Summerfield L. BaldridgeOne contribution on Mar 24, 2026 · OIL PRODUCTION · WHITEFISH, MT$7,000
David BallardOne contribution on Sep 16, 2026 · GEOPHYSICIST · BALLARD PETROLEUM · BILLINGS, MT$7,000
Loren BoughOne contribution on Oct 27, 2026 · RETIRED · BIG SKY, MT$7,000
A donor who gave several times appears once. The 12 largest donors by total given are listed. In all, 1,539 itemized contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $1.7M.
PACs and other committeesPolitical action committees and other candidates' committees. Corporations and unions cannot give directly.$817,70027%
The 12 largest committees by total given are listed. In all, 237 committee contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $971K. Counted from the givers' own filings, which can run above the total the campaign itself reports.
TransfersMoney moved in from the candidate's other authorized committees, such as a joint fundraising committee.$388,91113%
Money moved in from the candidate’s other authorized committees, such as a joint fundraising committee. It was raised once and is reported again here on arrival. The 6 largest sources by total given are listed. In all, 17 transfers were filed this cycle, totaling $388.9K.
Unitemized ($200 or less)Donors who have given $200 or less this cycle, so the FEC does not itemize (name) them.$192,4026.4%
Party committeesNational, state, and local committees of a political party.$62,0002.1%
Party committees that gave
NRSC1 receipt, latest Mar 31, 2026 · Party committee (qualified)$62,000
Total reported receipts $3,013,681
Every dollar the committee reported receiving this cycle, split by the source the FEC filing attributes it to. FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026.
Who donated: where they live, their employers and jobs
Where the donors live $1,724,487 placed by state
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under $29.9K
$29.9K+
$119.5K+
$268.9K+
$478.1K+
none
Outlined: Montana, home state
Home state and away
Montana 43%MT 43%Elsewhere 57%
43% of the money placed by state came from inside Montana: $747K of $1.7M.
Top states
Top donor states
Name
Amount
Money from groups, by interest $5,386,089
What the committees giving to Alme’s campaign or spending on ads about Alme are: a company or industry, a union, a cause, a party or politician. Money from individual donors is not included.
For Alme $4,341,212
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$2.1M49%
$694.4K16%
Software, hardware and AI companies, and the groups the AI industry runs. Groups campaigning for AI safety are under Causes.$509.3K12%
$335K7.7%
$99.5K2.3%
Oil, gas and coal companies and pipelines, with their PACs and trade groups.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.$66K1.5%
$62K1.4%
$448.1K10%
Outside spending $22,941,918 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 $22.9M 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, 49% to named individuals, 27% to organizations, 21% to tax-exempt organizations that need not name their donors, 0.6% to committees nothing more could be followed from, 2% not itemized in the filings.
People and organizations the race's outside spending traces to
Name
Amount
Contours, Inc.Organization · tax-exempt: need not name its donors · behind Progressive VET PAC and Montana Freedom PAC and 2 more
$2.6M
Richard MassonPerson · Network Operations Director, The Cigna Group · behind Independent PAC
$2.5M
Richard UihleinPerson · CEO, Uline · behind More Jobs, Less Government
Western Futures FundOrganization · tax-exempt: need not name its donors · behind Montana Freedom PAC and Montanans for Public Lands and 1 more
$1.2M
What the payments were for $2,394,716 itemized
The campaign also refunded $12,500 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.$1,417,71359%
Filed as
MEDIA BUY$1,417,713
Paid to
Medium Buying$1,417,713
Largest vendors
Largest vendors
Name
Amount
Medium Buying7 payments · 59% of all spending
$1,417,713
Direct Response Strategies7 payments · 8.4% of all spending
$202,018
Maybell Group LLC3 payments · 3.9% of all spending
$92,903
H2 Capital Consulting LLC8 payments · 3.8% of all spending
$92,002
Campaign Solutions10 payments · 3% of all spending
$71,633
EJB Strategies LLC2 payments · 2.3% of all spending
$55,548
Peak Insights1 payment · 2.2% of all spending
$52,800
Precision Strategies LLC2 payments · 1.7% of all spending
$40,987
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 Alme’s campaign say backs them?
44 endorsers listed on Kurt Alme’s own campaign site: 36 officials, 1 union, 6 organizations, 1 person.
This is the campaign's claim, checked by an editor against its page; the endorsers have not confirmed it to us. Each name opens the campaign’s page with that name highlighted.
