Montana — U.S. Senate

Alani Bankhead

Supports targeted price relief and anti-monopoly enforcement

Bankhead focuses on lowering the cost of housing, groceries, and energy through federal intervention against market consolidation. She advocates banning private-equity home purchases, raising capital-gains tax exclusions on home sales, reversing tariffs, and enforcing antitrust laws against meatpackers.

• Ban private-equity firms from buying residential homes as investment portfolios.
• Raise capital-gains tax exclusion on home sales to $500,000 for individuals and $1M for couples via the More Homes on the Market Act.
• Reverse Trump-era tariffs that increase everyday costs for Montana families.
• Break up meatpacker consolidation by enforcing the Packers & Stockyards Act and restoring mandatory country-of-origin labeling.

“I'll bring down the cost of a normal life — housing, groceries, and energy — so a Montana paycheck can afford a Montana life again.”

“Reverse the unnecessary Trump tariffs that raise the cost of everyday goods for Montana families.”

Kurt Alme

Supports spending cuts and balanced budget mandate

Alme emphasizes fiscal discipline, tax cuts, and deficit reduction to curb inflation. He highlights his state-level record of cutting income tax rates and balancing budgets, and proposes withholding congressional pay if a balanced budget is not passed.

• Introduce legislation to withhold congressional pay if Congress fails to pass a balanced budget.
• Eliminate federal deficit spending, waste, fraud, and abuse to lower inflation.
• Leverage state record of cutting top income tax rates by nearly 40% as Montana Revenue Director.

“To lower inflation, we must end DC’s reckless deficit spending. We must stop losing hundreds of billions of dollars to waste, fraud and abuse each year.”

“That’s why the first thing I’ll do as Senator is introduce a bill that says: if Congress can’t balance the budget, we don’t get paid.”

Alani Bankhead

Supports targeted border enforcement and anti-trafficking tools

Bankhead emphasizes her background hunting child predators and trafficking networks, pledging federal support for ICAC task forces and law enforcement. She supports border security focused on cartels and drug traffickers while maintaining due process and reforming legal immigration channels.

• Back the Invest in Child Safety Act and STOP CSAM Act to combat online child exploitation.
• Focus border enforcement on cartels, drug traffickers, and public safety threats while maintaining due process.
• Streamline and reduce costs for legal immigration pathways.

“Everyone wants secure borders and drugs out of our communities — that isn’t partisan.”

“Focus enforcement on traffickers, organized crime, and genuine public-safety threats — not on families seeking safety.”

Kurt Alme

Supports strict law enforcement and border security

Alme positions himself as a law-and-order candidate, citing his two terms as U.S. Attorney for Montana where criminal prosecutions hit a 20-year high. He advocates securing the southern border, dismantling drug cartels, supporting law enforcement, and enhancing drug prevention and treatment.

• Secure the U.S. border and target international drug trafficking organizations.
• Prosecute violent criminals and drug cartels aggressively.
• Combine strict law enforcement with drug addiction prevention and treatment programs.

“We must secure our borders, support law enforcement, prosecute violent criminals, and target drug trafficking organizations all the way up to the cartels – and tear them out by their roots.”

Alani Bankhead

Supports stabilizing rural hospitals and lowering care costs

Bankhead highlights that one-third of Montana's rural hospitals are at risk of closure and proposes boosting Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement rates through the Save America's Rural Hospitals Act. She also supports allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices and capping out-of-pocket costs for seniors.

• Back the Save America's Rural Hospitals Act to increase Medicare and Medicaid payments to vulnerable facilities.
• Allow Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices and cap out-of-pocket expenses.
• Expand Medicaid funding for long-term care and home- and community-based services.

“When the nearest hospital is a hundred miles away, people don’t drive farther for care — they go without it.”

“We will keep those doors open — by protecting the Medicare and Medicaid payments they depend on, and paying for it by cutting Washington’s waste, not Montana’s care.”

