Super PAC · MA · C00647966

Rural Freedom Network

Can raise unlimited money from people, companies and unions, and spend it on ads for or against candidates. It can’t give directly to campaigns or coordinate with them.

First filed June 16, 2017. Treasurer: Sherwood Guernsey. Connected organization: None. View on FEC.gov

  • Raised (2025-26)
    $132,746
  • Spent
    $133,333
  • Cash on hand
    $45,896
  • Outside spending
    $13,349

Through reports covering June 30, 2026.

Where its money went

  • Given: the group’s own contributions to the campaign
  • Bundled: donors’ contributions the group collected and forwarded
  • For: outside spending supporting
  • Against: outside spending opposing
  1. Paige Cognetti (D)House · PA-08
    • For$32K
  2. Bob Brooks (D)House · PA-07
    • For$31K
  3. Janelle Stelson (D)House · PA-10
    • For$27K
  4. Blake Gendebien (D)House · NY-21
    • For$23K
  5. Cait Conley (D)House · NY-17
    • For$16K
  6. Josh Riley (D)House · NY-19
    • For$12K
    • Against$5K
  7. Rob Bresnahan (R)House · PA-08
    • Against$3K
    • Against$2K
  8. Claudia Tenney (R)House · NY-24
    • Against$2K
  9. Ryan Mackenzie (R)House · PA-07
    • Against$2K
  10. Scott Perry (R)House · PA-10
    • Against$1K
  11. Mike Lawler (R)House · NY-17
    • Against$1K
  12. Dan Meuser (R)House · PA-09
    • Against$900
  13. Summer Lee (D)House · PA-12
    • For$592
  14. Kimberly Hardy (D)House · NC-07
    • For$508
  15. Alan Bradstock (D)House · PA-14
    • For$482
  16. Guy Reschenthaler (R)House · PA-14
    • Against$173
  17. David Rouzer (R)House · NC-07
    • Against$169

Bundled contributions (money donors route through a PAC to specific candidates) are broken out only for groups on our issue pages. Outside spending includes $146,428 from 24- and 48-hour reports filed after this group’s last regular report, as filed.

Who funds it

Largest single contributions this cycle. Committees and organizations link to their own pages when they file with the FEC; an organization that doesn’t file won’t show its own donors here.

Largest contributions received this cycle
ContributorTypeFromDateAmount
Sherwood GuernseyRetired, RetiredPersonPittsfield, MAOct. 1, 2025$20,000
Sherwood GuernseyRetired, RetiredPersonPittsfield, MASept. 29, 2025$20,000
George MallettNot Employed, Not EmployedPersonWeston, MAJuly 3, 2025$6,000
Ed SchneiderNot Employed, Not EmployedPersonPiedmont, CAJan. 25, 2026$5,000
Paul EgermanNone, NonePersonWeston, MAJan. 10, 2026$5,000
Paul EgermanNone, NonePersonWeston, MAJune 23, 2026$5,000
Ed SchneiderNot Employed, Not EmployedPersonPiedmont, CAFeb. 3, 2025$5,000
Paul EgermanNone, NonePersonWeston, MAFeb. 6, 2025$5,000
Bruno QuinsonRetired, RetiredPersonNew York, NYJan. 21, 2026$2,500
Susan RyanNot Employed, Not EmployedPersonWellesley, MAJune 27, 2026$2,500
Berkshire Brigades PAC (State PAC)OrganizationPittsfield, MAJuly 3, 2025$2,090
John UmlaufRetired, RetiredPersonWilliamstown, MAApril 26, 2026$2,000
Bonnie BurmanRetired, RetiredPersonLenox, MAFeb. 14, 2025$2,000
Martin SirokaAttorney, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLPPersonLong Beach, NYJan. 12, 2026$1,000
Michael LivingstonAttorney, Davis Levin LivingstonPersonHonolulu, HIFeb. 22, 2026$1,000
Stephen RosenfeldLawyer, RetiredPersonJamaica Plain, MAJune 28, 2026$1,000
Betsy KriegerNot Employed, Not EmployedPersonBaltimore, MDJune 27, 2026$1,000
Susan HallNot Employed, NonePersonCambridge, MAJune 27, 2026$1,000
Martin SirokaAttorney, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLPPersonLong Beach, NYFeb. 11, 2025$1,000
Ed SchneiderNot Employed, Not EmployedPersonPiedmont, CAJan. 13, 2025$1,000
Sherwood GuernseyRetired, RetiredPersonPittsfield, MAJan. 17, 2025$1,000
Tricia Farley-BouvierState Representative, Commonwealth of MassachusettsPersonPittsfield, MAJan. 3, 2025$1,000
John UmlaufRetired, RetiredPersonWilliamstown, MASept. 2, 2025$1,000
Berkshire Brigades PAC (State PAC)OrganizationPittsfield, MASept. 9, 2025$1,000
Robert MasterNot Employed, Not EmployedPersonCambridge, MAJune 25, 2026$750