Kurt Alme
Senator-elect from Montana
Republican
Won the seat
- Seat
- Montana Senate
- Opponent
- Seth Bodnar (I)
- Result
- 49.0% – 37.3%
- Status
- Called
Where they stand.
The issues
Making Life More Affordable
Says he wants to make life more affordable, citing his record cutting state taxes and balancing Montana’s budget.
“As a former Department of Revenue Director and Budget Director, Kurt balanced budgets to limit inflation and cut taxes to put money back into the pockets of Montanans – to make life more affordable.”
Source for Making Life More Affordable, on Kurt Alme’s campaign site (opens in a new tab)Making Communities Safer
Says he wants to make communities safer, citing his record as U.S. Attorney prosecuting violent crime and drug dealers.
“He stood for law and order, was tough on violent crime, and cracked down on drug dealers.”
Source for Making Communities Safer, on Kurt Alme’s campaign site (opens in a new tab)Protecting Montana Values
Says he is running to make life more affordable, make communities safer and protect the Montana way of life.
“He is running for U.S. Senate to make life more affordable, make our communities safer, and protect our Montana way of life.”
Source for Protecting Montana Values, on Kurt Alme’s campaign site (opens in a new tab)
From Kurt Alme’s campaign website. Summaries are ours; anything in quotation marks is copied word for word from the linked page. Read the full platform (opens in a new tab)
The promises
- War & peaceClock is ticking
Oppose sending U.S. ground troops into another prolonged war
“I will never support sending our sons and daughters boots on the ground into another forever war”
Interview with KTVQ, Oct 6, 2026 · source (opens in a new tab)
- War & peaceClock is ticking
Vote against measures limiting the use of military force against Iran in the Gulf
“We can't vote to limit the use of force in the Gulf.”
Interview with KTVQ, Oct 6, 2026 · source (opens in a new tab)
- ImmigrationClock is ticking
Stop federal funding for sanctuary cities
“we need to stop funding sanctuary cities that allow dangerous people like Jose Ibarra back on our streets”
Interview with KTVQ, Oct 6, 2026 · source (opens in a new tab)
- TradeClock is ticking
Push for a trade deal with Canada that opens export markets for Montana agriculture
“as senator, I will fight to get a deal and be sure that any deal we get that comes out of this thing is going to level the playing field”
Interview with KTVQ, Oct 6, 2026 · source (opens in a new tab)
Kurt Gordon Alme is an American attorney and politician who is the United States senator-elect from Montana. Previously, he served as the United States attorney for the District of Montana from 2025 to 2026. He resigned to run in the 2026 United States Senate election in Montana. He defeated independent candidate Seth Bodnar and Democratic nominee Alani Bankhead in the election.
From Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Raised
- $3.0M
- From individuals
- $1.7M
- Spent
- $2.4M
- Cash on hand
- $603K
Federal Election Commission, through 2026-10-14.
On record since 2022
- Given to their campaign
- $21K
- Donations from AIPAC and its members, sent to Kurt Alme’s campaign to spend.
- Ads to help them win
- $0
- Ads and mailers AIPAC paid for on its own, supporting Kurt Alme.
- Ads to help them lose
- $0
- Ads and mailers AIPAC paid for on its own, attacking Kurt Alme.
AIPAC is a pro-Israel lobbying group that spends on elections two ways. Its PAC collects donations from members and sends them to campaigns, where they become the candidate’s money to spend. Its super PAC, United Democracy Project, runs its own ads, and the candidate gets no say in those, whether they help or hurt. From Federal Election Commission filings through 2026-10-14: AIPAC PAC filings (opens in a new tab), United Democracy Project filings (opens in a new tab).
Photo: United States Department of Justice, Public domain. Spot an error? Tell us.