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Big Horn County, Montana

2026 election results. Kurt Alme (R) got 37% of the U.S. Senate vote in Big Horn County. Below are also 1 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Big Horn County

U.S. Senate

Kurt Alme
37.1%1,296
Seth Bodnar
31.8%1,109
Alani Bankhead
28.6%997
Kyle Austin
2.5%87
100% counted

Statewide: Kurt Alme wins. Called.

U.S. House: Montana 2nd District

Brian Miller
48.1%1,672
Troy Downing
44.2%1,535
Michael Eisenhauer
6.2%215
Patrick McCracken
1.5%51
100% counted

Whole district: Troy Downing wins. Called.

The leader in Big Horn County is only who has the most votes counted here. Races are won statewide or district-wide, and only the race pages report calls. Last vote update here Nov 9, 4:37 PM.

1 local contest in Big Horn County

County offices on Big Horn County's ballots, from Montana's official results file. Names are as the state prints them. "Ahead" describes the current count; it isn't a race call, and we don't call measures.

County offices

Public Service Commissioner, District 1

CandidateVotesShare
Jeff Pattison R21386.2%
Angeline Cheek D3413.8%

Jeff Pattison ahead in Big Horn County. The contest crosses into 25 other counties; across all of them: Jeff Pattison 50,407 (65.3%), Angeline Cheek 26,741 (34.7%).

Montana's official results, these figures first read Nov 13, 6:08 PM. Unofficial until certified.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
MT-02D +4.3R +1.8D +6.0

Margins compare the Democrat and the Republican only. The 2024 column is the presidential margin in the same places as each race's votes here. Shift is this year's margin minus it, shown once at least 90% of the expected vote is counted. A dash means there's no 2024 figure for those exact places.

How Big Horn County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris47.2%Donald Trump48.9%R +1.74,471
2020Joe Biden52.1%Donald Trump46.1%D +5.94,783
2016Hillary Clinton49.4%Donald Trump43.7%D +5.74,237
2012Barack Obama62.3%Mitt Romney36.0%D +26.34,626
2008Barack Obama67.4%John McCain31.2%D +36.25,219
2004John Kerry51.4%George W. Bush47.0%D +4.34,311
2000Al Gore56.4%George W. Bush39.7%D +16.74,161

Shares are of all presidential votes, and the margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's. Since 2000, the presidential margin here has moved R +18.4.

Other counties in Montana

Montana results

Sources & scope

Votes for 2026 come from the count this site reads, by county. They're unofficial until Montana certifies them. Past presidential votes are from MEDSL and VEST, via Polling Forecast. Montana's own results, deadlines and offices are on the state page.