BUDDY CARTER FOR SENATE

RepublicanFEC reportedSenate campaign committee · Principal campaign committee · Quarterly filerC00543967

Overview

Raised: $7.3Mvs $2.6M 2023–2024
Spent: $10.3Mvs $1.4M 2023–2024
Cash on hand: $58.6Kvs $3M 2023–2024
Debts owed: $3.5Mvs $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 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).

1 receipt eligibility · 3 integrity · 0 fundraising patterns

Operating expenditures concentrated at one payee →Associated amount: $2,171,982
STRATEGIC MEDIA PLACEMENT INC. received 89.0% of positive itemized operating spending in BUDDY CARTER FOR SENATE's report. This is a concentration pattern for review.
Evidence date: May 30, 2025
Operating expenditures concentrated at one payee →Associated amount: $1,258,556
STRATEGIC MEDIA PLACEMENT INC. received 79.3% of positive itemized operating spending in BUDDY CARTER FOR SENATE's report. This is a concentration pattern for review.
Evidence date: May 15, 2026
Operating expenditures concentrated at one payee →Associated amount: $777,710
STRATEGIC MEDIA PLACEMENT INC. received 69.4% of positive itemized operating spending in BUDDY CARTER FOR SENATE's report. This is a concentration pattern for review.
Evidence date: Sep 12, 2025
LLC or partnership eligibility →Associated amount: $1,000

Candidate connections

Principal candidate campaign
CARTER, EARL LEROYRepublicanFEC reported
U.S. Senate · Georgia · Statewide
Election 2026 · Challenger · Current candidate
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID: S6GA00374 · 2025–2026 reporting cycle

Money in

Sources

Itemized individual contributions$1.5M
Unitemized individual contributions$490.4K
Other committees$1.1M
Other receipts$128.9K

Top contributors

CARTER, EARL LEROY$3.5M3 contributions
TEAM BUDDY99% Republican-aligned activity · 1% unclassifiedInferred from activity$635.3K22 contributions
HUNT, DOUGLAS H.RepublicanDerived from contributions$28K8 contributions
HUNTSMAN, PETER

Money out

Spending by kind

Operating expenditures$9.7M
Contribution refunds$535.3K
Other disbursements-$3,500

Largest disbursements

STRATEGIC MEDIA PLACEMENT INC.$1MDIGITAL MARKETING · Apr 21, 2026
STRATEGIC MEDIA PLACEMENT INC.$586KADVERTISING · May 30, 2025
STRATEGIC MEDIA PLACEMENT INC.$543KADVERTISING · May 15, 2025
STRATEGIC MEDIA PLACEMENT INC.$543KADVERTISING · May 12, 2025
STRATEGIC MEDIA PLACEMENT INC.$500KADVERTISING · May 22, 2025
STRATEGIC MEDIA PLACEMENT INC.$496.2KDIGITAL MARKETING · May 5, 2026
STRATEGIC MEDIA PLACEMENT INC.$435.6KDIGITAL MARKETING · May 15, 2026
BIG DOG STRATEGIES LLC$413.7KSTRATEGY CONSULTING · Apr 2, 2026

Over time

Itemized receipts and reported spending by month

Money network · top contributors and recipients as a graph

Records

Registration

Committee type: Senate campaign committee
Designation: Principal campaign committee
Party affiliation: Republican
Treasurer: KILGORE, PAUL
Filing cadence: Quarterly filer
Organization type: Not reported
Connected organization: REPUBLICANS INSPIRING SUCCESS & EMPOWERMENT PROJECT (RISE PROJECT)
Registration snapshot cycle: 2025–2026
Cycles loaded: 2026, 2024
Registered address: PO BOX 10570 · SAVANNAH, GA, 31412

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.

TEAM BUDDYC00726802 Joint fundraising participantBUDDY CARTER FOR SENATEC00543967
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1900539Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
LEAN FORWARD AMERICAC00930396 Joint fundraising participantBUDDY CARTER FOR SENATEC00543967
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1930604Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
BUDDY CARTER FOR SENATEC00543967 Authorized candidateCARTER, EARL LEROYH4GA01039
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 6, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC candidate master: reported principal campaign committee (CAND_PCC). The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.
BUDDY CARTER FOR SENATEC00543967 Authorized candidateCARTER, EARL LEROYS6GA00374
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 7, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC candidate–committee linkage. The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.
BUDDY CARTER FOR SENATEC00543967 Connected organizationREPUBLICANS INSPIRING SUCCESS & EMPOWERMENT PROJECT (RISE PROJECT)Reported 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 classificationRepublican affiliation reportedRepublicanFEC reported

FEC registration: Senate campaign committee; Republican 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 ↗

Month	Raised	Spent
Jan 25	$12,174	$0
Feb 25	$28,349	$0
Mar 25	$187,604	$0
Apr 25	$31,000	$2,500
May 25	$108,386	$0
Jun 25	$2,450,579	$0
Jul 25	$58,170	$5,000
Aug 25	$84,722	-$1,000
Sep 25	$362,145	-$500
Oct 25	$71,611	$0
Nov 25	$105,339	$0
Dec 25	$1,237,596	$0
Jan 26	$28,476	$0
Feb 26	$36,876	$0
Mar 26	$240,862	$0
Apr 26	$88,139	$0
May 26	$527,718	$193,200
Jun 26	-$132,299	$0

BUDDY CARTER FOR SENATE

Overview

Candidate connections

Money in

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Top contributors

Money out

Spending by kind

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FEC-reported relationships

FEC-reported relationships

Political alignment

FEC-reported relationships

Top employers

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Cash, assets & liabilities

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Money network