MONTANANS FOR TESTER

DemocraticFEC reportedSenate campaign committee · Principal campaign committee · Quarterly filerC00412304

Overview

Raised: $270.2Kvs $89.8M 2023–2024
Spent: $353Kvs $92M 2023–2024
Cash on hand: $683.1Kvs $765.6K 2023–2024
Debts owed: $0vs $0 2023–2024

OpenFEC processed totals through Sep 30, 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 · No open linked indicators

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).

No open indicators are linked in the published index. This is not a compliance clearance.

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

Candidate connections

Principal candidate campaign
TESTER, R. JONDemocraticFEC reported
U.S. Senate · Montana · Statewide
Election 2024 · Incumbent · Prior-cycle candidate
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID: S6MT00162 · 2025–2026 reporting cycle

Money in

Sources

Transfers from affiliates$485
Other receipts$189.7K

Largest itemized receipts

LEHMAN, EDWARDDemocraticDerived from contributions$3,300Mar 24, 2025
FITZMORRIS, TYDemocraticDerived from contributions$3,300Mar 24, 2025
BANNETT, DONDemocraticDerived from contributions$2,500Mar 24, 2025
HERMAN, MARGARET D.Democratic

Money out

Spending by kind

Operating expenditures$212K
Contribution refunds$26.1K
Other disbursements$114.9K

Largest disbursements

NGP VAN, INC.$36KFUNDRAISING AND COMPLIANCE SOFTWARE · Mar 17, 2025
UNITED STATES TREASURY$23.7KTAXES · Apr 14, 2026
BLUE SUMMIT SOLUTIONS$14.5KCOMPLIANCE CONSULTING · Feb 21, 2025
MASTERCARD$12.8KCREDIT CARD PAYMENT (VENDORS THAT AGGREGATE OVER $200 LISTED BELOW) · Jan 28, 2025
BLUE SUMMIT SOLUTIONS$10.5KCOMPLIANCE CONSULTING · Feb 21, 2025
MONTANA STATE FUND$7,191WORKERS COMPENSATION · Jun 26, 2025
ELIAS LAW GROUP$6,255LEGAL FEES · Jun 16, 2026
MASTERCARD$4,751CREDIT CARD PAYMENT (VENDORS THAT AGGREGATE OVER $200 LISTED BELOW) · Mar 17, 2025

Over time

Itemized receipts and reported spending by month

Data

Month	Raised	Spent
Jan 25	$22	$0
Mar 25	$462	$2,500
Jun 25	$0	$43,888
Feb 26	$0	$20,000
Apr 26	$0	$30,000
Jun 26	$0	$6,000

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: Senate campaign committee
Designation: Principal campaign committee
Party affiliation: Democratic
Treasurer: DEBRUYCKER, BRETT
Filing cadence: Quarterly filer
Organization type: Not reported
Connected organization: TESTER VICTORY FUND
Registration snapshot cycle: 2025–2026
Cycles loaded: 2026, 2024
Registered address: PO BOX 1135 · HELENA, MT, 59624

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.

TESTER VICTORY FUNDC00547679 Joint fundraising participantMONTANANS FOR TESTERC00412304
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1813694Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
MAJORITY 2024C00873737 Joint fundraising participantMONTANANS FOR TESTERC00412304
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1764709Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
2024 DEM SENATE VICTORY: AZ + MT + PA + DSCCC00879585 Joint fundraising participantMONTANANS FOR TESTERC00412304
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1785747Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
SCHIFF(T) THE SENATEC00879619 Joint fundraising participantMONTANANS FOR TESTERC00412304
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1785874Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
WA SENATE VICTORY FUNDC00887273 Joint fundraising participantMONTANANS FOR TESTERC00412304
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1812966Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
MONTANANS FOR TESTERC00412304 Authorized candidateTESTER, R. JONS6MT00162
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 7, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC candidate–committee linkage. The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.
MONTANANS FOR TESTERC00412304 Connected organizationTESTER VICTORY FUNDReported name only · no identity match assumed
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 6, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC committee master: reported connected organization / affiliated committee name. This name-only field does not establish an entity identity match. The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.

FEC-reported relationships

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Political alignment

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

Evidence-based classificationDemocratic affiliation reportedDemocraticFEC reported

FEC registration: Senate campaign committee; Democratic affiliation reported. Classification basis: FEC reported. 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.

No candidate support/oppose spending foundThis cycle has no locally ingested Schedule E rows for this committee. Registration, linked-candidate, committee-transfer, and recipient-reported conduit evidence can still establish the alignment shown above.

$0 supporting · $0 opposing · 0 rowsOfficial FEC outside spending ↗

Overview

Candidate connections

Money in

Sources

Largest itemized receipts

Money out

Spending by kind

Largest disbursements

Over time

Records

FEC-reported relationships

FEC-reported relationships

Political alignment

FEC-reported relationships

Cash, assets & liabilities

Over time

Money network