The 2026 Montana House of Representatives election will be held on November 3, 2026, alongside the other 2026 United States elections. Voters will elect members of the Montana House of Representatives in all 100 of the U.S. state of Montana's legislative districts to serve a two-year term.
Retirements Republican District 1: Neil Duram is term-limited. District 18: Llew Jones is term-limited. District 21: Edward Buttrey is term-limited. District 52: Bill Mercer is term-limited. District 84: Julie Darling is term-limited. District 86: David Bedey is term-limited.
Democratic District 16: Tyson Running Wolf is term-limited. District 81: Mary Caferro is term-limited. District 83: Jill Cohenour is term-limited. District 92: Connie Keogh is term-limited. District 93: Katie Sullivan is term-limited. District 94: Marilyn Marler is term-limited.
Predictions SourceRankingAs of Sabato's Crystal Ball January 22, 2026
Primary election summary Primary results sourced from the Montana Secretary of State Web site. Results are unofficial with more than 99% of precincts fully reported. Republican primaries Contested primaries
District Nominee Runners-up Total Candidate Votes % Candidate Votes % Candidate Votes % Votes 3rd Derek Peachey 817 53.82% Cathy Mitchell 701 46.18% — — — 1,518 116 7.64% 4th Shaun Pandina 877 64.96% Lyn Bennett () 306 22.67% Nathan Purdy 167 12.37% 1,350 571 42.30% 6th Jim Riley 1,557 67.03% Arthur Dunn 766 32.97% — — — 2,323 791 34.05% 7th Courtenay Sprunger () 819 64.18% Luke Maxwell 457 35.82% — — — 1,276 362 28.37% 13th Finley Warden 1,611 64.62% Linda Reksten () 882 35.38% — — — 2,493 729 29.24% 17th Justin W. Cleveland 1,781 57.60% Susan Geise 730 23.61% Michael J. Fasbender 581 18.79% 3,092 1,051 33.99% 19th Hannah Trebas 455 64.72% Derren Auger 248 35.28% — — — 703 207 29.45% 20th Melissa Nikolakakos () 841 58.00% Tony Rosales 609 42.00% — — — 1,450 232 16.00% 21st Trevor P. Funseth 1,152 59.66% Eric Peterson 779 40.34% — — — 1,931 373 19.32% 22nd Jason Lorang 640 68.30% Kevin Leatherbarrow 297 31.70% — — — 937 343 36.61% 23rd Eric Tilleman () 839 64.34% Brett Mills 465 35.66% — — — 1,304 374 28.68% 28th Chisholm Christensen 2,029 72.31% John South 777 27.69% — — — 2,806 1,252 44.62% 29th Valerie Moore () 1,744 61.73% Linda Harmon 1,081 38.27% — — — 2,825 663 23.47% 33rd Brandon Ler () 1,673 56.46% Ric Holden 1,290 43.54% — — — 2,963 383 12.93% 34th Jerry Schillinger () 2,952 85.94% Jason Ellsworth 483 14.06% — — — 3,435 2,469 71.88% 36th Ty Linger 1,596 81.64% Loren Hinebauch 359 18.36% — — — 1,955 1,237 63.27% 40th Mike Vinton () 1,021 67.80% Gunner Cesnik 485 32.20% — — — 1,506 536 35.59% 47th John Maxwell 284 58.92% Ron J. Stevens 198 41.08% — — — 482 86 17.84% 49th Charlie Loveridge 951 71.77% Ole Hedstrom 374 28.23% — — — 1,325 577 43.55% 51st Jodee Etchart () 1,146 72.39% Lana Marie Tibbetts 437 27.61% — — — 1,583 709 44.79% 52nd Stacy Zinn () 1,504 61.31% Ed Walker 949 38.69% — — — 2,453 555 22.63% 53rd Troy Charbonneau 1,145 56.91% Nelly Nicol () 867 43.09% — — — 2,012 278 13.82% 55th Brad Barker () 1,932 63.68% Mary Horman 1,102 36.32% — — — 3,034 830 27.36% 67th Jedediah Hinkle () 1,073 70.55% Russell C. Nelson 448 29.45% — — — 1,521 625 41.09% 68th Randy Chamberlin 1,111 59.06% Jennifer Carlson 770 40.94% — — — 1,881 341 18.13% 69th Trevor Walter 1,657 53.11% Ken Walsh () 1,463 46.89% — — — 3,120 194 6.22% 76th Trish Schreiber 1,816 60.51% John Fitzpatrick () 1,185 39.49% — — — 3,001 631 21.03% 84th Roy Caldwell 1,374 61.98% James Marshal 843 38.02% — — — 2,217 531 23.95% 85th Kim Dailey 1,877 56.93% Michele Binkley 1,420 43.07% — — — 3,297 457 13.86% 86th Wayne Rusk 1,636 61.37% Kenneth E. Allen 1,030 38.63% — — — 2,666 606 22.73% 90th Jeff Stanek 1,686 61.92% Curtis Cochran () 1,037 38.08% — — — 2,723 649 23.83% Nominated without opposition
