Independent spender · CO

Protect Our Winters Action Fund

Registered with the Federal Election Commission as C90017898.

Which side

Mostly helps Democrats

100% of the $12K it gave candidates or spent on races helped Democrats. Spending against a candidate counts as help for the other party.4

Helps Democrats 100%Helps Republicans 0%

Backs

  1. Samuel Kelley ForstagDemocrat$12K

On the record

Type
Independent spender1
Based in
Boulder, CO1

Who funds it

Money, 2025–26

As reported to the FEC through .2

Raised$0
Spent$0
Cash on hand$0

    Outside spending in races

    Ads, mail and other spending about candidates, made without the campaigns, from notices it must file within 24 or 48 hours. These run to October 6, 2026, later than the summary above.3

    Spent to help: $12K

    Samuel Kelley Forstag DemocratU.S. House, Montana 1st District (2026)$12,016

    Sources

    Every number on this page points here. Each one links to the public record.

    1. 1
      FEC committee record: Protect Our Winters Action Fund (C90017898)https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C90017898/
      Retrieved October 16, 2026
    2. 2
      FEC: Protect Our Winters Action Fund financial summary, 2025–26https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C90017898/?cycle=2026#financial-summary
      Through · Retrieved October 16, 2026
    3. 3
      FEC: independent expenditures by Protect Our Winters Action Fund, 2025–26https://www.fec.gov/data/independent-expenditures/?committee_id=C90017898&cycle=2026
      24- and 48-hour notices · Retrieved October 16, 2026
    4. 4
      Federal Election Commission bulk data, 2025–26 cyclehttps://www.fec.gov/data/browse-data/?tab=bulk-data
      Retrieved October 16, 2026 · Public record
    5. 5
      Itemized receipts, bulk files indiv26 and oth26 · Retrieved October 17, 2026