Scott Twito
Republican · MT · Yellowstone County Attorney
Scott Twito is the Yellowstone County Attorney and Public Administrator. The county lists the current term as running through December 31, 2026.
Where Scott Twito stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Safety and Crime Control (4 records), Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties (1 record)
Track record
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 4 support
Moved to dismiss a 2023 case after three Billings police officers may have used deception to get consent for a search. His office then began reviewing all cases involving those officers.
December 10, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: ktvq.com
Filed a deliberate homicide charge against Jacob Troxel for the 2022 road-rage shooting death of Michael Duran in Billings. He filed it less than a month after an inquest jury said charges should be filed.
November 15, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: kxlf.com
Formed a working group of judges, officials, and lawmakers to study why the Yellowstone County jail was overcrowded. The group was to report to county commissioners.
August 28, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: ktvq.com
Wrote a Billings Gazette guest opinion asking voters for help funding his office in the 2017 election. He said child abuse and neglect cases had tripled since 2011.
October 22, 2017Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: billingsgazette.com
Track record — Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties · 1 support
Moved to dismiss a 2023 case after three Billings police officers may have used deception to get consent for a search. His office then began reviewing all cases involving those officers.
December 10, 2024Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: ktvq.com
Track record — General
General · 4 records
Told county commissioners that a new state law likely blocked emergency zoning rules against a data center. He said such rules would probably draw a lawsuit the county could lose.
September 7, 2026
Source: montanafreepress.org
Recommended that county commissioners ask a court whether a citizen vote on a proposed data center was legal. The commissioners then filed that lawsuit.
July 7, 2026
Source: ktvq.com
Said his office had issued no citations to businesses for breaking COVID-19 health orders. He said the office chose to educate businesses first and lacked staff for more enforcement.
October 14, 2020
Source: ktvq.com
Received the Billings Gazette editorial board's endorsement for Yellowstone County attorney in the 2010 general election. The paper cited his 12 years as a county prosecutor.
October 3, 2010
Source: billingsgazette.com
Past race Scott Twito ran in:
- Yellowstone County Attorney · November 3, 2026 · Yellowstone County, Montana · incumbent