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BUILDING UP DEMOCRACY'S DREAM

RepublicanLinked candidatePAC (qualified) · Leadership PAC · Quarterly filerC00834507

Overview

Raised: $1.2Mvs $879K 2023–2024
Spent: $1.1Mvs $797.3K 2023–2024
Cash on hand: $199.6Kvs $81.7K 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 indicators

2 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 · 2 integrity · 0 fundraising patterns

Operating expenditures concentrated at one payee →Associated amount: $182,109
THE STANTON GROUP, LLC received 71.6% of positive itemized operating spending in BUILDING UP DEMOCRACY'S DREAM's report. This is a concentration pattern for review.
Evidence date: Dec 22, 2025
Operating expenditures concentrated at one payee →Associated amount: $102,777
THE STANTON GROUP, LLC received 70.0% of positive itemized operating spending in BUILDING UP DEMOCRACY'S DREAM's report. This is a concentration pattern for review.
Evidence date: Apr 15, 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
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$161.8K
Other committees$781.5K

Largest itemized receipts

TED BUDD MAJORITY COMMITTEE 2028Republican-aligned activityInferred from activity$52.4KMar 17, 2026
TED BUDD MAJORITY COMMITTEE 2028Republican-aligned activityInferred from activity$16.3KMay 28, 2025
TED BUDD MAJORITY COMMITTEE 2028Republican-aligned activityInferred from activity$14.2KMar 31, 2025
FORSYTHE, GERALD R MR.RepublicanDerived from contributions$5,000

Money out

Spending by kind

Operating expenditures$604.2K
Contributions to committees$441K
Contribution refunds$13.5K

Largest disbursements

THE STANTON GROUP, LLC$86KPAC FUNDRAISING FEE, FOOD/BEVERAGE, LODGING, EVENT SITE FEE, TRANSPORTATION, AIRFARE · Dec 22, 2025
THE STANTON GROUP, LLC$50KPAC FUNDRAISING CONSULTING, SITE FEES, FOOD/BEVERAGE, LODGING, AIRFARE, TRANSPORTATION, HOST GIFT, S · Jan 17, 2025
THE STANTON GROUP, LLC$39.7KPAC FUNDRAISING CONSULTING, FOOD/BEVERAGE, EVENT SITE FEE, TRANSPORTATION, EVENT TICKETS, PARKING, F · Jul 10, 2025
THE STANTON GROUP, LLC$39.2KPAC FUNDRAISING CONSULTING, FOOD/BEVERAGE, EVENT SITE FEE, PARKING · Aug 29, 2025
THE STANTON GROUP, LLC$34.9KPAC FUNDRAISING CONSULTING, SITE FEES, FOOD/BEVERAGE, LODGING, TRANSPORTATION, DONOR GIFTS · Apr 15, 2025
THE STANTON GROUP, LLC$20.3KPAC FUNDRAISING CONSULTING, FOOD/BEVERAGE, LODGING, TRANSPORTATION, AIRFARE, PARKING, SITE FEES · Feb 11, 2026
THE STANTON GROUP, LLC$17.8K

Over time

Itemized receipts and reported spending by month

Data

Month	Raised	Spent
Jan 25	$12,500	$0
Feb 25	$42,000	$5,000
Mar 25	$124,248	$15,000
Apr 25	$45,000	$5,000
May 25	$36,323	$0
Jun 25	$50,095	$0
Jul 25	$21,500	$5,000
Aug 25	$19,500	$10,000
Sep 25	$69,250	$75,000
Oct 25	$36,500	$0
Nov 25	$54,250	$1,000
Dec 25	$103,000	$17,000
Jan 26	$2,500	$5,000
Feb 26	$42,500	$5,000
Mar 26	$126,929	$43,000
Apr 26	$34,500	$0
May 26	$9,500	$95,000
Jun 26	$44,000	$25,000

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: PAC (qualified)
Designation: Leadership PAC
Party affiliation: No party affiliation reported
Treasurer: MCMICHAEL, COLLIN
Filing cadence: Quarterly filer
Organization type: Not reported
Connected organization: OLD NORTH STATE PAC
Registration snapshot cycle: 2025–2026
Cycles loaded: 2026, 2024
Registered address: PO BOX 97275 · RALEIGH, NC, 27624

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.

TED BUDD MAJORITY COMMITTEE 2028C00869719 Joint fundraising participantBUILDING UP DEMOCRACY'S DREAMC00834507
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1976519Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
BUILDING UP DEMOCRACY'S DREAMC00834507 Connected organizationOLD NORTH STATE PACReported 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.
BUILDING UP DEMOCRACY'S DREAMC00834507 Leadership PAC sponsorBUDD, THEODORE PS2NC00505
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1860962Official 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

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Money out

Spending by kind

Largest disbursements

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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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