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Montana home697 contributions · 43%
$746,978
California86 contributions · 7%
$120,444
Florida113 contributions · 6.7%
$115,822
Virginia49 contributions · 4.9%
$85,351
Connecticut39 contributions · 4.5%
$76,941
New York43 contributions · 4.4%
$75,114
Texas84 contributions · 3.4%
$58,036
District of Columbia27 contributions · 3.3%
$56,562
By the state each donor wrote on the filing, across 50 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
RetiredWritten instead of an employer · 721 contributions · 28% of ranked
$393,099
Self-employedWritten instead of an employer · 121 contributions · 12% of ranked
$174,439
Miller Strategies10 contributions · 2.2% of ranked
$31,000
Blackstone4 contributions · 1.5% of ranked
$21,000
Yellowstone Bank3 contributions · 1.5% of ranked
$21,000
Entrepreneur4 contributions · 1.3% of ranked
$18,500
Not employedWritten instead of an employer · 9 contributions · 1.2% of ranked
$17,500
HomemakerWritten instead of an employer · 8 contributions · 1.1% of ranked
$15,300
A further $181,070 came from donors whose answer names no employer (Information requested, N/A, None, blank), so it is not ranked. Ranked from the largest 200 of 201 employer spellings filed; each share is of the money in those. 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 ($192,402) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
Donors’ occupations as filed
Donors’ occupations
Occupation as filed
Amount
RetiredWritten instead of an occupation · 731 contributions · 26% of ranked
$400,319
CEO23 contributions · 6% of ranked
$93,801
Attorney58 contributions · 3.6% of ranked
$56,252
Executive21 contributions · 3.2% of ranked
$49,160
Banker16 contributions · 2.6% of ranked
$40,120
Consultant29 contributions · 2.5% of ranked
$39,500
Owner21 contributions · 2.2% of ranked
$35,080
Partner14 contributions · 2.2% of ranked
$35,002
A further $156,850 came from donors whose answer names no occupation (Information requested, N/A, blank), so it is not ranked. Ranked from the largest 200 of 201 occupation spellings filed; each share is of the money in those. 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 ($192,402) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
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.
The national, state and local committees of a party, by the FEC’s committee type. The party is the one the FEC lists.
The network of committees tied to Charles Koch, including Americans for Prosperity. Placed from our list of that network, which a reviewer confirms.
On the Republican side by their own words, their main funder, or a published source a reviewer cites. 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.
Against Alme $1,044,877
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Groups set up for one candidate or one race: no parent organization, and 80% or more of their spending on that race, for a candidate, against their rival, or both. A group that is part of an older organization (a trade, union or caucus PAC, or a party leaders’ super PAC shell) stays in its own place even when it spends on one race, and one that has spread across races is filed by its side.$1M99%
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.$6.7K0.6%
Clearly political, but nothing yet shows a cause or a side: not their own words, their funders or a published source.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.$343<0.1%
“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
Support and oppose are each group’s own labels, not a judgment made here.
$18,526,829 of the race total was filed about other candidates, so it would not show on Alme’s own record.
Independent expenditures (Schedule E) only. Electioneering communications and corporate or union member communications file separately; they are counted for Almeunder “Other outside spending” in the full finance detail, but not for the rest of the field, so every other row is a floor.
Ronald BurklePerson · Managing Partner, The Yucaipa Companies · behind Independent PAC
$833.6K
David SokolPerson · Chairman, Teton Capital LLC · behind Independent PAC
$833.6K
Jeff YassPerson · Managing Director, SIG · behind More Jobs, Less Government
$667.9K
Responsive Government ActionOrganization · behind Montana Freedom PAC and Montanans for Public Lands and 1 more
$594.9K
Independent Center VoiceOrganization · behind Independent PAC
$575.2K
Koch Inc.Organization · behind Americans for Prosperity Action, Inc. DBA CVA Action & DBA Libre Action
$553.2K
Sixteen Thirty FundOrganization · tax-exempt: need not name its donors · behind Montana Freedom PAC and Montanans for Public Lands and 2 more
$534.7K
Read for the 19 largest groups of 22, 99.8% of the $22.9M 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 events
The cost of raising money: finance consultants, donor list rental and acquisition, event venues, catering, and donor processing.
