Category Archives: Elections

County clerk and recorder candidate: Lynn DeRoche

Name: Lynn DeRoche Age: Didn’t provide a response Occupation: Election specialists Experience relevant to position sought: Cascade County clerk and recorder Party affiliation: Republican Campaign website/social media accounts: Facebook Q: Why are you running for clerk and recorder? A: I am running for clerk and recorder because I have over 15 years of experience working in the clerk and recorder’s office. During that time,

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Cascade County sheriff candidate: Jesse Slaughter

Name: Jesse Slaughter Age: 49 Occupation: Cascade County Sheriff Party Affiliation: Republican Q: Why are you running for sheriff? A: I’m running to be re-elected to my third term as sheriff because I believe Cascade County deserves the very best in law enforcement and public safety. I truly enjoy serving this community, and I believe public safety works best when all of us

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Justice of the Peace candidate: Steven Fagenstrom

Name: Steven Fagenstrom Age: 66 Occupation: Cascade County Justice of the Peace Party affiliation: Nonpartisan Experience relevant to position sought: This is my 20th year as a judge and my 40th year as an attorney Campaign website/social media accounts: Facebook, website Q: Why are you running for justice of the peace?  A: The Justice Court and municipal courts are where the

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County clerk and recorder candidate: Desarea Valentine

Name: Desarea Valentine Age: 36 Occupation: Chief deputy clerk and recorder Party affiliation: Republican Experience relevant to position sought: My current role working as chief deputy, I am already doing and learning the roles of Cascade County’s clerk and recorder. I have experience working with people from many different backgrounds, organizing community efforts, and advocating for transparency, accountability, and fairness.

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County Commission candidate: Pete Anderson

Name: Pete Anderson Age: 30 Occupation: Small business owner Party affiliation: Republican Experience relevant to position sought: Financial management, planning and zoning, housing development, and customer service experience gained as the founder and owner of a local real estate investment contracting company. Years of interaction with county and city departments as they relate to construction, as well as education experience

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County Commission candidate: Tom Lynch

Name: Tom Lynch Age: 54 Occupation: Retired police officer Party affiliation: Republican Experience relevant to position sought: Non-commissioned officer in the Army, patrol sergeant with the Great Falls Police Department, Scouting America (Boy Scouts of America) Lewis & Clark district chair, BigSky Pro Rodeo committee chair Campaign website/social media accounts: Website, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube Q: Why are you running for

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Unofficial election results for May 5 school, special district elections

Unofficial results are in for the May 5 school and special district elections. The results aren’t final until the county conducts the canvass, which is usually done within two weeks. Belt, Centerville and Ulm school districts had trustee elections. Ulm School requested a $95,753 annual operational levy. Fort Shaw Irrigation District had two board seats on the ballot. Their canvass

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GFPS board formally cancels May election

The Great Falls Public Schools board voted unanimously during their March 23 meeting to cancel this year’s election and declare the three filed candidates winners by acclamation. State law allows school board trustees to declare election by acclamation if the number of candidates is equal to or less than the number of open positions. Since the school board voted in

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County candidate filing closes March 4, some races uncontested so far

Filing for county offices opened Feb. 17 and runs through March 4. Multiple county positions are on the 2026 ballot, including a commission seat, sheriff, county attorney, clerk and recorder and treasurer. The primary is scheduled for June 2 and the general election is Nov. 3. As of 2:30 p.m. Feb. 27 the following have filed with the county elections

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