United States Senate election in Montana, 2026 (June 2 Democratic primary)
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| Election details |
| Filing deadline: March 4, 2026 |
| Primary: June 2, 2026 General: November 3, 2026 |
| How to vote |
| Poll times:
7 a.m. to 8 p.m. |
| Race ratings |
DDHQ and The Hill: Pending Inside Elections: Solid Republican Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Republican |
| Ballotpedia analysis |
| U.S. Senate battlegrounds U.S. House battlegrounds Federal and state primary competitiveness Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2026 |
| See also |
U.S. Senate • 1st • 2nd Montana elections, 2026 U.S. Congress elections, 2026 U.S. Senate elections, 2026 U.S. House elections, 2026 |
A Democratic Party primary takes place on June 2, 2026, in Montana to determine which Democratic candidate will run in the state's general election on November 3, 2026.
| Candidate filing deadline | Primary election | General election |
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Heading into the election, the incumbent is Steve Daines (Republican), who was first elected in 2014.
A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Montana utilizes an open primary system, in which registered voters do not have to be members of a party to vote in that party's primary.[1]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
Thirty-three of the 100 U.S. Senate seats are up for election, and another two seats are up for special election. Democrats hold 13 of the seats up for election, and Republicans hold 22. As of January 2026, nine members of the U.S. Senate announced they are not running for re-election. To read more about the U.S. Senate elections taking place this year, click here.
This page focuses on Montana's United States Senate Democratic primary. For more in-depth information on the state's Republican primary, Libertarian primary, and the general election, see the following pages:
- United States Senate election in Montana, 2026 (June 2 Republican primary)
- United States Senate election in Montana, 2026 (June 2 Libertarian primary)
- United States Senate election in Montana, 2026
Candidates and election results
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Montana
Alani Bankhead, Michael Black Wolf, Michael Hummert, Christopher Kehoe, and Reilly Neill are running in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Montana on June 2, 2026.
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Kate McLaughlin (D)
Candidate profiles
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Voting information
- See also: Voting in Montana
Campaign finance
| Name | Party | Receipts* | Disbursements** | Cash on hand | Date |
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| Alani Bankhead | Democratic Party | $5,318 | $2,000 | $4,478 | As of December 31, 2025 |
| Michael Black Wolf | Democratic Party | $13,598 | $4,922 | $8,676 | As of December 31, 2025 |
| Michael Hummert | Democratic Party | $10,000 | $200 | $10,545 | As of December 31, 2025 |
| Christopher Kehoe | Democratic Party | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
| Reilly Neill | Democratic Party | $147,227 | $136,320 | $10,908 | As of December 31, 2025 |
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Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2026. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." |
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Ballot access
The table below details filing requirements for U.S. Senate candidates in Montana in the 2026 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Montana, click here.
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| State | Office | Party | Signatures required | Filing fee | Filing deadline | Source |
| Montana | U.S. Senate | Ballot-qualified party | N/A | 1% of annual salary | 3/4/2026 | Source |
| Montana | U.S. Senate | Unaffiliated | 5% of total votes cast for successful candidate in the last general election | 1% of annual salary | 6/1/2026 | Source |
See also
- United States Senate election in Montana, 2026 (June 2 Republican primary)
- United States Senate election in Montana, 2026 (June 2 Libertarian primary)
- United States Senate election in Montana, 2026
- United States Senate Democratic Party primaries, 2026
- United States Senate Republican Party primaries, 2026
- United States Senate elections, 2026
- U.S. Senate battlegrounds, 2026
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