= Municipal election, November 2025 =

The Great Falls general election of '''November 4, 2025''' was scheduled to decide one ballot issue, one [[MunicipalCourt]] judge for Department B, the Mayor, two City Commissioners, and five positions in each of the nine [[NeighborhoodCouncils]] districts.

= The cancellation =

[[CascadeCountyElections]] Administrator Terry Thompson reported to the [[CityCommission]] that under MCA 13-1-403, where the number of candidates filing equals or is fewer than the positions to be filled, she must notify the governing body that the election is unnecessary and the body may cancel it by resolution. She notified the City on '''September 12, 2025''' that no declared write-in filings had been received by the August 6, 2025 deadline, and that the races for '''Neighborhood Council Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9''' were eligible for cancellation — eight of the nine.

'''Resolution 10607''', cancelling the November 4, 2025 general election of certain municipal officers, was adopted at [[CityCommission2025-09-16]]. It '''carried 3-2''', with Mayor Reeves and Commissioner Wilson dissenting. Candidates in the cancelled races were elected by acclamation following the general election.

= What was decided =

The contested part of the ballot went ahead, including the fireworks question — see [[FireworksReferendum2025]] — which passed, and the Commission seats. Commissioner Casey Schreiner was welcomed as newly elected at [[CityCommission2026-01-06]].

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Minutes, September 16, 2025: https://greatfallsmt.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_09162025-242
Previous municipal election results: https://www.cascadecountymt.gov/688/Previous-Municipal-Elections-Results

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