Alani Bankhead is a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel, former federal supervisory special agent and Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate in Montana. Her 21-year military career included counterintelligence and law enforcement assignments in Kuwait, Japan and Iraq. She later led Latin American investigations and law enforcement training for an organization working against human trafficking.
We have documented 2 statements by Alani Bankhead, in 2 cases. Each statement below gives the quotation, its original source and a link to the full case.
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Role at the time: Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Montana
Condemned
Statement summary
Senate candidate Alani Bankhead said she would back a warrant requirement for government access to location data and would rein in Flock-style tracking.
“I'll back the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act so the government has to get a warrant instead of buying its way around your rights, rein in Flock-style tracking, and require these companies to collect and keep the bare minimum, not a permanent file on every Montanan. If they want your data, they get a warrant. Same as it's always been.”
Read the original text (opens in a new tab)Alani Bankhead campaign page: data centers and surveillanceSection headed No surveillance machines: if they want your data, get a warrant
Why we used this label
Bankhead calls Flock-style cameras a dragnet and backs a warrant requirement plus data minimization. She does not call for a ban.
Role at the time: Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, Montana
Condemned
Statement summary
In a written Montana Free Press questionnaire, Alani Bankhead said the War Powers Resolution should absolutely be enforced and that she would support its full enforcement.
“The War Powers Resolution should absolutely be enforced. I stand by the original intent and will support its full enforcement.”
Networked automated license-plate cameras can assemble searchable records of vehicle movements. Candidates and officials disagree over whether to ban the systems, keep them with limits, or defend them as investigative tools. This tracker separates outright bans from narrower restrictions.
Where members of Congress and 2026 midterm candidates stand on the Iran war, which Congress has not formally authorized, based on their votes on war-powers resolutions, campaign statements and public remarks.
