Direct answer
What did this FEC row report?
Strong PAC reported $3,000.00 in independent-expenditure activity supporting Richard Brattin. The filer supplied purpose text “TEXT MESSAGING” and named payee BALLAST LLC.
Open official FEC filing ↗FEC independent expenditure · Missouri District 5
Strong PAC
supporting Richard Brattin
SUPPORT$3,000.00August 3, 2026
SUPPORT
Filer-supplied fields
Reported communication-spending record
- Spender
- Strong PAC
- Spender FEC ID
- C00937094
- Named candidate
- Richard Brattin
- Candidate FEC ID
- H2MO04199
- Reported position
- SUPPORT
- Amount
- $3,000.00
- Purpose text
- TEXT MESSAGING
- Payee
- BALLAST LLC
- Expenditure date
- July 24, 2026
- Dissemination date
- August 3, 2026
- Receipt date
- August 4, 2026
- Election type
- P
- Office
- H · Missouri District 5
- Candidate party
- REPUBLICAN PARTY
- FEC file number
- 2004041
- Transaction ID
- SE.4256
- Amendment indicator
- N
- Election.org ID
- eop-ad-09aw9j9
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Same exact FEC candidate ID
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Same exact FEC spender ID
Other rows reported by Strong PAC
OPPOSETaylor Burks$88,470.00 · Jul 24, 2026 →OPPOSETaylor Burks$5,000.00 · Jul 24, 2026 →SUPPORTSam Dr Mccown$405,205.19 · May 28, 2026 →SUPPORTSam Dr Mccown$100,000.00 · May 28, 2026 →SUPPORTSam Dr Mccown$15,000.00 · May 28, 2026 →SUPPORTJace Yarbrough$211,125.94 · Feb 25, 2026 →SUPPORTJace Yarbrough$29,625.00 · Feb 25, 2026 →SUPPORTCarlos Jr. De La Cruz$3,603.00 · Feb 22, 2026 →