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Kyle Austin was born and raised on a farm on the Hi-line west of Havre, MT. After graduating high school, Austin went to the University of Montana graduating with a Doctorate of Pharmacy degree. Austin then returned to the Hi-line where he could continue farming and provide health care services to the rural communities of Montana. Today, Austin is a successful small business owner, owning Pharm406 in Billings and Butte MT where he provides healthcare needs to Montanans all over the state. Kyle Austin is the only Senate candidate with agriculture background, healthcare background, and small business background. His knowledge and Montana values will not only address Montana's issues, but will represent Montana's future.
Kyle Austin's will use his background to put an end to big government, eliminate government over reach, eliminate wasteful spending, and eliminate government corruption. Austin will also use his 18 years of healthcare experience to reshape our healthcare industry for ALL United States Citizens by overturning how we do things and reshape a more efficient cost effective healthcare model that eliminates government regulations, improves access, and decreases the cost of healthcare for United States citizens without increasing tax's. Kyle Austin will also focus on improving all industry in Montana by promoting a zero tariff trade initiative with our foreign allies while at the same time protecting America with stronger immigration polices.
Kyle Austin will eliminate big government... We need government to get out of the way and allow business's to get back to doing business. For example.. the federal government gives $93 million dollars to the Montana Dept. of Labor and Industry each year. This is wasteful spending, government overreach, and bad for Montana business's. We need to cut the $93 million dollars and give it back to the tax payers. Austin will also promote a zero tariff trade policy. This will lower the cost of living, lower inflation, improve our exports, improve our foreign relations through diplomacy and stimulate competition on a world market.
Kyle Austin believes in the SAVE ACT. Only legal United States citizens should vote in our elections! Having a valid ID does not prohibit voter access. You have to have an ID for many every day activities, it is not a burden to have an ID to vote. I do believe with our advanced tech age, the future of America should be able to create a secure digital voting platform that not only verifies legal residency, it will ensure voter integrity, it will allow voter access, and will also be a more cost effective voting method for the tax payers. Vote outside the box this primary election, Vote Kyle Austin for United States Senate.. Montana Value's... Montana's Future
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Born: San Francisco, CA. Dad was stationed at the Presidio until the military moved us after I turned 1. 44 years old.
Permanent residency: Helena, MT. Occupation: Retired Air Force LtCol/Leadership Consultant.
Education: BA, Latin American Studies. BA, Crime, Law, and Justice. Minor, Military Studies. Both from Penn State University. MA, International Relations with a minor in National Security Studies. Troy University. Air War College, Maxwell Air Force Base, AL.
Accountability. Restoring balance between the legislative and executive branches as the founders intended. Holding the perpetrators within the Epstein Files accountable. End the illegal war in Iran.
Housing: I will raise the capital gains limit from $250K to $500K to facilitate folks letting go of homes they previously feared paying taxes on. More inventory will lower the price, since supply will go up. Provide tax breaks to contractors and construction companies whose business is 30% of more building affordable houses which I define as $350K or less.
Healthcare: All Montanans deserve access to Medicaid for All on the road to universal healthcare. We will pay for it using extraneous defense spending.
See aforementioned comments on affordability. Those are some of the things I will pursue from a legislative perspective. I also plan on supporting the uplifting of what I call "the main street economy." The Small Business Administration says small businesses make up 99.2% of all businesses in Montana, according to 2025 data (141,011 total small businesses who employ 264,567 which are responsible for most of the state's new jobs). Source: https://advocacy.sba.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Montana_2025-State-Profile.pdf I intend to provide support to these small businesses, including tax breaks for new agriculture-related small businesses. Because when our small businesses do well, everyone does well.
We have always had free and fair elections. I have not discovered any concern in Montana regarding how our polls have been managed in the past. My campaign will continue to reinforce that citizens have a right to vote, and we will ensure every eligible person who wants to vote is unimpeded. Ultimately, it is incumbent on state and federal government to ensure transparency in these processes to maintain the trust of its citizens. It is the responsibility of the state to build and keep the trust of its people.
