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.

No major Montana races are currently eligible for a recount, though vote counts are considered unofficial until canvassing is completed later this month. But a recount did happen this time last year.

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.

A Montana Democrat lost her election for Helena city commissioner after a voicemail expressing violent threats against Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-MT) surfaced.

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

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.

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

This November 4 election is very important as it will decide who will govern our municipalities, Kalispell, Whitefish and Columbia Falls. Whether upgrades will happen to the school system in Columbia Falls.

Election officials across Montana 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.

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.