Kurt Alme

Supports charitable and community healthcare support

Alme references his background in nonprofit leadership supporting services for sick, poor, mentally ill, and senior populations. He states general commitment to improving care without offering specific legislative proposals on federal healthcare programs in the provided materials.

• Support community and nonprofit initiatives caring for the sick, poor, mentally ill, and elderly.

“improving the lives of our children, our seniors, our sick, our poor, and our mentally ill.”

Alani Bankhead

Opposes land sales and mandates strict energy standards

Bankhead strictly opposes the sale or transfer of federal public lands and supports corner crossing access. On energy, she opposes AI data center developments on public lands, demands strict transparency and BYOP ('bring your own power') rules for large data centers, and supports voluntary clean energy adoption without mandates.

• Pass the Public Lands in Public Hands Act to prevent public land sales without congressional approval.
• Protect legal corner crossing for hunters and outdoor recreationists.
• Prohibit large-scale data centers on public lands and require 50MW+ facilities to bring their own clean power.
• Provide tax incentives and low-cost financing for rural solar, battery, and co-op energy projects without energy mandates.

“No sale of public lands — ever.”

“AI and large-scale data centers on public lands are a “no” for me — period.”

Kurt Alme

Supports protecting public lands and Montana resources

Alme lists protecting Montana's public lands as a core element of preserving the state's traditional way of life alongside supporting agriculture and natural resource industries.

• Protect Montana public lands as a core conservative priority.

“These values will guide me as I fight for commonsense policies: taking care of our veterans, defending the 2nd Amendment, keeping boys out of girls’ sports, supporting our farmers and ranchers, protecting public lands, and securing our elections.”

Alani Bankhead

Supports dark money bans and stock trading prohibitions

Bankhead emphasizes government reform by refusing corporate PAC and dark money donations. She pledges to hold town halls in all 56 Montana counties, back the TRUST in Congress Act to ban congressional stock trading, and support congressional term limits and the DISCLOSE Act.

• Refuse corporate PAC, super PAC, and dark-money contributions.
• Hold public town halls in all 56 Montana counties and publish voting rationales.
• Support the TRUST in Congress Act to ban stock trading by members of Congress and support congressional term limits.

“I refuse corporate PAC, superPAC, and dark-money donations, because I answer to Montanans, not donors.”

“Hold town halls in every one of Montana’s 56 counties — on the record.”

Kurt Alme

Supports congressional pay limits for unbalanced budgets

Alme approaches government accountability through fiscal mechanics, proposing a 'no budget, no pay' law that would deny salary to members of Congress if they fail to pass a balanced budget.

• Introduce a bill withholding congressional pay if Congress fails to balance the budget.

“That’s why the first thing I’ll do as Senator is introduce a bill that says: if Congress can’t balance the budget, we don’t get paid.”

Alani Bankhead

Supports federal abortion rights and contraception protections

Bankhead is pro-choice and supports codifying abortion access nationwide via the Women's Health Protection Act. Citing Montana's passage of Constitutional Initiative 128, she opposes federal abortion bans, supports the Right to Contraception Act, and pledges to confirm pro-choice judicial nominees.

• Back the Women's Health Protection Act and a federal constitutional amendment protecting abortion rights.
• Support the Right to Contraception Act and protect emergency care under EMTALA.
• Oppose federal abortion bans and any enforcement or revival of the Comstock Act.

“My position distinguishes between matters of personal faith and the role of government. I do not believe the government should decide what happens to a person’s body.”

“Defend the right to make private medical decisions free from government interference.”

Kurt Alme

Opposes abortion with pro-life organization support

Alme takes a pro-life stance and has received the endorsement of major national pro-life organizations including Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America.

• Earned endorsement from Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America and leading national pro-life groups.

“Leading Nat’l Pro-Life Group Endorses Kurt Alme for MT-Sen”

Alani Bankhead

Supports background checks and opposes semi-automatic bans

Bankhead, a gun owner and military veteran, opposes blanket bans on semi-automatic firearms and hunting rifles common in Montana. She supports universal background checks and red-flag laws with due process protections to help prevent gun violence and suicide.

