The Nov. 4, 2025 local elections are being conducted primarily by mail. It’s now too late to return ballots by mail. Instead, voted ballots need to be dropped off at a county elections office or designated polling place before polls close at 8 p.m. Tuesday.

No major Montana races are currently eligible for a recount, though vote counts are considered unofficial until canvassing is completed later this month. But a recount did happen this time last year.

A Montana Democrat lost her election and job after her voicemail of violent threats to Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-MT) was revealed. Haley McKnight, a former store manager of the retail gift shop Sage and Oats Trading Post in Helena,

Unofficial results show hotel owner and developer Mike Nelson with a 185-vote lead over city councilor Jennifer Owen, who has a background in law and community development. Montana’s automatic recount law kicks in at a victory of less than 0.5%, and Nelson’s lead is roughly 0.6%.

MISSOULA - The polls have closed for the Tuesday, November 4, 2025, election, and the unofficial results are being tallied. Two of the major races are for mayor in Missoula and Kalispell. Voters are also deciding the fate of a $105 million bond request for a new Flathead County jail and a $1.8 million annual infrastructure levy for Missoula County.

A new report of the 2025 municipal elections is in from the Montana Election Observation Initiative.The group looks at the state's electoral process and shared

The final day to cast votes for local government elections is Nov. 4. Voters will choose new mayors, city councilors and commissioners and consider important ballot initiatives. Those still needing to register to vote can do so at their county election offices until 8 p.

MISSOULA, Mont. — Decision 2025: CLICK HERE for your unofficial municipal election results for Nov. 4, 2025.

The sponsors of a proposed ballot initiative that aims to keep corporations from spending money in Montana elections are now going to the state Supreme Court.

Across Montana, election officials are warning they’ve seen a number of voters tripped up by a new state requirement this year: that mail voters write their birth year when signing ballot envelopes.

President Donald Trump released a slew of endorsement posts for 2026 Congressional candidates on his social media network Truth Social on Monday, a full year out from the election.