# Kilgore Athens GA Fifth Committee October 2026
On **2026-10-06**, twenty-eight days before the general election, a super PAC called
**[[Save Our Montana]]** registered with the Federal Election Commission. It disclosed no money. It is the
**fifth federal political committee** this vault has found filing from **824 S Milledge Ave Ste 101,
Athens, Georgia**, all five with **[[Paul Kilgore]]** as treasurer of record and all five reachable
at the email domain `pdscompliance.com` — see [[PDS Compliance]].
Deals **§7** puts new PAC and super-PAC formations in scope during the midterm window with no dollar
floor. This one clears on the formation alone; the finding is the address, not a buy.
## Terms
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| New committee | **[[Save Our Montana]]**, FEC **C00963157** |
| Form | **Form 1**, file **2017351**, received and signed **2026-10-06** |
| Address | Athens, GA |
| Treasurer | **[[Paul Kilgore]]**, same address |
| Contact | `
[email protected]`; also `
[email protected]` |
| Depository | Classic City Bank, 2365 W Broad St, Athens GA |
| Filing frequency | **Quarterly** |
| Money disclosed | **None** |
## The five committees at one address
| Committee | FEC ID | Type | First filed | Disclosed activity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[Defending America PAC]] | C00848739 | Super PAC | 2023-08-22 | $698,000.00 against Robert Harvie (PA House), restated on Form 24A file 2015419 |
| [[New England Victory Fund]] | C00944827 | Joint fundraising | 2026-03-24 | On **both** Collins's and Sununu's amended Form 1s of 2026-10-04 |
| [[Protect the Majority 2026]] | C00961433 | Joint fundraising | 2026-09-12 | NRSC + the campaigns **and leadership PACs** of [[Susan Collins]], [[John E. Sununu]], [[Ashley Hinson]] |
| [[Battle Tested PAC]] | C00962332 | Super PAC | 2026-09-25 | **Nothing.** Q3 report (file 2016795, received 2026-10-04) is all zeros |
| **[[Save Our Montana]]** | **C00963157** | Super PAC | **2026-10-06** | **None** |
Two joint-fundraising vehicles raising for sitting Republican senators; two independent-expenditure super
PACs that may not legally coordinate with those senators; and one state-branded super PAC registered four
weeks out. One office, one treasurer, one bank.
## What this is, and what it is not
> [!warning] A shared treasurer is a vendor relationship, not a funding relationship
> This vault's 2026-09-18 sweep wrote that rule after nearly committing the opposite to writing, and
> **[[Paul Kilgore]] is the case that forced it.** He signs for [[Protect the Majority 2026]], the NRSC's
> vehicle for protecting three Republican incumbents, and — per that same sweep, carried as a lead pending
> a primary-document check — for the Senate Conservatives Fund, whose purpose includes primarying
> incumbents of that kind. Movement-conservative primary money and NRSC incumbent-protection money carry
> one signature because roughly eight compliance practices process most of the independent money in federal
> elections, and they are as factionally indifferent as an accounting firm.
>
> **Nothing here establishes coordination, common funding or common direction.** What it establishes is
> structural: the firm sees all of it, and no FEC form asks what the firm knows.
## Why Save Our Montana is the one worth watching
It is the first of the five branded for a state none of the others operate in. The other four are
New England and national Senate vehicles; Montana is 2,000 miles from Athens and nowhere in their book.
[[MT-Sen-2026]] is an **open seat** — [[Steve Daines]] is retiring — rated Solid R. A committee that
registers there four weeks out on a **quarterly** filing schedule files no receipts report until 2027.
**It can spend the entire closing stretch without naming a donor before the votes are counted.** Nothing on
the form is false and nothing is hidden; the disclosure calendar simply does not reach inside the window
where the money moves.
A Montana name is also no guarantee of a Montana race: [[Last Frontier PAC]] is Alaska-named and
Alabama-filed, [[Stronger Maine]] is Maine-named and Houston-filed. See
[[State-Branded Super PAC Template]].
## Also closed by this Deal
**[[Battle Tested PAC]] is dormant, and that is now documented rather than assumed.**
Its **Q3 Form 3X (file 2016795, received
2026-10-04, coverage 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-30) reports all zeros** — no receipts, no disbursements, no cash
on hand. A registration holding a name and a bank account without spending costs a Form 1 and a quarterly
filing, and means a vehicle is ready if one is wanted.
## Triggers
- **[[Save Our Montana]]'s first Schedule E line** — which race, which side. Highest-value of the five.
- **A sixth committee at 824 S Milledge Ave.**
- **Any Form 3X naming a funder** from [[Protect the Majority 2026]] or [[New England Victory Fund]].
- **An original (non-amended) Form 24 from [[Defending America PAC]]** — carried since 2026-09-26.
- **A non-zero line from [[Battle Tested PAC]].**
- **A primary-document check** on the Senate Conservatives Fund / Senate Conservatives Action / Tea Party
Patriots Citizens Fund attributions, which remain a lead and not a finding.
## See Also
- [[Save Our Montana]] · [[PDS Compliance]] · [[Paul Kilgore]] · [[Battle Tested PAC]]
- [[Defending America PAC]] · [[Protect the Majority 2026]] · [[New England Victory Fund]]
- [[National Republican Senatorial Committee]] · [[MT-Sen-2026]]
- [[State-Branded Super PAC Template]] · [[Dark Money]] · [[Deals Hub]]