Research finding · Research date 2026-09-15
Reclaim 2026 committee activity is substantial; candidate-specific spending remains unverified
Recorded status: Current committee totals verified; official issue-first self-description verified. No candidate-specific 2026 expenditure/endorsement found in current search; itemized Sunshine ledger still inaccessible through available web interface.
This is a dated research record. Its qualifications and open questions are part of the account. Association alone does not establish wrongdoing or control.
The current 2026-cycle public record confirms substantial Reclaim Idaho political-committee activity but still does not establish candidate-specific spending or endorsements. Transparency USA currently reports Reclaim Idaho at $396,106.85 in 2026-cycle contributions and $88,739.50 in expenditures, with no loans. Reclaim’s own current website says its campaigns focus "not on political candidates or political parties" but on issues, while its theory of change says organized citizens can change the state’s balance of power through legislative advocacy, town halls and local measures. A current search for 2026 Reclaim candidate endorsements/expenditures did not surface an official Reclaim candidate-endorsement page or candidate-specific expenditure record; Blue Voter Guide’s indexed Reclaim endorsement page for 2024 shows its Proposition 1 recommendation rather than candidate endorsements. The official Idaho Sunshine Reclaim filter is publicly reachable but currently returns a technical error through the web interface, preventing transaction-level review in this pass. Therefore the defensible status remains: Reclaim is a financially active Idaho political committee and a named ally in IEA’s 2026 legislative-composition effort, but no candidate-specific 2026 Reclaim spending, endorsement or coordinated independent expenditure has yet been verified. Do not equate the committee’s total expenditures with candidate spending until the itemized ledger is obtained.
Source references
- Transparency USA — Idaho committees, 2026 cycle — Reclaim Idaho row
- Transparency USA — Reclaim Idaho committee — Committee header / Loans
- Reclaim Idaho — About / Strategy — Our Strategy / Our Theory of Change
- Blue Voter Guide — Reclaim Idaho endorsements — 2024 endorsements
- Idaho Sunshine — Reclaim Idaho filter — Reclaim Idaho campaign filter