The person behind the name
Kurt Alme’s public career has run through appointed posts rather than elections: a federal prosecutor’s office and two state fiscal agencies.
Alme is a Billings attorney who twice served as United States attorney for the District of Montana, from September 2017 to December 2020 and again from March 2025 until March 2026, when he resigned to run for the Senate. He filed on March 4, 2026, won the June 2 Republican primary, and appears on the Montana Secretary of State’s general-election list as the Republican candidate for United States senator. His campaign biography says he has never run for office before. [1][2][3][4][5][10][11][12]
Montana upbringing and education
Senate-office and Justice Department releases describe Alme as a Great Falls native who grew up in Dillon, Victor and Helena and graduated from Custer County District High School in Miles City. They report a bachelor’s degree in business from the University of Colorado, summa cum laude, and a law degree from Harvard Law School, cum laude, and identify him as a Harry S. Truman Scholar. His campaign biography says both parents were educators. Montana Free Press gave his age as 59 in August 2026. [3][8][11][13][14]
Law practice, prosecution and nonprofit work
After law school Alme clerked for U.S. District Judge Charles Lovell and became a partner in the regional law firm now known as Crowley Fleck. He directed the Montana Department of Revenue under Governor Judy Martz, a post Montana Free Press dates to 2001–2003. From 2003 to 2010 he worked in the U.S. attorney’s office for Montana, the last four years as first assistant. The Justice Department says he focused there on financial investigations involving white-collar fraud, government-program fraud, bankruptcy fraud, money laundering and tax evasion. [3][6][8][9]
He then joined the Yellowstone Boys and Girls Ranch Foundation, which supports the treatment of youth with mental-health and substance-abuse problems. He was its president and general counsel when the White House announced his nomination as U.S. attorney in June 2017. After leaving that office in December 2020 he served about nine months as Governor Greg Gianforte’s budget director. He later worked as executive vice president for planned giving at the National Christian Foundation before returning to the Justice Department in March 2025. [3][4][7][8][9][15][16]
A note on the campaign’s figures. The campaign biography says an income-tax cut under Governor Martz lowered the top rate by almost 40% and saved taxpayers more than half a billion dollars in five years, and that federal criminal prosecutions reached a 20-year high under Alme. Those are the campaign’s figures. The government documents cited in this profile establish his offices and the statistics his own office published in 2020. They do not audit the tax savings or the 20-year comparison. [4][11]
Life & public service
The documented milestones run from a state cabinet post through two federal appointments to a first campaign.
Yellowstone Boys and Girls Ranch Foundation
Joined the foundation in 2010 and became its president and general counsel in 2013, according to a Senate-office release. [15]
Project Safe Neighborhoods
His office launched the program with federal, state and local agencies to combat what it described as increasing meth-related violent crime. [4]
Resignation and filing
Resigned as U.S. attorney and filed for the Senate on March 4, the filing deadline. Senator Steve Daines withdrew the same afternoon, and MTN News’s March 5 report quoted President Donald Trump’s endorsement of Alme. The office’s website now lists an acting U.S. attorney, serving since June 1, 2026. [2][5][18][19][32]
Republican primary
Won the June 2 primary with 128,716 votes to 23,872 for Lee Calhoun and 16,474 for Charles Walking Child, according to the state canvass. [12]
General-election list
The Secretary of State’s list shows him as the Republican candidate, with Libertarian Kyle Austin, Democrat Alani Bankhead, independent Seth Bodnar and one filer marked as a write-in. [1]
Accomplishments, in the record
Government documents and official releases establish the following work. Alme has not held elected office, so there is no voting record. Outcomes are described at the level those documents support, and an agency’s statistics are labeled as the agency’s own.
