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Phillips County, Montana

2026 election results. Kurt Alme (R) got 73% of the U.S. Senate vote in Phillips County. Below are also 7 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Phillips County

U.S. Senate

Kurt Alme
73.1%1,231
Seth Bodnar
18.5%311
Alani Bankhead
6.5%109
Kyle Austin
2.0%34
100% counted

Statewide: Kurt Alme wins. Called.

U.S. House: Montana 2nd District

Troy Downing
78.6%1,335
Brian Miller
14.5%246
Michael Eisenhauer
5.6%95
Patrick McCracken
1.4%23
100% counted

Whole district: Troy Downing wins. Called.

The leader in Phillips 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, 4:18 PM.

7 local contests in Phillips County

County offices, school boards and judges on Phillips 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 R1,38983.0%
Angeline Cheek D28417.0%

Jeff Pattison ahead in Phillips 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 C

CandidateVotesShare
Bridgette Kluck R1,509100.0%

Bridgette Kluck is unopposed.

County Clerk and Recorder/surveyor/auditor

CandidateVotesShare
Lynnel Labrie R1,533100.0%

Lynnel Labrie is unopposed.

Sheriff/coroner

CandidateVotesShare
Brian Robinson R1,519100.0%

Brian Robinson is unopposed.

County Attorney

CandidateVotesShare
Dan Obrien R1,432100.0%

Dan Obrien is unopposed.

Schools

County Treasurer/assessor/supt of Schools

CandidateVotesShare
Ann Wilson R1,522100.0%

Ann Wilson is unopposed.

Judges

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

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes1,39689.7%
No16110.3%

Yes ahead with 89.7% in Phillips County.

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
MT-02R +68.9R +64.0R +4.9

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 Phillips County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris17.6%Donald Trump80.1%R +62.52,189
2020Joe Biden17.5%Donald Trump81.3%R +63.82,382
2016Hillary Clinton14.6%Donald Trump79.4%R +64.72,171
2012Barack Obama21.1%Mitt Romney75.8%R +54.62,228
2008Barack Obama28.7%John McCain64.0%R +35.32,224
2004John Kerry21.0%George W. Bush77.3%R +56.32,170
2000Al Gore19.0%George W. Bush77.5%R +58.52,228

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 +4.0.

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.