District 1: Michelle Bianco received 2,397 votes. District 2: Tom Millett () received 2,217 votes. District 5: Braxton Mitchell () received 1,932 votes. District 8: Lukas Schubert () received 1,869 votes. District 9: Steven Kelly () received 1,925 votes. District 10: Terry Falk () received 1,719 votes. District 11: Ed Byrne () received 2,390 votes. District 12: Tracy Sharp () received 2,118 votes. District 14: Paul Fielder () received 2,387 votes. District 15: Ralph Foster received 604 votes. District 18: Butch Gillespie received 2,769 votes. District 24: Steve Fitzpatrick () received 1,441 votes. District 25: Steve Gist () received 1,749 votes. District 26: Russ Miner () received 2,420 votes. District 30: Morgan Thiel () received 1,961 votes. District 35: Gary Parry () received 2,447 votes. District 37: Shane Klakken () received 2,699 votes. District 38: Greg Oblander () received 2,676 votes. District 39: Kerri Seekins-Crowe () received 1,195 votes. District 42: Jeremiah Jabs received 623 votes. District 43: Larry Brewster received 1,138 votes. District 44: Katie Zolnikov received 1,434 votes. District 45: Bryce Walston received 947 votes. District 46: Kim Welzenbach received 819 votes. District 48: Curtis Schomer () received 801 votes. District 50: Stewart Harris received 1,661 votes. District 54: Lee Deming () received 1,318 votes. District 56: Fiona Nave () received 2,553 votes. District 57: Bob Crank received 1,422 votes. District 58: Joshua Congleton received 967 votes. District 59: Marc Greendorfer received 1,070 votes. District 60: Greg Leman received 1,078 votes. District 61: Eric Jacobs received 117 votes. District 62: Esther Fishbaugh received 792 votes. District 63: Lawrence R. Moore received 664 votes. District 64: Daniel Ricardo Martinez received 721 votes. District 65: Joe Flynn received 953 votes. District 66: Owen Lang received 1,073 votes. District 70: Shannon Maness () received 2123 votes. District 71: Suzzann Nordwick received 851 votes. District 72: Michael Saul received 583 votes. District 73: Gerry Kennedy received 493 votes. District 74: Trenin Bayless received 912 votes. District 75: Mark Reinschmidt () received 1,881 votes. District 77: Jane Gillette () received 2,046 votes. District 78: Randyn Gregg () received 2,347 votes. District 79: Chiko Olson received 1,158 votes. District 80: Katie Fruits received 963 votes. District 81: John J. Looney Sr. received 1,042 votes. District 82: Clinton Mckay received 874 votes. District 83: Aaron J. Leas received 1,098 votes. District 87: Terry Nelson () received 2,113 votes. District 88: Greg Overstreet () received 2,038 votes. District 89: Lyn Hellegaard received 1,040 votes. District 91: Charles Headley received 981 votes. District 93: Roy Handley received 873 votes. District 94: Greg Woodward received 1,037 votes. District 97: Michael P Hagestad received 790 votes. District 98: Bryan Muzzana received 713 votes. District 99: Ryan Darling received 820 votes. District 100: Michael Daniel Bowles received 286 votes.
