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Hill County, Montana

2026 election results. Kurt Alme (R) got 45% of the U.S. Senate vote in Hill County. Below are also 10 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Hill County

U.S. Senate

Kurt Alme
45.2%2,321
Seth Bodnar
32.9%1,687
Alani Bankhead
17.7%909
Kyle Austin
4.2%218
100% counted

Statewide: Kurt Alme wins. Called.

U.S. House: Montana 2nd District

Troy Downing
50.9%2,607
Brian Miller
37.9%1,940
Michael Eisenhauer
9.1%467
Patrick McCracken
2.1%108
100% counted

Whole district: Troy Downing wins. Called.

The leader in Hill 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.

10 local contests in Hill County

County offices, school boards and judges on Hill 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 R2,85456.3%
Angeline Cheek D2,21443.7%

Jeff Pattison ahead in Hill 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
Jacob "Jake" Strissel D2,62351.5%
Christine Wold R2,47548.5%

Jacob "Jake" Strissel ahead in Hill County.

County Commissioner District 3 (Unexpired Term)

CandidateVotesShare
Morgan Olson R2,69153.3%
Perry C. Atchison D2,35446.7%

Morgan Olson ahead in Hill County.

County Clerk and Recorder

CandidateVotesShare
Lexis Dockter D3,776100.0%

Lexis Dockter is unopposed.

Sheriff/coroner

CandidateVotesShare
Stanley Martin D4,069100.0%

Stanley Martin is unopposed.

County Attorney

CandidateVotesShare
Lacey Lincoln R3,773100.0%

Lacey Lincoln is unopposed.

County Auditor

CandidateVotesShare
Kathy I. Olson D3,932100.0%

Kathy I. Olson is unopposed.

County Treasurer/assessor

CandidateVotesShare
Sandy Brown D4,029100.0%

Sandy Brown is unopposed.

Schools

County Superintendent of Schools

CandidateVotesShare
Victoria Proctor R3,630100.0%

Victoria Proctor is unopposed.

Judges

Justice of the Peace

CandidateVotesShare
ManÉ Acosta3,693100.0%

ManÉ Acosta is unopposed.

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
MT-02R +14.7R +19.0D +4.3

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 Hill County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris38.7%Donald Trump56.9%R +18.26,805
2020Joe Biden41.5%Donald Trump55.1%R +13.67,182
2016Hillary Clinton36.8%Donald Trump54.0%R +17.26,445
2012Barack Obama49.9%Mitt Romney46.4%D +3.56,820
2008Barack Obama54.0%John McCain41.8%D +12.16,661
2004John Kerry45.0%George W. Bush52.7%R +7.66,657
2000Al Gore42.1%George W. Bush51.7%R +9.66,558

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 +8.5.

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.