Kent Sipe
MT · County Attorney, Fergus County, Montana
Kent Sipe is the Fergus County Attorney and earlier served three terms as Musselshell County Attorney. He holds a law degree from the University of Montana and focuses on prosecuting family violence and crimes against children.
Where Kent Sipe stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Safety and Crime Control (3 records)
Track record
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 3 support
Asked county commissioners to make a part-time deputy county attorney job full-time, citing felony cases that nearly doubled from 45 in 2012 to 82 in 2024. The commissioners agreed.
December 10, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: lewistownnews.com
Co-signed the State's brief asking the Montana Supreme Court to uphold a Fergus County felony incest conviction his office won at trial (State v. Mathis, DA 20-0409).
March 16, 2022Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: juddocumentservice.mt.gov
Publicly criticized a judge's probation sentence for a Lewistown man who sexually abused a 5-year-old girl. He said the man belonged in prison and called for a law requiring prison time for child sex offenders.
March 25, 2021Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: krtv.com
Track record — General
General · 2 records
Signed an agreement with the state health department for his office to take over about 60 mental health recommitment hearings a year. The state pays Fergus County $24,000 for the work.
July 18, 2026
Source: lewistownnews.com
Was appointed Fergus County Attorney by the county commissioners on 2016-08-01. He filled the rest of retiring attorney Tom Meissner's term through 2018.
August 1, 2016
Source: fergusmt.gov
Past race Kent Sipe ran in:
- County Attorney · November 3, 2026 · Fergus County, Montana · incumbent