-g327249/) (Not recorded)
- [Thomas Hollo](/people/thomas-hollo-g406692/) (Not recorded)
- [Zachary Bernheim](/people/zachary-bernheim-g315241/) (Independent)
- [richard terrett](/people/richard-terrett-g315240/) (Republican)

### Money reported by Brian Putnam for School Trustee in Flathead County in 2026

No filed finance report for this candidacy is in the record. That is not a finding that none was owed or filed.

## What this record does not say about Brian Putnam

It does not say whether Brian Putnam won any of these elections. CERS records candidacies and money, not results.

Contribution totals are floors, not exact figures. The same real person or business can appear in the record more than once under spelling variants, and merging those into single identities is ongoing work. A total means "at least this much".