BUDDY PAC

96% Republican-aligned activity · 4% unclassifiedInferred from activityPAC (qualified) · Unauthorized · Monthly filerC00597062

Overview

Raised: $328.5Kvs $319.8K 2023–2024
Spent: $233Kvs $355.6K 2023–2024
Cash on hand: $125.9Kvs $30.4K 2023–2024
Debts owed: $0vs $0 2023–2024

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

1 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 · 1 integrity · 0 fundraising patterns

Operating expenditures concentrated at one payee →Associated amount: $18,325
SOUTH END STRATEGIES received 53.4% of positive itemized operating spending in BUDDY PAC's report. This is a concentration pattern for review.
Evidence date: Dec 8, 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
BALDERSON, WILLIAM TROYRepublicanFEC reported
U.S. House · Ohio · District 12
Election 2026 · Incumbent · Current candidate
Receiving campaign: BALDERSON FOR CONGRESS
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID: H8OH12180 · 2025–2026 reporting cycle
Candidate campaign receiving transfers
BARR, GARLAND ANDY

Money in

Sources

Itemized individual contributions$26K
Other committees$201.5K

Largest itemized receipts

TEAM BUDDY99% Republican-aligned activity · 1% unclassifiedInferred from activity$23.7KSep 30, 2025
TEAM BUDDY99% Republican-aligned activity · 1% unclassifiedInferred from activity$19.3KJun 9, 2026
TEAM BUDDY99% Republican-aligned activity · 1% unclassifiedInferred from activity$11.6KMar 31, 2025
TEAM BUDDY99% Republican-aligned activity · 1% unclassifiedInferred from activity

Money out

Spending by kind

Operating expenditures$81.5K
Contributions to committees$129K
Contribution refunds$2,500
Other disbursements$20K

Largest disbursements

CRAWFORD, CHRISTOPHER$21.6KPAC STRATEGY CONSULTING · Feb 3, 2025
SOUTH END STRATEGIES$5,000PAC STRATEGY CONSULTING · Jul 15, 2026
THE DOUBLE D FOUNDATION$5,000PAC SPONSORSHIP · Sep 10, 2025
SOUTH END STRATEGIES$5,000PAC STRATEGY CONSULTING · Aug 28, 2025
FUNDRAISING INC.$3,780PAC FUNDRAISING CONSULTING · Apr 9, 2026
SOUTH END STRATEGIES$3,325PAC STRATEGY CONSULTING · Dec 8, 2025
JBEST & COMPANY$2,980PAC FUNDRAISING · Aug 20, 2025
SOUTH END STRATEGIES

Over time

Itemized receipts and reported spending by month

Data

Month	Raised	Spent
Jan 25	$12,500	-$2,000
Mar 25	$51,828	$0
Apr 25	$5,000	$0
May 25	$21,000	$2,500
Jun 25	$40,249	$0
Jul 25	$5,000	$15,000
Aug 25	$8,250	$0
Sep 25	$70,474	$40,000
Oct 25	$4,000	$0
Nov 25	$6,948	$0
Dec 25	$14,078	$35,000
Jan 26	$7,500	$0
Feb 26	$1,000	$0
Mar 26	$15,803	$5,000
Apr 26	$0	$10,000
May 26	$5,000	$5,000
Jun 26	$32,834	$11,000
Jul 26	$6,000	-$10,000
Aug 26	$1,000	$0

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: 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.

TEAM BUDDYC00726802 Joint fundraising participantBUDDY PACC00597062
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1900539Official 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 classification96% Republican-aligned activity · 4% unclassified96% Republican-aligned activity · 4% unclassifiedInferred from activity

FEC registration: 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.

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

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Records

FEC-reported relationships

FEC-reported relationships

Political alignment

FEC-reported relationships

Cash, assets & liabilities

Money network

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