• Support universal background checks for firearm purchases.
• Enact red-flag / extreme-risk protection laws with due process protections.
• Oppose bans on common semi-automatic firearms, handguns, and hunting rifles.

“I own guns, I use guns, and for twenty-one years I carried one for a living. I respect what firearms mean in Montana — for hunting, for sport, and for protecting your own family.”

“Oppose bans on the semi-automatic firearms Montanans lawfully own and use — which include most common handguns and hunting rifles.”

Kurt Alme

Supports strong Second Amendment protections

Alme advocates defending Second Amendment rights and has earned an 'A' rating and endorsement from the National Rifle Association (NRA).

• Defend Second Amendment rights without new federal gun restrictions.
• Endorsed by the National Rifle Association (NRA) with an 'A' rating.

“NRA Endorse Kurt Alme for U.S. Senate, Gives Alme ‘A’ Rating”

Alani Bankhead

Supports antitrust enforcement and family farm protections

Bankhead targets meatpacker concentration and advocates for the American Beef Labeling Act to mandate country-of-origin beef labeling. She supports expanding crop insurance, providing tax breaks for new farmers, protecting right-to-repair in the Farm Bill, and funding mental health services for rural communities.

• Enforce the Packers & Stockyards Act and pass the American Beef Labeling Act for mandatory origin labeling.
• Create crop insurance and low-interest loan safety nets to help family operations form co-ops.
• Protect right-to-repair provisions in the Farm Bill and grant tax breaks for beginning farmers.

“In 1977, four meatpackers controlled 25% of beef processing. Today it’s about 85% — and the rancher’s share of every retail beef dollar has been cut roughly in half.”

Kurt Alme

Supports Montana farmers and ranchers

Alme highlights supporting Montana farmers and ranchers as a core pillar of his platform, emphasizing his past work with ranching communities during his tenure at the Yellowstone Boys and Girls Ranch Foundation.

• Support Montana agricultural producers and family farms.

“These values will guide me as I fight for commonsense policies: taking care of our veterans, defending the 2nd Amendment, keeping boys out of girls’ sports, supporting our farmers and ranchers, protecting public lands, and securing our elections.”

Alani Bankhead

Supports LGBTQ+ nondiscrimination and personal autonomy

Bankhead advocates for LGBTQ+ civil rights protections, endorsing the Equality Act and Respect for Marriage Act. She opposes book bans and legislation targeting LGBTQ+ youth, asserting that medical decisions belong between individuals, families, and doctors.

• Champion the Equality Act and defend the Respect for Marriage Act.
• Oppose book bans and legislation targeting LGBTQ+ individuals or youth.

“Who you love and who you are is nobody’s business but your own. I’ll keep the government out of our bedrooms and out of our closets.”

Kurt Alme

Supports restricting transgender participation in female sports

Alme lists 'keeping boys out of girls' sports' as a central campaign priority to protect female athletics.

• Restrict biological males from competing in female sports categories.

“keeping boys out of girls’ sports”

Alani Bankhead

Supports reclaiming congressional war powers and conditioning foreign aid

Bankhead advocates enforcing the War Powers Resolution, repealing the 2001 AUMF, and reducing Middle East military interventions. On the Israel-Gaza conflict, she calls for enforcing the Leahy Law, blocking arms transfers, and ending the U.S. Loan Guarantee Program and Qualitative Military Edge mandate for Israel.

• Enforce the War Powers Resolution requiring 48-hour presidential notice to Congress and withdrawal within 60–90 days without authorization.
• Repeal and replace the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF).
• Enforce the Leahy Law to block arms transfers to foreign military units credibly accused of gross human-rights violations.

“Congress must reclaim its constitutional war powers: the President should notify Congress within 48 hours of committing troops, and bring them home within 60 to 90 days absent a declaration or authorization.”

“Enforce the Leahy Law — no U.S. assistance to security units credibly found to have committed gross human-rights violations — and condition and block the arms transfers that break it.”