Laura Jackson (Montana)

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Laura Jackson

Democratic Party

Candidate, Montana House of Representatives District 85

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 5, 2024

Next election

June 2, 2026

Laura Jackson (Democratic Party) is running for election to the Montana House of Representatives to represent District 85. She declared candidacy for the Democratic primary scheduled on June 2, 2026.^[source]

Elections

2026

See also: Montana House of Representatives elections, 2026

General election

The primary will occur on June 2, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.

Democratic primary

Democratic primary for Montana House of Representatives District 85

Laura Jackson (D) is running in the Democratic primary for Montana House of Representatives District 85 on June 2, 2026.

		Candidate
	Submit photo	Laura Jackson

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Republican primary

Republican primary for Montana House of Representatives District 85

Michele Binkley (R) and Kim Dailey (R) are running in the Republican primary for Montana House of Representatives District 85 on June 2, 2026.

		Candidate
		Michele Binkley
	Submit photo	Kim Dailey

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2024

See also: Montana House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Montana House of Representatives District 85

Kathy Love defeated Laura Jackson in the general election for Montana House of Representatives District 85 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kathy Love (R)	77.2	5,716
	Submit photo	Laura Jackson (D)	22.8	1,692

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 7,408
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Montana House of Representatives District 85

Laura Jackson advanced from the Democratic primary for Montana House of Representatives District 85 on June 4, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Laura Jackson	100.0	670

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 670
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Montana House of Representatives District 85

Kathy Love defeated incumbent Michele Binkley in the Republican primary for Montana House of Representatives District 85 on June 4, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kathy Love	52.8	1,636
		Michele Binkley	47.2	1,462

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,098
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Endorsements

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2022

See also: Montana House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Montana House of Representatives District 85

Incumbent Michele Binkley defeated Rosan Stover in the general election for Montana House of Representatives District 85 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Michele Binkley (R)	75.8	4,735
	Submit photo	Rosan Stover (D)	24.2	1,512

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 6,247
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Montana House of Representatives District 85

Rosan Stover advanced from the Democratic primary for Montana House of Representatives District 85 on June 7, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Rosan Stover	100.0	661

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 661
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Laura Jackson (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Montana House of Representatives District 85

Incumbent Michele Binkley advanced from the Republican primary for Montana House of Representatives District 85 on June 7, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Michele Binkley	100.0	2,473

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,473
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2020

See also: Montana House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Montana House of Representatives District 85

Michele Binkley defeated Laura Jackson in the general election for Montana House of Representatives District 85 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Michele Binkley (R)	74.5	5,303
	Submit photo	Laura Jackson (D)	25.5	1,818

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 7,121
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Montana House of Representatives District 85

Laura Jackson advanced from the Democratic primary for Montana House of Representatives District 85 on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Laura Jackson	100.0	991

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 991
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Montana House of Representatives District 85

Michele Binkley defeated Hollis Poe, Matthew Locati, and Kyle Ellsworth in the Republican primary for Montana House of Representatives District 85 on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Michele Binkley	43.3	1,354
	Submit photo	Hollis Poe	30.4	952
	Submit photo	Matthew Locati	13.6	425
	Submit photo	Kyle Ellsworth	12.7	397

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,128
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2018

See also: Montana House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Montana House of Representatives District 85

Incumbent Theresa Manzella defeated Laura Jackson in the general election for Montana House of Representatives District 85 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Theresa Manzella (R)	69.8	4,170
	Submit photo	Laura Jackson (D)	30.2	1,808

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,978
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• John Gibney (G)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Montana House of Representatives District 85

Laura Jackson defeated Mary Toews in the Democratic primary for Montana House of Representatives District 85 on June 5, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Laura Jackson	75.6	507
	Submit photo	Mary Toews	24.4	164

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 671
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Montana House of Representatives District 85

Incumbent Theresa Manzella advanced from the Republican primary for Montana House of Representatives District 85 on June 5, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Theresa Manzella	100.0	2,044

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 2,044
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Campaign themes

2026

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2024

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2022

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2020

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Campaign finance summary

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Laura Jackson campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024	Montana House of Representatives District 85	Lost general	$15	$0
2020	Montana House of Representatives District 85	Lost general	$15	N/A**
2018	Montana House of Representatives District 85	Lost general	$5,547	N/A**
Grand total			$5,577	N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Election Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Footnotes

