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Musselshell County, Montana

2026 election results. Kurt Alme (R) got 75% of the U.S. Senate vote in Musselshell County. Below are also 8 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Musselshell County

U.S. Senate

Kurt Alme
75.2%1,819
Seth Bodnar
16.3%395
Alani Bankhead
5.8%140
Kyle Austin
2.7%65
100% counted

Statewide: Kurt Alme wins. Called.

U.S. House: Montana 2nd District

Troy Downing
81.5%1,963
Brian Miller
12.4%299
Michael Eisenhauer
4.2%102
Patrick McCracken
1.9%45
100% counted

Whole district: Troy Downing wins. Called.

The leader in Musselshell 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, 3:02 PM.

8 local contests in Musselshell County

County offices, school boards, local measures and judges on Musselshell 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 R2,01985.1%
Angeline Cheek D35314.9%

Jeff Pattison ahead in Musselshell 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
E. Mark Olson R2,129100.0%

E. Mark Olson is unopposed.

County Clerk & Recorder

CandidateVotesShare
Cheryl Tomassi R2,168100.0%

Cheryl Tomassi is unopposed.

Sheriff / Coroner

CandidateVotesShare
Ryan D. Couch R2,007100.0%

Ryan D. Couch is unopposed.

County Attorney

CandidateVotesShare
Holly Todd-Rogers R1,829100.0%

Holly Todd-Rogers is unopposed.

Schools

County Treasurer / Superintendent of Schools / Assessor

CandidateVotesShare
Darcie L. Hetrick R2,216100.0%

Darcie L. Hetrick is unopposed.

Local measures

Ballot on the Amended Plan of Roundup City Government

ChoiceVotesShare
For Against The Change Of The Existing Plan Of Government36153.3%
For The Change Of The Existing Plan Of Government31646.7%

For Against The Change Of The Existing Plan Of Government ahead with 53.3% in Musselshell County.

Judges

Justice of the Peace

CandidateVotesShare
Monty Miller1,30055.4%
Shawn L. Lesnik1,04844.6%

Monty Miller ahead in Musselshell County.

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
MT-02R +73.6R +73.1R +0.4

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 Musselshell County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris13.1%Donald Trump84.7%R +71.53,013
2020Joe Biden14.3%Donald Trump84.1%R +69.82,881
2016Hillary Clinton13.6%Donald Trump80.6%R +67.02,441
2012Barack Obama20.4%Mitt Romney76.2%R +55.72,407
2008Barack Obama27.6%John McCain68.6%R +41.02,306
2004John Kerry23.9%George W. Bush74.0%R +50.12,247
2000Al Gore23.2%George W. Bush71.7%R +48.52,207

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 +23.0.

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.