Montana Free Press is your source for comprehensive, nonpartisan coverage of the 2026 election cycle. Find up-to-date information here about candidates, campaign finance, election administration and the issues shaping Montana’s future. Use our 2026 Election Guide, an interactive tool that helps you explore the races on your ballot, to learn about the candidates and read media coverage about their campaigns.
Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, 2026.
How to vote in Montana’s 2026 midterm election
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LATEST HEADLINES
Who, in the end, is Alani Bankhead?
The Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, buffeted by PAC money pro and con, hones her own last-ditch pitch to voters.
How Montana’s candidates for U.S. House and Senate plan to tackle healthcare
A majority of Montana voters say healthcare will help decide their vote this November. We asked the candidates what they’d do about it.
How did absentee voting become the norm in Montana?
Changes to state law helped transform absentee voting from a minority practice into Montana’s most common way to cast a ballot.
On the Record: Montana election administrators
Tracking absentee ballots. Reassuring voters. Getting it right. Here’s what it takes to run elections in Montana.
State judge strikes down ballot envelope birth year requirement
The requirement has voided nearly 6,000 Montana votes since 2025.
How candidates for U.S. House and Senate would try to make Montana more affordable
Voters say affordability is their No. 1 issue going into the midterm elections, so we asked the candidates what they’d do about it.
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