Hometown funded Defend on the same dates as $208,725 in Redbird targeting

Hometown Heroes transferred $65,000 to Defend and Protect Idaho in two contributions: $45,000 on 2026-05-13 and $20,000 on 2026-05-15. Defend's independent-expenditure ledger reports $110,000 in Redbird Strategies broadcast expenditures on May 13 and $98,725 on May 15—$208,725 across the exact two transfer dates. May 13 opposition spending targeted Daniel Foreman ($26,671), Josh Keyser ($19,483.75), Christy Zito ($19,483.75), Julianne Young ($14,255), Barbara Ehardt ($14,255), Glenneda Zuiderveld ($7,925.75), and Joshua Kohl ($7,925.75). May 15 opposition spending included Foreman ($26,250 combined), Keyser ($14,000), Zuiderveld ($11,000), Zito ($8,875), Kohl ($7,000), David Leavitt ($7,000), Clint Hostetler ($5,000), Barbara Ehardt ($5,000), and Scott Herndon ($5,000), while supporting Melissa Durrant ($8,000), Jim Woodward ($800), and Mark Sauter ($800). Defend had substantial pooled funding from other donors, including Way Back PAC, Richard Larsen, Allen Morgan, and farm interests, so the records do not trace Hometown's particular dollars to a particular advertisement. They do establish that the Hometown-to-Defend transfers and Defend's principal anti-non-establishment broadcast buys occurred on the same two dates.