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Alani Bankhead, a Helena-based leadership coach and Air Force lieutenant colonel, won Montana's 2026 Democratic primary for an open U.S. Senate seat.
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The candidates for Montana’s U.S. Senate race (clockwise from upper left): independent Seth Bodnar, Democrat Alani Bankhead, Republican Kurt Alme and Libertarian Kyle Austin.
Seth Bodnar (I) is a West Point graduate, Rhodes Scholar, and former Green Beret who served in Iraq. He led the University of Montana from 2018 until January 2026.
Independent U.S. Senate candidate Seth Bodnar enters the Montana Club in Helena on Sept. 29.
Montana's 2026 U.S. Senate candidates. Left to right: Alani Bankhead (D), Kurt Alme (R), Kyle Austin (L), Seth Bodnar (I).
Alani Bankhead, the Montana Democratic Senate candidate, responded to the Montana Democratic Party chair’s resignation to back an independent in the U.S. Senate race.
Alani Bankhead, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, talks during the 48th annual Mansfield Metcalf Dinner on March 7 in Helena.
BodnarThe page covers Montana Senate candidates’ views on immigration policy, specifically featuring Alani Bankhead (Democrat) and Seth Bodnar (Independent).
Alani Bankhead, a Democrat candidate in Montana, criticized Alme during the debate over public lands.
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Bankhead, a Helena-based leadership coach and Air Force lieutenant colonel, is the Democratic nominee for the Montana U.S. Senate seat left open by Republican Steve Daines, who pulled out of the race just before candidates' filing deadline.
She won the June 2, 2026, Democratic primary with 43.7 percent of the vote, ahead of former state representative Reilly Neill and Michael Black Wolf, a tribal historic preservation officer.
In the primary she campaigned on cutting red tape, government accountability and protection of children and older people. Her general election opponents are Republican Kurt Alme, a U.S. Attorney, and independent Seth Bodnar, a former University of Montana president.
As some Democratic leaders urged her to step aside in favor of Bodnar, she kept her candidacy through the August 10 withdrawal deadline.
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