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FREEDOM'S DEFENSE FUND

Republican-aligned activityInferred from activityHybrid PAC (qualified) · Unauthorized · Monthly filerC00401786

Overview

Raised: $1.9Mvs $1.1M 2023–2024
Spent: $2.1Mvs $908.8K 2023–2024
Cash on hand: $26Kvs $182.5K 2023–2024
Debts owed: $621.2Kvs $1M 2023–2024

Other 100%

Other $40K (100%) · $40K total · contributions this committee made, by recipient party

OpenFEC processed totals through Oct 14, 2026; figures change when amended reports are filed.

Raised is total receipts and Spent is total disbursements as the committee reported them; 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.

Compliance review indicators

4 open

Automated review indicators, not findings of a violation. Exact reported records are linked; identity is not independently verified. Reported lobbyist-bundling disclosures are not counted as issues.

Latest cycle-wide scan: Oct 18, 2026 · Index refreshed: Oct 18, 2026. Coverage is limited to loaded records and implemented checks.

Scan coverage and freshness

Receipt eligibility: last successful scan Oct 18, 2026 · latest scheduled check skipped (Oct 18, 2026).
Integrity: last successful scan Oct 18, 2026 · latest scheduled check succeeded (Oct 18, 2026).
Fundraising patterns: last successful scan Oct 18, 2026 · latest scheduled check skipped (Oct 18, 2026).

0 receipt eligibility · 4 integrity · 0 fundraising patterns

Operating expenditures concentrated at one payee →Associated amount: $74,245
CONSOLIDATED MAILING SERVICES received 61.2% of positive itemized operating spending in FREEDOM'S DEFENSE FUND's report. This is a concentration pattern for review.
Evidence date: Feb 26, 2026
Operating expenditures concentrated at one payee →Associated amount: $61,073
CONSOLIDATED MAILING SERVICES received 55.7% of positive itemized operating spending in FREEDOM'S DEFENSE FUND's report. This is a concentration pattern for review.
Evidence date: Mar 27, 2025
Operating expenditures concentrated at one payee →Associated amount: $45,732
CONSOLIDATED MAILING SERVICES received 56.8% of positive itemized operating spending in FREEDOM'S DEFENSE FUND's report. This is a concentration pattern for review.
Evidence date: Feb 26, 2025
Operating expenditures concentrated at one payee →Associated amount: $34,688
CONSOLIDATED MAILING SERVICES received 60.7% of positive itemized operating spending in FREEDOM'S DEFENSE FUND's report. This is a concentration pattern for review.
Evidence date: Jan 30, 2025

Across the cycle, some findings could not be linked safely to entities; ambiguous identities are withheld.

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Candidate connections

Candidate campaign receiving transfers
BARRETT, THOMAS MORERepublicanFEC reported
U.S. House · Michigan · District 7
Election 2026 · Incumbent · Current candidate
Receiving campaign: TOM BARRETT FOR CONGRESS
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID: H2MI07123 · 2025–2026 reporting cycle
Candidate campaign receiving transfers
BUCKHOUT, LAURIE

Money in

Sources

Itemized individual contributions$612.2K
Unitemized individual contributions$1.3M

Top contributors

CASEY, JOSEPH K. MR.RepublicanDerived from contributions$20K1 contribution
SCHALL, JAMES E DR. MD100% RepublicanDerived from contributions$9,25018 contributions
CHOATE, ARTHUR B MR.98% Republican · 2% unclassifiedDerived from contributions$8,0006 contributions
FORBECK, JENNIFER

Money out

Spending by kind

Operating expenditures$1.8M
Contributions to committees$104.3K
Independent expenditures$40K
Contribution refunds$3,105
Other disbursements$155.1K

Largest disbursements

TMA DIRECT, INC.$31KPAC DIGITAL MARKETING · Jun 23, 2025
TMA DIRECT, INC.$25.8KPAC DIGITAL MARKETING · Jul 31, 2025
CONSOLIDATED MAILING SERVICES$25KPAC DIRECT MAIL PRINTING & MAILSHOP · Oct 16, 2025
CONSOLIDATED MAILING SERVICES$25KPAC DIRECT MAIL PRINTING & MAILSHOP · Feb 12, 2026
CONSOLIDATED MAILING SERVICES$24.8KPAC DIRECT MAIL PRINTING & MAILSHOP · Feb 26, 2026
TAILWINDS POLITICAL$24.3KPAC DIGITAL MARKETING · Aug 31, 2025
CONSOLIDATED MAILING SERVICES

Over time

Itemized receipts and reported spending by month

Data

Month	Raised	Spent
Jan 25	$10,132	$0
Feb 25	$22,096	$20,000
Mar 25	$40,250	$36,500
Apr 25	$23,641	$7,500
May 25	$18,442	$0
Jun 25	$27,729	$8,000
Jul 25	$27,932	$0
Aug 25	$37,932	$6,000
Sep 25	$33,292	$6,500
Oct 25	$30,287	$10,000
Nov 25	$54,110	$0
Dec 25	$53,100	$4,000
Jan 26	$18,371	$5,000
Feb 26	$34,231	$11,000
Mar 26	$25,776	$1,000
Apr 26	$23,011	$0
May 26	$17,702	$0
Jun 26	$28,508	$5,000
Jul 26	$25,869	$3,000
Aug 26	$28,885	$2,500

Months follow the reported transaction date; itemized records only, so unitemized small-dollar giving is not in the bars.

Money network · top contributors and recipients as a graph

Records

Registration

Committee type: Hybrid PAC (qualified)
Designation: Unauthorized
Party affiliation: No party affiliation reported
Treasurer: KILGORE, PAUL
Filing cadence: Monthly filer
Organization type: Not reported
Connected organization: Not reported
Registration snapshot cycle: 2025–2026
Cycles loaded: 2026, 2024
Registered address: 824 S MILLEDGE AVE STE 101 · ATHENS, GA, 30605

Relationships

FEC-reported relationships

Registration evidence · 2025–2026

Reported relationships are not contributions or transfers. They do not establish that any money changed hands. The reporting committee and related entity are shown separately. Only loaded relationship types are shown; this is not a complete organization chart.

Registration relationships have not been loaded for this record. No relationship has been assumed.

FEC-reported relationships

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Political alignment

Registration, linked-candidate, and disclosed money-flow evidence

Evidence-based classificationSupports Republican candidatesRepublican-aligned activityInferred from activity

FEC registration: Hybrid PAC (qualified); no party affiliation reported. Classification basis: Inferred from activity. This describes disclosed financial activity, not an official party registration or ideological score. The figures below separately preserve the filer’s Schedule E support and opposition designations.

Candidate partyRepublican

Supporting: $40,000
Opposing: $0

2 current Schedule E rows

$40,000 supporting · $0 opposing · 2 rowsOfficial FEC outside spending ↗

FREEDOM'S DEFENSE FUND

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Political alignment

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Independent expenditures

Cash, assets & liabilities

Money network

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