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Money
$272.8K raised, $238.9K spent, $33.9K cash on hand (through Sep 30, 2026). Where it comes from
Who gives
37% of individual money from donors at $200 or less · 39% from Montana · largest committee giver MARYLAND ASSOCIATION FOR CONCERNED CITIZENS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE, $2K
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MoneyWho pays for the campaign, and where does it go?
Raised
$272.8K
$272,761
Spent
$238.9K
$238,857
Cash on hand
$33.9K
$33,904
FEC filings, Oct 23, 2025 to Sep 30, 2026 · Official FEC bulk data · committee C00924258 ↗
Raised, spent and cash over time by FEC report
88¢ of every dollar raised has been spent across 5 reports ($238.9K of $272.8K). Cash on hand went from $46.4K on Dec 31, 2025 to $33.9K on Sep 30, 2026.
Raised in the period
Spent in the period
Cash on hand at its close
$50K$100K$150K
Dec ’25
Mar ’26
May ’26
Jun ’26
Sep ’26
Raised, spent and cash on hand by FEC report
Report
Raised in the period
Spent in the period
Cash on hand at its close
YEAR-END 2025 through Dec 31, 2025
$113,774
$67,363
$46,411
APRIL QUARTERLY 2026 through Mar 31, 2026
$101,565
$40,847
$107,130
PRE-PRIMARY 2026 through May 13, 2026
$49,780
$122,604
$34,305
JULY QUARTERLY 2026 through Jun 30, 2026
$7,450
$7,780
$33,976
OCTOBER QUARTERLY 2026 through Sep 30, 2026
$191
$264
$33,904
Each report’s own period, as filed with the FEC; a report filed again counts once, as its latest copy.
Where the money came from $272,761 reported receipts
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Itemized (over $200)Donors who have given more than $200 this cycle, so the FEC itemizes (names) them.$167,21761%
Largest donors
Ann Cook3 contributions, latest Jun 3, 2026 · BIG SKY, MT$10,500
Jennifer Nan3 contributions, latest Jun 3, 2026 · SAN FRANCISCO, CA$10,500
Peter BuckleyOne contribution on May 8, 2026 · NOT EMPLOYED · MILL VALLEY, CA$3,500
Ronald ChengOne contribution on Mar 27, 2026 · NOT EMPLOYED · CUPERTINO, CA$3,500
Brian CookOne contribution on Dec 29, 2025 · CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER · TELMAR GROUP INC · BIG SKY, MT$3,500
Cedomir CrnkovicOne contribution on Mar 26, 2026 · NOT EMPLOYED · NEW YORK, NY$3,500
Neil DavidsonOne contribution on Mar 30, 2026 · NOT EMPLOYED · LOS ANGELES, CA$3,500
David FarhiOne contribution on Mar 30, 2026 · RESEARCH ADVISOR · SAFE SUPERINTELLIGENCE · BURLINGAME, CA$3,500
Patricia GordonOne contribution on Nov 20, 2025 · PHYSICIAN · SELF EMPLOYED · LOS ANGELES, CA$3,500
Nicholas JosefowitzOne contribution on Apr 20, 2026 · PARTNER · PUCK · SAN FRANCISCO, CA$3,500
John LevyOne contribution on Apr 1, 2026 · NOT EMPLOYED · NAPLES, FL$3,500
Casey McNamaraOne contribution on Apr 3, 2026 · SOFTWARE ENGINEER · GOOGLE · BURLINGAME, CA$3,500
A donor who gave several times appears once. The 12 largest donors by total given are listed. In all, 378 itemized contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $167.2K.
Unitemized ($200 or less)Donors who have given $200 or less this cycle, so the FEC does not itemize (name) them.$99,83837%
Refunds and rebatesMoney coming back to the campaign: rebates and refunds of what it spent.$3,7061.4%
PACs and other committeesPolitical action committees and other candidates' committees. Corporations and unions cannot give directly.$2,0000.7%
The 2 largest committees by total given are listed. In all, 2 committee contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $2.1K. Counted from the givers' own filings, which can run above the total the campaign itself reports.
Total reported receipts $272,761
Every dollar the committee reported receiving this cycle, split by the source the FEC filing attributes it to. FEC filings through Sep 30, 2026.
Who donated: where they live, their employers and jobs
Where the donors live $174,237 placed by state
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under $2.7K
$2.7K+
$10.8K+
$24.3K+
$43.3K+
none
Outlined: Montana, home state
Home state and away
Montana 39%MT 39%Elsewhere 61%
39% of the money placed by state came from inside Montana: $67.6K of $174.2K.
Top states
Top donor states
Name
Amount
Montana home230 contributions · 39%
$67,629
California53 contributions · 37%
$64,018
Florida12 contributions · 5.5%
$9,650
New York
Money from groups, by interest $2,050
What the committees giving to Rains’s campaign or spending on ads about Rains are: a company or industry, a union, a cause, a party or politician. Money from individual donors is not included.