Confirmed unanimously as U.S. attorney
The White House named Alme on June 29, 2017 in its second wave of U.S. attorney candidates. He was then president and general counsel of the Yellowstone Boys and Girls Ranch Foundation. The Senate Judiciary Committee reported the nomination favorably on September 7, and the Senate confirmed him unanimously, according to a September 14 release from Senator Steve Daines’s office. [9][15]
The Justice Department’s own account says Daines recommended him for the post. The Daines release describes a U.S. attorney as the chief federal law enforcement officer in the district, with a role in civil cases in which the United States is a party. [4][15]
What his office reported in 2020
The U.S. attorney’s office said in its November 23, 2020 announcement of his resignation that federal criminal prosecutions had increased by 15%, to more than 400 defendants a year, “except during a short disruption from COVID earlier this year.” It said he oversaw more than 70 employees in offices in Billings, Great Falls, Helena and Missoula. [4]
The same release says the office launched Project Safe Neighborhoods in 2018 and had prosecuted more than 670 cases statewide under it. Of those, 293 were in Yellowstone County, where it reported seizures of 333 pounds of methamphetamine and 343 firearms. It says murder, robbery and aggravated assaults fell 25% in Missoula County after the program began, “until increasing again after COVID began.” These are the office’s figures in a departure announcement, not an independent evaluation. [4]
Missing and murdered Indigenous persons work
The 2020 release says Alme chaired the Justice Department’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons working group, which drafted guides for tribal community response plans. It says he was vice chair of the Native American Issues Subcommittee of the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee, hired a former FBI agent as “the country’s first MMIP Coordinator,” and made more than 20 trips to Montana reservations before the pandemic. [4]
The release says Alme “worked to ensure that federal drug enforcement funding, law enforcement resources, and criminal drug prosecutions on Montana’s reservations all increased.” It gives no figures for those increases. A later assessment of the results appears in the fuller record below. [4]
Coordinating committees and task forces
According to the same release, Alme joined Montana Attorney General Tim Fox and the state’s county attorneys’ association in starting a prosecutors’ drug-enforcement coordinating committee. He was vice chair of the executive board of the Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, a four-state body, and sat on the Controlled Substances Subcommittee of the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee. The release also credits him with starting a statewide health-care fraud task force aimed at opioid diversion. [4][13]
Nine months as state budget director
Justice Department and Senate-office biographies record that Alme served as state budget director for Governor Greg Gianforte. Montana Free Press reported that Gianforte named him on November 24, 2020. In January 2021 Alme spoke for the administration on its first two-year budget proposal, which called for $5.3 billion in General Fund spending and a cut in the top income-tax rate from 6.9% to 6.75%. Those figures describe a proposal, not enacted law. [3][6][13][17]
He left the post on October 1, 2021. Governor Gianforte said at the time that Alme had “been instrumental to our early success.” The cited sources do not apportion credit for the 2021 budget and tax legislation among the governor, the Legislature and the budget office. [7]
Interim appointment, then confirmation
The Justice Department announced that Attorney General Pam Bondi had appointed Alme U.S. attorney and that Chief U.S. District Judge Brian Morris swore him in on March 17, 2025. The release says he would serve on an interim basis for 120 days or until a presidential nominee was confirmed by the Senate. In it, Alme named violent crime, methamphetamine and fentanyl trafficking, and illegal immigration as the office’s continuing work. [3]
Senators Steve Daines and Tim Sheehy issued a statement on his Senate confirmation in a release dated October 7, 2025, which says he had been serving in an interim capacity. The release gives no vote count. Montana Free Press, reporting the March appointment, noted that Alme had most recently worked for the National Christian Foundation. [13][16]
Filed at the deadline, won the primary
The Secretary of State’s primary candidate list time-stamps Alme’s filing at 4:52:14 p.m. on March 4, 2026. The state election calendar set 5:00 p.m. that day as the close of filing and the last moment to withdraw from the primary. The same list marks Senator Steve Daines, who had filed on February 17, as withdrawn, and shows Alme’s status as nominated. [2][10]
