Utah Republican Senate Campaign Committee: $3.46 Million Out Since 2018, and the Senators It Funds

1. Start Here

IN PLAIN WORDSA caucus PAC raises money for a party’s members in one chamber of the Legislature. This one represents “Members of the Utah Senate Republican Caucus.” It is run by Senate President J. Stuart Adams and Sen. Kirk Cullimore, with consultant Kyle Palmer as treasurer. Most of its money comes from companies, trade groups and other PACs. It passes much of it to Republican senators’ campaigns and spends the rest on events, consultants and its treasurer’s firm. These arrangements are legal in Utah and are disclosed on its reports.

What the records show

• Its treasurer’s firm is its largest payee. Irish Elk LLC was paid at least $386,453.15 from 2021 through Sept. 25, 2026. Before Irish Elk first appears in 2021, Kyle Palmer was paid $101,204.96 personally (2019–2021), listed as fundraising fees and PAC administration. In 2026 the committee also paid an “NCSL Travel Stipend - Kyle Palmer” of $3,448.79.
• Every gift on its latest report came from a company, group or PAC. The 2026 September 30th Report lists 54 contributions totaling $188,820. None is from an individual person.
• It gives to senators’ campaigns. From 2022 through May 21, 2026, the largest gifts went to Wayne Harper and Todd Weiler ($62,500 each), Brady Brammer and Dan McCay ($55,000 each), and John Johnson and Lincoln Fillmore ($52,500 each).
• Events are a large share of spending. Wasatch Mountain State Park’s golf course and cafe received $124,926 from 2022 through May 2026, and Grand America Hotel $88,613.63. In 2026 the committee paid $40,862.64 for golf tournament bags and $19,921.38 for catering at Soldier Hollow.
• $25,000 went to Committee to Elect Stuart Adams on June 23, 2026, primary day. The committee also gave his campaign $4,500 in 2021.
• DCI Group was paid $68,000 for “Opinion Research” on July 31, 2026.

2. Words Used on This Page

3. Who Runs It

The committee’s registration lists:

• Name: Utah Republican Senate Campaign Committee, also known as URSCC. Created Jan. 17, 2014.
• Primary Officer 1: J. Stuart Adams, title Senate President, occupation Businessman
• Primary Officer 2: Kirk Cullimore, title Senator, occupation Attorney
• Treasurer/CFO: Kyle M. Palmer, occupation Consultant
• Represents: Members of the Utah Senate Republican Caucus
• Address: 1123 N Fairfield Road, PO Box 1949, Layton

Adams also sponsors the Adams Leadership PAC (PAC-16), where Palmer is also treasurer. Cullimore’s 2026 race is in the SD-19 case file.

4. The Money, Year by Year

2018–2021 and 2022–May 21, 2026 come from the committee’s DEX exports; the rest of 2026 comes from its reports. Payments from May 22 to June 11, 2026 were not checked line by line, so the 2026 Irish Elk figure is a minimum. Excluded from 2018–2020: $5,012 in returned-check and bank-fee lines. The 2018–2021 exports include 83 entries marked deleted, which are not counted. Some 2022–2025 yearly figures are rounded to the dollar.

5. Where the Money Went

6. Senators’ Campaigns It Funded

Largest recipients, Jan. 2022 through May 21, 2026, from the committee’s exports. Names are spelled as filed. Tap a column to sort.

Brammer’s own campaign reports show $65,000 from this committee, including $40,000 on June 2, 2026, after the export cutoff. “Keith Grover Election Committee” and “Committee to Elect Keith Grover” are listed separately; whether they are one committee filed two ways has not been confirmed. Other senators: see Utah Senators.

7. Who Gives

Largest organizational donors, Jan. 2022 through May 21, 2026. EnergySolutions’ and PacifiCorp’s totals match the Hive’s separate pulls of their own giving exactly.

Several individuals or couples also gave large amounts, three of them $28,000 to $50,500 each. They are counted here but not named; their names are on the state’s reports.

8. Events, Hotels and Golf

• Wasatch Mountain State Park Golf Course: $89,058.08 (4 payments) and Wasatch Mountain State Park Cafe: $35,867.92 (2), 2022–May 2026
• Grand America Hotel: $88,613.63 (6 payments). The hotel also appears as an in-kind contributor, listed as “Offset of Venue Costs” and “Venue Hosting Credit.”
• “Utah Senate Third House”: $77,000 (4 payments, 2022–May 2026), and session meals of $26,400 (2018), $34,500 (2019) and $34,500 (2020)
• Amazon: $57,446.29 (11 payments, 2022–May 2026), plus $5,900 listed as “Donor Gifts” in August 2026
• 2026: Peter Millar, “Golf Tournament Bags,” $40,862.64; Soldier Hollow Grill, “Catering,” $19,921.38; Soldier Field, “NCSL State Night Expense,” $5,421.25
• 2019: “Stuart Adams - Personal” was reimbursed $4,848.89 (Feb. 8, January fundraiser) and $4,616.11 (Feb. 18, Third House)

9. The 2026 September 30th Report

Period June 12 to Sept. 25, 2026, submitted Sept. 30 (its due date). Beginning balance $392,816.16; contributions $188,820; spending $207,579.71; ending balance $374,056.45. The itemized lines below add up to both totals.

Money out, $207,579.71

10. People and Firms in This Record

11. Graded by the Rubric

How to read these: a C means the record meets what Utah law requires, the status quo. A B or A means the PAC went beyond it, and the record shows it. D means something is vague or bundled, or a public check is weakened; F means something required is missing, or a check is removed with nothing in its place. Power uses the Hive’s fixed money scale, the same for every committee and party: A = 90% or more of counted money from individual people; B = 67–89%; C = 34–66%; D = 10–33%; F = under 10%. Overall is the average of the graded rows (A = 4 … F = 0; N/A and dashes left out), with a plus or minus showing where it falls between letters. Grades judge the record, not the people, and change when the record changes.

Going beyond the law would look like: saying on each report what each payment to a consultant bought, and raising money from individual people as well as organizations.

12. Questions to Ask, and Who Can Answer

• Ask your state senator:Does the Senate Republican Caucus review what this committee pays its treasurer’s firm, and is that review written down?
• Ask the Lieutenant Governor’s elections office (disclosure@utah.gov, 801-538-1041):Does Utah have any rule on a PAC treasurer’s own business being paid by the PAC?
• Ask your state senator:What is “Utah Senate Third House,” and who attends the events it is paid for?

13. Limits of This Page

• Totals are sums of entries in the committee’s exports and reports; deleted entries are left out.
• Payments from May 22 to June 11, 2026 were not checked line by line. Irish Elk totals are minimums.
• Donor and recipient rankings for 2022–2026 stop at May 21, 2026, where the export ends.
• What “Utah Senate Third House” refers to has not been confirmed.
• Individual donors are counted but not named here; their names are on the state’s reports.
• Corrections are welcome at webercountyhive@gmail.com and will be made and dated on this page.

14. Sources