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Watchdog challenges pro-Tester committee's financial reporting

Last Best Place PAC spent $12.8 million through July opposing U.S. Sen. Jon Tester challenger Tim Sheehy.

In the second half of 2023, a secretive political action committee began running television ads against Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tim Sheehy. There were no details about who was funding Last Best Place PAC, how much money it had to spend, or who was working for the committee.

The secrecy continued into the first quarter of this year when the Campaign Legal Center filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission about Last Best Place PAC's lack of disclosure.

In July, the Federal Elections Commission voted 2 to 4 against finding that Last Best PAC and treasurer Dave Lewis needed to...

 

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