--- title: "JOHN SQUIER: Montana candidate record" description: "Every candidacy and campaign finance figure on file for JOHN SQUIER in Montana." type: "person" name: "JOHN SQUIER" slug: "john-squier-g233186" election_years: - 2025 - 2026 candidacy_count: 2 latest_election_year: 2026 latest_office: "House District No. 90" also_known_as: - "John Squier" - "John squier" - "john Squier" - "john squier" public_url: "https://tcers-public.406dc.net/profiles/group/233186" data_through: "2026-09-29" generated_at: "2026-09-29" source: "Montana Commissioner of Political Practices (CERS)" --- # JOHN SQUIER: Montana candidate record JOHN SQUIER's most recent candidacy: in 2026, JOHN SQUIER ran for House District No. 90 as a Republican candidate. JOHN SQUIER's full record on the Montana campaign finance public site: https://tcers-public.406dc.net/profiles/group/233186 JOHN SQUIER appears in the Montana campaign finance record as a candidate in 2025 through 2026, across 2 candidacies. This document covers the whole of that record, using the same rules as the public campaign finance site. JOHN SQUIER is also recorded in the filings under these names: John Squier, John squier, john Squier, john squier. In 2026, JOHN SQUIER ran for House District No. 90 as a Republican candidate. In 2025, JOHN SQUIER ran for City Council in Mineral County as a Republican candidate. | Election year | Office sought | Party | |---|---|---| | 2026 | House District No. 90 | Republican | | 2025 | City Council | Republican | ## JOHN SQUIER: House District No. 90, 2026 JOHN SQUIER filed as a candidate for House District No. 90 in the 2026 Montana election cycle. This candidacy (House District No. 90, 2026) on the Montana campaign finance public site: https://tcers-public.406dc.net/profiles/candidate/20746 ### Others who ran for House District No. 90 in 2026 - Curtis Cochran (Republican) - Jeffrey Stanek (Republican) - [Kelley Durbin-Williams](/people/kelley-durbin-williams-g244633/) (Independent) ### Money reported by JOHN SQUIER for House District No. 90, 2026 | Figure | Amount | Lines | |---|---|---| | Contributions received in cash, net of refunds | $663.68 | 15 | | In-kind contributions (goods and services, not cash) | $1,226.07 | | | Other receipts (not contributions) | $0.00 | 0 | | Expenditures, net of refunds received | $0.00 | 0 | | Debts and loans still owed | $1,128.82 | 8 | JOHN SQUIER for House District No. 90, 2026: $663.68 in cash contributions, net of refunds, plus $1,226.07 given in kind; $0.00 spent; $1,128.82 still owed. These figures are for JOHN SQUIER for House District No. 90, 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 JOHN SQUIER for House District No. 90, 2026 came from: $120.00 from Montana (6%), 1 contributor; $1,769.75 the candidate's own money (94%), 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 | $120.00 | 6% | 1 | | The candidate's own money | $1,769.75 | 94% | 1 | ### Largest contributors to JOHN SQUIER for House District No. 90, 2026 | Contributor | From | Given, net of refunds | Of which in-kind | Contributions | |---|---|---|---|---| | JOHN SQUIER *(the candidate's own money)* | Alberton, MT | $1,769.75 | $1,206.07 | 13 | | William Lussenheide | Florence, MT | $120.00 | $20.00 | 2 | 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. ### Debts and loans JOHN SQUIER for House District No. 90, 2026 still owes | Owed to | Still owed | Lines | |---|---|---| | JOHN SQUIER | $1,128.82 | 8 | ### Every contribution to JOHN SQUIER for House District No. 90, 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 | |---|---|---|---| | 2025-06-06 | JOHN SQUIER | ALBERTON, MT | $66.64 | | 2025-06-11 | JOHN SQUIER | ALBERTON, MT | $54.97 | | 2025-06-19 | JOHN SQUIER | ALBERTON, MT | $443.53 | | 2025-07-09 | JOHN SQUIER | Alberton, MT | $74.00 | | 2025-07-23 | William Lussenheide | Florence, MT | $20.00 | | 2025-07-25 | JOHN SQUIER | Alberton, MT | $114.41 | | 2025-07-25 | JOHN SQUIER | alberton, MT | $156.04 | | 2025-07-27 | Name not recorded | | $145.00 | | 2025-07-27 | Name not recorded | | $112.46 | | 2025-07-27 | Name not recorded | | $14.86 | | 2025-07-30 | JOHN SQUIER | Alberton, MT | $153.83 | | 2025-07-31 | JOHN SQUIER | Alberton, MT | $65.40 | | 2025-08-03 | Name not recorded | | $345.35 | | 2025-08-03 | Name not recorded | | $23.26 | | 2025-09-04 | William Lussenheide | Florence, MT | $100.00 | ## JOHN SQUIER: City Council in Mineral County, 2025 JOHN SQUIER filed as a candidate for City Council in Mineral County in the 2025 Montana election cycle. This candidacy (City Council in Mineral County, 2025) on the Montana campaign finance public site: https://tcers-public.406dc.net/profiles/candidate/20776 ### Money reported by JOHN SQUIER for City Council in Mineral County, 2025 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 JOHN SQUIER It does not say whether JOHN SQUIER 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".