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BUILDING A NATIONAL KNOWLEDGEABLE SECURITY PAC

RepublicanLinked candidatePAC (qualified) · Leadership PAC · Monthly filerC00832469

Overview

Raised: $1.3Mvs $275.9K 2023–2024
Spent: $1.4Mvs $165.2K 2023–2024
Cash on hand: $92.6Kvs $110.7K 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 · 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

Itemized individual contributions$499.4K
Unitemized individual contributions$89
Other committees$746.7K

Largest itemized receipts

BANKS VICTORY FUNDRepublicanInferred from FEC-reported participants$28.4KOct 28, 2025
BANKS VICTORY FUNDRepublicanInferred from FEC-reported participants$14.7KJun 24, 2026
BANKS VICTORY FUNDRepublicanInferred from FEC-reported participants$13.9KJun 30, 2025
BANKS VICTORY FUND

Money out

Spending by kind

Operating expenditures$1.2M
Contributions to committees$187.5K
Contribution refunds$20K
Other disbursements$5,000

Largest disbursements

GRAND VALLEY CONSULTING$69.9KFUNDRAISING CONSULTING · Feb 5, 2026
GRAND VALLEY CONSULTING$49.3KFUNDRAISING CONSULTING · Apr 14, 2026
GRAND VALLEY CONSULTING$32.6KFUNDRAISING CONSULTING · Nov 24, 2025
NORTH COUNTRY STRATEGIES$31.4KSTRATEGIC PAC CONSULTING · Mar 24, 2026
GRAND VALLEY CONSULTING$29.3KFUNDRAISING CONSULTING · Mar 18, 2025
NORTH COUNTRY STRATEGIES$28.4KSTRATEGIC CONSULTING · Aug 4, 2026
GRAND VALLEY CONSULTING$25.8KFUNDRAISING CONSULTING · Jun 2, 2025
GRAND VALLEY CONSULTING

Over time

Itemized receipts and reported spending by month

Data

Month	Raised	Spent
Jan 25	$38,125	$25,000
Feb 25	$68,875	$0
Mar 25	$133,575	$0
Apr 25	$16,625	$10,000
May 25	$20,625	$0
Jun 25	$79,426	$5,000
Jul 25	$30,125	$25,000
Aug 25	$7,625	$0
Sep 25	$84,039	$0
Oct 25	$65,547	$0
Nov 25	$29,625	$0
Dec 25	$148,125	$5,000
Jan 26	$65,599	$25,000
Feb 26	$59,750	$27,500
Mar 26	$164,250	$15,000
Apr 26	$26,260	$5,000
May 26	$46,525	$10,000
Jun 26	$82,352	$30,000
Jul 26	$21,500	$0
Aug 26	$37,750	$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: Leadership PAC
Party affiliation: No party affiliation reported
Treasurer: MARTIN, STEVEN
Filing cadence: Monthly filer
Organization type: Not reported
Connected organization: Not reported
Registration snapshot cycle: 2025–2026
Cycles loaded: 2026, 2024
Registered address: PO BOX 30844 · BETHESDA, MD, 20824

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.

BANKS VICTORY FUNDC00734913 Joint fundraising participantBUILDING A NATIONAL KNOWLEGEABLE SECURITY PACC00832469
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1860217Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
TEAM BANKSC00902486 Joint fundraising participantBUILDING A NATIONAL KNOWLEDGEABLE SECURITY PACC00832469
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1887115Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
BUILDING A NATIONAL KNOWLEDGEABLE SECURITY PACC00832469 Leadership PAC sponsorBANKS, JAMES E. HON.S4IN00196
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1684406Official 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 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