Research finding · Research date 2026-09-17
Esto Perpetua issued $37,000 in 23 same-day contributions on April 23, 2024
Recorded status: verified from transaction-level state records
This is a dated research record. Its qualifications and open questions are part of the account. Association alone does not establish wrongdoing or control.
Idaho Sunshine's transaction-level expenditure ledger shows the Idaho Esto Perpetua political committee made 23 contributions totaling $37,000 on 2024-04-23. The batch consisted of $15,000 to North Idaho Republicans PAC plus $1,000 each to 22 candidates: Sean Coletti, Todd Lakey, Lance Clow, Jim Guthrie, Josh Wheeler, Mark Harris, Benjamin Adams, Marco Erickson, Gregory Lanting, Ilana Rubel, Janie Ward-Engelking, Chris Mathias, James Ruchti/Just (listed separately as James Richard Just and James Daw Ruchti), Linda Wright Hartgen, Dan Garner, Ali Rabe, Brooke Green, Todd Achilles, Ned Burns, Chuck Winder, Richard Cheatum, and James Ruchti. The recipients cross party lines and include establishment Republicans and Democrats; the record proves a coordinated same-day contribution batch but does not by itself identify who selected recipients or establish coordination with any recipient.
Source references
- Idaho Sunshine — Esto Perpetua expenditure transactions — Esto Perpetua committee profile > Expenditures > View All; filtered statewide expenditure table
- Idaho Sunshine — Esto Perpetua committee profile — Committee profile