# American Meat Producers PAC **American Meat Producers PAC** (FEC committee **C00929828**) is an independent-expenditure committee that on **e-file receipt date 2026-10-05** disclosed **$1,708,500.00 in a single Schedule E line against [[Ashley Hinson]]** in [[IA-Sen-2026]] — the largest single independent-expenditure line on that receipt date and the **third** committee in three days to spend against the Republican Senate nominee in Iowa. Address of record **12774 Wisteria Dr #1088, Germantown, MD 20875-7557**. Treasurer **Justin Phillips**. ## Disclosed spending | Filing | Received | Expenditure date | Amount | Direction | Payee | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | Form 24, file **2017130** | 2026-10-05 | 2026-10-03 | **$1,708,500.00** | **oppose** [[Ashley Hinson]], IA-Sen, `G2026` | Lever Communications | One line, one payee, one race. The running aggregate on the row is **$1,708,500.00** — equal to the row amount, which indicates this is the committee's first reported expenditure of the cycle in this race. ## Why it is on file here **An agriculture-named committee spending $1.7M against the Republican nominee in Iowa is not a pattern the vault has an explanation for.** Hinson is Trump-endorsed, Thune-endorsed and Reynolds-endorsed. A committee named for meat producers, filing from a Maryland suburb through a vendor named Lever Communications, put more money against her in one line than any other committee put anywhere on the day. Three committees have now spent against Hinson inside three receipt dates: | Committee | Receipt date | Amount against Hinson | |---|---|---| | [[Fight On Iowa]] | 2026-10-04 | $287,447.50 (and $287,447.50 for her — split to the cent) | | [[Project Bullhorn PAC]] | 2026-10-04 | $127,500.00 | | **American Meat Producers PAC** | **2026-10-05** | **$1,708,500.00** | > [!warning] No source beyond the filing > A targeted search for press coverage of this expenditure returned nothing. The filing is the only > source, which is sufficient for the figure and insufficient > for a motive. **Who funds this committee, and what the ad says, is not known.** ## What to watch - 🔴 **A Form 3X from American Meat Producers PAC.** A $1.7M buy with no disclosed funder, four weeks out, is the single most answerable open question on this page. Its quarterly obligation may put that disclosure after election day. - 🔴 **A fourth anti-Hinson committee**, which would make this a coordinated-looking program rather than three separate decisions. - **Lever Communications on a second committee.** ## See Also - [[IA-Sen-2026]] · [[Ashley Hinson]] · [[Josh Turek]] - [[Fight On Iowa]] · [[Project Bullhorn PAC]] - [[Independent Expenditure]] · [[Dark Money]] · [[Super PACs]]