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BIG SKY OPPORTUNITY PAC

RepublicanLinked candidatePAC (qualified) · Leadership PAC · Monthly filerC00542027

Overview

Raised: $755.8Kvs $1.5M 2023–2024
Spent: $849.5Kvs $1.3M 2023–2024
Cash on hand: $464.7Kvs $558.4K 2023–2024
Debts owed: $0vs $0 2023–2024

FEC bulk summary totals through Aug 31, 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

Candidate campaign receiving transfers
ALME, KURTRepublicanFEC reported
U.S. Senate · Montana · Statewide
Election 2026 · Open seat · Current candidate
Receiving campaign: ALME FOR SENATE
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID: S6MT00295 · 2025–2026 reporting cycle
Candidate campaign receiving transfers
ARENHOLZ, ASHLEY HINSON

Money in

Sources

Other committees$392K
Transfers from affiliates$244K

Largest itemized receipts

DAINES SENATE MAJORITY FUNDMixed activity · 18% Democratic / 82% Republican · 0% unclassifiedInferred from activity$96.5KMar 31, 2025
UPHOLD THE SENATERepublicanInferred from FEC-reported participants$53.5KSep 30, 2025
UPHOLD THE SENATERepublicanInferred from FEC-reported participants$44KJun 30, 2025
ONE TEAM SENATE MAJORITY

Money out

Spending by kind

Contributions to committees$353.5K

Largest disbursements

H2 CAPITAL CONSULTING LLC$42.5KSITE RENTAL · Dec 1, 2025
BB&T CREDIT CARD$18.3KSEE MEMOS · Aug 5, 2026
S2R PUBLIC AFFAIRS LLC$15KSTRATEGIC CONSULTING · Jul 14, 2025
S2R PUBLIC AFFAIRS LLC$15KSTRATEGIC CONSULTING · Apr 3, 2025
S2R PUBLIC AFFAIRS LLC$15KSTRATEGIC CONSULTING · Jan 11, 2026
S2R PUBLIC AFFAIRS LLC$15KSTRATEGIC CONSULTING · Jan 27, 2025
S2R PUBLIC AFFAIRS LLC$15KSTRATEGIC CONSULTING · Nov 1, 2025
BB&T FINANCIAL$11KCREDIT CARD PAYMENT- SEE MEMOS · Feb 18, 2025
HUCKABY DAVIS LISKER INC.$10.1KCOMPLIANCE CONSULTING · Aug 27, 2026
AFFOLTER, CAITLIN$10KADMINISTRATIVE CONSULTING · Jul 22, 2026

Over time

Itemized receipts and reported spending by month

Data

Month	Raised	Spent
Feb 25	$23,500	$0
Mar 25	$198,904	$55,000
Apr 25	$0	$10,000
May 25	$27,500	$10,000
Jun 25	$104,373	$20,000
Aug 25	$5,000	$5,000
Sep 25	$129,530	$50,000
Oct 25	$0	$10,000
Nov 25	$19,000	-$5,000
Dec 25	$102,114	$10,000
Jan 26	$2,500	$0
Feb 26	$9,000	$0
Mar 26	$66,254	$55,000
May 26	$0	$105,000
Jun 26	$0	-$15,000
Jul 26	$0	-$5,000
Aug 26	$7,500	$13,500

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: PAC (qualified)
Designation: Leadership PAC
Party affiliation: No party affiliation reported
Treasurer: LISKER, LISA
Filing cadence: Monthly filer
Organization type: Not reported
Connected organization: MONTANA RED
Registration snapshot cycle: 2025–2026
Cycles loaded: 2026, 2024
Registered address: 228 S. WASHINGTON ST. · STE. 115 · ALEXANDRIA, VA, 22314

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.

DAINES SENATE MAJORITY FUNDC00571596 Joint fundraising participantBIG SKY OPPORTUNITY PACC00542027
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1849302Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
CHS-BSO JFCC00854794 Joint fundraising participantBIG SKY OPPORTUNITY PACC00542027
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1733742Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
NORTHEAST SENATE VICTORY COMMITTEEC00897272 Joint fundraising participantBIG SKY OPPORTUNITY PACC00542027
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1874622Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
UPHOLD THE SENATEC00904946 Joint fundraising participantBIG SKY OPPORTUNITY PACC00542027
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1891774Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
HOLD THE SENATEC00916643 Joint fundraising participantBIG SKY OPPORTUNITY PACC00542027
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1912035Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
BIG SKY OPPORTUNITY PACC00542027 Connected organizationMONTANA REDReported 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.
BIG SKY OPPORTUNITY PACC00542027 Leadership PAC sponsorDAINES, STEVES2MT00096
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1943742Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.

FEC-reported relationships

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Political alignment

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

Evidence-based classificationRepublicanRepublicanLinked candidate

FEC registration: PAC (qualified); no party affiliation reported. Classification basis: Linked candidate. 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 rows

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