The official canvass of the June 2 primary records 128,716 votes for Alme, 23,872 for Lee Calhoun and 16,474 for Charles Walking Child. The canvass prints vote totals and no percentages. Montana Free Press reported that the Associated Press declared Alme the winner less than an hour after polls closed. [12][20]
Committee filings through June 30
Alme signed his statement of candidacy on March 5, 2026, naming Alme for Senate as his principal campaign committee. The committee’s filing index shows a statement of organization filed the same day, followed by April quarterly, pre-primary and July quarterly reports. [21][22]
The July quarterly report covers May 14 through June 30, 2026. It shows election-cycle receipts of $1,984,860.91, disbursements of $534,142.12 and cash on hand of $1,450,718.79. Cycle-to-date receipts included $1,021,120.28 from individuals, $577,500 from other political committees, $62,000 from party committees and $324,240.63 in transfers from other authorized committees. It reports no loans and no debts. The filings record what the committee reported; they are not an audit. [23][24][25]
Family & community
Alme lives in Billings with his wife, Sandra. They have two grown children, according to his campaign biography and Montana Free Press. [11][14]
The campaign biography lists volunteer board service with the Boys and Girls Club of Yellowstone County Endowment Foundation, St. John’s Lutheran Ministries and St. Vincent’s Healthcare. It also lists pro bono legal work for the Yellowstone Guardianship Council and participation in the Billings Downtown Rotary and the Billings Area Chamber of Commerce. A 2025 Senate-office release adds the Billings Gazette editorial board and several law, tax and justice advisory committees. These are historical listings, not confirmation of current memberships. [11][13]
The campaign biography refers to his faith and says he came home from law school “with his faith and conservative principles intact.” It names no denomination, and this profile does not assert one. [11]
His mission for Montana
To make life more affordable, make our communities safer, and protect our Montana way of life.
The Priorities page of Alme’s campaign website carried only placeholder text when it was read on September 17, 2026. The following summarizes the purposes stated on the campaign’s home and biography pages, the written answers Alme gave to a March 2026 Montana Free Press candidate questionnaire, which the outlet says it did not edit or fact-check, and one interview. These are proposed priorities, not completed accomplishments. [11][26][27][28]
01Three stated purposes
The campaign biography says he is running “to make life more affordable, make our communities safer, and protect our Montana way of life.” It arranges his background under the headings Making Life More Affordable, Making Communities Safer and Protecting Montana Values. [11]
02Federal spending and living costs
He wrote that the best way to lower the cost of living permanently “is to rein in deficit spending and put more money back in Montanans’ pockets.” [28]
03Housing supply
To increase homeownership he called for more housing, to be reached by “cutting red tape that ties up construction,” and wrote that “we must get government out of the way.” [28]
04Crime, the border and drug trafficking
He wrote that the country needs to “keep the border secure, support law enforcement, prioritize prosecuting violent criminals, and investigate drug trafficking organizations all the way up to the cartels.” [28]
05Drug prevention and treatment
He said he would bring “a renewed focus to drug prevention and treatment” and help form public-private partnerships for recovery services. He cited a treatment fund financed by marijuana tax revenue that he said was introduced while he was budget director. [28]
06Rural health care
He wrote, “Rather than subsidizing health insurance companies with taxpayer dollars while their stock prices soar, we should invest in Montana providers.” He proposed building on the federal Rural Health Transformation Program, expanding telehealth and requiring more price transparency. [28]
07War powers
Asked about the War Powers Resolution, he wrote that “Congress must consistently enforce its constitutional role,” and also that presidents must be able to “take quick, decisive action.” [28]
08Alignment with the president
How to assess a proposal. A campaign plan states an intention. Enactment, implementation costs, replacement revenue, and measured results are separate questions. These priorities should be read alongside the documented record above.
The fuller record
A useful profile includes policy tradeoffs, the limits of a claim, and responses to material criticism.
