Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle
Seth Bodnar
- Party
- Independent
- Running for
- U.S. Senate · Montana
- Filing address
- Missoula, MT (city and state on the FEC filing)
- FEC filing name
- BODNAR, SETH
- Next election
- Primary March 5, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Montana
FEC candidate ID S6MT00287 · Principal campaign committee: SETH BODNAR FOR MONTANA
2025–2026 cycle totals through October 14, 2026, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.
Where the money comes from
- Individual contributions$4,750,156.8597%
- PACs and other committees$163,050.003%
- Party committees$2,500.000%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$2,634.400%
Individual money
- Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$711,235.1921%
- Contributions over $200$2,739,327.9079%
- Itemized from inside Montana$930,182.8434%
- Itemized from other states$1,842,820.2366%
Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: California $564,943.00 · New York $269,464.00 · Massachusetts $165,430.27 · Washington $135,913.00 · Colorado $88,500.00. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.
FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.
Raised and spent over time
Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand
PAC and committee contributors
19 committees reported giving $121,500.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.
- MAX'S PACPAC$10,000.00
- NARRAGANSETT BAY PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- TREASURE STATE PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- LOBO PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- NO LABELS PACPAC$10,000.00
- HEARTLAND PATRIOTSPAC$10,000.00
- WAY BACK PACHybrid PAC$10,000.00
- SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATIONPAC$5,000.00
- ENGINEERS POLITICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE (EPEC)/INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS ACTION FUND Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- VOTEVETSHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- MAKE IT WORK PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- GRANITE VALUES PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- BACK THE BOLDPAC$5,000.00
- CROSSPARTISAN PAC IPAC$5,000.00
- WORKING CLASS HEROES FUNDHybrid PAC$3,500.00
- COONEY FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Seth Bodnar$140,552.35
- Independent expenditures opposing Seth Bodnar$972,124.00
FEC totals for the 2026 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.
Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.
- MORE JOBS, LESS GOVERNMENTOpposing$962,124.00
- MONTANA FREEDOM PACSupporting$134,481.00
- LEADERSHIP IN ACTIONOpposing$10,000.00
- MONTANANS FOR PUBLIC LANDSSupporting$6,069.00
The race
Montana U.S. Senate, 2026 · 14 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seth Bodnar (I) | $4,918,341.25 | $580,920.91 | 2026-10-14 |
| Steve Daines (R) | $4,779,230.01 | $2,579,268.49 | 2026-09-30 |
| Kurt Alme (R) | $3,013,680.86 | $602,737.76 | 2026-10-14 |
| Reilly Neill (D) | $306,624.74 | $312.74 | 2026-10-14 |
| Kyle Austin (L) | $261,825.31 | $2,684.12 | 2026-10-14 |
| Alani Ines Bankhead (D) | $190,539.71 | $22,819.80 | 2026-10-14 |
| Michael James Blackwolf (D) | $26,144.00 | $527.79 | 2026-03-31 |
| Michael Hummert (D) | $12,330.00 | $7,428.55 | 2026-09-30 |
| Lee Calhoun (R) | $8,325.38 | $0.00 | 2026-06-05 |
| Christopher Kehoe (D) | $1,000.05 | $920.05 | 2026-06-09 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
Polling average: Kurt Alme 42.5% · Alani Bankhead 17.9% · Seth Bodnar 29.5% (Alme +13.0%). Averages listed on Wikipedia from 270toWin, Decision Desk HQ, FiftyPlusOne, RealClearPolitics, Silver Bulletin.
| Pollster | Dates | Sample | Margin of error | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quantus Insights (R) | October 15–18, 2026 | 667 (LV) | ± 4.0% | Kurt Alme 44% · Alani Bankhead 21% · Seth Bodnar 28% · Kyle Austin 2% |
| 46% | 21% | 29% | 2% | Kurt Alme 2% |
| Peak Insights (R) | October 7–12, 2026 | 500 (LV) | ± 4.0% | Kurt Alme 44% · Alani Bankhead 12% · Seth Bodnar 29% · Kyle Austin 3% |
| Concord Public Opinion Partners | October 6–8, 2026 | 405 (LV) | ± 4.9% | Kurt Alme 35% · Alani Bankhead 13% · Seth Bodnar 37% · Kyle Austin 1% |
| American Pulse Research | September 19–24, 2026 | 604 (LV) | Kurt Alme 45% · Alani Bankhead 19% · Seth Bodnar 26% · Kyle Austin 3% | |
| Quantus Insights (R) | September 14–15, 2026 | 625 (LV) | ± 4.3% | Kurt Alme 44% · Alani Bankhead 23% · Seth Bodnar 24% |
Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States Senate election in Montana (retrieved October 22, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.
Sources and updates
- Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: SETH BODNAR FOR MONTANA.
- Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.
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