A business registered in Wyoming.
A political action committee registered to a UPS mailbox in Montgomery.
Another business registered in Virginia.
A political consultant from Wisconsin.
Taken separately, none of those things are unusual in modern politics. Together, however, they form a complicated financial structure now tied to attack mailers, campaign websites and Republican primary races across Alabama.
The story began several weeks ago, when political mailers targeting Senator Greg Albritton, R-Atmore, began appearing in voters’ mailboxes.
The mailers accused Albritton of supporting taxpayer-funded college education for “illegal immigrants,” claims built around selective interpretations of legislative votes and stripped of broader context regarding the legislation involved.
The mailers were funded by Alabama Values PAC, a political action committee whose registration immediately raised questions.
State records show the PAC is registered to a rented mailbox at a Montgomery UPS Store rather than a traditional office location. The PAC also lists as its organizer a Wisconsin political operative whose name has surfaced in campaign finance controversies in multiple states.
Soon after the mailers appeared, a series of political websites targeting Republican incumbents also surfaced online.
One targeted Albritton.
Others targeted Senator Andrew Jones, Representative Phillip Pettus, Representative Frances Holk-Jones and Representative Matt Simpson.
The websites appeared within days of one another, used similar messaging, targeted many of the same legislative votes and focused on the same small group of Republican incumbents. The sites criticized the lawmakers over immigration issues, gambling legislation and conservative policy votes. Several claims omitted legislative context or presented disputed interpretations of voting records.
Like the mailers, the websites listed Alabama Values PAC as the funding source.
The attacks emerged during increasingly bitter Republican primary fights surrounding gambling legislation and broader divisions inside the Alabama GOP, where outside political spending has become more aggressive and more difficult to trace.
At roughly the same time, several of the lawmakers targeted by Alabama Values PAC had drawn Republican primary challengers supported by Alabama Farmers Federation and its political arm, Farm PAC.
Alfa has publicly denied involvement with Alabama Values PAC.
Albritton’s challenger, political newcomer Terry Waters, also denied knowledge of who was behind the PAC. However, former Alabama lawmaker Dell Hill stated publicly shortly after APR first reported on the organization that he was leading Alabama Values PAC.
Then another entity emerged in newly filed campaign finance records.
Reports filed with the Alabama Secretary of State show Farm PAC paid nearly $250,000 this month to a company called Audaces LLC.
The filings describe the payments as consulting, polling research and in-kind campaign contributions benefiting candidates Terry Waters, Amy Minton, Joseph Freeman, Danielle Duggar and Maurice McCaney.
Corporate registration records show Audaces LLC was formed in Wyoming in August 2025.
Its listed address is associated with more than 100,000 registered companies. Its registered agent also appears on filings for tens of thousands of additional entities. The structure is legal under Wyoming law, which has become popular for LLC formations because it allows companies to shield ownership information from public disclosure.
Farm PAC was not the only Alabama political organization paying Audaces LLC.
Campaign finance reports also show Alabama Values PAC paid Audaces LLC nearly $115,000 through two payments made April 24.
The listed services included digital consulting, direct mail and media placement—services consistent with the websites and political mail campaigns that appeared in multiple Alabama legislative races.
The source of Alabama Values PAC’s funding adds another layer to the structure.
Campaign filings show Alabama Values PAC received $133,966 on April 18 from an entity called Freedom Forward Alliance.
Business registration records show Freedom Forward Alliance was formed in Virginia in June 2025.
Beyond registration records and campaign finance filings, the only other information about Freedom Forward Alliance comes from Arkansas, where the company dumped an estimated million-plus dollars into various races. But like in Alabama, media in Arkansas could located no organizational structure or identifiable leadership for the company.
As a result, the financial trail connected to the attacks appears to stretch from a Virginia-based entity to an Alabama PAC operating from a rented UPS mailbox and then to a Wyoming LLC receiving large political payments from multiple Alabama political organizations.
Public filings document how the money moved between entities. They do not reveal who originally supplied the money, who approved the political strategy or who ultimately directed the operation.
APR found no direct evidence of illegal coordination between Alabama Values PAC, Farm PAC or any candidate campaign.
Still, the overlapping payments and synchronized political activity have raised questions among lawmakers and political observers about whether the attacks were part of a broader organized effort connected to ongoing Republican primary battles inside the party.
In a statement to APR, Alfa Communications Director Jeff Helms said Farm PAC’s relationship with Audaces “spans more than 20 years” and is “not unique to 2026 endorsements.”
Corporate records reviewed by APR show Audaces LLC was formed in Wyoming in August 2025.
APR subsequently requested clarification regarding whether Helms was referring to consultants associated with Audaces, a predecessor company or another related entity. Alfa did not provide additional clarification prior to publication.
APR also contacted Terry Waters seeking comment regarding Alabama Values PAC, Audaces LLC and the campaign activity connected to the organizations. Waters did not respond prior to publication.
APR was unable to identify or reach representatives associated with Alabama Values PAC or Freedom Forward Alliance.
The result is a political spending structure that moved large sums of money into Alabama legislative races while obscuring who ultimately financed the effort and who directed it.
For voters receiving the mailers, seeing the websites, or watching the attacks unfold, the messages were public.
The people behind them largely remain hidden.
