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McCone County, Montana

2026 election results. Kurt Alme (R) got 78% of the U.S. Senate vote in McCone County. Below are also 9 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in McCone County

U.S. Senate

Kurt Alme
77.6%663
Seth Bodnar
15.5%132
Alani Bankhead
4.9%42
Kyle Austin
2.0%17
100% counted

Statewide: Kurt Alme wins. Called.

U.S. House: Montana 2nd District

Troy Downing
83.3%720
Brian Miller
10.4%90
Michael Eisenhauer
5.0%43
Patrick McCracken
1.3%11
100% counted

Whole district: Troy Downing wins. Called.

The leader in McCone 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, 12:10 PM.

9 local contests in McCone County

County offices, school boards, local measures and judges on McCone 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 R72886.7%
Angeline Cheek D11213.3%

Jeff Pattison ahead in McCone 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 #2

CandidateVotesShare
Alan Stempel R663100.0%

Alan Stempel is unopposed.

Clerk and Recorder/assessor

CandidateVotesShare
Sherry Kluth R688100.0%

Sherry Kluth is unopposed.

Sheriff/coroner

CandidateVotesShare
Paul Skyberg R739100.0%

Paul Skyberg is unopposed.

County Attorney/public Administrator

CandidateVotesShare
John T. Hrubes R661100.0%

John T. Hrubes is unopposed.

Schools

Treasurer/supt. of Schools

CandidateVotesShare
Nita Crockett R799100.0%

Nita Crockett is unopposed.

Local measures

911 Mill Levy

ChoiceVotesShare
FOR the additional levy66178.0%
AGAINST the additional levy18622.0%

FOR the additional levy ahead with 78.0% in McCone County.

Judges

District Court Judge District 7, Dept 2

CandidateVotesShare
Scott W Herring46860.2%
Brett Irigoin30939.8%

Scott W Herring ahead in McCone County. The contest crosses into 4 other counties; across all of them: Scott W Herring 4,513 (53.0%), Brett Irigoin 4,006 (47.0%).

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

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes73788.7%
No9411.3%

Yes ahead with 88.7% in McCone County.

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
MT-02R +77.8R +75.7R +2.1

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 McCone County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris11.9%Donald Trump86.0%R +74.11,082
2020Joe Biden13.8%Donald Trump84.7%R +70.91,129
2016Hillary Clinton14.5%Donald Trump81.3%R +66.81,060
2012Barack Obama22.5%Mitt Romney75.0%R +52.6993
2008Barack Obama29.0%John McCain65.6%R +36.61,106
2004John Kerry28.1%George W. Bush69.6%R +41.41,137
2000Al Gore23.4%George W. Bush72.4%R +49.01,142

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 +25.1.

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.