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Money
$790.3K raised, $788.7K spent, $1.6K cash on hand (through Sep 30, 2026). Where it comes from
Who gives
44% of individual money from donors at $200 or less · 51% from Montana · largest committee giver NO SURRENDER FUND, $10K
Outside groups
$70.9K supporting Busse
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MoneyWho pays for the campaign, and where does it go?
Raised
$790.3K
$790,340
Spent
$788.7K
$788,750
Cash on hand
$1.6K
$1,591
FEC filings, Jan 1, 2026 to Sep 30, 2026 · Official FEC bulk data · committee C00933473 ↗
Raised, spent and cash over time by FEC report
100¢ of every dollar raised has been spent across 4 reports ($788.7K of $790.3K). Cash on hand went from $368.1K on Mar 31, 2026 to $1.6K on Sep 30, 2026.
Raised in the period
Spent in the period
Cash on hand at its close
$200K$400K$600K
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
APRIL QUARTERLY 2026 through Mar 31, 2026
$530,043
$161,898
$368,145
PRE-PRIMARY 2026 through May 13, 2026
$172,403
$390,017
$150,531
JULY QUARTERLY 2026 through Jun 30, 2026
$87,894
$236,432
$1,993
OCTOBER QUARTERLY 2026 through Sep 30, 2026
$0
$403
$1,591
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 $790,340 reported receipts
Tap a row with to see who gave.
Itemized (over $200)Donors who have given more than $200 this cycle, so the FEC itemizes (names) them.$430,90455%
Largest donors
Maria Endler4 contributions, latest Apr 26, 2026 · SPARKS, NV$14,000
Rosemary Camposano7 contributions, latest Jun 18, 2026 · KILA, MT$10,650
Cornelia Bonnie3 contributions, latest Jun 11, 2026 · PROSPECT, KY$10,500
Margaret Carlson3 contributions, latest Jun 11, 2026 · WOODSIDE, CA$10,500
Richard Lanman3 contributions, latest Jun 11, 2026 · MISSOULA, MT$10,500
Betty Miller3 contributions, latest Jun 11, 2026 · MISSOULA, MT$10,500
John Ramsbacher3 contributions, latest Jun 11, 2026 · SAN FRANCISCO, CA$10,500
Lincoln Robinson3 contributions, latest Jun 11, 2026 · RENO, NV$10,500
Amy Tykeson3 contributions, latest Jun 11, 2026 · OVANDO, MT$10,500
Anne Childs7 contributions, latest Jun 11, 2026 · WATERTOWN, MA$7,700
Donald Henley6 contributions, latest Jun 11, 2026 · CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA$7,020
Susan O'Connor3 contributions, latest Jun 11, 2026 · MISSOULA, MT$6,500
A donor who gave several times appears once. The 12 largest donors by total given are listed. In all, 803 itemized contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $421.4K.
Unitemized ($200 or less)Donors who have given $200 or less this cycle, so the FEC does not itemize (name) them.$332,17042%
PACs and other committeesPolitical action committees and other candidates' committees. Corporations and unions cannot give directly.$26,0503.3%
The 6 largest committees by total given are listed. In all, 9 committee contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $26.2K. Counted from the givers' own filings, which can run above the total the campaign itself reports.
Refunds and rebatesMoney coming back to the campaign: rebates and refunds of what it spent.$1,0660.1%
Party committeesNational, state, and local committees of a political party.$150<0.1%
Total reported receipts $790,340
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 $468,504 placed by state
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under $9.6K
$9.6K+
$38.6K+
$86.7K+
$154.2K+
none
Outlined: Montana, home state
Home state and away
Montana 51%MT 51%Elsewhere 49%
51% of the money placed by state came from inside Montana: $240.9K of $468.5K.
Top states
Top donor states
Name
Amount
Montana home450 contributions · 51%
$240,940
California
Money from groups, by interest $97,050
What the committees giving to Busse’s campaign or spending on ads about Busse are: a company or industry, a union, a cause, a party or politician. Money from individual donors is not included.
