BackgroundU.S. Senate candidate (Independent, Montana)

EducationUnited States Military Academy at West Point (BS)

Notable personal detailsSeth Andrew Bodnar is an independent candidate for the U.S. Senate in Montana in the 2026 election cycle. He served as president of the University of Montana from 2018 until his resignation in January 2026 and previously worked in business, including as an executive at General Electric. Bodnar is a U.S. Military Academy (West Point) graduate and Rhodes Scholar who completed graduate study at the University of Oxford, and he has served in the U.S. Army, including as a Green Beret, with deployments including Iraq.