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Powder River County, Montana

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

2026 results in Powder River County

U.S. Senate

Kurt Alme
75.4%666
Seth Bodnar
17.1%151
Alani Bankhead
4.9%43
Kyle Austin
2.6%23
100% counted

Statewide: Kurt Alme wins. Called.

U.S. House: Montana 2nd District

Troy Downing
81.9%717
Brian Miller
10.9%95
Michael Eisenhauer
5.6%49
Patrick McCracken
1.6%14
100% counted

Whole district: Troy Downing wins. Called.

The leader in Powder River 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.

8 local contests in Powder River County

County offices, school boards, judges and other local offices on Powder River 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 R71284.8%
Angeline Cheek D12815.2%

Jeff Pattison ahead in Powder River 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

CandidateVotesShare
John W. Olson I53360.8%
Trenton Schaffer R34339.2%

John W. Olson ahead in Powder River County.

County Clerk and Recorder

CandidateVotesShare
Cynde Jo Gatlin R773100.0%

Cynde Jo Gatlin is unopposed.

Sheriff/coroner

CandidateVotesShare
Devin Boman R703100.0%

Devin Boman is unopposed.

County Attorney

CandidateVotesShare
Jeffrey A. Noble R588100.0%

Jeffrey A. Noble is unopposed.

Schools

County Treasurer/superintendent of Schools

CandidateVotesShare
Hattie Arithson R796100.0%

Hattie Arithson is unopposed.

Judges

Shall Judge CATHERINE A LANDA of the JUSTICE OF THE PEACE of the state of Montana be retained in office for another term?

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes71685.7%
No11914.3%

Yes ahead with 85.7% in Powder River County.

Other local offices

Public Administrator

CandidateVotesShare
Elaine George I690100.0%

Elaine George is unopposed.

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
MT-02R +76.6R +76.1R +0.5

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 Powder River County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris11.8%Donald Trump87.1%R +75.21,106
2020Joe Biden13.6%Donald Trump85.4%R +71.81,136
2016Hillary Clinton12.1%Donald Trump84.0%R +71.91,053
2012Barack Obama16.6%Mitt Romney81.1%R +64.61,027
2008Barack Obama14.8%John McCain57.1%R +42.31,404
2004John Kerry15.0%George W. Bush83.2%R +68.21,029
2000Al Gore11.4%George W. Bush85.3%R +73.91,008

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 +1.3.

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.