Erin Lipkind

Democratincumbent

Superintendent of Schools · Missoula County, Montana · November 3, 2026

Unopposed on this ballot.

Dr. Erin Lipkind is the sitting Missoula County Superintendent of Schools, a former school librarian with a doctorate in curriculum and instruction, and she is unopposed in 2026. The office supervises the county's small rural Class III schools and supports home schools; it does not run Missoula County Public Schools. No public position on school choice or vouchers was found.

What this office decides

The County Superintendent of Schools handles county-level school duties, such as hearing appeals of local school board decisions, keeping school district boundary records, and supporting rural school districts. The office does not run Missoula's public schools, which have their own elected boards.

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Dossier

Researched 2026-09-23 · Claude Code research agent with web search

Donald Trump: nothing found. No Trump endorsement or criticism of Lipkind was found in a 2026 search; the race is uncontested.

Who they are

Dr. Erin Lipkind holds this seat; her current term runs through December 31, 2026, and BallotReady lists her as a candidate for the office in 2018 and 2022 (BallotReady). She has a doctorate in curriculum and instruction and was a school librarian in Great Falls and at Missoula's Lewis and Clark Elementary before her election (Missoula County). She is unopposed in 2026 (MTFP, 2026-03-06).

What the office does: The county superintendent generally supervises the county's public schools and home schools, directly supervises the Sunset, Swan Valley and Woodman Class III schools, and helps trustees with budgets, teacher recruitment and curriculum (Missoula County). It does not oversee Missoula County Public Schools (Missoula County).

Positions

Schools: No public position found on vouchers, charter or other school-choice programs, or public-school funding.
School reopening (2020): In an August 2020 op-ed she urged communitywide COVID-19 precautions, writing, "Keeping teachers safe allows schools to operate, parents to work and the economy to recover" (Seeley Swan Pathfinder, 2020-08-13).
State education agency: In a November letter to the Board of Education (year not shown), she wrote that it "has been a real challenge for our schools and administrators to deal with an understaffed, fragmented state agency," as other superintendents criticized Elsie Arntzen's leadership (KTVQ).

Record

No votes or contested decisions by her were found.

Money

The state campaign finance database (CERS) could not be read by automated tools; no fundraising coverage found.

What we couldn't find

Any position on school choice, vouchers, or school funding.
The year she first took office; a Missoulian report of her first win is paywalled.
A campaign website, endorsements, or finance totals.

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