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Chouteau County, Montana

2026 election results. Kurt Alme (R) got 55% of the U.S. Senate vote in Chouteau County. Below are also 7 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Chouteau County

U.S. Senate

Kurt Alme
55.3%1,262
Seth Bodnar
30.4%694
Alani Bankhead
11.7%268
Kyle Austin
2.6%59
100% counted

Statewide: Kurt Alme wins. Called.

U.S. House: Montana 2nd District

Troy Downing
61.3%1,396
Brian Miller
30.2%687
Michael Eisenhauer
7.0%159
Patrick McCracken
1.6%36
100% counted

Whole district: Troy Downing wins. Called.

The leader in Chouteau 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 10, 12:22 PM.

7 local contests in Chouteau County

County offices and judges on Chouteau 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 R1,46866.0%
Angeline Cheek D75534.0%

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

County Commissioner District 1

CandidateVotesShare
Rick Darlington R26862.6%
Tanya M Schmockel D16037.4%

Rick Darlington ahead in Chouteau County.

County Clerk & Recorder

CandidateVotesShare
Lana K Claassen R2,018100.0%

Lana K Claassen is unopposed.

County Sheriff/coroner

CandidateVotesShare
Justin D. Smith R1,945100.0%

Justin D. Smith is unopposed.

County Attorney

CandidateVotesShare
Stephen A. Gannon R1,853100.0%

Stephen A. Gannon is unopposed.

County Treasurer/assessor

CandidateVotesShare
Waden "Eddie" Fultz R1,972100.0%

Waden "Eddie" Fultz is unopposed.

Judges

Shall Judge SETH W. BROESDER of the JUSTICE OF THE PEACE of the state of Montana be retained in office for another term?

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes1,82588.1%
No24711.9%

Yes ahead with 88.1% in Chouteau County.

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
MT-02R +34.0R +33.5R +0.6

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 Chouteau County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris32.0%Donald Trump64.2%R +32.22,935
2020Joe Biden33.4%Donald Trump63.8%R +30.42,966
2016Hillary Clinton28.1%Donald Trump64.5%R +36.42,603
2012Barack Obama34.7%Mitt Romney62.3%R +27.62,821
2008Barack Obama39.1%John McCain57.0%R +17.92,866
2004John Kerry32.4%George W. Bush65.5%R +33.12,921
2000Al Gore23.8%George W. Bush70.7%R +46.92,885

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 D +14.7.

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.