$325,16014%
Filed as
FUNDRAISING CONSULTING$144,671
FUNDRAISING CONSULTING/TRAVEL$77,381
DIGITAL FUNDRAISING$68,307
FUNDRAISING CONSULTING/CATERING$13,122
CATERING$11,811
CATERING/SITE RENTAL$5,879
CATERING/TRAVEL$3,140
EVENT PRODUCTION$850
Paid to
Maybell Group LLC$92,903
H2 Capital Consulting LLC$92,002
EJB Strategies LLC$55,548
Campaign Solutions$40,725
Hall LLC$27,582
Hilton Garden INN-Billings$7,318
Printing, mail, and shippingPrinted literature, direct mail, postage, design, and delivery.$204,3698.5%
Filed as
DIRECT MAIL$202,018
POSTAGE$1,497
PRINTING$854
Paid to
Direct Response Strategies$202,018
Usps$882
Ultra Graphics$838
Postnet$352
Fedex$263
All American Trophy$15
Consulting and strategyStrategic, political, legal, and compliance consulting, and campaign management.$98,9934.1%
Filed as
STRATEGIC CONSULTING/TRAVEL$40,987
STRATEGIC CONSULTING$20,000
COMPLIANCE CONSULTING$17,659
COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTING/TRAVEL$5,600
COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTING$5,000
GRASSROOTS CONSULTING/MILEAGE$4,788
ADMINISTRATIVE CONSULTING/MILEAGE$2,268
ACCOUNTING SERVICES$1,388
ADMINISTRATIVE CONSULTING$1,304
Paid to
Precision Strategies LLC$40,987
S2R LLC$20,000
Huckaby Davis Lisker$17,659
Peregrine Peak Strategies LLC$10,600
Liberty OAK Consulting LLC$4,788
Courtneythomas$2,268
Payroll and staffSalaries, wages, benefits, and payroll services.$93,0303.9%
Filed as
SALARY$92,902
PAYROLL EXPENSES$67
PAYROLL SERVICE$61
Paid to
John O'brien JR.$21,957
John O'brien JR., John JR.$14,638
Anisten Shute$13,543
William Tamisiea$12,081
O'brien, John JR.$9,332
Anisten Shute, Anisten$9,029
Taxes, fees, and bank chargesPayroll and income taxes, filing fees, bank and merchant processing charges.$83,8113.5%
Filed as
PAYROLL TAXES$39,833
EARMARK FEES$16,901
LIST ACQUISITION FEES$11,111
EARMARK FEE$6,630
EARMARK PROCESSING$2,743
DONOR ACQUISITION FEES$2,254
FILING FEE$1,740
ONLINE PROCESSING FEE$1,403
BANK FEES$1,106
LEGAL FEES$90
Paid to
Gusto$39,833
WinRed$25,374
Campaign Solutions$13,365
Montana Secretary of State$1,740
Anedot$1,403
Chain Bridge Bank$1,106
Polling and researchSurveys, opposition research, voter file work, and analytics.$81,1973.4%
Filed as
RESEARCH$52,800
DATA MANAGEMENT$28,397
Paid to
Peak Insights$52,800
Cmdi$28,397
OtherPayments whose filed description does not match any category above. Every one is listed so it can be read directly.$43,6041.8%
Filed as
ONLINE PROCESSING$20,739
LIST SERVICES$11,328
SIGNAGE$9,824
SPONSORSHIP$880
SITE RENTAL$500
MEETING EXPENSE$333
Paid to
Campaign Solutions$17,544
Ultra Graphics$9,824
Democracy Engine$8,113
Anedot$6,411
Gallatin County Republican Cmte$320
OLD Salt Outpost$288
TravelAirfare, lodging, mileage, and ground transport.$37,5701.6%
Filed as
TRAVEL$33,576
MILEAGE$3,838
TRAVEL-NO ITEM REQUIRED$156
Paid to
United Airlines$5,789
Marriott Hotels$4,416
Couryard by Marriott$2,300
Alme, Kurt$1,910
Washington Marriott Capitol Hill$1,881
Uber$1,711
Office and administrativeRent, utilities, phones, supplies, equipment, security, food, and campaign merchandise.$5,0320.2%
Filed as
INSURANCE$3,297
FOOD/BEVERAGE$711
OFFICE SUPPLIES$592
OFFICE EQUIPMENT$433
Paid to
Pacificsource$3,073
Amazon$1,019
S2R LLC$267
Montana State Fund$224
Black Rifle Coffee$100
MRP Grill$74
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.$2,4990.1%
Filed as
SEE MEMOS$2,499
Paid to
John O'brien JR.$727
Kurt Alme$530
Chain Bridge Credit Card$519
William Tamisiea$394
Alme, Kurt$225
Kurt Alme, Kurt$104
Digital and technologyWebsites, hosting, software subscriptions, databases, email, and texting platforms.$1,187<0.1%
Filed as
WEB SERVICES$1,187
Paid to
Dropbox$697
APPLE.COM$490
Given to othersContributions to other candidates, party committees, and PACs.$550<0.1%
Filed as
IN-KIND CONTRIBUTION$550
Paid to
Gomendi, Ryan$550
Total itemized disbursements $2,394,716
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 Oct 14, 2026.
All 492 itemized payments filed this cycle. Spending below the itemization threshold is not filed line by line.
12 payments were reported as a lump sum, such as a card or payroll bill, with the detail filed underneath as memo entries. Those entries, $27,754 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.
