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Prairie County, Montana

2026 election results. Kurt Alme (R) got 69% of the U.S. Senate vote in Prairie County. Below are also 8 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Prairie County

U.S. Senate

Kurt Alme
69.2%403
Seth Bodnar
20.1%117
Alani Bankhead
7.0%41
Kyle Austin
3.6%21
100% counted

Statewide: Kurt Alme wins. Called.

U.S. House: Montana 2nd District

Troy Downing
77.7%452
Brian Miller
16.0%93
Michael Eisenhauer
5.2%30
Patrick McCracken
1.2%7
100% counted

Whole district: Troy Downing wins. Called.

The leader in Prairie 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, 10:50 PM.

8 local contests in Prairie County

County offices, school boards, local measures and judges on Prairie 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 R46080.1%
Angeline Cheek D11419.9%

Jeff Pattison ahead in Prairie 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
Harry McNall R474100.0%

Harry McNall is unopposed.

County Sheriff/ Coroner

CandidateVotesShare
Keifer Lewis R471100.0%

Keifer Lewis is unopposed.

Schools

County Treasurer/ Superintendent of Schools

CandidateVotesShare
Garrett Lapp R532100.0%

Garrett Lapp is unopposed.

Local measures

Prairie County Road Levy

ChoiceVotesShare
NO on ROAD LEVY 120064.9%
YES on ROAD LEVY 110835.1%

NO on ROAD LEVY 1 ahead with 64.9% in Prairie County.

Terry School Bond Issue

ChoiceVotesShare
Bonds โ€“ Yes32254.7%
Bonds โ€“ No26745.3%

Bonds โ€“ Yes ahead with 54.7% in Prairie County.

Judges

District Court Judge District 7, Dept 2

CandidateVotesShare
Scott W Herring31558.9%
Brett Irigoin22041.1%

Scott W Herring ahead in Prairie 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 MARY BUCHER of the COUNTY JUSTICE OF THE PEACE of the state of Montana be retained in office for another term?

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes51489.2%
No6210.8%

Yes ahead with 89.2% in Prairie County.

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
MT-02R +65.9R +63.5R +2.4

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 Prairie County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris17.7%Donald Trump79.4%R +61.6688
2020Joe Biden16.9%Donald Trump81.1%R +64.2745
2016Hillary Clinton14.5%Donald Trump80.7%R +66.2689
2012Barack Obama23.8%Mitt Romney74.0%R +50.2703
2008Barack Obama25.4%John McCain60.6%R +35.2830
2004John Kerry24.6%George W. Bush74.2%R +49.6736
2000Al Gore22.0%George W. Bush72.5%R +50.5746

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 +11.1.

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.