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New here? "Lincoln Hill Partners" is the name used both for a Utah lobbying firm and for this PAC — but the name itself is legally just an Assumed Name (DBA) filed under one man's own consulting entity, months before the firm's public "four-principal merger" story was ever announced. The PAC built under that name was administratively dissolved in 2023 and never stopped spending.
1. What Is This PAC?
Lincoln Hill Partners PAC is a separate entity from Lincoln Hill PAC (no "Partners" — see that PAC's own case file, linked in Related Coverage), though the two share funders, recipients, and the same core group of people. This PAC's own giving history runs back to at least 2021, predating the public October 2021 announcement that Lincoln Hill Partners had formed via a merger of two existing lobbying firms.
2. The DBA Structure
Utah's Division of Corporations lists "LINCOLN HILL PARTNERS" as an Assumed Name (DBA) — Entity #12108082-0151, formed 1/11/2021. Both the registered agent and the Applicant/Principal on that filing are the same entity: Fides LLC, Lincoln Shurtz's own consulting company (formed a month earlier, 12/14/2020, stated purpose "Political advisory and consulting").
The name predates the story told about it. The public narrative is a merger of two established firms, credited to four named principals. But the actual "Lincoln Hill Partners" name was filed under one of those four principals' own personal entity, nine months before that merger was ever announced. The DBA's own address, 68 East 300 North, Salt Lake City, is the same address that recurs across 43+ separate recipients in this PAC's own 2023 filings.
3. Year-by-Year Spending
2021–2023
- 2021: UHREC $5,000, NUPAC $5,000, Adams Leadership PAC $2,000
- 2022: Gov. Cox $10,000 (largest that year)
- 2023: Cox $7,500; House Speaker Leadership PAC $10,000; Jefferson Moss $1,000 direct personal payment
2024–2026
- 2024: Cox $57,500 single payment; HSLPAC $12,000; NUPAC $10,000; Jon Hawkins $10,000; Derek Brown $5,000
- 2025: HSLPAC $30,000; Derek Brown $20,000; Cox total 2022–25: $82,500+
- 2026 (partial): HSLPAC $30,000; UHREC $8,000; Adams Leadership PAC $6,000
Top Recipients, All Years (2021–2026) ▾
| Recipient | Total (approx.) |
|---|---|
| Friends of Spencer Cox | $82,500+ |
| House Speaker Leadership PAC | $82,000 |
| Northern Utah Legislative PAC (NUPAC) | $30,000 |
| Derek Brown (campaign) | $25,000 |
| Utah Home & Real Estate Coalition (UHREC) | $18,000 |
| Adams Leadership PAC | $14,000 |
| Jon Hawkins | $10,000 |
| Lincoln Fillmore (campaign) | $5,500+ |
| Scott Sandall | $7,500 |
| Daniel McCay | $5,000 |
4. Full 2026 Ledger, Itemized
The complete itemized contribution report through 8/25/2026 — every recipient by name, confirming the PAC remains fully active.
| Date | Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 1/14/26 | Rep. Jacob Fitisemanu (D) | $250.00 |
| 1/14/26 | Rep. Verona Mauga (D) | $250.00 |
| 1/14/26 | ActBlue Utah | $1,000.00 |
| 1/15/26 | Rep. Andrew Stoddard (D) | $250.00 |
| 1/16/26 | Adams Leadership PAC | $5,000.00 + $1,000.00 |
| 4/29/26 | David Benson (Brooks Benson, SD-11) | $800.00 |
| 5/15/26 | Sen. Tamara Tran | $1,000.00 |
| 6/5/26 | Republican Women Lead | $2,500.00 |
| 6/9/26 | Rep. Carl Albrecht | $1,500.00 |
| 6/18/26 | Rep. Carl Albrecht (2nd) | $500.00 |
| 6/18/26 | Sen. Derrin Owens | $1,000.00 |
| 6/18/26 | Sen. David Hinkins | $800.00 |
| 6/19/26 | Sen. Chris Wilson | $1,000.00 |
| 6/22/26 | Sen. Evan Vickers | $1,000.00 |
| 7/15/26 | Sen. Wayne Harper | $1,000.00 |
| 7/18/26 | Lincoln Fillmore | $1,500.00 |
| 7/23/26 | Sen. Mike McKell | $1,000.00 + $5,000.00 |
| 8/4/26 | Lincoln Fillmore (2nd) | $2,500.00 |
| 8/7/26 | Rep. Jen Dailey-Provost (D) | $1,000.00 |
| 8/11/26 | Douglas Welton | $2,400.00 |
| 8/11/26 | Rep. Steven Eliason | $800.00 |
| 8/24/26 | Rep. Walter Brooks | $1,000.00 |
| 8/25/26 | Rep. Jon Hawkins | $1,000.00 |
Real bipartisan reach in 2026 specifically: four named Democratic legislators (Fitisemanu, Mauga, Stoddard, Dailey-Provost) plus a direct $1,000 payment to ActBlue Utah itself — the Democratic fundraising platform — all in one year, from a PAC whose largest sums otherwise go to Republican leadership.
5. The Fillmore Round Trip
Several other individual recipients funded by this PAC in 2022–2023 (Balderree, Weiler, Harper, Teuscher, Lee) later donated to Fillmore's own campaign in 2024 — a reverse flow of roughly $4,250, separate from the direct round-trip above.
6. Worth Asking
- Why does a name legally owned by one person's entity get presented publicly as an equal four-way partnership? The DBA filing predates the merger announcement by nine months.
- What explains the 30+ month gap between administrative dissolution and any correction? No renewal has ever been filed.
- Is the Fillmore round-trip a normal reciprocal political relationship, or something closer to a circular funding pattern? The dates and amounts are documented; the reason isn't.
7. Research Status
Resolved during research: the PAC did not disappear from Utah's disclosure system, as initial searching suggested — its own money trail surfaces through recipient committees' incoming-contribution reports even when a name search on the PAC itself doesn't immediately return it, a data-navigation quirk of Utah's disclosure portal rather than evidence the PAC stopped operating.
Still open: whether "Lincoln Hill PAC" and "Lincoln Hill Partners PAC" file under a shared underlying filer ID at the state level, or are treated as fully independent committees despite the overlapping name, personnel, and address.
Sources
- Utah Lieutenant Governor's Office, disclosures.utah.gov — full itemized 2026 contribution report through 8/25/2026, plus year-by-year historical DEX data 2021-2026
- Utah Division of Corporations — "LINCOLN HILL PARTNERS" Assumed Name/DBA filing (Entity #12108082-0151) and Fides LLC's own registration (Entity #12063536-0160)
- Lincoln Fillmore campaign finance disclosures, disclosures.utah.gov
