Acme Strategies

$404K 2025-2026 cycle

Acme Strategies is a political services vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle Acme Strategies was paid $404K across 8 client committees, of which $1K flowed through Independent Expenditures rather than direct committee payments.

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Part I Identity

Stable facts about this entity. These figures do not change as you adjust the timeframe in Part II.

Source split

$404K = $403K (Schedule B) + $1K (Independent Expenditures)
Schedule B
direct committee payments
$402,715 27 rows 99.7%
Independent Expenditures
money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them
$1,290 1 rows 0.3%
Activity span ALL TIME
Oct 14, 2025 → Jul 19, 2026
spans 9 months
Disbursements ALL TIME
27
Schedule B + IE rows
Client committees ALL TIME
8
distinct payers

Part II Activity in selected window

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Spend trajectory

Monthly spend to this vendor over the last 12 months.

Aug 2025 Jul 2026
$403K across 12 months
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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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VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 3 months · top 2

HERMENING, KEVIN $17K — · 1 txn LEBOVICS, ROBERT $5K — · 1 txn AS Acme Strategies
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
HERMENING, KEVIN
WI · House REP
$16,527 1
LEBOVICS, ROBERT
NJ · Senate REP
$4,954 1
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 6 months · top 4

LUCAS, FRANK D. $55K — · 2 txns HERMENING, KEVIN $17K — · 1 txn LEBOVICS, ROBERT $5K — · 1 txn CHARTER SCHOOLS ACTION PAC $1K — · 1 txn AS Acme Strategies
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
LUCAS, FRANK D.
OK · House REP
$54,541 2
HERMENING, KEVIN
WI · House REP
$16,527 1
LEBOVICS, ROBERT
NJ · Senate REP
$4,954 1
CHARTER SCHOOLS ACTION PAC
C00576215
$1,290
IE $1,290
1
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 12 months · top 9

TEIXEIRA, MARK CHARLES $252K Digital · 15 txns LUCAS, FRANK D. $55K — · 2 txns NOBLE CANDACE T HONORABLE CANDY $34K Digital · 5 txns STOVER, BRIAN C. $25K — · 1 txn HERMENING, KEVIN $17K — · 1 txn ASSOCIATED REPUBLICANS OF TEXAS CAMPA… $8K Digital · 1 txn DEFEND TEXAS FUND $8K Field & Voter Contact · 1 txn LEBOVICS, ROBERT $5K — · 1 txn CHARTER SCHOOLS ACTION PAC $1K — · 1 txn AS Acme Strategies
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
TEIXEIRA, MARK CHARLES
TX · House REP
$251,734 15
LUCAS, FRANK D.
OK · House REP
$54,541 2
NOBLE CANDACE T HONORABLE CANDY
00081273
$33,859 5
STOVER, BRIAN C.
GA · House REP
$25,000 1
HERMENING, KEVIN
WI · House REP
$16,527 1
ASSOCIATED REPUBLICANS OF TEXAS CAMPAIGN FUND
00015555
$8,101 1
DEFEND TEXAS FUND
C00718593
$8,000 1
LEBOVICS, ROBERT
NJ · Senate REP
$4,954 1
CHARTER SCHOOLS ACTION PAC
C00576215
$1,290
IE $1,290
1
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 18 months · top 9

TEIXEIRA, MARK CHARLES $252K Digital · 15 txns LUCAS, FRANK D. $55K — · 2 txns NOBLE CANDACE T HONORABLE CANDY $34K Digital · 5 txns STOVER, BRIAN C. $25K — · 1 txn HERMENING, KEVIN $17K — · 1 txn ASSOCIATED REPUBLICANS OF TEXAS CAMPA… $8K Digital · 1 txn DEFEND TEXAS FUND $8K Field & Voter Contact · 1 txn LEBOVICS, ROBERT $5K — · 1 txn CHARTER SCHOOLS ACTION PAC $1K — · 1 txn AS Acme Strategies
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
TEIXEIRA, MARK CHARLES
TX · House REP
$251,734 15
LUCAS, FRANK D.
OK · House REP
$54,541 2
NOBLE CANDACE T HONORABLE CANDY
00081273
$33,859 5
STOVER, BRIAN C.
GA · House REP
$25,000 1
HERMENING, KEVIN
WI · House REP
$16,527 1
ASSOCIATED REPUBLICANS OF TEXAS CAMPAIGN FUND
00015555
$8,101 1
DEFEND TEXAS FUND
C00718593
$8,000 1
LEBOVICS, ROBERT
NJ · Senate REP
$4,954 1
CHARTER SCHOOLS ACTION PAC
C00576215
$1,290
IE $1,290
1
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 24 months · top 9

