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Judith Ellis

8 published research records · Latest research 2026-09-17

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About Judith Ellis

The sponsor is Defend and Protect Idaho, PO Box 162, Boise; Gary Raney is listed as chair and Judith Ellis as treasurer.

From KIVI FCC political-file form names Commercial Space Experts—not Redbird—as Defend and Protect’s media agency (2026-09-17). Recorded status: Verified from supplied FCC PDFs; transaction-role interpretation unresolved New published findings are added here as sourced excerpts.

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The sponsor is Defend and Protect Idaho, PO Box 162, Boise; Gary Raney is listed as chair and Judith Ellis as treasurer.
KIVI FCC political-file form names Commercial Space Experts—not Redbird—as Defend and Protect’s media agency · 2026-09-17
Recorded status: Verified from supplied FCC PDFs; transaction-role interpretation unresolved

Idaho Sunshine identifies Judith Ellis as treasurer and Gary Raney as chairperson of Defend and Protect Idaho, filing entity ID 661, registered January 24, 2024, with mailing address PO Box 162, Boise, ID 83701.
Defend and Protect Idaho’s treasurer is the highest-value records-custodian lead for Esto payments · 2026-09-17
Recorded status: Verified committee-officer finding; records-custody inference

Black, advertiser Defend and Protect Idaho, sponsor contact Gary Raney, and governing officers Gary Raney (Chair) and Judith Ellis (Treasurer).
KREM forms link K. Black/CSE to three specific Defend orders and receipt of ad material · 2026-09-17
Recorded status: Purchaser-form and order linkage verified; Redbird production attribution unproven

Defend and Protect Idaho's current official website identifies Judith Ellis as its treasurer.
Probable Idaho Values First personnel bridges to Defend & Protect and Take Back Idaho · 2026-09-15
Recorded status: D&P Judith Ellis role and TBI Cheryl Miller role verified from official organization sites. IVF director roles are secondary reporting said to rely on Idaho SOS records; exact primary filing/identity match still unresolved.

The PAC’s own website identifies Judith Ellis as treasurer.
Way Back money reaches Defend and Protect Idaho, where Gary Raney and Judith Ellis oversee candidate support/opposition spending · 2026-09-15
Recorded status: Current Idaho governance and 2026 spending use verified; Way Back→DPI funding verified. Upstream WFF/1630 same-dollar attribution remains unproved.

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Defend and Protect Idaho

Stated in published research

Once the money reached Idaho, local leadership is identifiable: Defend and Protect Idaho’s own website lists Judith Ellis as treasurer, and contemporaneous Idaho Capital Sun reporting identifies former Ada County Sheriff Gary Raney as the committee leader/chairman.

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Defend and Protect Idaho

Stated in published research

Idaho Sunshine identifies Judith Ellis as treasurer and Gary Raney as chairperson of Defend and Protect Idaho, filing entity ID 661, registered January 24, 2024, with mailing address PO Box 162, Boise, ID 83701.

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Other names appearing in the same research (26)

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Gary Raney · 6 shared records
Christy Zito · 2 shared records
Dan Foreman · 2 shared records
Megan Blanksma · 2 shared records
Ben Fuhriman · 1 shared record

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Research finding · 2026-09-17KIVI FCC political-file form names Commercial Space Experts—not Redbird—as Defend and Protect’s media agency

Recorded status: Verified from supplied FCC PDFs; transaction-role interpretation unresolved

Verification: the user-provided KIVI Political File Disclosure Form is dated May 8, 2026 and identifies Commercial Space Experts, 2400 Laramie Trail, Austin, TX 78745, phone 512-297-7349, contact Kristin Black, as the agency. The sponsor is Defend and Protect Idaho, PO Box 162, Boise; Gary Raney is listed as chair and Judith Ellis as treasurer. The form does not name Redbird Strategies. This date matches the $110,000 Defend-and-Protect payment to Redbird recorded in Idaho campaign-finance data. A second user-provided NAB agreement for the same sponsor likewise names Commercial Space Experts and K. Black, but its station-completion fields (station representative, date, call letters, run dates, disposition) are blank. Interpretation: Redbird may have been paid for a broader strategic/vendor role while broadcast placement was handled by an outside agency, or the transaction chain may be a pass-through; the PDFs alone do not establish which. The incomplete form is an anomaly to verify, not proof of wrongdoing.

Sources

KIVI Political File Disclosure Form — Defend and Protect Idaho (May 8, 2026) — User-provided PDF: kivi-defend-and-protect-idaho-political-pfd-05-08-2026-20260508-184235750-pdf.pdf, pp. 1–2
NAB Issue Advertisement Agreement — Defend and Protect Idaho (May 8, 2026) — User-provided PDF: nab-defend-protect-idaho-20260508-184235959-pdf.pdf, pp. 1–2 · Original document is not linked online in this record
Idaho Sunshine expenditure search — Search result for Defend and Protect Idaho / Redbird Strategies, May 2026

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