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U.S. Representative · MT · District 1

Ryan K. Zinke

RepublicanTerm through January 2027

Funding profile · 2023–2024 cycle

37% of the money Zinke raised came from small donors.

More grassroots-funded than 95% of the House.

Zinke raised $10.1M across the two-year election cycle (2023–2024), and ended the period with $681K cash on hand. Here is where the money came from.

37%from small donors
Small donors
37%$3.7M
Large donors
42%$4.2M
Bundled
0%$0.0M
PACs
13%$1.3M
Other
9%$0.9M

Against the house

How Zinke compares to the typical member.

Small-donor share
37%vs 5% house median
PAC share
13%vs 37% house median

Who has a stake in Zinke

The organizations behind the money.

Zinke took $1.3M in organized money, direct PAC checks plus bundled donations. But this race drew so much outside spending that the named-organization view below is dominated by groups that spent independently rather than gave. The industry breakdown still reflects all of Zinke's organized money.

› $1.3M in PAC money not itemized by group

Zinke collected $1.3M of PAC money through a joint fundraising committee, which pools contributions and transfers them as a lump sum. It is counted in the organized total above, but FEC filings do not itemize which PACs it came from at the campaign level, so it is not attributed to a named organization here.

The money spent about Zinke

Spent for or against.

Outside groups also spend on their own to elect or defeat Zinke, running ads for or against the race. This money never passes through the campaign, so it is counted apart from the money organized for Zinke.

All outside groups4% to help, 96% to hurt$4.4M
  1. House Majority PAC›$3.7M
    To help Zinke
    —
    To hurt Zinke
    $3.7M

    The super PAC aligned with House Democratic leadership.

  2. LCV Victory Fund›$420K
    To help Zinke
    —
    To hurt Zinke
    $420K

    The League of Conservation Voters' super PAC, spending on environmental-minded candidates.

  3. Americans For Prosperity Action›$123K
    To help Zinke
    $123K
    To hurt Zinke
    —

    Americans for Prosperity Action, the super PAC of the Koch network, spending independently for mostly conservative candidates.

  4. Hunter Action Fund$36K
    To help Zinke
    $36K
    To hurt Zinke
    —
  5. Save Western Culture$24K
    To help Zinke
    —
    To hurt Zinke
    $24K

FEC filings, 2023–2024 cycle · as of August 2026

About this data

FEC-disclosed receipts for the 2023–2024 cycle. This is the disclosed money only. Spending by outside groups that do not reveal their donors, the dark money that set a record in 2024, never appears in these figures.

Every percentage here is a share of all receipts, not of individual contributions only. So the small-donor share counts transfers, loans, and other money in its base, and can read higher than figures that divide only by individual money.

84%want dark money disclosed

Support for requiring the groups that spend on elections to name their donors, across both parties. Congress has not passed the DISCLOSE Act.

Where Zinke stands