BENGS, BRIAN
IndependentFEC reportedIndependent candidate · U.S. Senate · South Dakota · Statewide · Election 2026 · ChallengerS6SD01117
Overview
- Raised
- $1.9M
- Spent
- $1.8M
- Cash on hand
- $69.7K
- Debts owed
- $0
OpenFEC processed candidate totals through Oct 14, 2026, across every authorized committee; figures change when amended reports are filed.
Raised is total receipts and Spent is total disbursements as reported for the candidate's authorized committees together; both can include transfers, loans and refunds. Cash on hand and debts are the balances at the end of the last report. The comparison is the same figure for 2023–2024.
Candidate & race
- Office & constituency
- U.S. Senate · South Dakota · Statewide
- Reported party
- Independent
- Election year
- 2026
- Race status
- Challenger
- Candidate status
- Current candidate
- Principal campaign committee
- BENGS FOR SOUTH DAKOTA (C00903641)
The principal campaign committee is the reported connection to this candidate. Transaction details below cover that committee; candidate-wide totals can also cover other authorized committees.
Money in
Who's funding Brian Bengs? Read the article →
Sources
- Itemized individual contributions$935.7K
- Unitemized individual contributions$870.7K
- Other committees$43K
Top contributors
- OLIVER, THOMAS95% Democratic · 1% unclassifiedDerived from contributions$10.5K4 contributions
- BILLINGS, KERRYIndependent contributionsDerived from contributions$7,0005 contributions
- CHEW, ROBERT28% Democratic / 20% Republican · 19% unclassifiedDerived from contributions$7,000
Money out
Spending by kind
- Operating expenditures$1.8M
- Contribution refunds$24.3K
- Other disbursements$261
Largest operating payments
- BUYING TIME$20KPAID MEDIA BUY - TV · May 15, 2026
- MESSAGE DIGITAL LLC$20KDIGITAL ACQUISITION · Jun 3, 2025
- BUYING TIME$15.4KPAID MEDIA BUY - TV · May 14, 2026
- BLUE ACTION INC.$15KDIGITAL ACQUISITION · Apr 3, 2026
- K2D STRATEGIES$15KDIRECT MAIL PRODUCTION AND POSTAGE · Jan 28, 2026
- BLUE ACTION INC.$15KDIGITAL ACQUISITION · Jan 2, 2026
- NUMERO, INC.$12.8KSOFTWARE · Apr 21, 2026
- NUMERO, INC.$10.9KSOFTWARE · Apr 6, 2026
- NUMERO, INC.
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Financial timeline
2025–2026 election cycle · dated records
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Records
Registration
- Office sought
- U.S. Senate
- State / district
- South Dakota · Statewide
- Party affiliation
- Independent
- Race status
- Challenger
- Candidate status
- Current candidate
- Election year
- 2026
- Registration snapshot cycle
- 2025–2026
- Cycles loaded
- 2026
- Registered address
- PO BOX 404 · HOT SPRINGS, South Dakota, 57747
- Compliance screening
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Relationships
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Reconciliation
- Coverage
- Apr 28, 2025 to Oct 14, 2026
- Contribution refunds
- $24,347
- Debts owed by committees
- $0
- Last report
- PRE-GENERAL
Source and provenance
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