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I grew up outside Shinglehouse, PA. It was mostly dairy farming, and my first jobs were working on farms from 13 years old. After graduating from the University of Pittsburgh with an engineering degree, I worked at Kodak for 31 years. For several of those years I ran a non-profit for latch key kids in my community. After Kodak, I’ve volunteered for a therapeutic riding program, the National Ski Patrol, The Humane Society & Habitat for Humanity, while hands-on managing a wood lot. On election day I will be 76 and in my 11th year in Whitefish. I'm a mechanical engineer, not a politician. I'm the only candidate in this primary who refuses all donations—I only want your vote.
Families struggle with healthcare and energy costs, Let's fix it.
I believe the most important issues involve:
* Universal Healthcare
* Corporate Welfare Rollback
* Free Market Energy
* Term Limits and Mandatory Retirement
Please see my campaign website at calhounformt.com for a brief discussions of these four topics.
See my answers on my campaign web site at calhounformt.com regarding Free Market Energy, Universal Healthcare and taxation / Corporate Welfare Rollback. These three policies work together: lower healthcare costs reduce business burdens, free-market energy drives innovation, and fair taxation funds infrastructure that creates jobs.
Election security requires multiple safeguards. I support:
* Mandatory paper ballot backups for all electronic voting
* Transparent randomly timed hand audits of a sample of ballots throughout the vote counting process in all precincts with comparison to actual running vote tallies
* Investment in election worker training and security protocols
* Open-source voting machine software (so security can be independently verified)
I'm concerned about the security risks of any centralized digital system. A layered approach—combining technology with verifiable paper records and transparent auditing—ensures both security and public confidence.
I was born in a small southern town and raised in a farming community, will be 67 on Election Day 2026. A Helena, Montana resident since 1996, I retired from the military, taught adult education, attended two law enforcement academies, taught diving technology for the US Navy, and have studied geopolitics and American politics my entire life.
My experience provides a clear view of reality, focused on fixing the government through plain honesty, integrity, and accountability, ensuring our government sustains protections for future generations.
"Our most critical issue is the national debt, driven by politicians who prioritize reelection over responsible governance. I will push for a strict Balanced Budget Amendment to stop the reckless spending threatening our children's future. Next, I will introduce a constitutional amendment imposing a 12-year lifetime service limit for all members of Congress to break the establishment's grip. Finally, I demand total transparency and accountability in federal spending, ensuring programs are judged by actual outcomes, not paper audits. To prove I mean business, I have already authored three laws and four amendments to the Constitution to tackle these failures head-on with hard truths and real solutions. Read them on my website."
The bedrock of our economy is crumbling under runaway federal spending. To protect your economic future, my first policy is passing a strict Balanced Budget Amendment. We can't tax our way out of this hole, and printing money just drives up the cost of everyday living. I will demand hard accountability and a real return on investment for every tax dollar spent, ending the blank checks handed out by Washington bureaucrats. I am pushing for a complete overhaul of how we handle the national debt, prioritizing the survival of our republic over the reelection of career politicians. We have to do the hard work of cutting the fat today so our children can thrive tomorrow. Read my legislative plans on my website.
"Cheating is cheating. If Democrats think Republicans are cheating in one election, Republicans will think Democrats are cheating in the next. We need a system where nobody can cheat. I have authored a constitutional amendment to mandate hard proof of citizenship to vote, using a National Election Integrity Card, passport, or verified REAL ID. We will require serialized, watermarked paper ballots to create a verifiable system. Furthermore, we must strip corporate money out of elections—money is commerce, not speech. Finally, Congressional apportionment must be based exclusively on United States citizens. Making it easy to vote means having clear, verifiable rules for legal citizens. Read the full amendment on my website."
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I was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, but currently live in Missoula. I'll be 40 on Election Day 2026. I've worked my entire life as a theatre artist and arts administrator, and I'm currently earning my second master's degree at the University of Montana.
An entire career in theatre means an entire career in the nonprofit sector, and I have deep admiration for nonprofit governance. "Power" and "ownership" work differently in these structures, and nonprofit boards need to be deliberative, serve the membership and mission, and seek consensus among stakeholders. These are all values I want to bring to the US Senate: not the expectation to have all the answers alone, but the ability to find innovative, consensus-based solutions through dialogue.
