2026 Primary Election Results

Polls closed at 8 p.m. on June 2. These are the preliminary unofficial results as of 6 a.m. on June 3, with 30,035 votes cast and processed of 85,677 registered voters in Flathead County. Across Montana, 293,151 ballots have been cast and processed of 791,151 registered voters. The results are unofficial until provisional ballots are run, and the election is canvassed.

Please see the Flathead Beacon’s 2026 Primary Election Guide for candidate questionnaires and more.

U.S. Senate

Democrat

Alani Bankhead: 47,710 votes, 44%

Michael Black Wolf: 14,227votes, 13%

Michael Hummert: 4,198 votes, 4%

Christopher Kehoe: 6,887 votes, 6%

Reilly Neill: 35,920 votes, 33%

Libertarian

Tom Jandron: 1,554 votes, 47%

Kyle Austin: 1,771 votes, 53%

Republican

Charles Walking Child: 16,108 votes, 10%

Kurt Alme: 126,126 votes, 76%

Lee Calhoun: 23,326 votes, 14%

U.S. House, MT-01

Democrat

Russell Cleveland: 15,067 votes, 22%

Sam Forstag: 25,854 votes, 37%

Matt Rains: 5,476 votes, 8%

Ryan Busse: 22,952 votes, 33%

Libertarian

Nick Sheedy: 1,188 votes, 100%

Republican

Aaron Flint: 40,880 votes, 50%

Christi Jacobsen: 18,722 votes, 23%

Al ‘Doc’ Olszewski: 16,517 votes, 20%

Ray Curtis: 5,435 votes, 7%

Public Service Commission

Republican

*Annie Bukacek: 10,617 votes, 36%

Joe Dooling: 9,839 votes, 33%

David Sanders: 9,255 votes, 31%

*incumbent

Legislative Districts

House District 3 — Republican

Cathy Mitchell: 701 votes, 46%

Derek Peachey: 817 votes, 54%

House District 4 — Republican

*Lyn Bennett: 306 votes, 23%

Shaun Pandina: 877 votes, 65%

Nathan Purdy: 167 votes, 12%

*incumbent

House District 6 — Republican

Jim Riley: 1,557 votes, 67%

Arthur Dunn: 766 votes, 33%

House District 7 — Republican

*Courtenay Sprunger: 819 votes, 64%

Luke Maxwell: 457 votes, 36%

*incumbent

House District 13 — Republican

*Linda Reksten: 876 votes, 35%

Finley Warden: 1,596 votes, 65%

*incumbent

Senate District 1 — Republican

Neil Duram: 1,834 votes, 33%

Steve Gunderson: 2,952 votes, 53%

Vincent Backen: 744 votes, 13%

Senate District 8 — Democrat

Jade-Heather Ackerman: 552 votes, 26%

Tyson Running Wolf: 1,556 votes, 74%

Flathead County

Sheriff — Republican

Top candidate elected to four-year term

*Brian Heino: 17,841 votes, 89%

Evie Cahalen: 2,303 votes, 11%

*incumbent

County Commissioner — Democrat

Nathan Dugan: 5,621 votes, 67%

Colton Little: 2,817 votes, 35%

County Clerk and Recorder — Republican

Top candidate elected to four-year term

Sheena Sterling: 10,769 votes, 59%

Cheryl Hohman: 7,576 votes, 41%