How the nomination came about
State filing records show Alme filed at 4:52 p.m. on March 4, 2026, eight minutes before the deadline, and mark Senator Steve Daines as withdrawn. MTN News reported that the Secretary of State’s office received the withdrawal at 4:57 p.m.; Montana Free Press put it two minutes before the deadline. Former Democratic Senator Jon Tester told Montana Free Press, “They obviously did this to keep certain people out of these races. It wasn’t an accident.” Carl Malesich, who chairs the Beaverhead County Republican committee, told the Montana State News Bureau in March, “It left a little bit of a sour taste in many people’s minds.” Montana Free Press later reported that Russ Fagg, a longtime Alme friend and former district judge, also disapproves of the way Alme became the nominee. Alme told the State News Bureau, “When I was given the opportunity late in the process to step up, I stepped up.” Alme told Fox News Digital that Daines called him days before the deadline, and said, “I’ve got to go out and prove who I am, and I’m going to have to earn people’s votes.” He then won a three-candidate primary. The sources do not establish that any particular Republican was kept from filing. [2][5][12][14][18][29][32]
A campaign with few interviews
Montana Free Press reported on August 24, 2026 that a March 5 communication was Alme’s last direct contact with the outlet, that multiple interview requests had gone unanswered, and that, unlike Bankhead and Bodnar, he had hosted no major press events. The article records no campaign response. Alme did answer the outlet’s written questionnaire in March, took questions from the Montana State News Bureau that month and gave Fox News Digital an interview in April. On the review date the Priorities page of his campaign website still carried placeholder text. [5][14][26][28][32]
Results on missing Indigenous persons cases
His office’s 2020 release credits Alme with chairing the Justice Department’s working group on missing and murdered Indigenous persons and hiring the first coordinator for such cases. Montana Free Press reported in August 2026 that Rae Peppers, a Crow tribal member and former state legislator, said federal and state efforts had not produced meaningful results: “It just feels like we’ve been spinning in circles here. Nothing has changed.” That is one former legislator’s assessment, not a finding, and the article records no response from Alme. Neither source gives case-clearance statistics. [4][14]
What the tax claim establishes
The campaign says Alme “spearheaded the largest income tax rate cut in state history,” cutting the top rate by almost 40% and saving taxpayers more than half a billion dollars in five years. It does not name the legislation. The text of Senate Bill 407 of 2003 on the Legislature’s website prints one rate schedule topping out at 11% and another topping out at 6.9%, with its income-tax sections applying to tax years beginning after December 31, 2004; Montana Free Press reported in January 2021 that the state’s top rate then stood at 6.9%. The bill text does not mention Alme, and its enactment history was not read for this review. Montana Free Press reported that Jim Elliott, a former Democratic state senator who said he had asked to sponsor Alme’s confirmation, believes cuts to upper-end income-tax rates, which the article dates to 2001, were harmful to Montanans lower on the economic ladder. No cited source audits the savings figure. [11][14][17][30]
A short tenure in the budget office
The campaign says that as budget director Alme “helped cut wasteful spending, balance the budget, deliver one of Montana’s largest income tax cuts, and make Montana debt-free.” Montana Free Press reported that he held the job for about nine months and left October 1, 2021. It quoted him: “commuting from Billings to Helena each week is unworkable for the long term.” The cited sources do not establish how much of the 2021 budget and tax legislation is attributable to him, and they do not document the debt-free claim. [7][11]
Party and PAC money
Alme’s July 2026 report shows $577,500 from other political committees and $62,000 from party committees within $1,984,860.91 in election-cycle receipts. Montana Free Press reported on September 11, 2026 that he was Montana’s biggest recipient of leadership-PAC and party-committee money, with roughly $292,000 from leadership PACs and $62,000 from the National Republican Senatorial Committee. In his questionnaire answers Alme cited the support of President Trump, Daines, Senator Tim Sheehy and Governor Gianforte and wrote, “I have given no commitments for any endorsements.” The filings disclose amounts and sources. They do not establish any commitment by the candidate. [23][28][31]
Questions & answers
Who is Kurt Alme?
What office is Kurt Alme running for in 2026?
Why is the Montana Senate seat open?
Who is Kurt Alme running against?
The Montana Secretary of State’s general-election list shows Democrat Alani Bankhead, independent Seth Bodnar and Libertarian Kyle Austin. It also lists Jami Dee Woodman, whose entry is marked as a write-in. [1]
When is the election?
The general election is Tuesday, November 3, 2026. The state calendar gives October 9 as the date by which ballots are mailed to voters on the absentee list. [10]
What are Kurt Alme’s main campaign priorities?
His campaign states three purposes: making life more affordable, making communities safer and protecting what it calls the Montana way of life. In a March 2026 questionnaire he emphasized reining in deficit spending, border security and drug enforcement, and support for rural health providers. His website’s Priorities page carried only placeholder text on September 17, 2026. [11][26][28]
What is Kurt Alme’s professional background?
He is a Harvard Law School graduate who clerked for a federal judge, became a law-firm partner, directed the Montana Department of Revenue, and spent 2003 to 2010 as a federal prosecutor. He later led the Yellowstone Boys and Girls Ranch Foundation, served twice as U.S. attorney, and was state budget director in 2021. [3][9][15]
The sources behind the story
Election-authority records, Justice Department and Senate-office releases and Federal Election Commission filings anchor the record. Official biographies establish attributed background; original reporting supplies scrutiny and the account of the filing deadline. Campaign materials are used for the candidate’s own priorities and claims.
- 01FEDERAL GENERAL 2026 Candidate ListMontana Secretary of State · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
The election authority’s general-election list shows Kurt Alme filed as the Republican candidate for United States senator, with Libertarian, Democratic and independent candidates and one filer marked as a write-in. The list can change before ballots are printed.Government / regulatory record - 02FEDERAL PRIMARY 2026 Candidate ListMontana Secretary of State · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
Official filing record for the June 2 primary. Steve Daines is marked withdrawn; Alme’s filing is time-stamped March 4, 2026, 4:52:14 PM and his status reads nominated. It does not print the time of the withdrawal.Government / regulatory record - 03Kurt Alme to serve as Interim U.S. Attorney for the District of MontanaU.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Montana · Mar. 17, 2025
Justice Department release on his 2025 appointment by the attorney general, with dated career history: assistant U.S. attorney 2003–2010, first assistant 2006–2010, U.S. attorney September 2017–December 2020, then state budget director and a foundation executive.Government / regulatory record - 04U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme announces resignationU.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Montana · Nov. 23, 2020
Justice Department release on the end of his first term, effective December 2, 2020. Its prosecution, seizure and crime figures are the office’s own account in a departure announcement, not an independent evaluation.Government / regulatory record - 05Steve Daines’ handpicked Senate successor Kurt Alme vows to keep Montana in Republican hands in 2026Fox News Digital · Apr. 6, 2026
Alex Miller’s interview: Alme’s own account of Daines’s call, his resignation as U.S. attorney and his answer to criticism of the handoff. Positions are attributed to Alme.Independent reporting - 06Gianforte names U.S. Attorney as budget directorMontana Free Press · Nov. 24, 2020
Eric Dietrich’s report on the appointment, with the dates of Alme’s revenue-department tenure. It calls him a Miles City native; official biographies say Great Falls native and Miles City high school graduate.Independent reporting - 07Gianforte budget director to step down after nine monthsMontana Free Press · Sept. 7, 2021
Report on his departure as budget director effective October 1, 2021, with his stated reason and the governor’s statement.Independent reporting - 08District of Montana: Former United States Attorney Kurt AlmeU.S. Department of Justice (archived) · Updated Dec. 3, 2020
Archived official biography: education, clerkship, law-firm partnership, revenue director, assistant and first assistant U.S. attorney, foundation president. It gives no dates for those posts.Government / regulatory record - 09President Donald J. Trump Announces Second Wave of United States Attorney Candidate NominationsThe White House (archived) · June 29, 2017
Archived White House announcement naming Alme for U.S. attorney, with a career paragraph: foundation president, U.S. attorney’s office 2003–2010, first assistant 2006–2010, revenue director, law-firm partner, clerk to Judge Charles Lovell.Government / regulatory record - 102026 Primary and General Election CalendarMontana Secretary of State · Updated May 2026
Official calendar: candidate filing and withdrawal closed at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 4; the primary was June 2; the general election is Tuesday, November 3, 2026.Government / regulatory record - 11Meet KurtAlme for Senate · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
Campaign biography: upbringing, education, career, family, volunteer boards and the statement that he has never run for office. Its tax-savings, debt and prosecution claims are the campaign’s, not audited results.Campaign source - 122026 Statewide Primary Election CanvassMontana Secretary of State · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
Official statewide canvass of the June 2, 2026 primary, linked from the Secretary of State’s results page as the statewide official result. It prints vote totals by candidate and no percentages, so this profile prints none from it.Government / regulatory record - 13Daines, Sheehy Congratulate Kurt Alme on Senate Confirmation to be U.S. Attorney for the District of MontanaOffice of U.S. Senator Steve Daines · Oct. 7, 2025
Official release on the 2025 Senate confirmation, with a career summary and a list of volunteer boards. It gives no vote count and no confirmation date other than the release date.Government / regulatory record - 14Hiding in plain sight: the low-risk campaign of Republican frontrunner Kurt AlmeMontana Free Press · Aug. 24, 2026
Tom Lutey’s profile: career chronology, Alme’s account of entering the race, unanswered interview requests, and assessments from Jim Elliott, Russ Fagg and Rae Peppers. Assessments are attributed to the people who gave them; the article records no campaign response.Independent reporting - 15Daines: Senate Confirms Alme for Montana’s U.S. AttorneyOffice of U.S. Senator Steve Daines · Sept. 14, 2017
Official Senate-office release: the Senate unanimously confirmed Alme; the Judiciary Committee reported the nomination on September 7, 2017. Its biography is the office’s summary, not a personnel record.Government / regulatory record - 16Trump again appoints Alme to be Montana’s U.S. attorneyMontana Free Press · Mar. 17, 2025
Reports the Justice Department’s March 17, 2025 announcement of Alme’s return and his most recent employer. The headline is as printed on the article; the page’s browser title reads “Trump picks Kurt Alme, former Montana budget director, as interim U.S. attorney.”Independent reporting - 17Gianforte budget calls for multiple tax reductionsMontana Free Press · Jan. 7, 2021
Report on the administration’s first two-year budget proposal, quoting Alme as budget director on pension and health-plan contributions and an infrastructure package. Figures describe a proposal, not enacted law.Independent reporting - 18Montana’s US Senate race: Daines out, Alme inMTN News / KRTV · Mar. 5, 2026
Broadcast-network report giving the times the Secretary of State’s office received Alme’s filing and Daines’s withdrawal, with statements from Daines, President Trump and Alme.Independent reporting - 19Meet the U.S. Attorney: District of MontanaU.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Montana · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
The office’s current leadership page names an acting U.S. attorney serving since June 1, 2026. It does not mention Alme; it is cited only to show that he no longer holds the post.Government / regulatory record - 20Republican Kurt Alme and Democrat Alani Bankhead declared Senate primary winners by The Associated PressMontana Free Press · June 2, 2026
Primary-night report, updated June 3: the Associated Press calls and the expected November field. Its percentages are election-night figures and are not used here; vote totals come from the canvass.Independent reporting - 21FEC Form 2: Statement of Candidacy, Kurt AlmeFederal Election Commission · Filed Mar. 5, 2026
Signed March 5, 2026: Republican candidate for Senate from Montana, candidate ID S6MT00295, principal campaign committee Alme for Senate (C00942060).Government / regulatory record - 22Alme for Senate (C00942060): filings indexFederal Election Commission · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
Lists the committee’s statement of organization and the statement of candidacy, both filed March 5, 2026, then April quarterly, pre-primary and July quarterly reports and 48-hour contribution notices.Government / regulatory record - 23FEC Form 3: July Quarterly Report, Alme for SenateFederal Election Commission · Filed July 15, 2026
Covers May 14 through June 30, 2026, with election-cycle-to-date columns: receipts, disbursements, cash on hand and receipts by source. A committee’s report, not an audit.Government / regulatory record - 24ALME, KURT (S6MT00295): candidate overviewFederal Election Commission · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
FEC candidate summary: principal campaign committee Alme for Senate (C00942060) and totals for January 1 through June 30, 2026. Totals are as reported by the committee.Government / regulatory record - 25Campaign finance filings show Democrats — except Sam Forstag — far behindMontana Free Press · July 16, 2026
Reports second-quarter federal filings. Its figures are the outlet’s rounding of reports covering activity through June 30, 2026.Independent reporting - 26PrioritiesAlme for Senate · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
On September 17, 2026 this page carried only placeholder text under headings reading “Placeholder Text”; it stated no policy positions. Cited to document that fact.Campaign source - 27Kurt Alme for U.S. Senate: campaign home pageAlme for Senate · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
Campaign home page: self-description, the committee disclaimer and the campaign’s social-media links. The issue blocks on the page carried filler text on the review date.Campaign source - 28Kurt Alme: 2026 Montana Election GuideMontana Free Press · Updated Sept. 9, 2026
Publishes Alme’s written answers to a March 2026 candidate questionnaire; the outlet says responses were not edited or fact-checked, so statements in them are his claims. The page’s primary vote figure differs by ten votes from the official canvass.Independent reporting - 29As filings close, Republican Steve Daines withdraws from U.S. Senate raceMontana Free Press · Mar. 4, 2026
Filing-day report, updated March 25, 2026: the timing of Daines’s withdrawal and Alme’s filing, endorsements in Alme’s announcement, and reaction from Jon Tester, Seth Bodnar and a Carroll College political scientist.Independent reporting - 30Senate Bill No. 407 (2003): bill textMontana Legislature · 2003
Bill text printing one income-tax rate schedule topping out at 11% and one at 6.9%, for tax years beginning after December 31, 2004. It does not mention Alme, the campaign does not name the bill, and the enactment history was not read.Government / regulatory record - 31Who’s drawing the PAC power in Montana’s 2026 congressional races?Montana Free Press · Sept. 11, 2026
Analysis of leadership-PAC and party-committee money in Montana’s federal races. Totals are the outlet’s tabulation of FEC data; the article as read does not state its cutoff date.Independent reporting - 32Kurt Alme breaks silence as Senate front-runner, Montana Republicans still hesitantMontana State News Bureau, as published by the MSU Exponent · Mar. 24, 2026
Carly Graf’s report on Alme’s first interview as a candidate: his answer on entering the race late, and a Republican county chair’s criticism of how it happened. It says he resigned as U.S. attorney the day of the filing deadline.Independent reporting
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Where to find the candidate
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Voting in Montana: official dates, deadlines and rules
The general election is Tuesday, November 3, 2026. The dates and rules below were read from the Montana Secretary of State; the authority's own page, linked beside each one, is the final word.
Dates and deadlines
- Voter registration deadline (regular registration)October 5, 2026 — close of regular voter registration (30 days before the election); the Secretary of State's voter calendar lists the close at 5:00 p.m. After that date, Montana offers late registration in person, including on Election Day (see the late-registration item). Read from: sosmt.gov/docs/27/calendars/72177/2026-federal-election-calendar
- Registration forms sent by mail (postmarked by / received by)Postmarked by October 5, 2026 and received by October 8, 2026 (within 3 days): accepted for regular registration. Completed applications are returned to the county election administrator. Read from: sosmt.gov/docs/27/calendars/72177/2026-federal-election-calendar
- Late registration and Election Day registrationLate registration begins October 6, 2026; late registrants must obtain their ballot in person from the location designated by the county election administrator. It closes at noon on Monday, November 2, 2026, and reopens on Election Day, November 3, 2026, until 8:00 p.m. — the Secretary of State's calendar states that, due to a court order, registration is available until 8:00 p.m. Read from: sosmt.gov/docs/27/calendars/72177/2026-federal-election-calendar
- Absentee ballots mailedOctober 9, 2026 — date by which ballots are mailed to voters on the absentee list (25 days before the election). Ballots for absent military and overseas voters must be sent by September 18, 2026. Read from: sosmt.gov/docs/27/calendars/72177/2026-federal-election-calendar
- In-person absentee voting begins (Montana's early voting)October 5, 2026 — date by which absentee ballots must be available for voting in person (30 days before Election Day). The Secretary of State's calendar describes this as in-person absentee voting. Read from: sosmt.gov/docs/27/calendars/72177/2026-federal-election-calendar
