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Conservatives 4 Montana

1 published research record · Latest research 2026-09-16

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…category if the $75,000 Government That Works PAC payment is included with the identifiable state/nonfederal political committees: Defend and Protect Idaho (3 transactions/$350K), Conservatives 4 Montana (2/$250K), Montanans for Responsible Stewardship ($100K), Hometown Heroes ($100K), Idaho First ($100K), Government That Works PAC ($75K), Janet Bock for Legislature ($10K), Leahy for Nebraska ($10K), Lisa Dean for Utah State House ($10K), Willems for Iowa ($10K), and Friends of Jayme Davis ($7.5K).

From Way Back’s $75K WFF payment is strongly reconstructed as the filing’s sole non-federal in-kind research-services transaction (2026-09-16). Recorded status: HIGH-CONFIDENCE FILING RECONSTRUCTION: exact transaction counts/totals identify WFF as the sole plausible $75K in-kind research-services row. Raw Schedule B row still needed for direct-row verification and substantive context. This sourced excerpt establishes the research context; it is not a completed biography or identity determination.

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PACs

Defend and Protect Idaho · 1 shared record
Fight for Nebraska PAC · 1 shared record
Government That Works PAC · 1 shared record
Hometown Heroes · 1 shared record
Idaho First · 1 shared record
Montana Freedom PAC · 1 shared record
Way Back PAC · 1 shared record

Organizations

Montanans for Responsible Stewardship · 1 shared record
Western Futures Fund · 1 shared record

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Research finding · 2026-09-16Way Back’s $75K WFF payment is strongly reconstructed as the filing’s sole non-federal in-kind research-services transaction

Recorded status: HIGH-CONFIDENCE FILING RECONSTRUCTION: exact transaction counts/totals identify WFF as the sole plausible $75K in-kind research-services row. Raw Schedule B row still needed for direct-row verification and substantive context.

Way Back PAC's Apr. 1–Jun. 3, 2026 FEC filing can now be structurally reconciled in a way that sharply narrows the previously mysterious $75,000 payment to Western Futures Fund. The filing's purpose breakout reports exactly one $75,000 transaction labeled 'Non-Federal In-Kind - Research Services - Non-Contribution Account.' Separately, the same filing's payee breakout reports exactly two $75,000 payees: Western Futures Fund and Government That Works PAC. The filing also reports 14 transactions totaling exactly $1,022,500 under 'Contribution to Non-Federal Committee - Non-Contribution Account.' The named payee/count/amount data reconcile exactly to that category if the $75,000 Government That Works PAC payment is included with the identifiable state/nonfederal political committees: Defend and Protect Idaho (3 transactions/$350K), Conservatives 4 Montana (2/$250K), Montanans for Responsible Stewardship ($100K), Hometown Heroes ($100K), Idaho First ($100K), Government That Works PAC ($75K), Janet Bock for Legislature ($10K), Leahy for Nebraska ($10K), Lisa Dean for Utah State House ($10K), Willems for Iowa ($10K), and Friends of Jayme Davis ($7.5K). Those entries total exactly 14 transactions and $1,022,500. The same filing's two 'Contribution to Committee' transactions totaling $305,000 reconcile exactly to Fight For Nebraska PAC ($155K) and  ($150K). This leaves  as the only $75,000 payee available to match the filing's sole $75,000 'Non-Federal In-Kind - Research Services' transaction. The conclusion is strengthened by the existence of a separate South Dakota state PAC named , which previously disclosed a Way Back contribution and is a natural fit for the non-federal-committee category, whereas  is a 501(c)(4), not a political committee. This is a high-confidence transaction reconstruction from the filing's own exact counts/totals and entity types, but the raw Schedule B transaction row has not yet been reproduced; therefore preserve the label as reconstructed rather than direct-row verified. If confirmed by the raw row, the $75K should no longer be characterized as an unexplained reverse cash transfer/refund to WFF: it would represent Way Back reporting $75,000 of non-federal in-kind research services associated with WFF. The filing language alone does not reveal what research was performed, who performed it, for whose ultimate benefit, how it was valued, or whether it represented shared-cost allocation or another arrangement. Those details remain open document targets.