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Gallatin County, Montana

2026 election results. Seth Bodnar (I) got 48% of the U.S. Senate vote in Gallatin County. Below are also 1 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Gallatin County

U.S. Senate

Seth Bodnar
48.3%27,886
Kurt Alme
36.0%20,817
Alani Bankhead
14.2%8,206
Kyle Austin
1.5%843
100% counted

Statewide: Kurt Alme wins. Called.

U.S. House: Montana 1st District

Sam Forstag
59.6%34,439
Aaron Flint
37.9%21,922
Nick Sheedy
2.5%1,426
100% counted

Whole district: Sam Forstag wins. Called.

The leader in Gallatin 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.

1 local contest in Gallatin County

Judges on Gallatin 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.

Judges

Shall Judge RIENNE H MCELYEA of the DISTRICT COURT JUDGE DISTRICT 18, DEPT 2 of the state of Montana be retained in office for another term?

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes38,35081.4%
No8,78618.6%

Yes ahead with 81.4% in Gallatin County.

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
MT-01D +22.2D +3.3D +18.9

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 Gallatin County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris50.0%Donald Trump46.8%D +3.269,912
2020Joe Biden52.2%Donald Trump44.7%D +7.570,978
2016Hillary Clinton45.1%Donald Trump44.2%D +0.853,819
2012Barack Obama45.9%Mitt Romney50.9%R +5.047,882
2008Barack Obama50.3%John McCain46.9%D +3.448,169
2004John Kerry41.2%George W. Bush56.2%R +15.039,841
2000Al Gore31.2%George W. Bush58.8%R +27.532,040

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 +30.8.

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.