For Busse $97,050
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$97.1KTap a slice
$70.9K73%
PACs a politician sponsors or runs: a leadership PAC (the FEC’s designation D), a committee the FEC lists as sponsored by a candidate, or a super PAC the politician’s own team runs and press reports tie to them. One that exists only for that politician’s own race is under Groups spending on one race.$10K10%
Clearly political, but nothing yet shows a cause or a side: not their own words, their funders or a published source.$10K10%
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.$4.9K5.1%
Groups for voting rights, LGBTQ rights, criminal-justice change and the interests of tribal nations.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.$1K1%
$2500.3%
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 $734,470 itemized
The campaign also refunded $52,854 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.$167,30123%
Filed as
TELEVISION ADVERTISING$93,461
MEDIA PRODUCTION$34,372
DIGITAL ADVERTISING
Largest vendors
Largest vendors
Name
Amount
Viewpoint Media, LLC4 payments · 12% of all spending
$93,461
Numero14 payments · 10% of all spending
$79,203
Switchboard5 payments · 9.9% of all spending
$78,375
Harris Compliance6 payments · 8.8% of all spending
$69,116
Collins, Alice15 payments · 7.9% of all spending
$61,943
The Strategy Group, LLC2 payments · 7% of all spending
$55,555
Defeo Consulting6 payments · 4.7% of all spending
$37,451
Paychex23 payments · 3.9% of all spending
$30,801
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 Busse’s campaign say backs them?
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114 contributions · 14%
$67,685
Massachusetts41 contributions · 7%
$32,678
Nevada9 contributions · 6.1%
$28,500
Kentucky5 contributions · 3%
$14,250
Virginia16 contributions · 3%
$13,970
Colorado19 contributions · 2.3%
$10,550
New York13 contributions · 1.4%
$6,400
By the state each donor wrote on the filing, across 39 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 · 406 contributions · 41% of ranked
$170,106
RetiredWritten instead of an employer · 83 contributions · 16% of ranked
$67,720
Self-employedWritten instead of an employer · 88 contributions · 11% of ranked
$44,153
Classpass INC2 contributions · 1.7% of ranked
$7,000
Oryx Partners LLC2 contributions · 1.7% of ranked
$7,000
Donald Henley5 contributions · 1.3% of ranked
$5,260
Self Employed Investor2 contributions · 1.2% of ranked
$5,000
James Thompson PC3 contributions · 1.1% of ranked
$4,500
A further $53,976 came from donors whose answer names no employer (None, 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 ($332,170) 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 · 407 contributions · 41% of ranked
$172,086
RetiredWritten instead of an occupation · 80 contributions · 16% of ranked
$66,320
Attorney36 contributions · 6.2% of ranked
$25,950
CEO10 contributions · 3.3% of ranked
$13,850
Lawyer9 contributions · 3% of ranked
$12,500
Consultant17 contributions · 2.7% of ranked
$11,163
Real Estate Developer2 contributions · 1.7% of ranked
$7,000
Musician14 contributions · 1.5% of ranked
$6,160
A further $51,401 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 ($332,170) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
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.
On the Democratic side by their own words, their main funder, or a published source a reviewer cites. A caucus’s PAC is here. A group with one cause is filed under that cause instead.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.
Nothing yet says what these committees are: no statement, site, government record or funder we can use. Their money counts here until a source turns up. We do not guess.
“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
HMP▼ Opposes14 records, latest Oct 28, 2026$2,999,965
Support and oppose are each group’s own labels, not a judgment made here.
$20,886,828 of the race total was filed about other candidates, so it would not show on Busse’s own record.
Independent expenditures (Schedule E) only. Electioneering communications and corporate or union member communications file separately; they are counted for Busseunder “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.