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Current members of the Montana House of Representatives

Leadership

Speaker of the House:Brandon Ler

Majority Leader:Steve Fitzpatrick

Minority Leader:Katie Sullivan

Representatives

District 1

Neil Duram (R)

District 2

Tom Millett (R)

District 3

Debo Powers (D)

District 4

Lyn Bennett (R)

District 5

Braxton Mitchell (R)

District 6

Amy Regier (R)

District 7

Courtenay Sprunger (R)

District 8

Lukas Schubert (R)

District 9

Steven Kelly (R)

District 10

Terry Falk (R)

District 11

Ed Byrne (R)

District 12

Tracy Sharp (R)

District 13

Linda Reksten (R)

District 14

Paul Fielder (R)

District 15

Thedis Crowe (D)

District 16

Tyson Running Wolf (D)

District 17

Zachary Wirth (R)

District 18

Llew Jones (R)

District 19

Jane Weber (D)

District 20

Melissa Nikolakakos (R)

District 21

Edward Buttrey (R)

District 22

George Nikolakakos (R)

District 23

Eric Tilleman (R)

District 24

Steve Fitzpatrick (R)

District 25

Steve Gist (R)

District 26

Russ Miner (R)

District 27

Paul Tuss (D)

District 28

Eric Albus (R)

District 29

Valerie Moore (R)

District 30

Morgan Thiel (R)

District 31

Frank Smith (D)

District 32

Mike Fox (D)

District 33

Brandon Ler (R)

District 34

Jerry Schillinger (R)

District 35

Gary Parry (R)

District 36

Greg Kmetz (R)

District 37

Shane Klakken (R)

District 38

Greg Oblander (R)

District 39

Kerri Seekins-Crowe (R)

District 40

Mike Vinton (R)

District 41

Jade Sooktis (D)

District 42

Sidney Fitzpatrick (D)

District 43

Larry Brewster (R)

District 44

Katie Zolnikov (R)

District 45

Denise Baum (D)

District 46

Denise Joy (D)

District 47

James Reavis (D)

District 48

Curtis Schomer (R)

District 49

Sherry Essmann (R)

District 50

Anthony Nicastro (R)

District 51

Jodee Etchart (R)

District 52

Stacy Zinn (R)

District 53

Nelly Nicol (R)

District 54

Lee Deming (R)

District 55

Brad Barker (R)

District 56

Fiona Nave (R)

District 57

Scott Rosenzweig (D)

District 58

Jamie Isaly (D)

District 59

Katie Fire Thunder (D)

District 60

Alanah Griffith (D)

District 61

Becky Edwards (D)

District 62

Josh Seckinger (D)

District 63

Peter Strand (D)

District 64

Kelly Kortum (D)

District 65

Brian Close (D)

District 66

Eric Matthews (D)

District 67

Jedediah Hinkle (R)

District 68

Caleb Hinkle (R)

District 69

Kenneth Walsh (R)

District 70

Shannon Maness (R)

District 71

Scott DeMarois (D)

District 72

Donavon Hawk (D)

District 73

Jennifer Lynch (D)

District 74

Marc Lee (D)

District 75

Mark Reinschmidt (R)

District 76

John Fitzpatrick (R)

District 77

Jane Gillette (R)

District 78

Randyn Gregg (R)

District 79

Luke Muszkiewicz (D)

District 80

Melissa Romano (D)

District 81

Mary Caferro (D)

District 82

Pete Elverum (D)

District 83

Jill Cohenour (D)

District 84

Julie Darling (R)

District 85

Kathy Love (R)

District 86

David Bedey (R)

District 87

Terry Nelson (R)

District 88

Greg Overstreet (R)

District 89

Mark Thane (D)

District 90

Curtis Cochran (R)

District 91

Shelly Fyant (D)

District 92

Connie Keogh (D)

District 93

Katie Sullivan (D)

District 94

Marilyn Marler (D)

District 95

Zooey Zephyr (D)

District 96

Bob Carter (D)

District 97

Melody Cunningham (D)

District 98

Jonathan Karlen (D)

District 99

Tom France (D)

District 100

SJ Howell (D)

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