2026 elections · Montana
Montana, followed.
3 federal races with FEC money on file: $23M raised by campaigns and $10M in reported outside spending. Then what happens after the vote.
After the vote / Nov 3, 2026 general election
After the vote in Montana.
Results stay unofficial until they are certified. These are the deadlines and rules that come next, each with the record it comes from.
Next dates
- County certification
County canvass within 14 days after the election.date computed from the rule
Montana Secretary of State, canvass and recount procedures - Statewide certification
The state canvass is complete and certified within 27 days after the election.date computed from the rule
Montana Secretary of State, canvass and recount procedures
Recounts
Automatic recount: none confirmed in the sources read.
Requested recount: An unsuccessful candidate may petition within 5 days of the official canvass: no bond at a margin of 0.25% or less; with a bond from 0.25% to 0.5%. Montana Secretary of State, statewide recount guideMontana Secretary of State, canvass and recount procedures
Montana's only automatic recount is for a tie.
Not confirmed here: ballot cure deadline, late mail ballot rule. A missing item means it was not verified, not that no rule exists.
Compiled Nov 5, 2026 from state election offices, calendars and statutes, read through search excerpts of those official pages rather than page by page; each item links its source. Deadlines can move by court order or holiday rules; the state election office is the final word.
Every federal race.
Not sure which House district you live in? The U.S. House's own lookup finds it from a ZIP code or address: Find your representative ↗. Hugin does not ask for your address.
- Montana U.S. Senate Seth Bodnar (Independent), Steve Daines (Republican), Kurt Alme (Republican)$11M raised · $8.2M outside
- Montana U.S. House District 1 Samuel Kelley Forstag (Democrat), Aaron Flint (Republican), Ryan Busse (Democrat)$8.9M raised · $1.8M outside
- Montana U.S. House District 2 Troy Downing (Republican), Michael D. Eisenhauer (Independent), Brian James Miller (Democrat)$2.9M raised
Outside groups in Montana.
Summed from each candidate's five largest spenders on each side, so these totals are a floor.
- MORE JOBS, LESS GOVERNMENT$1.0M against Reilly Neill · $962K against Seth Bodnar
- PROGRESSIVE VET PAC$2.3M for Alani Ines Bankhead · $205K against Reilly Neill
- AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION$2.1M for Kurt Alme
- AMERICAN MISSION$590K for Aaron Flint · $286K for Kurt Alme
- MONTANA FREEDOM PAC$218K against Kurt Alme · $134K for Seth Bodnar
- PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECT$342K for Samuel Kelley Forstag
- LEADERSHIP IN ACTION$264K for Aaron Flint · $10K against Seth Bodnar
- MAKE MONTANA GREAT$228K for Aaron Flint
- VOTEVETS$68K for Samuel Kelley Forstag · $68K against Aaron Flint
- SEAL PAC USA$100K for Aaron Flint
FEC bulk data read November 4, 2026. Campaign totals come from each filing's own FEC summary through its latest processed report. Outside spending is independent expenditures itemized in committee reports in the FEC bulk files, primaries included; late 24- and 48-hour reports, party coordinated spending, communication costs and groups that do not report to the FEC are not included. Outside spending is, by law, made without coordinating with the candidate, and it is not the candidate's money. A contribution or expenditure is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing.