2026 results · Montana · county

Lake County, Montana

Bukacek carried Lake County by 5.7 points in the Montana Public Service Commissioner, District 5. 3 races have votes counted here.

Lake County on the national map

Votes counted, Montana Public Service Commissioner, District 5: 5,413
2026 margin: R+5.7
2024 president: —
Shift from 2024: —; Not compared until a quarter of the 2024 vote is counted.
In Montana: 5th of 13; The 5th best county for Hamm of the 13 counted.

Statewide races

Montana SenateKurt Alme won · Alme +10.4 across the state
34.4% Seth Bodnar50.7% Kurt Alme
Alme +16.314,030 votes
3.6 pts → D2024 R+19.9
Montana Public Service Commissioner, District 5Annie Bukacek won · R+5.4 across the state
47.2% Kevin Hamm52.8% Annie Bukacek
R+5.75,413 votes
—no 2024 return

The House

Montana 1st DistrictLake County's part of the district · Sam Forstag won · D+3.9 across the district
43.7% Sam Forstag53.2% Aaron Flint
R+9.514,040 votes
10.6 pts → D2024 R+20.0

Also on the ballot here, with nothing counted in this county yet: Montana Public Service Commissioner, District 1. Counts come from each race’s official source, named on its own page. Margins are the leading two candidates’ difference in points of all votes counted. 2024 is the presidential vote, Harris against Trump, on the same ground (for a House district, the county’s part of it). A county is not compared with 2024 until a quarter of its 2024 vote is counted. Ranks are among the state’s counties with votes counted in the same race.