Elections · U.S. House, District 1 · Montana
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Raised for this seat
$1.4M
Through June 30, 2026
Cash on hand
$550K
Through June 30, 2026
On the November ballot
Forstag faces Aaron Flint and Nick Sheedy for this seat on November 3, 2026.
The general-election ballot as recorded October 12, 2026, not a prediction. Official candidate list: Montana Secretary of State. Minor-party and write-in filers are on the race page.
Where the money comes from
- Small donors
- 36%$496K
- Large donors
- 52%$723K
- PACs
- 10%$141K
- Party
- <1%$100
- Self-funding
- <1%$1.3K
- Other
- 2%$22K
Separately, $3.1M in independent expenditures was reported for and against this candidate by outside committees. That money is not the candidate's receipts and is not part of the mix above.
Receipts reported through June 30, 2026. Source: FEC.
How to vote in Montana
- General electionNovember 3, 2026
Register 30 days before by mail, or late/same-day through Election Day in person.
The district they want to represent
- People
- 565K
- Median household income
- $74K
- Unemployment
- 3.4%
- Living below the poverty line
- 11.4%
- Without health insurance
- 8.9%
U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.
Against the field for this seat
Each campaign's reported receipts on one shared scale, incumbent first and then by name, never in money order.
- Ryan Busse$790K
- Russell Cleveland$458K
- Aaron Flint$1.3M
- Sam Forstagthis page$1.4M
- Christi Jacobsen$553K
- Albert Olszewski$427K
- Matt Rains$273K
Muted rows are campaigns not on the November ballot; their money is still their own filed record. Also on the ballot with no FEC filing, so no row: Nick Sheedy.
Spending to support them
$863K- Montana Voters PAC$376K
- Progressive Turnout Project$342K
- Moving Montana Forward$54K
- Montana Rural Voters$36K
- SEIU COPE$20K
The top 5 committees of the $863K filed in this direction.
Spending to oppose them
$2.2M- No Going Back PAC$2.0M
- Americans for Prosperity Action$184KKoch network, free-market conservativeKoch network, free-market conservative
- Civic Renewal Fund$5.4K
How these directions are decided
Independent expenditures reported to the FEC, through October 9, 2026. The supporting or opposing direction is each committee's own declared filing, not an interpretation, and a group spending against a candidate is not necessarily spending for their opponent. Outside money is not the campaign's money and is never added to what they raised.
In their own words
What Forstag's campaign says it would work on.
The priorities Forstag's own campaign site lists, quoted as written there. They are what the campaign says. Nobody has voted on them.
- “Make Montana Work for Working People”
- “(Not by Billionaires and Corporate Pacs)”
Quoted from samformontana.com, read August 14, 2026. A campaign site changes; this is what it said on that date. Curia quotes these and does not check, rate or rank them.
Record in office
Forstag does not hold a seat in Congress now, so there is no current voting record, cosponsorships or committee service to show here.
That absence is not a position for or against anything.
Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Portrait: Campaign photo, campaign website (reference use, candidate's own published headshot). Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.
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