2026 results · Montana · county

Sanders County, Montana

Bukacek carried Sanders County by 16.6 points in the Montana Public Service Commissioner, District 5. 3 races have votes counted here.

Sanders County on the national map

Votes counted, Montana Public Service Commissioner, District 5: 295
2026 margin: R+16.6
2024 president: —
Shift from 2024: —; Not compared until a quarter of the 2024 vote is counted.
In Montana: 7th of 13; The 7th best county for Hamm of the 13 counted.

Statewide races

Montana SenateKurt Alme won · Alme +10.4 across the state
20.0% Seth Bodnar68.9% Kurt Alme
Alme +49.06,651 votes
6.1 pts → D2024 R+55.1
Montana Public Service Commissioner, District 5Annie Bukacek won · R+5.4 across the state
41.7% Kevin Hamm58.3% Annie Bukacek
R+16.6295 votes
—no 2024 return

The House

Montana 1st DistrictSanders County's part of the district · Sam Forstag won · D+3.9 across the district
24.9% Sam Forstag70.5% Aaron Flint
R+45.56,646 votes
9.6 pts → D2024 R+55.2

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.