- Last time to get an absentee ballot in person before Election DayNoon on Monday, November 2, 2026: polling place voters who want a one-time absentee ballot must apply before noon on the day before the election and receive the ballot in person. Read from: sosmt.gov/docs/27/calendars/72177/2026-federal-election-calendar
- Absentee ballot application deadline (received by)Noon on Monday, November 2, 2026 (the day before the election): the application must be received by the county election office by then. It may be mailed or dropped off; a voter who drops it off can pick up the ballot at the same time. Read from: sosmt.gov/elections/absentee
- Absentee ballot return deadline (received by)Must be received at the election office or a polling place by 8:00 p.m. on Election Day, Tuesday, November 3, 2026. This is a received-by deadline, not a postmark deadline. Read from: sosmt.gov/elections/absentee
Rules to know
- What to bringFor in-person voting, the Secretary of State says an election worker will request a physical copy of a photo ID that is current, valid and readable: a valid driver's license or REAL ID, Montana state identification card, military ID, tribal photo ID, U.S. passport, Montana concealed carry permit, or Montana University System/NAIA photo ID. Voters without one of those may bring their photo ID plus a current utility bill, bank statement, paycheck or government check, or government document that shows their name and current address. Voters who cannot produce any of these are directed to their county election official about the provisional voting process; the state's 2026 calendar sets 5:00 p.m. on November 4, 2026 as the deadline for a provisional voter to provide the required identification. Read from: votemt.gov/voter-identification
- Voting by mail (absentee ballot)Any registered voter may vote by absentee ballot. Fill out the Application for Absentee Ballot and mail it or drop it off at the county election office; it must be received by noon the day before the election. Ballots are mailed 25 days before Election Day. The voter to whom the ballot was issued must sign the affirmation on the return envelope, and the ballot must be received at the election office or a polling place by 8:00 p.m. on Election Day. The state's Vote Montana site also tells voters to sign, date and write their birth year on the return envelope, and to mail the ballot at least 1 week before Election Day. Read from: sosmt.gov/elections/absentee
- Voting early in personMontana's early voting takes the form of in-person absentee voting at the county election office. A voter who drops off the absentee ballot application there can pick up the ballot at the same time, if ballots are available; the state's 2026 calendar requires absentee ballots to be available for voting in person by October 5, 2026. Voters who change their registration during the late registration period must pick up the ballot from the election office. Read from: sosmt.gov/elections/absentee
- Late and Election Day registrationAfter regular registration closes, eligible Montanans may still register or update their registration in person during late registration. For the final days, the Secretary of State lists Friday, October 30, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Monday, November 2, 8 a.m. – 12 p.m.; and Election Day, November 3, when registration ends at 8 p.m. The state says a court order bars it from implementing Senate Bill 490, which provided registration and voting on the Saturday before the election (October 31); those Saturday hours appear struck through on the state's page. Read from: votemt.gov/same-weekend-registration
- Check your registration and track your ballotThe Secretary of State's Voter Portal (voterportal.mt.gov) looks up a voter's information by first name, last name and date of birth. The state links to it for checking registration status, polling place information, sample ballots and absentee ballot tracking. Voters who have not received their absentee ballot are told to contact their county elections office. Read from: sosmt.gov/elections/faq
Read from: 2026 PRIMARY AND GENERAL ELECTION CALENDAR (Updated May 2026) · Election Calendars - Official Montana Secretary of State Website - Christi Jacobsen · Election & Voter Services - Official Montana Secretary of State Website - Christi Jacobsen · Voting by Absentee Ballot - Official Montana Secretary of State Website - Christi Jacobsen · Frequently Asked Questions - Official Montana Secretary of State Website - Christi Jacobsen · Same Weekend Registration – Vote Montana — Rules and dates as of Sep 17, 2026
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