--- title: "Bruce Moats: Montana candidate record" description: "Every candidacy and campaign finance figure on file for Bruce Moats in Montana." type: "person" name: "Bruce Moats" slug: "bruce-moats-g1124640" election_years: - 2026 candidacy_count: 1 latest_election_year: 2026 latest_office: "County Commissioner in Mineral County" public_url: "https://tcers-public.406dc.net/profiles/group/1124640" data_through: "2026-09-29" generated_at: "2026-09-29" source: "Montana Commissioner of Political Practices (CERS)" --- # Bruce Moats: Montana candidate record Bruce Moats's most recent candidacy: in 2026, Bruce Moats ran for County Commissioner in Mineral County as a Independent candidate. Bruce Moats's full record on the Montana campaign finance public site: https://tcers-public.406dc.net/profiles/group/1124640 Bruce Moats appears in the Montana campaign finance record as a candidate in 2026, across 1 candidacy. This document covers the whole of that record, using the same rules as the public campaign finance site. In 2026, Bruce Moats ran for County Commissioner in Mineral County as a Independent candidate. ## Bruce Moats: County Commissioner in Mineral County, 2026 Bruce Moats filed as a candidate for County Commissioner in Mineral County in the 2026 Montana election cycle. This candidacy (County Commissioner in Mineral County, 2026) on the Montana campaign finance public site: https://tcers-public.406dc.net/profiles/candidate/22114 ### Others who ran for County Commissioner in Mineral County in 2026 - [Dan Clemts](/people/dan-clemts-g247750/) (Republican) - Debra Sheppard (Republican) - Duane Simons (Republican) - steve Reid (Republican) ### Money reported by Bruce Moats for County Commissioner in Mineral County, 2026 | Figure | Amount | Lines | |---|---|---| | Contributions received in cash, net of refunds | $2,650.00 | 15 | | In-kind contributions (goods and services, not cash) | $571.37 | | | Other receipts (not contributions) | $0.00 | 0 | | Expenditures, net of refunds received | $1,318.86 | 4 | | Debts and loans still owed | $0.00 | 0 | Bruce Moats for County Commissioner in Mineral County, 2026: $2,650.00 in cash contributions, net of refunds, plus $571.37 given in kind; $1,318.86 spent; $0.00 still owed. These figures are for Bruce Moats for County Commissioner in Mineral County, 2026. These figures follow the same rules as the public campaign finance site, because they come from it. Only filed reports count. Money a campaign moves between its own accounts is left out, because it is not new money. The contribution figure is cash, as on the state's Cash Summary, and goods and services given in kind are reported beside it, never inside it. Refunds paid back to contributors are subtracted. Other receipts are interest, rebates and similar receipts, not donations. A debt is money still owed, not money spent, and a loan repaid in full is not listed as owed. Where the money given to Bruce Moats for County Commissioner in Mineral County, 2026 came from: $1,380.00 from Montana (43%), 9 contributors; $1,841.37 the candidate's own money (57%), 1 contributor. By the address the filer reported for each giver, home address first, then mailing; a committee or business is placed by the address it filed. Net of refunds, over every contributor. | Where from | Amount | Share | Contributors | |---|---|---|---| | From Montana | $1,380.00 | 43% | 9 | | The candidate's own money | $1,841.37 | 57% | 1 | ### Largest contributors to Bruce Moats for County Commissioner in Mineral County, 2026 | Contributor | From | Given, net of refunds | Of which in-kind | Contributions | |---|---|---|---|---| | Bruce Moats *(the candidate's own money)* | | $1,841.37 | $341.37 | 4 | | Laurie Johnston | Superior, MT | $450.00 | | 2 | | Bruce & Susan Charles | DeBorgia, MT | $300.00 | | 1 | | Dawn Terrill | Superior, MT | $166.00 | $166.00 | 1 | | Billye Ann Bricker | Superior, MT | $100.00 | | 1 | | Joseph Spangler | Superior, MT | $100.00 | | 1 | | Joe Hughes | Superior, MT | $100.00 | | 2 | | Sydney Cataldo | Alberton, MT | $64.00 | $64.00 | 1 | | Diane Magone | Superior, MT | $50.00 | | 1 | | Thomas McCloskley | Superior, MT | $50.00 | | 1 | A candidate may put unlimited personal money into their own campaign in Montana. Self-funding is not a limit breach and is marked above only so it is not misread as an outside donation. ### Largest payments made by Bruce Moats for County Commissioner in Mineral County, 2026 | Paid to | Total | Payments | |---|---|---| | Gadgets to Go, LLC | $1,235.00 | 2 | | Riverside Soup & Sandz | $57.50 | 1 | | Walmart | $26.36 | 1 | ### Every contribution to Bruce Moats for County Commissioner in Mineral County, 2026 Itemized from $1 up, as filed, from filed reports. These are the gross contribution lines. A refund is a separate payment and does not appear here. | Date | Contributor | From | Amount | |---|---|---|---| | 2026-08-01 | Billye Ann Bricker | Superior, MT | $100.00 | | 2026-08-02 | Joseph Spangler | Superior, MT | $100.00 | | 2026-08-07 | Laurie Johnston | Superior, MT | $100.00 | | 2026-08-07 | Diane Magone | Superior, MT | $50.00 | | 2026-08-18 | Dawn Terrill | Superior, MT | $166.00 | | 2026-08-19 | Name not recorded | | $1,000.00 | | 2026-08-19 | Name not recorded | | $146.37 | | 2026-08-24 | Joe Hughes | Superior, MT | $50.00 | | 2026-08-24 | Laurie Johnston | Superior, MT | $350.00 | | 2026-08-24 | Joe Hughes | Superior, MT | $50.00 | | 2026-08-29 | Sydney Cataldo | Alberton, MT | $64.00 | | 2026-09-01 | Thomas McCloskley | Superior, MT | $50.00 | | 2026-09-01 | Bruce & Susan Charles | DeBorgia, MT | $300.00 | | 2026-09-18 | Name not recorded | | $500.00 | | 2026-09-18 | Name not recorded | | $195.00 | ## What this record does not say about Bruce Moats It does not say whether Bruce Moats 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".