For Rains $2,050
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Groups that state a pro-Israel purpose, and the groups AIPAC’s network funds or runs, such as United Democracy Project. Placed by their own words, a stated tie to that network, or their main funder.Placed by our rules or a model’s suggestion, and not yet checked by a person. The money still counts here; a person may move it.$2K98%
Groups that state an environmental or climate purpose, such as the political arm of the League of Conservation Voters.Placed by our rules or a model’s suggestion, and not yet checked by a person. The money still counts here; a person may move it.$502.4%
“Proposed” marks money from groups whose place is not yet reviewed by a person. Each group is placed by its filings and its own words, never by which party it backs. Every interest · How groups are placed
Outside spending $20,957,703 across this race
Money groups spent on their own, not through a campaign. Each ad is filed against the candidate it names, so money attacking an opponent shows on the opponent’s row. Open a candidate to see who spent it.
Who stands behind the outside spending: the people and organizations its money traces to
Who stands behind the outside spending $20M traced back through the groups that spent it
Each group that spent in this race is followed to where its own money came from, and what it spent is split by those shares: a group whose money was 60% one person's counts as 60% of its spending theirs. Of what traced, 40% to named individuals, 37% to organizations, 13% to tax-exempt organizations that need not name their donors, 9.8% not itemized in the filings.
People and organizations the race's outside spending traces to
Name
Amount
House Majority ForwardOrganization · tax-exempt: need not name its donors · behind HMP and Montana Voters PAC
$973.4K
Reid G. HoffmanPerson · Partner, Greylock Partners · behind Montana Voters PAC and HMP and 3 more
$760.7K
Foris DAX, Inc.Organization · behind NO Going Back PAC Inc.
$607.2K
Diane HendricksPerson · Chairman, Hendricks Holding Co Inc. · behind NO Going Back PAC Inc.
$520.4K
League of Conservation Voters, Inc.Organization · tax-exempt: need not name its donors · behind LCV Victory Fund
$474.2K
Guardrails Action, Inc.
What the payments were for $229,411 itemized
The campaign also refunded $7,134 in contributions, which the categories below do not include.
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Advertising and mediaBroadcast, digital, and print advertising, and the media buying behind it.$117,28851%
Filed as
MEDIA ADVERTISING$80,800
MEDIA PRODUCTION$36,488
Paid to
Buying Time LLC$80,800
Mvar Media LLC$16,981
Thematic Campaigns LLC$15,181
Moore Campaigns$4,326
Largest vendors
Largest vendors
Name
Amount
Buying Time LLC3 payments · 34% of all spending
$80,800
Momentum Campaigns12 payments · 14% of all spending
$33,764
Blue Wave Political Partners7 payments · 9.4% of all spending
$22,508
Luckey, Cassandra2 payments · 9.2% of all spending
$22,000
Mvar Media LLC3 payments · 7.1% of all spending
$16,981
Thematic Campaigns LLC1 payment · 6.4% of all spending
$15,181
Davey, Francisco2 payments · 4% of all spending
$9,600
ActBlue Technical Services37 payments · 2.9% of all spending
$7,004
The people, firms and committees paid the most, across every kind of payment. Each share is of everything the committee reported spending this cycle, not only the itemized payments above. A payee that is itself a committee links to its own profile.
EndorsementsWho does Rains’ campaign say backs them?
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Every contest for this seat that named this candidate, most recent last; a result is shown once the race is called. Election dates and results from civicAPI (civicapi.org). civicAPI aggregates results from Secretaries of State and equivalent election bodies, and makes its own race calls. civicapi.org ↗
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6 contributions · 3.6%
$6,239
Massachusetts6 contributions · 3.6%
$6,203
Washington13 contributions · 2.9%
$5,139
Colorado14 contributions · 2.4%
$4,200
District of Columbia5 contributions · 2%
$3,514
By the state each donor wrote on the filing, across 23 states and territories. Donors who have given $200 or less this cycle are not itemized, so they cannot be placed on a map. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total.
Donors’ employers as filed
Donors’ employers
Employer as filed
Amount
Not employedWritten instead of an employer · 261 contributions · 51% of ranked
$85,788
Self-employedWritten instead of an employer · 49 contributions · 17% of ranked
$28,700
Treplus Communities2 contributions · 4.2% of ranked
$7,000
Elemeno Health1 contribution · 2.1% of ranked
$3,500
Google1 contribution · 2.1% of ranked
$3,500
Permit Power1 contribution · 2.1% of ranked
$3,500
Puck1 contribution · 2.1% of ranked
$3,500
Safe Superintelligence1 contribution · 2.1% of ranked
$3,500
A further $7,025 came from donors whose answer names no employer (blank), so it is not ranked. Itemized gifts over $200, grouped by the words donors filed: not an industry classification, and a gift from an employee is not a gift from the employer. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total. Gifts of $200 or less ($99,838) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
Donors’ occupations as filed
Donors’ occupations
Occupation as filed
Amount
Not employedWritten instead of an occupation · 241 contributions · 48% of ranked
$80,982
Rancher24 contributions · 5.4% of ranked
$9,050
Partner2 contributions · 4.2% of ranked
$7,000
Principal2 contributions · 4.2% of ranked
$7,000
Product Advisor2 contributions · 4.2% of ranked
$7,000
Software Engineer2 contributions · 4.2% of ranked
$7,000
Physician5 contributions · 3.1% of ranked
$5,214
RetiredWritten instead of an occupation · 19 contributions · 2.6% of ranked
$4,306
A further $7,025 came from donors whose answer names no occupation (blank), so it is not ranked. Itemized gifts over $200, grouped by the words donors filed: not an industry classification, and a gift from an employee is not a gift from the employer. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total. Gifts of $200 or less ($99,838) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
HMP▼ Opposes14 records, latest Oct 28, 2026$2,999,965
Support and oppose are each group’s own labels, not a judgment made here.
