Who Has Filed to Run for Office in the Flathead So Far?
Candidates running to represent Montana in a slate of federal and state offices are officially off to the races, as filing for the June primary opened last Tuesday.
Among the contests to be decided in June are a high-profile Democratic primary for who will take on U.S. Rep. Ryan Zinke in Montana’s western congressional district; a primary contest between two Republicans for the Public Service Commission district encompassing the Flathead Valley; and several state House and Senate seats, as the Montana GOP continues a longtime debate about how it wants to govern as it has consolidated political power in a historically purple state.
Voters’ preferences on June 2 will set the final contests for November’s general election.
Flathead County has 12 state House districts and seven state Senate districts within its bounds. All 12 House districts and four of the Senate districts are up for re-election this year. Republicans hold all but two of those seats. Only a handful of districts look to have competitive primaries this spring after the first week of candidate filing.
https://flatheadbeacon.com/2026/02/23/who-has-filed-to-run-for-office-in-the-flathead-so-far/