Voters are increasingly removed from the legislative and lawmaking process, and increasingly barraged with more noise and less signal.
I advocate for the end of the Senate filibuster, so our legislative branch can begin legislating again. With the filibuster in place, we effectively have a 100-person body earning a paycheck for doing nothing. With the filibuster gone, legislators will need to take up the arts of persuasion and deliberation again. And if bad legislation gets through the House, Senate, and Executive, then voters will hold their elected officials responsible.
I also want to see the end of Citizens United. We can easily clarify and strengthen campaign finance laws to keep big money and big advertising out of local politics.
I support shifting our entire set of tax brackets higher, reducing tax liability on earners making less than $75,000/year. We should also add tax brackets beyond the current maximum of 37%, and match capital gains tax with tax on wage-based income. I would also seek to increase the corporate tax rate to at least 25%. This alone would keep more income in taxpayers' pockets.
I also want to make federal funds available for local nonprofits addressing a series of issues. One issue would be economic advancement. By making unrestricted grants available for rural job placement and career development organizations, the federal government can support local expertise and community-led solutions, rather than a one-size-fits-all model.
Our mail-in voting infrastructure is incredibly secure. I lived in Seattle, where mail-in voting is compulsory, and I learned a lot about the mail-in voting process up close.
There are a series of internal checks which prevent mail-in ballots from becoming sources of fraud. If a ballot is photocopied, multiple barcodes would be received and all matching barcodes would be quarantined and audited. If a voter decides to vote in-person, that vote would take precedence, and the mail-in ballot would be spoiled.
For utmost election security, Montana should join ERIC: the Electronic Registration Information Center. This would single-handedly be the best way to keep our voter rolls up-to-date, which would close the greatest vector for voter fraud.
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Born in Great Falls, Montana. Age 56 on Election Day 2026. Permanent resident of Helena, Montana. Owner/operator of Rising Lightning Environmental Contractors LLC (asbestos, lead, mold, meth remediation). Bachelor’s degree, University of Great Falls (2001), with studies at University of Montana.Raised on a family farm near Great Falls with Anishinaabe and Blackfeet heritage, I understand rural Montana, agriculture, small business, and tribal communities. As a hands-on entrepreneur, I navigate regulations and create jobs. My “poor man’s Republican” view comes from real life. I will bring common sense and independence to Congress to fight for Montana families, constitutional principles, economic opportunity, and practical solutions.
Montana’s biggest issues are the economy, energy, veterans’ care, fentanyl, education, and restoring constitutional government.I will fight for small businesses, farmers, and ranchers by restoring local production rights, cutting corporate monopolies, and making housing affordable. Support responsible energy development, Keystone XL, and land/water protection with modern rail. Ensure veterans get homes and full care. Crack down hard on fentanyl with more police, pressure on Mexico, and real national action. Restore prayer and faith in our schools. As a “poor man’s Republican” with real-world experience, I’ll cut waste, reduce regulations, and put Montana families first.
I will pursue practical, Montana-first economic policies to restore opportunity for working families.Cut burdensome federal regulations that crush small businesses and raise costs.Restore farmers’ and ranchers’ rights to produce, sell, and trade locally, breaking corporate monopolies and lowering food prices. Support affordable housing through reduced red tape and responsible development. Back American energy production to create high-paying jobs and lower energy costs. Eliminate wasteful spending and fight for lower taxes on Montanans.
As a small business owner I know what it takes to build jobs from the ground up. My focus is on real economic freedom, not corporate welfare or big-govt handouts.
Require photo ID and proof of U.S. citizenship to register and vote.
Same-day registration only with strict verification; no automatic or same-day registration without ID.
Paper ballots with clear chain-of-custody rules and risk-limiting audits.
Limit mail-in ballots to those who request them with verified identity; ban ballot harvesting.
Clean voter rolls regularly and remove non-citizens and inactive voters.
Election Day as a national holiday with early in-person voting options, but no unsecured drop boxes.
Secure elections protect our constitutional republic and every legal voter’s voice—especially in Montana. No excuses, no loopholes.
