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BEYOND THE FUNDING TOTAL
Accountability record
Accountability coverage for R. Jon Tester. The same FEC matching rules apply to every candidate in the indexed financial snapshots. Records span years beyond the 2024 funding cycle. Campaign respondents and personal conduct are identified separately.
5,759 candidates checked · 7,669 FEC case titles scanned · retrieved Sep 15, 2026 · limited name matching
FEC enforcement records
0 linked case numbers · not a conduct score
No FEC case title matched this campaign’s linked committee names.
This search can miss secondary respondents, renamed committees, archived files, and personal cases. It does not cover every FEC enforcement program, criminal court, or ethics investigation. Missing coverage or no match is not a clean bill of health.
Reviewed investigations & context
Supplementary source review
Broader investigations and case narratives have not been reviewed for this candidate.
This is a coverage gap, not a finding about their conduct. The same source standards apply to every candidate.
THE FUNDING CONNECTIONS · 2023–2024
R. Jon Tester’s funding map
Full contribution categories on the left. Selected corporation-connected PAC transactions on the right. The company identifies the PAC’s registered affiliation, not the source of every dollar.
Solid lines: contribution totalsDotted lines: one transaction per PACReported through Dec 31, 2024
Individuals contributed more than political committees.Individuals $81,104,096.95 / Other political committees $3,077,009.63. The committee category includes more than company PACs.
PAC examples are selected from the latest matching transactions of up to eight corporation-connected committees; the map shows up to six. Latest nonpositive or explicitly voided records are omitted without substituting older records. Dotted lines are not weighted by dollars. Corporate PAC contributions are separate from employees’ personal contributions. Graph methodology ↗
BEYOND THE CAMPAIGN ACCOUNT · 2023–2024
The outside money
FEC processed filings
See what the campaign received alongside money other groups spent to elect or defeat R. Jon Tester.
Direct campaign contributions$84.2M
Received by the campaign
$84,242,278.01
Outside spending for$16.6M
Spent to support this candidate
$16,590,206.14
Outside spending against$63.3M
Spent to oppose this candidate
$63,314,568.21
Separate measures, not an additive total. Campaign: reported through dec 31, 2024. Outside spending: processed periodic filings retrieved Sep 23, 2026; recent 24/48-hour notices may not yet appear. Amounts are net reported spending; negative amounts reflect reported adjustments.
Spends to support
Spends to oppose
R. Jon TesterTarget of outside spendingFunds stay outside the campaign
Select a group to inspect its spending. The map shows up to four leading spenders per position; the full list is below. Connections show the reported position, not money paid to the candidate.
Large disclosed receipts can connect an outside spender to another organization. Some trails end at a nonprofit whose original donors may not be identifiable from these records.
$1M+ receipt searchEach qualifying receipt meets this threshold. Smaller receipts and individual donors are outside this view.
20 outside spenders with qualifying organization receipts · 11 recipient-reported backers matched to the IRS nonprofit register.
SENATE LEADERSHIP FUND20 funding entries in this search$0 for · $23.1M against
Reported backerSENATE LEADERSHIP FUND
ONE NATION
IRS-listed nonprofit · 501(c)(4)
$63,580,0006 qualifying receipts
other receipt · Amount received by the outside group, not attributed to this candidate.
Matched to the current IRS register by name and location (EIN 271937961). This does not establish historical tax status, original donors, or a candidate-specific dark-money amount.
contribution · Amount received by the outside group, not attributed to this candidate.
Matched to the current IRS register by name and location (EIN 130433430). This does not establish historical tax status, original donors, or a candidate-specific dark-money amount.
contribution · Amount received by the outside group, not attributed to this candidate.
Matched to the current IRS register by name and location (EIN 361520690). This does not establish historical tax status, original donors, or a candidate-specific dark-money amount.
other receipt · Amount received by the outside group, not attributed to this candidate.
Matched to the current IRS register by name and location (EIN 453732750). This does not establish historical tax status, original donors, or a candidate-specific dark-money amount.
