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Alani Bankhead for U.S. Senate, Montana. General election, November 3, 2026. Bios, fast facts, high-resolution photography, and logo files. Everything here is cleared for publication.
Updated October 7, 2026.
Press contact
General press inbox: press@alanibankheadforsenate.com. Positions, in her own words, are at alaniformt.com/positions. Her service record is at alaniformt.com/service.
Biography
Short bio, 57 words
Alani Bankhead is a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel and federal agent. Over two decades she hunted terrorists and spies, and led the largest anti-child-exploitation cyber operations in the Pacific. She stands up for the people, and pushes back against the powerful. Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Montana, running on affordability, accountability, and protecting the vulnerable.
Medium bio, 207 words
Alani Bankhead is a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel and former federal supervisory special agent. For two decades, in uniform and out, her work took her after the people most of us would rather not think about: terrorists, foreign spies, and the predators who hunt children.
She ran human-intelligence operations against Al Qaeda in Iraq, arrested child predators in Japan, commanded a unit in Kuwait, and as senior bodyguard to the Secretary of the Air Force led more than 200 agents on 700 protective missions, including three combat zones.
Her career has been built on bringing agencies together. She led an FBI and Defense Department counterintelligence task force that caught spies, directed more than 180 agents across eight countries, and ran trafficking and slavery investigations for an international nonprofit. In Hawaii she built the largest anti-child-exploitation cyber operations in the Pacific, uniting more than a dozen federal, state, local and nonprofit organizations, and on her final tour she did it again, bringing 17 law enforcement agencies into the Defense Department’s most extensive operation against child sex abuse.
She stands up for the people, and pushes back against the powerful. She is the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Montana, running on affordability, accountability, and protecting the vulnerable.
The three priorities
- Affordability for working families
- Accountability starting from the top
- Protecting the Vulnerable standing up for kids, survivors, and seniors
Full positions, in her own words, are published at alaniformt.com/positions.
Fast facts
- Office sought United States Senate, Montana
- Party Democratic nominee
- Election Day November 3, 2026
- Service 21 years, United States Air Force. Retired lieutenant colonel.
- Federal service supervisory special agent, counterterrorism and counterintelligence
- Child-exploitation record 120 arrests and a 96 percent conviction rate on her final Air Force tour (Meritorious Service Medal citation, posted at alaniformt.com/service)
- TEDxPearlStreet "K9 Lulu: how dogs are helping fight child sex abuse"
- Committee Friends of Alani Bankhead
- FEC committee ID C00937201
- FEC candidate ID S6MT00253
- Campaign finance posture takes zero corporate PAC money, and backs overturning Citizens United to end super PAC spending
- Ballot endorsement endorses I-194, The Montana Plan, to end dark money in Montana
- If elected she would be only the second woman to represent Montana in the state's history
Video
- Aug. 10, 2026 Press conference, East Helena: watch the full video (24 minutes, captioned). Alani on deadline day, confirming she stays in the race through Nov. 3.
More interviews and video are on alaniformt.com/news and the campaign’s YouTube channel, youtube.com/@montanamatters.
Photography
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Open the full photo folder → Every approved photo, no sign-in needed. More from her life and service are on the photo page.
Fall 2026
Portraits and service
| File | Pixels | Best use |
|---|---|---|
| Alani-Bankhead_Downtown-Overlook-3.jpg | 2897 × 1931 | Lead outdoor portrait. Print quality to about 9 inches wide at 300 dpi. |
| Alani-Bankhead_Flower-Mural-2.jpg | 3024 × 2016 | Bright, informal portrait for web, social and print. |
| Alani-Bankhead_Womens-Mural-1.jpg | 3024 × 2016 | Outdoor portrait. Print quality to about 10 inches wide. |
| Alani-Bankhead_Womens-Mural-2.jpg | 3024 × 2016 | Outdoor portrait. Print quality to about 10 inches wide. |
| Alani-Bankhead_Womens-Mural-3.jpg | 3024 × 2016 | Outdoor portrait. Print quality to about 10 inches wide. |
| Alani-Bankhead_Downtown-Overlook-1.jpg | 3024 × 2016 | Outdoor portrait with room for a headline. Print quality to about 10 inches wide. |
| Alani-Bankhead_Downtown-Overlook-2.jpg | 3024 × 2016 | Outdoor portrait. Print quality to about 10 inches wide. |
| Alani-Bankhead_Flower-Mural-1.jpg | 3024 × 2016 | Wide frame with room for text. Print quality to about 10 inches wide. |
| Alani-Bankhead_Flower-Mural-Vertical.jpg | 2016 × 3024 | Vertical. Fits stories, posters and full-page print. |
| Alani-Bankhead_Official-Portrait_hi-res.jpg | 3663 × 2616 | Primary press portrait. Print quality to about 12 inches wide at 300 dpi. |
| Alani-Bankhead_Federal-Law-Enforcement-K9_hi-res.jpg | 3088 × 2320 | Service and career image, in law-enforcement uniform with a working K9. Print quality to about 10 inches. |
| Alani-Bankhead_Portrait-Flag_web.png | 1536 × 1024 | Web and small print. |
| Alani-Bankhead_Headshot-Navy_web.png | 1080 × 1080 | Square headshot for web and social. Web resolution only. |
Logo and wordmark
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Interview and reprint requests
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