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Sweet Grass County, Montana

2026 election results. Kurt Alme (R) got 63% of the U.S. Senate vote in Sweet Grass County. Below are also 8 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Sweet Grass County

U.S. Senate

Kurt Alme
62.9%1,214
Seth Bodnar
27.2%524
Alani Bankhead
7.4%142
Kyle Austin
2.5%49
100% counted

Statewide: Kurt Alme wins. Called.

U.S. House: Montana 2nd District

Troy Downing
70.8%1,362
Brian Miller
21.4%411
Michael Eisenhauer
5.9%113
Patrick McCracken
1.9%37
100% counted

Whole district: Troy Downing wins. Called.

The leader in Sweet Grass 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, 5:23 PM.

8 local contests in Sweet Grass County

County offices, school boards, judges and other local offices on Sweet Grass 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 #1

CandidateVotesShare
Angie Roberts R1,627100.0%

Angie Roberts is unopposed.

Clerk & Recorder

CandidateVotesShare
Dawn Curry R1,733100.0%

Dawn Curry is unopposed.

Sheriff/coroner

CandidateVotesShare
Ron Swanson R1,578100.0%

Ron Swanson is unopposed.

County Attorney

CandidateVotesShare
Patrick Dringman R1,476100.0%

Patrick Dringman is unopposed.

Treasurer

CandidateVotesShare
Char Rasnick R1,720100.0%

Char Rasnick is unopposed.

Schools

Superintendent of Schools

CandidateVotesShare
Matt Kleinsasser R1,358100.0%

Matt Kleinsasser is unopposed.

Judges

Justice of the Peace

CandidateVotesShare
Jessie Connolly1,259100.0%

Jessie Connolly is unopposed.

Other local offices

Public Administrator

CandidateVotesShare
Elaine K. Allestad R1,597100.0%

Elaine K. Allestad 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 +53.6R +54.6D +1.0

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 Sweet Grass County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris22.0%Donald Trump75.1%R +53.12,382
2020Joe Biden22.5%Donald Trump75.2%R +52.72,448
2016Hillary Clinton19.1%Donald Trump75.7%R +56.62,107
2012Barack Obama22.4%Mitt Romney75.3%R +52.92,117
2008Barack Obama23.5%John McCain65.0%R +41.52,299
2004John Kerry22.4%George W. Bush76.1%R +53.71,983
2000Al Gore16.5%George W. Bush78.5%R +62.01,846

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 D +9.0.

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.