BENGS FOR SOUTH DAKOTA
IndependentFEC reportedSenate campaign committee · Principal campaign committee · Quarterly filerC00903641
Overview
- Raised
- $1.9M
- Spent
- $1.8M
- Cash on hand
- $69.7K
- Debts owed
- $0
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.
Candidate connections
Principal candidate campaign
BENGS, BRIANIndependentFEC reportedU.S. Senate · South Dakota · Statewide
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID:
S6SD01117· 2025–2026 reporting cycle
Money in
Sources
- Itemized individual contributions$935.7K
- Unitemized individual contributions$870.7K
- Other committees$43K
Top contributors
- OLIVER, THOMAS95% Democratic · 1% unclassifiedDerived from contributions$10.5K4 contributions
- BILLINGS, KERRYIndependent contributionsDerived from contributions$7,0005 contributions
- CHEW, ROBERT28% Democratic / 20% Republican · 19% unclassifiedDerived from contributions$7,0001 contribution
Money out
Spending by kind
- Operating expenditures$1.8M
- Contribution refunds$24.3K
- Other disbursements$261
Largest disbursements
- BUYING TIME$20KPAID MEDIA BUY - TV · May 15, 2026
- MESSAGE DIGITAL LLC$20KDIGITAL ACQUISITION · Jun 3, 2025
- BUYING TIME$15.4KPAID MEDIA BUY - TV · May 14, 2026
- BLUE ACTION INC.$15KDIGITAL ACQUISITION · Apr 3, 2026
- K2D STRATEGIES$15KDIRECT MAIL PRODUCTION AND POSTAGE · Jan 28, 2026
- BLUE ACTION INC.$15KDIGITAL ACQUISITION · Jan 2, 2026
- NUMERO, INC.$12.8KSOFTWARE · Apr 21, 2026
- NUMERO, INC.$10.9KSOFTWARE · Apr 6, 2026
- NUMERO, INC.$10.1K
Money network · top contributors and recipients as a graph
Records
Registration
- Committee type
- Senate campaign committee
- Designation
- Principal campaign committee
- Party affiliation
- Independent
- Treasurer
- BROWN, JUD
- Filing cadence
- Quarterly filer
- Organization type
- Not reported
- Connected organization
- Not reported
- Registration snapshot cycle
- 2025–2026
- Cycles loaded
- 2026
- Registered address
- PO BOX 404 · HOT SPRINGS, SD, 57747
Relationships
FEC-reported relationships
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Political alignment
Registration, linked-candidate, and disclosed money-flow evidence
FEC registration: Senate campaign committee; Independent 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.