Connection research · Research date 2026-09-17
Hometown Heroes directly paid Redbird Strategies $17,700
Recorded status: Verified vendor relationship; operational inference only; no earmarking or ownership finding
This is a dated research record. Its qualifications and open questions are part of the account. Association alone does not establish wrongdoing or control.
TransparencyUSA's Hometown Heroes committee page lists Redbird Strategies as the committee's top payee at $17,700. This adds a direct vendor relationship between Redbird Strategies and Hometown Heroes, separate from Defend and Protect Idaho's $208,725 in May 2026 Redbird independent expenditures. Because Hometown Heroes also transferred $65,000 to Defend and Protect Idaho on the same two dates as Defend's May 13 and May 15 Redbird spending, Redbird appears on both sides of the Hometown/Defend operational network: directly as Hometown's vendor and indirectly as Defend's principal ad vendor. This does not establish earmarking or common ownership.
Source references
- TransparencyUSA — Hometown Heroes, Idaho Committee — Top Payees
- Idaho Sunshine — Browse Expenditure Data — Defend and Protect Idaho; Redbird Strategies; May 13 and May 15, 2026