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Petroleum County, Montana

2026 election results. Kurt Alme (R) got 80% of the U.S. Senate vote in Petroleum County. Below are also 2 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Petroleum County

U.S. Senate

Kurt Alme
79.6%199
Seth Bodnar
14.4%36
Kyle Austin
4.4%11
Alani Bankhead
1.6%4
100% counted

Statewide: Kurt Alme wins. Called.

U.S. House: Montana 2nd District

Troy Downing
86.1%217
Brian Miller
7.1%18
Michael Eisenhauer
5.2%13
Patrick McCracken
1.6%4
100% counted

Whole district: Troy Downing wins. Called.

The leader in Petroleum 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, 8:16 PM.

2 local contests in Petroleum County

County offices and judges on Petroleum 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

County Commissioner District 2

CandidateVotesShare
Debbie Hale21287.6%
Tyler Heinlein3012.4%

Debbie Hale ahead in Petroleum County.

Judges

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

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes20084.4%
No3715.6%

Yes ahead with 84.4% in Petroleum County.

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
MT-02R +84.7R +76.9R +7.7

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 Petroleum County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris11.4%Donald Trump87.7%R +76.2324
2020Joe Biden11.2%Donald Trump85.6%R +74.4348
2016Hillary Clinton9.3%Donald Trump86.3%R +77.0322
2012Barack Obama16.4%Mitt Romney80.5%R +64.1298
2008Barack Obama22.7%John McCain75.7%R +53.0300
2004John Kerry18.8%George W. Bush78.1%R +59.2292
2000Al Gore11.8%George W. Bush83.0%R +71.2306

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 +5.0.

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.