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Montana U.S. Senate race 2026

Forecasters rate it Safe R. Polymarket prices Democrats at 1% and Republicans at 94%.

Safe Rforecaster consensus
D 1 / R 94Polymarket
4candidates listed
$5.5Mraised by listed candidates
Candidates4 listed
Candidates
CandidatePartyStatusRaisedSpentCashRecord
Alani BankheadDemocraticnominee$59K$37K$21KFEC
Kurt AlmeRepublicannominee$2.0M$534K$1.5MFEC
Kyle AustinMontana Libertariannominee$262K$254K$7,896FEC
Seth BodnarIndependent politiciannominee$3.2M$2.3M$978KFEC

Reported Names, party and status as compiled in Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Money is from FEC filings through each candidate’s latest report. This race on FEC.gov

Forecasts and ratingsforecaster median and Polymarket

Consensus (median of 10): Safe R Estimate

Forecaster ratings
ForecasterRatingDate listedNote
Cook Political ReportSafe R2026-10-06
Inside ElectionsSafe R2026-10-01
Sabato's Crystal BallSafe R2026-10-06
Decision Desk HQLikely R2026-10-07
Split TicketSafe R2026-10-07
The EconomistSafe R2026-10-07
FiftyPlusOneLikely R2026-10-07
Fox NewsSafe R2026-10-06
RealClearPoliticsLikely R2026-10-05
Silver BulletinSafe R2026-10-07

Ratings are each publisher's own, compiled from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). The date is the one listed there; a rater may have changed its call since, and “dated” means more than 45 days old. Open the forecaster for its current rating.

Prediction market

Democratic 0.6% · Republican 93.5% · Independent 5.7% Estimate

Polymarket price read as a probability (the two prices need not add up to exactly 100%). Volume $166,802, snapshot 2026-10-15. View the market · About Polymarket

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