2026 FEC independent expenditures

Political advertising filings

Name: 2026 federal political communication and independent-expenditure filing records
Creator: Federal Election Commission

Search reported spending by sponsor, candidate, purpose or payee, then open the source filing.

Finance filings do not establish ad creative, audiences, impressions or whether anyone saw an ad.

Source-row directory

38 matching records

Page 3 of 3 · current rows first; source anomalies and historical rows last

SUPPORTMontana · District 0

Montanans for Public Lands

reported spending involving Seth Bodnar

Canvassing: Staff Salary, Benefits, and Overhead - EstimateWild Montana Action Fund

Amount: $2,200.00
Dissemination: Jul 16, 2026
FEC candidate: S6MT00287

Historical source row · retained for reference; excluded from current spending totals.

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SUPPORTMontana · District 0

Montanans for Public Lands

reported spending involving Seth Bodnar

Canvassing: Staff Salary, Benefits, and Overhead - ActualWild Montana Action Fund

Amount: $9,697.90
Dissemination: Jul 12, 2026
Expenditure date: Jul 15, 2026
FEC candidate: S6MT00287

Historical source row · retained for reference; excluded from current spending totals.

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SUPPORTMontana · District 0

Montanans for Public Lands

reported spending involving Seth Bodnar

Campaign Literature - ActualAlphagraphcis Missoula

Amount: $1,093.49
Dissemination: Jul 12, 2026
FEC candidate: S6MT00287

Historical source row · retained for reference; excluded from current spending totals.

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SUPPORTMontana · District 0

Montanans for Public Lands

reported spending involving Seth Bodnar

Campaign Literature - ActualAlphagraphcis Missoula

Amount: $735.71
Dissemination: Jul 12, 2026
FEC candidate: S6MT00287

Historical source row · retained for reference; excluded from current spending totals.

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SUPPORTMontana · District 0

Montanans for Public Lands

reported spending involving Seth Bodnar

Mileage Reimbursement - ActualWild Montana Action Fund

Amount: $53.66
Dissemination: Jul 12, 2026
Expenditure date: Jul 15, 2026
FEC candidate: S6MT00287

Historical source row · retained for reference; excluded from current spending totals.

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SUPPORTMontana · District 0

Montanans for Public Lands

reported spending involving Samuel Kelley Forstag

Canvassing: Staff Salary, Benefits, and Overhead - EstimateWild Montana Action Fund

Amount: $12,000.00
Dissemination: Jul 29, 2026
FEC candidate: H6MT01137

Historical source row · retained for reference; excluded from current spending totals.

Source anomaly · reported dates require review

Dissemination date 2026-07-29 is after the FEC receipt date 2026-07-21.

Original values remain as reported; this flag does not establish wrongdoing.

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SUPPORTMontana · District 0

Montanans for Public Lands

reported spending involving Samuel Kelley Forstag

Campaign Literature - EstimateAlphagraphcis Missoula

Amount: $1,000.00
Dissemination: Jul 29, 2026
FEC candidate: H6MT01137

Historical source row · retained for reference; excluded from current spending totals.

Source anomaly · reported dates require review

Dissemination date 2026-07-29 is after the FEC receipt date 2026-07-21.

Original values remain as reported; this flag does not establish wrongdoing.

Inspect source record →Official FEC filing ↗

SUPPORTMontana · District 0

Montanans for Public Lands

reported spending involving Samuel Kelley Forstag

Mileage Reimbursement - EstimateWild Montana Action Fund

Amount: $500.00
Dissemination: Jul 29, 2026
FEC candidate: H6MT01137

Historical source row · retained for reference; excluded from current spending totals.

Source anomaly · reported dates require review

Dissemination date 2026-07-29 is after the FEC receipt date 2026-07-21.

Original values remain as reported; this flag does not establish wrongdoing.

Inspect source record →Official FEC filing ↗

FILING, NOT CREATIVE

A searchable sponsor record with a hard evidence boundary.

Each page preserves one current or retained historical FEC independent-expenditure filing row. Historical rows remain accessible but are excluded from current spending totals. A filing may describe advertising, mail, calls, canvassing, production, or another expressly advocated communication or activity. Electionpedia does not claim that every row contains a viewable ad creative.

Amendment policy543 superseded filing versions excluded from current rowsRetained history238 earlier public rows remain accessible and excluded from current spending totalsQuarantined spending rows174 current rows excluded from spending totalsSource-date alerts1,185 import/receipt-date anomalies retained and flaggedAPIJSON records ↗

Source: Federal Election Commission bulk data ↗, checked Oct 16, 2026. Purpose and payee text reproduce filer-supplied source fields. Electionpedia does not infer a platform, audience, targeting geography, creative content, or service actually delivered from those fields.

About these records and sources

Search current 2026 FEC independent-expenditure rows and retained historical records. Historical rows are excluded from current spending totals. The directory preserves the filer's purpose and payee text, but never pretends a finance filing contains the ad creative, audience, or proof that anyone saw it.

Current FEC filing rows25,284

Historical rows retained238

Outside spenders across all rows725

Named candidates across all rows743

All rows with purpose text25,519

WHAT THE FILING PROVES

A filer reported this spending row.

The page can reproduce the spender, candidate, amount, position code, dates, purpose, payee, election fields, and exact FEC filing image.

WHAT IT DOES NOT PROVE

What the creative said—or who saw it.

An independent-expenditure filing proves only that the filer reported the fields shown. It does not prove coordination, persuasion, effectiveness, audience exposure, candidate approval, motive, or wrongdoing.