- State
- Montana
- Office / race
- U.S. Senate
- Party
- Republican
- Reviewed
- October 24, 2026
Career timeline
The Republican candidate
Kurt Alme is the Republican nominee in Montana’s November 3, 2026, Senate election. Democrat Alani Bankhead and independent Seth Bodnar are his principal opponents. The contest became an open-seat race after Senator Steve Daines withdrew from reelection and endorsed Alme. It is Alme’s first campaign for elected office after a series of appointed government positions.
Montana schools, then business and law
The Justice Department’s archived biography identifies Alme as a Great Falls native and Custer County District High School graduate. He studied business at the University of Colorado before earning a Harvard law degree. The biography also identifies him as a Truman Scholar, placing formal education in business and law at the start of his professional path.
Sources: Justice Department: former U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme ↗
Courts, private practice and prosecution
Alme began his legal career clerking for federal Judge Charles Lovell, then joined the firm now known as Crowley Fleck and became a partner. He later served as an assistant U.S. attorney and first assistant in Montana. These roles involved legal practice and management inside the federal prosecution system before he led the office.
Sources: Justice Department: former U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme ↗
A second strand in public finance
KRTV’s October profile describes Alme’s service as revenue director under Governor Judy Martz and budget director under Governor Greg Gianforte. Alme told the station that those responsibilities shaped his emphasis on taxes and spending. He argues that reducing regulation and expanding housing supply would improve affordability, connecting state administrative experience to proposed federal priorities.
Sources: KRTV: Alme’s Montana background and Senate campaign ↗
Nonprofit work between government roles
Montana Free Press reported that Alme led fundraising for the Yellowstone Boys and Girls Ranch Foundation between 2010 and 2017. The organization supports services for children with significant treatment needs. The reporting also described his later work in charitable finance. That part of his résumé sits alongside government employment and shows that his career has not been confined to public office.
How he explains the Senate bid
In the KRTV interview, Alme linked his campaign to the difficulty younger adults face buying homes and establishing households in Montana. He also emphasized community safety and drug trafficking, drawing on his prosecutorial experience. Those concerns explain his campaign’s central themes; they do not, by themselves, establish that the spending and regulatory changes he proposes would deliver the promised results.
Sources: KRTV: Alme’s Montana background and Senate campaign ↗
Prepared with AI assistance. Source-based reporting checked on October 24, 2026. This article does not update automatically. Read our editorial standards.
