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Election Results: Trustee winners declared, levies mostly rejected

Daily Inter Lake | Daily Inter-Lake | UPDATED 5 days, 3 hours AGO
by Daily Inter Lake
| May 6, 2026 5:00 AM

Results from Flathead County school district and special district elections held Tuesday, May 5. 

Unofficial results are as of 10:58 p.m.

Badrock Fire (Vote for 1)

  1. Steven Catlett – 516
  2. Jeny Covill – 221

Bigfork Fire (Vote for 2)

  1. Robert “Mick” Borges – 662
  2. Raymond Thibodeau – 447
  3. Charlie Young – 434

Whitefish Fire (Vote for 2)

  1. David Kauffman – 488
  2. Mark Carlson – 471
  3. Brian D. Cole – 462
  4. David Ordway – 391

Hungry Horse Water & Sewer (Vote for 2)

  1. Brent Schmidt – 86
  2. James R. Luke – 70
  3. Vivian Allen – 15

Lakeside Water & Sewer (Vote for 2)

  1. Darcy Lard – 171
  2. Tim Kluesner – 135
  3. Roxanne Wadman – 112
  4. Michael Sean Molloy – 103
  5. Tanya Kidd – 67

Bigfork Schools (Vote for 2)

  1. Paul Sandry – 843
  2. Alisa Kennedy – 682
  3. Mary Lustig – 630

Bigfork Schools (Vote for 1)

  1. Kate Averill – 932
  2. Scott Cummings – 439

Cayuse Prairie (Vote for 2)

  1. Brian Hogue – 516
  2. Tyler Hash – 499
  3. Samantha Healy – 314

Columbia Falls Elementary (Vote for 3)

  1. Megan Upton – 1,447
  2. Keri Hill – 1,395
  3. Barbara M. Riley – 1,337
  4. Russel Sias – 648

Flathead (Vote for 1)

  1. Rich Terrett – 532
  2. Sheri L. Hand – 513
  3. Krista Buls – 392

Somers (Vote for 1)

  1. Dakota Baier – 584
  2. Shannon Jones – 448

Whitefish Elementary (Vote for 3)

  1. Jerrie L. Boksich – 1,567
  2. Gloria Nelson – 1,433
  3. Karin Hilding – 1,270
  4. Shannon Hanson – 1,145

Levy Results

Helena Flats Land Acquisition: Passed (For 265 / Against 263)

Helena Flats Building Reserve Levy: Failed (For 237 / Against 303)

Cayuse Prairie General Fund Levy: Failed (For 412 / Against 648)

Kalispell Elementary General Fund Levy: Failed (For 3,485 / Against 4,036)

Fair-Mont-Egan General Fund Levy: Failed (For 212 / Against 339)

Fair-Mont-Egan Tech Levy: Failed (For 216 / Against 315)

Deer Park General Fund Levy: Failed (For 132 / Against 221)