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Golden Valley County, Montana

2026 election results. Kurt Alme (R) got 76% of the U.S. Senate vote in Golden Valley County. Below are also 7 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Golden Valley County

U.S. Senate

Kurt Alme
75.8%294
Seth Bodnar
13.7%53
Alani Bankhead
6.2%24
Kyle Austin
4.4%17
100% counted

Statewide: Kurt Alme wins. Called.

U.S. House: Montana 2nd District

Troy Downing
82.1%320
Brian Miller
12.6%49
Michael Eisenhauer
3.6%14
Patrick McCracken
1.8%7
100% counted

Whole district: Troy Downing wins. Called.

The leader in Golden Valley 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 3, 8:46 PM.

7 local contests in Golden Valley County

County offices, school boards and judges on Golden Valley 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 R32184.7%
Angeline Cheek D5815.3%

Jeff Pattison ahead in Golden Valley 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
Russ Pearce R356100.0%

Russ Pearce is unopposed.

County Clerk & Recorder/clerk of District Court

CandidateVotesShare
Rachel Whited R358100.0%

Rachel Whited is unopposed.

Sheriff/coroner

CandidateVotesShare
Robert Pallas R349100.0%

Robert Pallas is unopposed.

County Attorney

CandidateVotesShare
Holly Todd-Rogers R329100.0%

Holly Todd-Rogers is unopposed.

Schools

County Treasurer/superintendent of Schools

CandidateVotesShare
Marie L. Baird R354100.0%

Marie L. Baird is unopposed.

Judges

Shall Judge BRANDON B. CARPENTER of the JUSTICE OF THE PEACE of the state of Montana be retained in office for another term?

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes34090.9%
No349.1%

Yes ahead with 90.9% in Golden Valley County.

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
MT-02R +73.4R +73.6D +0.1

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 Golden Valley County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris13.0%Donald Trump85.4%R +72.4515
2020Joe Biden15.5%Donald Trump82.3%R +66.8503
2016Hillary Clinton15.0%Donald Trump77.0%R +62.0474
2012Barack Obama23.0%Mitt Romney73.3%R +50.3479
2008Barack Obama25.2%John McCain69.7%R +44.5492
2004John Kerry22.8%George W. Bush75.9%R +53.1522
2000Al Gore16.6%George W. Bush76.3%R +59.7531

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 +12.7.

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.