YOUR COMMUNITY PAC4 funding entries in this search$1.8M for · $0 against
Reported backerYOUR COMMUNITY PAC
SIXTEEN THIRTY FUND
IRS-listed nonprofit · 501(c)(4)
$5,300,0003 qualifying receipts
contribution · Amount received by the outside group, not attributed to this candidate.
Matched to the current IRS register by name and location (EIN 264486735). This does not establish historical tax status, original donors, or a candidate-specific dark-money amount.
contribution · Amount received by the outside group, not attributed to this candidate.
Matched to the current IRS register by name and location (EIN 030554750). This does not establish historical tax status, original donors, or a candidate-specific dark-money amount.
contribution · Amount received by the outside group, not attributed to this candidate.
Matched to the current IRS register by name and location (EIN 834011547). This does not establish historical tax status, original donors, or a candidate-specific dark-money amount.
CFFE PAC5 funding entries in this search$1.5M for · $0 against
Reported backerCFFE PAC
AMERICA VOTES
IRS-listed nonprofit · 501(c)(4)
$3,000,0002 qualifying receipts
other receipt · Amount received by the outside group, not attributed to this candidate.
Matched to the current IRS register by name and location (EIN 264568349). This does not establish historical tax status, original donors, or a candidate-specific dark-money amount.
other receipt · Amount received by the outside group, not attributed to this candidate.
Matched to the current IRS register by name and location (EIN 831806898). This does not establish historical tax status, original donors, or a candidate-specific dark-money amount.
THE SENTINEL ACTION FUND4 funding entries in this search$0 for · $491.9K against
Reported backerTHE SENTINEL ACTION FUND
RIGHT VOTE INC.
IRS-listed nonprofit · 501(c)(4)
$2,500,0002 qualifying receipts
contribution · Amount received by the outside group, not attributed to this candidate.
Matched to the current IRS register by name and location (EIN 932721813). This does not establish historical tax status, original donors, or a candidate-specific dark-money amount.
LCV VICTORY FUND3 funding entries in this search$172.7 for · $0 against
Reported backerLCV VICTORY FUND
LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS, INC.
IRS-listed nonprofit · 501(c)(4)
$48,000,0009 qualifying receipts
contribution · Amount received by the outside group, not attributed to this candidate.
Matched to the current IRS register by name and location (EIN 521733698). This does not establish historical tax status, original donors, or a candidate-specific dark-money amount.
contribution · Amount received by the outside group, not attributed to this candidate.
Matched to the current IRS register by name and location (EIN 264568349). This does not establish historical tax status, original donors, or a candidate-specific dark-money amount.
Outside spending is not automatically dark money. A Super PAC must disclose reportable donors, but a named donor may itself receive funds from undisclosed sources. Public filings cannot always identify the original person or organization behind the money.
We show documented receipts and independently matched nonprofit identities. We do not assign an outside group’s incoming money to a particular candidate or calculate a hidden-money total. Groups can fund multiple races, retain funds, or use receipts for other purposes. Original donors: not determined.
2023–2024 receipts · Retrieved Sep 23, 2026. Source coverage and transaction categories can differ from outside-spending totals.
INSIDE INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS
Who do individual donors work for?
Reported affiliations
A personal check can come from an executive, a nurse, or a retiree. Employer and occupation disclosures add context to the individual-donation category.
$49.6MIncluded itemized records · signed total
511,122Contribution records, not unique people
Nov 14, 2024Latest included transaction date
These are individuals’ personal donations. An employer name does not mean the company paid, directed, or endorsed the contribution. Occupations are reported text, not a verified executive or lobbyist registry.
Top reported values in the included itemized records; spelling variants can appear separately. These are two views of the same money and must not be added together. Positive entries: $49,737,811; negative adjustments: -$97,279. Unitemized donations have no employer or occupation breakdown here. Read coverage and exclusions ↗
FEC snapshot retrieved Sep 23, 2026 · Source archive last updated Mar 8, 2026. 2 campaign committees linked by FEC ID. Methodology ↗
THE REGISTRATION RECORD
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2024 election registrations
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