Matt Jennings
Democratic · MT · Missoula County Attorney
Matt Jennings has been Missoula County Attorney since 2024, after 10 years as a prosecutor in the office, including five as chief criminal deputy. He earlier clerked for a district judge and worked for U.S. Sen. Jon Tester.
Where Matt Jennings stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Safety and Crime Control (4 records), Civil Rights (1 record)
Track record
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 4 support
Announced on 2026-06-09 that his office filed two deliberate homicide charges in the 1990 killings of two nursing home residents, after new DNA testing.
June 9, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: missoulacounty.gov
Published an opinion piece on 2026-05-07 urging Montana to fund mental health care before crimes happen, as a way to ease jail crowding.
May 7, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: dailymontanan.com
Led the prosecution of a sheriff's deputy for speeding without lights or siren in a 2024 crash that killed an 81-year-old driver. A jury found the deputy not guilty on 2026-04-03.
April 3, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nbcmontana.com
Asked a judge on 2023-04-18 for a 20-year prison term for a man who sold fentanyl pills that killed a Missoula teenager; the court gave a shorter sentence.
April 18, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: ktvz.com
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 1 support
Advised Missoula County commissioners on 2025-06-03 to join the ACLU lawsuit against the state bathroom law (House Bill 121), calling it nearly impossible to follow. The commissioners voted to join.
June 3, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: montanafreepress.org
Track record — General
General · 1 record
Was appointed interim Missoula County Attorney by the county commissioners on 2024-03-14, after 10 years as a prosecutor in the office.
March 14, 2024
Source: kpax.com
Past race Matt Jennings ran in:
- County Attorney · November 3, 2026 · Missoula County, Montana · incumbent