Democratic primaries Contested primaries
District Nominee Runners-up Total Candidate Votes % Candidate Votes % Candidate Votes % Votes 1st Dakota V. Adams 501 62.31% Roberta McCanse 303 37.69% — — — 804 198 24.63% 15th Thedis Crowe () 568 62.62% Adrien Owen Wagner 339 37.38% — — — 907 229 25.25% 29th Tess Fahlgren 197 53.10% Rachel Sundheim 174 46.90% — — — 371 23 6.20% 31st Natalie Oneal 402 59.91% Lance Elliot Fourstar 269 40.09% — — — 671 133 19.82% 46th Denise Joy () 677 60.07% Erin R. Tate 450 39.93% — — — 1,127 227 20.14% 61st Rio Roland 540 62.36% Chris Gray 326 37.64% — — — 866 214 24.71% 80th Megan Lane 898 61.68% Qasim W. Abdul-Baki 558 38.32% — — — 1,456 340 23.35% 81st Janet Ellis 1,237 63.37% Benjamin Kuiper 715 36.63% — — — 1,952 522 26.74% 84th Tia Nelson 596 52.05% Jamie Van Valkenburg 549 47.95% — — — 1,145 47 4.10% 92nd Monica Tranel 1,461 60.82% Reggie Spaulding 941 39.18% — — — 2,402 520 21.65% 93rd Ben Davis 1,029 41.24% Nick Kujawa 845 33.87% Sam Kulla 621 24.89% 2,495 184 7.37% 94th Robin Kendall 1,173 50.47% Lisa Verlanic Fowler 1,151 49.53% — — — 2,324 22 0.95% Nominated without opposition
District 2: Jane Maahs received 576 votes. District 3: Debo Powers () received 1,506 votes. District 4: Paula Koch received 1,076 votes. District 5: Luca Welle received 646 votes. District 6: Darren Fix received 924 votes. District 7: Madison Evans received 780 votes. District 8: Calvin Lime received 650 votes. District 9: Kate Mclaughlin received 721 votes. District 10: Catherine C. Allen received 549 votes. District 11: Maeve Kintzler received 674 votes. District 12: Cindy L Bruckner received 1,059 votes. District 13: Dalton Bradford received 910 votes. District 14: Colleen Hinds received 800 votes. District 16: Lona Running Wolf received 1,112 votes. District 17: Chris Bechtold received 627 votes. District 19: Jane Weber () received 742 votes. District 20: Steve Keller received 1,070 votes. District 21: Lela Graham received 915 votes. District 22: Neal Miller received 587 votes. District 23: Rebecca Bogden-Richards received 930 votes. District 24: Pam Carroll received 919 votes. District 25: Jerry Ferderer received 640 votes. District 26: Paul Jefferson received 754 votes. District 27: Paul Tuss () received 1,032 votes. District 30: Jason Boeshore received 215 votes. District 32: Mike Fox () received 599 votes. District 33: Tristan Veverka received 330 votes. District 34: Jasmine Erickson received 189 votes. District 35: Natalie Parker received 391 votes. District 36: Benjamin Keyes received 540 votes. District 37: Tracey Miller Karcher received 599 votes. District 39: Melissa Smith received 674 votes. District 40: Gabriel Bradshaw received 494 votes. District 41: Jade Sooktis () received 527 votes. District 42: Sidney Fitzpatrick () received 688 votes. District 43: Rudolf Haden received 738 votes. District 44: Mike Eaton received 705 votes. District 45: Denise Baum () received 1,073 votes. District 47: James Reavis () received 617 votes. District 48: Tucker Colvin received 795 votes. District 49: Rebecca Noell received 908 votes. District 50: Mark Peters received 839 votes. District 51: Precious Mckenzie received 906 votes. District 52: Elizabeth Heald received 1,045 votes. District 53: Matthew J Hankins received 621 votes. District 54: Janine Coole received 598 votes. District 55: Richard Gessling received 827 votes. District 57: Jordan Viegut received 1,574 votes. District 58: Jamie Isaly () received 1,598 votes. District 59: Katie Fire Thunder () received 2,120 votes. District 60: Alanah Griffith () received 1,237 votes. District 62: Josh Seckinger () received 1,090 votes. District 63: Peter Strand () received 1,248 votes. District 64: Brady Bremer received 1,212 votes. District 65: Brian Close () received 1,408 votes. District 66: Eric Matthews () received 1,814 votes. District 67: Logan Henke received 714 votes. District 68: Jocelyn Kent received 588 votes. District 70: Kobi Craddock received 656 votes. District 71: Scott DeMarois () received 1,651 votes. District 72: Donavon Hawk () received 1,587 votes. District 73: Jennifer Lynch () received 1,315 votes. District 74: Marc Lee () received 1,941 votes. District 75: Patrick Sullivan received 1,080 votes. District 77: Deborah Anne Hansen received 621 votes. District 78: Mark White received 577 votes. District 79: Luke Muszkiewicz () received 1,961 votes. District 82: Pete Elverum () received 1,563 votes. District 83: Joe Cohenour received 1,797 votes. District 85: Laura Jackson received 679 votes. District 86: Archie Thomas received 877 votes. District 87: Bill Jones received 791 votes. District 88: Evan Schroedel received 1,043 votes. District 89: Mark Thane () received 1,691 votes. District 91: Shelly Fyant () received 1,495 votes. District 95: Zooey Zephyr () received 2,665 votes. District 96: Bob Carter () received 1,804 votes. District 97: Melody Cunningham () received 1,800 votes. District 98: Jonathan Karlen () received 1,623 votes. District 99: Tom France () received 1,737 votes. District 100: SJ Howell () received 2,070 votes.