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Butker's PAC Goes Dormant as Website Redirects

Harrison Butker's Upright PAC reports just $741.47 cash on hand, and its website now points to a Thai gambling site.

Updated on Nov. 10, 2026 in Football

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The Kansas City Chiefs' kicker Harrison Butker's Upright PAC reported $741.47 cash on hand as of September 30 and has made no campaign donations since forming. AI Illustration. Upload story photo >

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Upright PAC, the political action committee formed by Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker, has not donated to political campaigns since it formed. Federal filings show it had $741.47 in cash on hand as of September 30, 2026.

Why it matters

The PAC was created to promote conservative Christian values through political spending, and its near-empty accounts and redirected website signal that it is no longer active as a campaign vehicle. The status matters for readers tracking how athlete-funded political committees spend and sustain themselves.

Upright PAC spent about 91% of its 2024 receipts on fundraising fees for Frontline Strategies, and has spent $3,891 on travel and $3,500 on political consulting since 2025. Whether the committee will resume spending or reactivate its fundraising is not addressed in the filings.

The players

Harrison Butker

Kansas City Chiefs placekicker known for his outspoken conservative views, who founded Upright PAC to promote conservative Christian values.

Upright PAC

A hybrid political action committee formed by Harrison Butker that combines features of traditional PACs and super PACs.

Frontline Strategies

A Pennsylvania-based consulting firm that received the bulk of Upright PAC's 2024 fundraising fees.

The details

Upright PAC operates as a hybrid PAC, able to spend unlimited sums independently of campaigns while giving only limited amounts directly to candidates. Butker's personal website, HarrisonButker.com, is inactive and redirects to a football memorabilia vendor, and UprightPac.org now redirects to a Thai gambling site.

Timeline

  1. October 2024 through December 2024: PAC raises $37,921 and spends $32,735.

  2. August 2025: Open Secrets reports the PAC is not supporting any political campaigns.

  3. September 30, 2026: PAC reports $741.47 cash on hand.

Roadmap

Athlete-led political committees have become a recurring feature of the campaign-finance landscape, but many launch with fanfare and fade as their fundraising dries up. Upright PAC's trajectory, documented by Open Secrets in August 2025 and reflected in federal filings through September 2026, fits that pattern of an early burst of donations followed by little political spending.

For fans tracking Butker's public activity, the PAC's dormant filings mean there is no active campaign spending to follow in upcoming disclosure reports. Readers interested in his political involvement will need to look to other channels, since the committee's website no longer leads to its own content.

The takeaway

Campaign-finance filings are a useful check on whether a high-profile political committee is actually operating. Upright PAC's near-empty account and redirected website show how quickly a committee's visible presence can disappear after its founding fundraising push.

Further reading

For more on the league and the players shaping campaign-finance debates, see Football.

Source note: This article includes information reported by The Kansas City Star.

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