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Who funds Aaron Flint?

Montana U.S. House District 1RepublicanFiled for an open seatFEC H6MT01152
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The money.

Aaron FlintFEC filing: Aaron Flint · H6MT01152 ↗
Raised
$2.5M
Spent
$2.4M
Cash on hand
$408K
  • Individuals 76% $1.9M
  • PACs & other committees 24% $599K
  • Party committees 0.2% $5,000
  • Other receipts <0.1% $60

Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026. Excludes $342K moved between the candidate's own committees.

Outside groups: $1.2M supporting · $118K opposing ($185K of it designated for the general election)

Biggest spenders supporting

  1. AMERICAN MISSIONSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $590K
  2. LEADERSHIP IN ACTIONHybrid PAC (super PAC account)Spent mainly in primaries $264K
  3. MAKE MONTANA GREATSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $228K
  4. SEAL PAC USASuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $100K
  5. SPECIAL OPERATIONS FOR AMERICASuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $20K

Biggest spenders opposing

  1. VOTEVETSHybrid PAC (super PAC account)Spent mainly in primaries $68K
  2. END CITIZENS UNITEDPAC with no sponsoring organizationAll of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans $50K

Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. NATIONAL CATTLEMEN'S BEEF ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NCBA-PAC)Trade association PAC · National Cattlemen'S Beef Association $10K
  2. EUREKA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC of Ken Calvert $10K
  3. CONSERVATIVE OPPORTUNITY LEADERSHIP AND ENTERPRISE PACLeadership PAC of Tom Cole $10K
  4. SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. PACCorporate PAC · Space Exploration Technologies Corp. $10K
  5. THE EYE OF THE TIGER POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC of Steve Scalise $10K

Who gave.

Who gives $1.9M from individuals

24% in small-dollar gifts

$453K of $1.9M came unitemized: from donors whose gifts to the campaign this cycle total $200 or less, whom the campaign does not have to name.

The itemized gifts below add up to $531K of the $1.5M the campaign reported itemizing through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet processed the rest into its bulk file, which runs to Jun 30, 2026 for this campaign.

65% from Montana · 35% from elsewhere

Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address; $2,250 had no usable state. Giving from other states is lawful and common.

49% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.

Top states

  1. Montana $342K
  2. Virginia $32K
  3. California $19K
  4. Texas $17K
  5. District of Columbia $15K
  6. Florida $12K
  7. New York $9,193
  8. Illinois $7,423

Top employers named by donors

  1. TARGETED VICTORY $5,500
  2. STATE OF MONTANA $900
  3. JBRF INVESTMENTS $750

Employers as donors wrote them on the form. A company listed here did not give this money; people who work there did.

Retired, self-employed, not employed or not given: $408K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $116K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.

Summary through Oct 14, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Mar 2, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026, net of refunds (4,469 entries). Every itemized contribution on FEC.gov ↗

From the principal campaign committee's FEC reports; joint-fundraising transfers and later reports are not included, and no donor is named here. A contribution is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing.

Outside money in the final weeks.

Outside spending including late reports: $4.0M for / $7.1M against · $3.4M in the final two weeks

That is $9.7M more than the $1.3M in regular reports alone. Source: FEC regular reports plus 24- and 48-hour reports they do not yet cover. The final two weeks run Oct 21, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026, by the date each ad or mailing went out.

$4.1M of the $11M on late reports was filed as an estimate. A 24- or 48-hour report is due within a day or two of the spending; the spender's later regular report carries the final cost.

What it bought, per the late reports

  • TV, radio & streaming TV 45% $4.9M
  • Digital ads 22% $2.4M
  • Ads, medium not stated 14% $1.5M
  • Mail, print & signs 15% $1.6M
  • Phones & texts 2% $173K
  • Canvassing & field 0.4% $40K
  • Ad production 2% $259K
  • Other or unclassified 0.7% $75K

Largest late spenders for

  1. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER PAC $910K
  2. AMERICAN MISSION $590K
  3. LEADERSHIP IN ACTION $544K
  4. CIVIC RENEWAL FUND INC. $427K
  5. AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION $371K

Largest late spenders against

  1. HMP $3.0M
  2. MONTANA VOTERS PAC $2.1M
  3. GUARDRAILS ALLIANCE $793K
  4. LCV VICTORY FUND $688K
  5. OUR HERITAGE MATTERS $177K

Latest dissemination on these reports: November 2, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (248 entries). These reports on FEC.gov ↗

Outside spending is, by law, made without coordinating with the candidate and is not the candidate's money. Purposes are grouped from each spender's own description, so the groups are approximate. A dollar figure is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing.

Where it went.

Where the money went $791K in itemized spending

These itemized payments cover $791K of the $2.4M the campaign reported spending through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Jun 30, 2026.

  • Advertising & outreach 79% $627K
  • Staff & payroll 3% $21K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 5% $39K
  • Polling, research & data 4% $34K
  • Travel, meals & events 0.4% $2,915
  • Office, technology & overhead 1% $7,970
  • Legal & compliance 1% $8,168
  • Contributions, transfers & refunds 0.1% $1,000
  • Other or unclassified 6% $51K

Largest payees

  1. GEN2 SOLUTIONS, LLC $424K
  2. TARGETED VICTORY $165K
  3. PEAK INSIGHTS $29K
  4. CHASE $28K
  5. ARENA MAIL + DIGITAL $27K

Paid to individuals: $34K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

Payments dated Mar 4, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (113 entries). Every payment on FEC.gov ↗

Grouped by each campaign's own description of the payment, so the groups are approximate. Payments of $200 or less to one payee need not be itemized, detail filed only as memo entries counts under other or unclassified, and spending by the candidate's other committees or by outside groups is not included. A payment is not evidence of a favor or wrongdoing.

Others who filed for this seat.

Questions worth asking.

Money shows who backed a campaign, not how a person will act. Compare it with what they did and said: their votes or official actions if they have held office, their own statements, and their answers to a finding. Use the same questions for every candidate.

FEC bulk data read November 4, 2026. Campaign totals come from each filing's own FEC summary through its latest processed report. Outside spending is independent expenditures itemized in committee reports in the FEC bulk files, primaries included; late 24- and 48-hour reports, party coordinated spending, communication costs and groups that do not report to the FEC are not included. Outside spending is, by law, made without coordinating with the candidate, and it is not the candidate's money. A contribution or expenditure is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing. This page identifies the filing by its FEC candidate ID; a person can hold more than one filing.