AB PAC
AB PAC is a strategy & research vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle AB PAC was paid $5.75M across 4 client committees, of which $100K flowed through Independent Expenditures rather than direct committee payments.
Part I Identity
Stable facts about this entity. These figures do not change as you adjust the timeframe in Part II.
Source split
| Schedule B direct committee payments |
$5,648,330 | 24 rows | 98.3% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$100,000 | 1 rows | 1.7% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- Sep 1, 2020 → Mar 25, 2026
- spans 5.6 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 24
- Schedule B + IE rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 4
- distinct payers
Part II Activity in selected window
One timeframe control governs all three panels below. Change it once and the trajectory, top buyers, and party breakdown all update together.
Spend trajectory
Monthly spend to this vendor over the last 12 months.
Top buyers
Two views of the same data — diagram and table share the time-window control and the same top-buyers slice. Click "View all buyers in research" to drill in with the matching date range.
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Top buyers last 3 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| DSCC C00042366 |
$5,699 | 1 |
Top buyers last 12 months · top 3
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| PROJECT 218 C00871368 |
$50,000 | 1 |
| DSCC C00042366 |
$20,709 | 3 |
| DCCC C00000935 |
$8,599 | 7 |
Top buyers last 18 months · top 3
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| PROJECT 218 C00871368 |
$50,000 | 1 |
| DSCC C00042366 |
$20,709 | 3 |
| DCCC C00000935 |
$8,599 | 7 |
Top buyers last 24 months · top 4
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| AMERICAN BRIDGE RESEARCH FUND C00838359 |
$2,900,000 | 3 |
| PROJECT 218 C00871368 |
$1,167,629 | 7 |
| DSCC C00042366 |
$20,709 | 3 |
| DCCC C00000935 |
$8,599 | 7 |
By party
Revenue by party
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $1,473,972 | 25.64% |
| Republican | $0 | 0.00% |
| Non-partisan | $4,274,358 | 74.36% |
Part III Reference tables
Full all-time and cycle-to-date data.
AB PAC is also a registered federal committee
Top spending categories (2024–2026 cycles):
Cycle-over-cycle trajectory
current cycle earlier election cycle off-cycle year quarterly · 4 years
| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Q2 | 2024 | $1.3M | 2 | AMERICAN BRIDGE RESEARCH FU… 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $1.3M | — |
| 2024 | Q2 | 2024 | $282K | 3 | PROJECT 218 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $1.58M | — |
| 2024 | Q3 | 2024 | $2.53M | 5 | AMERICAN BRIDGE RESEARCH FU… 79% | Strategy & Research 100% | $4.11M | — |
| 2024 | Q4 | 2024 | $1.46M | 3 | AMERICAN BRIDGE RESEARCH FU… 62% | Strategy & Research 100% | $5.57M | — |
| 2025 | Q3 | 2026 | $50K | 1 | PROJECT 218 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $50K | — |
| 2025 | Q4 | 2026 | $11K | 4 | DSCC 70% | Strategy & Research 72% | $61K | — |
| 2026 | Q1 | 2026 | $18K | 6 | DSCC 71% | Strategy & Research 71% | $79K | — |
Revenue by service category
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| Category | Total spend | Txns | Avg check | % of total | Top buyer · share | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strategy & Research | $5,589,947 | 18 | $311K | 99.0% | AMERICAN BRIDGE RESEARCH FU… 75% | 2mo ago |
| Other / Unclassified | $50,000 | 1 | $50K | 0.9% | PROJECT 218 100% | 9mo ago |
| Software & Tech | $8,320 | 4 | $2K | 0.1% | DCCC 100% | 3mo ago |
Client retention
Sticky-relationship signal: how many clients keep coming back across cycles vs one-time buyers.
Geographic concentration
Where this vendor's clients are based — federal committees by state, plus implicit jurisdiction for CA and TX state filers.
| State | Total spend | % of revenue | Clients | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DC | $5,648,330 | 100.0% | 4 |
Notable disbursements
5 largest all-time · 5 largest in the current cycle · 5 most recent. Each row earns its place.
| Reason | Date | Filer | Category | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Largest all-time | 2023-06-09 | AMERICAN BRIDGE RESEARCH FUND | Strategy & Research | CONTRIBUTION | $1,000,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2024-09-27 | AMERICAN BRIDGE RESEARCH FUND | Strategy & Research | CONTRIBUTION | $1,000,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2024-09-05 | AMERICAN BRIDGE RESEARCH FUND | Strategy & Research | CONTRIBUTION | $1,000,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2024-10-08 | AMERICAN BRIDGE RESEARCH FUND | Strategy & Research | CONTRIBUTION | $900,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2024-11-08 | PROJECT 218 | Strategy & Research | MANAGEMENT FEES | $374,797 |
| Largest this cycle | 2025-09-05 | PROJECT 218 | Other / Unclassified | GRANT | $50,000 |
| Largest this cycle | 2025-11-20 | DSCC | Strategy & Research | RESEARCH CONSULTING | $7,970 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-01-23 | DSCC | Strategy & Research | RESEARCH CONSULTING | $7,040 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-03-25 | DSCC | Strategy & Research | RESEARCH CONSULTING | $5,699 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-01-23 | DCCC | Software & Tech | GENERIC CMTE. SUBSCRIPTIONS | $3,200 |
| Recent | 2026-03-04 | DCCC | Software & Tech | GENERIC CMTE. SUBSCRIPTIONS | $1,920 |
| Recent | 2026-03-04 | DCCC | — | GENERIC CMTE. RESEARCH MATERIALS | $63 |
| Recent | 2026-01-23 | DCCC | Strategy & Research | GENERIC CMTE. RESEARCH MATERIALS | $57 |