Brenton Craggs
Brenton Craggs ran for election to the Helena City Commission in Montana. He lost in the primary on September 9, 2025.
Craggs completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Brenton Craggs was born in Michigan. He earned a bachelor's degree from Michigan State University in 2013 and a graduate degree and law degree from the University of Kentucky in 2020. His career experience includes working as a cashier, delivery driver, bartender, server, test driver, hospital intern/extern, choir section leader, attorney, and working in sales. [1]
Elections
2025
See also: City elections in Helena, Montana (2025)
General election
General election for Helena City Commission (2 seats)
Incumbent Melinda Reed and Ben Rigby defeated Haley McKnight and Shawn White Wolf in the general election for Helena City Commission on November 4, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Melinda Reed (Nonpartisan)  | 36.6 | 6,522 |
| ✔ |  | Ben Rigby (Nonpartisan) | 31.7 | 5,650 |
 | Haley McKnight (Nonpartisan) | 20.5 | 3,647 | |
| Shawn White Wolf (Nonpartisan) | 11.3 | 2,013 | ||
| Total votes: 17,832 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Helena City Commission (2 seats)
Incumbent Melinda Reed, Ben Rigby, Haley McKnight, and Shawn White Wolf defeated Brenton Craggs in the primary for Helena City Commission on September 9, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Melinda Reed (Nonpartisan) | 35.6 | 5,939 |
| ✔ | | Ben Rigby (Nonpartisan) | 23.4 | 3,898 |
| ✔ | | Haley McKnight (Nonpartisan) | 22.2 | 3,702 |
| ✔ | Shawn White Wolf (Nonpartisan) | 10.9 | 1,827 | |
| Brenton Craggs (Nonpartisan) | 7.1 | 1,185 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.8 | 140 | ||
| Total votes: 16,691 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Craggs in this election.
Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Brenton Craggs completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Craggs' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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My education and work background has granted me a unique knowledge of government, science, law, and working together with a wide variety of people.
In my free time when I’m not getting dragged into planning one big event or another I enjoy taking my Newfie, Bridger, all over town and the state, hiking in the mountains, singing karaoke (history of bass singer in choir and theater), working out, swimming, keeping up on current events, and occasionally playing video games. I also enjoy using my bartender training to create fun concoctions for friends and family, usually accompanied by some fun dishes that I’m proud to share with those I care about.- A government that cannot take care of its most basic services has failed.
- Right now this government is failing. We pay an extremely high cost of living and see our town going steadily downhill as we do so.
- I want to get our city government back to basics, to restore the beauty of our city, to bring down our cost of living, to make this a place customers and business alike want to be, to bring down cost of living, to cut waste in our city government, and to bring accountability to the citizens of this great city.
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See also
2025 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on August 9, 2025
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