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.

Tuesday’s municipal elections across Montana featured six mayoral contests in the state’s largest cities. While a couple featured incumbent candidates, residents in several cities will have new executives in office in the near future.

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.

After Park County Republican Marty Malone trailed then-candidate Scott Rosenzweig by 20 votes in a race for the state Legislature, Malone requested a recount. It didn’t save him. The final tally: Rosenzweig 3,802, Malone 3,785.

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

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.

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.

MISSOULA — Tuesday is election day in Western Montana and there is still time to drop off your ballot. November 4 is a mail-in only election, meaning you cannot vote in person. However, ballots that haven't been mailed in can be dropped off in person until 8 p.m. on Tuesday.

With a new chairman, Montana GOP is taking an active role in elections. “There’s a new sheriff in town,” said one representative. “He has a different way of doing things.”

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. Trump’s endorsements included posts supporting Montana’s two Republican representatives,