$22,000
BILLBOARD ADVERTISING$16,008
NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING$1,460
Paid to
Viewpoint Media, LLC$93,461
Dear Jon, LLC$23,132
The Strategy Division$22,000
Lamar Advertising of Montana$16,008
Left Hook Communications$11,240
Lee Enterprises$1,200
Digital and technologyWebsites, hosting, software subscriptions, databases, email, and texting platforms.$150,87821%
Filed as
TEXT MESSAGING SERVICES$136,860
WEBSITE$7,604
DATABASE SERVICES$5,663
SUBSCRIPTIONS$752
Paid to
Switchboard$78,375
Numero$58,485
Treeline Creative LLC$7,604
NGP VAN$3,750
MY Warchest, Inc.$1,913
Mailchimp$408
Consulting and strategyStrategic, political, legal, and compliance consulting, and campaign management.$120,54216%
Filed as
DIGITAL CONSULTING SERVICES$47,051
STRATEGIC CONSULTING SERVICES$31,515
STRATEGIC CONSULTING SERVICES & EXPENSES$18,528
COMPLIANCE SERVICES$17,757
LEGAL SERVICES$5,692
Paid to
Harris Compliance$50,042
Defeo Consulting$37,451
CFO Compliance, LLC$17,757
Caplin & Drysdale$5,692
Digiempower LLC$5,300
Litwak, Emilia$4,300
Printing, mail, and shippingPrinted literature, direct mail, postage, design, and delivery.$74,12110%
Filed as
DIRECT MAIL$55,555
PRINTING$18,566
Paid to
The Strategy Group, LLC$55,555
The Billings Times$7,824
Mailing Technical Services$7,677
The Blue Deal$3,065
Payroll and staffSalaries, wages, benefits, and payroll services.$69,3239.4%
Filed as
PAYROLL$69,323
Paid to
Collins, Alice$58,239
Navarro, Miranda$11,084
Polling and researchSurveys, opposition research, voter file work, and analytics.$37,4945.1%
Filed as
POLLING$30,000
RESEARCH SERVICES$7,494
Paid to
Tulchin Research$30,000
Nesbitt & Parrinello, Inc$7,494
Taxes, fees, and bank chargesPayroll and income taxes, filing fees, bank and merchant processing charges.$32,8174.5%
Filed as
PAYROLL TAX$27,859
PAYROLL PROCESSING FEES$2,620
FILING FEES$1,740
PAYROLL PROCESSING FEE$322
BANK FEES$195
BANK FEE$81
Paid to
Paychex$30,801
Montana Secretary of State$1,740
Amalgamated Bank$276
Card paymentsPaid to a card processor with no itemisation filed beneath it, so the purchases behind it are not on the record.$24,5963.3%
Filed as
CREDIT CARD PROCESSING FEES$24,596
Paid to
ActBlue Technical Services$24,596
Fundraising and eventsThe cost of raising money: finance consultants, donor list rental and acquisition, event venues, catering, and donor processing.$23,9193.3%
TravelAirfare, lodging, mileage, and ground transport.$14,0191.9%
Filed as
MILEAGE REIMBURSEMENT$7,618
TRAVEL$2,568
TRANSPORTATION$2,514
LODGING$1,319
Paid to
Busse, Ryan$3,914
Collins, Alice$3,704
Delta$2,568
Enterprise Rent-a-Car$1,687
Residence INN$640
Uber Technologies, Inc.$513
OtherPayments whose filed description does not match any category above. Every one is listed so it can be read directly.$11,2241.5%
Filed as
LIST AQUISITION$10,000
RENTAL SPACE$646
GASOLINE$578
Paid to
Blue Action, Inc.$10,000
The Montana Club LLC$396
Exxon Mobile$342
The Dram Shop LLC$250
Conoco$236
Refunds and redesignationsContributions returned to donors or reassigned to another election.$5,0000.7%
Filed as
CONTRIBUTION REFUND TO COMMITTEE$5,000
Paid to
NO Surrender Fund$5,000
Not broken out by the committeeReported as a lump sum, with memo entries pointed to for the detail. Where those entries were filed and read, this page counts the payees they name instead; what is left here was never itemised.$2,4910.3%
Filed as
MILEAGE AND REIMBURSEMENT - SEE BELOW$2,386
REIMBURSEMENT - SEE BELOW$106
Paid to
Busse, Ryan$2,491
Office and administrativeRent, utilities, phones, supplies, equipment, security, food, and campaign merchandise.$7450.1%
Filed as
FOOD & BEVERAGE$745
Paid to
The Rathskeller$293
Mackenzie River Pizza, Grill & PUB$231
Stockman's$207
The Dram Shop LLC$14
Total itemized disbursements $734,470
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 259 itemized payments filed this cycle. Spending below the itemization threshold is not filed line by line.
6 payments were reported as a lump sum, such as a card or payroll bill, with the detail filed underneath as memo entries. Those entries, $21,513 in all, are counted under the payee and purpose they name rather than under the processor that was paid. The total is the same either way.