$20,957,703 of the race total was filed about other candidates, so it would not show on Rains’ own record.
Independent expenditures (Schedule E) only. Electioneering communications and corporate or union member communications file separately; they are counted for Rainsunder “Other outside spending” in the full finance detail, but not for the rest of the field, so every other row is a floor.
Organization · behind Guardrails Alliance
$460.5K
Miriam O. AdelsonPerson · Director of Community Development, LAS Vegas Sands Corp. · behind NO Going Back PAC Inc. and Leadership in Action and 1 more
$443.6K
Gemini Trust Co.Organization · behind NO Going Back PAC Inc.
$423.8K
Securing American Greatness, Inc.Organization · behind NO Going Back PAC Inc.
$369.3K
Better World Civic TrustOrganization · behind Montana Voters PAC and HMP and 3 more
$356.9K
Anna BrockmanPerson · Retired · behind NO Going Back PAC Inc. and American Mission
$308K
Greg BrockmanPerson · President and Co-Founder, Openai · behind NO Going Back PAC Inc. and American Mission
$308K
Read for the 18 largest groups of 42, 95% of the $21M spent. Shares are of what each group received, not a record of which dollar went where; an organization that need not name its donors ends the trail; a person who gave by more than one route is counted once here. It shows who stood behind the money, not what it was for.
Fundraising and eventsThe cost of raising money: finance consultants, donor list rental and acquisition, event venues, catering, and donor processing.
$43,46419%
Filed as
FUNDRAISING CONSULTING$16,532
LIST ACQUISITION$13,835
LIST RENTAL$13,096
Paid to
Momentum Campaigns$27,964
Blue Wave Political Partners$15,000
Fleming, Kelly$500
Consulting and strategyStrategic, political, legal, and compliance consulting, and campaign management.$39,10017%
Filed as
GENERAL STRATEGY CONSULTING$31,600
COMPLIANCE CONSULTING$7,500
Paid to
Luckey, Cassandra$22,000
Davey, Francisco$9,600
Blue Wave Political Partners$7,500
Card paymentsPaid to a card processor with no itemisation filed beneath it, so the purchases behind it are not on the record.$9,6704.2%
Filed as
CREDIT CARD FEES$9,670
Paid to
ActBlue Technical Services$7,004
Stripe$2,289
Democracy Engine LLC$377
Digital and technologyWebsites, hosting, software subscriptions, databases, email, and texting platforms.$8,0063.5%
Filed as
WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT$3,500
SOFTWARE RENTAL$2,301
TEXT MESSAGING SERVICES$2,155
WEBHOSTING$50
Paid to
Momentum Campaigns$5,800
NGP VAN$2,206
TravelAirfare, lodging, mileage, and ground transport.$4,2721.9%
Filed as
LODGING$1,871
AIR TRAVEL$1,633
AUTO TRAVEL$768
Paid to
Mission Control, Inc.$3,174
EXPEDIA.COM$482
HOTELS.COM$396
Priceline$220
Given to othersContributions to other candidates, party committees, and PACs.$2,5001.1%
Filed as
CONTRIBUTION TO COMMITTEE$2,500
Paid to
Montana Democratic Party$2,500
Printing, mail, and shippingPrinted literature, direct mail, postage, design, and delivery.$2,1090.9%
Filed as
POSTAGE$2,109
Paid to
US Postal Service$2,100
Blue Wave Political Partners$8
OtherPayments whose filed description does not match any category above. Every one is listed so it can be read directly.$1,4850.6%
Filed as
SITE RENTAL$1,485
Paid to
Residence INN$1,485
Office and administrativeRent, utilities, phones, supplies, equipment, security, food, and campaign merchandise.$1,4420.6%
Filed as
RENT$1,200
MEALS$242
Paid to
Graham, Whitney$1,200
Mission Control, Inc.$242
Taxes, fees, and bank chargesPayroll and income taxes, filing fees, bank and merchant processing charges.$77<0.1%
Filed as
BANK FEE$77
Paid to
Amalgamated Bank$77
Total itemized disbursements $229,411
Every itemized payment the committee reported this cycle, sorted by what it said each one was for. The categories are ours; the wording they are matched against is the committee’s own. Open a category to read the filed descriptions and who was paid. FEC filings through Sep 30, 2026.
All 161 itemized payments filed this cycle. Spending below the itemization threshold is not filed line by line.