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Forecast · candidate-independent chamber model

Republicans are favored to hold control of the Montana Senate.

Chance of R control98 in 100Expected Democratic seats 17.5 of 5080% range 1519
D 1850 seatsR 32
PVIR+10
Seats up in 202625
Chamber size50
District by district

50 seats, one per district. Hover a district for its seat; the table below opens with the closest races and carries the exact values.

Rating band
Striped = seat changes partyModeled seats use forecast paint; legal carries and terrain remain explicitly distinct
Forecast margin — pale at Even, deep at safe Not on the 2026 ballot (staggered term)

Census Bureau 2025 1:500,000 cartographic boundaries — simplified geometry for thematic mapping, not legal district lines.

DemocratRepublican
23Modeled D-vs-REMMA KERR-CARPENTER — 55 in 100EMMA KERR-CARPENTERJOANNA OBLANDERD+1.1
29Modeled D-vs-RSCOTT ROSENZWEIG — 59 in 100SCOTT ROSENZWEIGJASON GUNDERSOND+2.3
10Modeled D-vs-RRepublican — 72 in 100MARGARET MITCHELLMAXIMUS DASCOULIAS · JESSICA DYRDAHLR+5.8
41Modeled D-vs-RDemocratic — 75 in 100ERIN FARRIS-OLSEN · DANA TOOLE · DRU KOESTER (O)D+6.7
32Modeled D-vs-RDemocratic — 81 in 100BECKY EDWARDS · KELLY KORTUMNEAL GANSERD+8.8
8Modeled D-vs-RDemocratic — 83 in 100JADE-HEATHER M ACKERMAN · TYSON T RUNNING WOLFCHRISTOPHER PAUL BUCKLESD+9.5
42Modeled D-vs-RRepublican — 91 in 100MARY ANN DUNWELLNICHOLAS LANCETTE · STEPHEN LAPRAIM · MIKE TALIAR+13.4
12Modeled D-vs-RRepublican — 95 in 100MINDY LEACH · JAMES G WHITAKERGEORGE NIKOLAKAKOS · RANDY PINOCCIR+15.9
49Modeled D-vs-RWILLIS CURDY — 96 in 100WILLIS CURDYBRAD TSCHIDAD+17.8
31Modeled D-vs-RKATHLEEN WILLIAMS — 97 in 100KATHLEEN WILLIAMSRICHARD AUNGIERD+18.6
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