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Liberty County, Montana

2026 election results. Kurt Alme (R) got 63% of the U.S. Senate vote in Liberty County. Below are also 7 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Liberty County

U.S. Senate

Kurt Alme
63.0%487
Seth Bodnar
25.4%196
Alani Bankhead
9.3%72
Kyle Austin
2.3%18
100% counted

Statewide: Kurt Alme wins. Called.

U.S. House: Montana 2nd District

Troy Downing
72.1%552
Brian Miller
21.0%161
Michael Eisenhauer
5.4%41
Patrick McCracken
1.6%12
100% counted

Whole district: Troy Downing wins. Called.

The leader in Liberty 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, 8:50 PM.

7 local contests in Liberty County

County offices, school boards and judges on Liberty 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 R56575.1%
Angeline Cheek D18724.9%

Jeff Pattison ahead in Liberty 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
Justin Wickum R687100.0%

Justin Wickum is unopposed.

County Clerk and Recorder

CandidateVotesShare
Davin Padmos R525100.0%

Davin Padmos is unopposed.

Sheriff / Coroner / Public Administrator

CandidateVotesShare
Nick Erickson R519100.0%

Nick Erickson is unopposed.

County Attorney

CandidateVotesShare
Robert Padmos R496100.0%

Robert Padmos is unopposed.

Schools

County Treasurer/assessor/ Superintendent of Schools

CandidateVotesShare
Sharlys Davis R644100.0%

Sharlys Davis is unopposed.

Judges

Shall Judge CHRISTOPHER CASE of the JUSTICE OF THE PEACE of the state of Montana be retained in office for another term?

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes63490.3%
No689.7%

Yes ahead with 90.3% in Liberty County.

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
MT-02R +54.8R +55.7D +0.9

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 Liberty County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris21.7%Donald Trump76.1%R +54.5988
2020Joe Biden23.0%Donald Trump75.8%R +52.81,083
2016Hillary Clinton21.4%Donald Trump72.6%R +51.2961
2012Barack Obama26.0%Mitt Romney71.1%R +45.0988
2008Barack Obama36.7%John McCain59.3%R +22.71,001
2004John Kerry27.2%George W. Bush71.1%R +43.91,033
2000Al Gore23.3%George W. Bush72.0%R +48.81,044

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 +5.7.

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.