TEIXEIRA, MARK CHARLES $252K Digital · 15 txns LUCAS, FRANK D. $55K — · 2 txns NOBLE CANDACE T HONORABLE CANDY $34K Digital · 5 txns STOVER, BRIAN C. $25K — · 1 txn HERMENING, KEVIN $17K — · 1 txn ASSOCIATED REPUBLICANS OF TEXAS CAMPA… $8K Digital · 1 txn DEFEND TEXAS FUND $8K Field & Voter Contact · 1 txn LEBOVICS, ROBERT $5K — · 1 txn CHARTER SCHOOLS ACTION PAC $1K — · 1 txn AS Acme Strategies
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
TEIXEIRA, MARK CHARLES
TX · House REP
$251,734 15
LUCAS, FRANK D.
OK · House REP
$54,541 2
NOBLE CANDACE T HONORABLE CANDY
00081273
$33,859 5
STOVER, BRIAN C.
GA · House REP
$25,000 1
HERMENING, KEVIN
WI · House REP
$16,527 1
ASSOCIATED REPUBLICANS OF TEXAS CAMPAIGN FUND
00015555
$8,101 1
DEFEND TEXAS FUND
C00718593
$8,000 1
LEBOVICS, ROBERT
NJ · Senate REP
$4,954 1
CHARTER SCHOOLS ACTION PAC
C00576215
$1,290
IE $1,290
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By party

Revenue by party

100% R
D · 0%
R · 100%
PartyAmount%
Democratic $0 0.00%
Republican $361,911 89.58%
Non-partisan $42,094 10.42%

Part III Reference tables

Full all-time and cycle-to-date data.

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Money flow through this vendor

Where their ad buys point

IE payers (left) → races the buys targeted (right) · independent-expenditure filings only

No activity in the last 1 months.

No activity in the last 3 months.

Acme Strategies CHARTER SCHOOLS ACTION PAC $1K Houston Gaines (support) $1K Total in: $1K Total out: $1K
Acme Strategies CHARTER SCHOOLS ACTION PAC $1K Houston Gaines (support) $1K Total in: $1K Total out: $1K
Acme Strategies CHARTER SCHOOLS ACTION PAC $1K Houston Gaines (support) $1K Total in: $1K Total out: $1K
Acme Strategies CHARTER SCHOOLS ACTION PAC $1K Houston Gaines (support) $1K Total in: $1K Total out: $1K
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Cycle-over-cycle trajectory

20252026 Q4 2025 (2026 cycle): $88KQ1 2026 (2026 cycle): $239KQ2 2026 (2026 cycle): $59KQ3 2026 (2026 cycle): $17K Q4Q2Q3 $239K

current cycle earlier election cycle off-cycle year quarterly · 2 years

Per-quarter totals
Year Q Cycle Total Txns Top buyer · share Top category · share Cum. (cycle) YoY %
2025 Q4 2026 $88K 3 TEIXEIRA, MARK CHARLES 100% Digital 100% $88K
2026 Q1 2026 $239K 20 TEIXEIRA, MARK CHARLES 69% Digital 34% $327K
2026 Q2 2026 $59K 3 LUCAS, FRANK D. 92% $386K
2026 Q3 2026 $17K 1 HERMENING, KEVIN 100% $403K
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Revenue by service category

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Revenue by service category

last 12 months · hover bars for cycle context
Digital — cycle-to-date Total: $170K across 11 disbursements (avg $15K/check) Top buyer: TEIXEIRA, MARK CHARLES (84% of category) Last paid: 6mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Digital $170K Field & Voter Contact — cycle-to-date Total: $8K across 1 disbursements (avg $8K/check) Top buyer: DEFEND TEXAS FUND (100% of category) Last paid: 6mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Field & Voter Contact $8K

Revenue by service category

last 18 months · hover bars for cycle context
Digital — cycle-to-date Total: $170K across 11 disbursements (avg $15K/check) Top buyer: TEIXEIRA, MARK CHARLES (84% of category) Last paid: 6mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Digital $170K Field & Voter Contact — cycle-to-date Total: $8K across 1 disbursements (avg $8K/check) Top buyer: DEFEND TEXAS FUND (100% of category) Last paid: 6mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Field & Voter Contact $8K

Revenue by service category

last 24 months · hover bars for cycle context
Digital — cycle-to-date Total: $170K across 11 disbursements (avg $15K/check) Top buyer: TEIXEIRA, MARK CHARLES (84% of category) Last paid: 6mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Digital $170K Field & Voter Contact — cycle-to-date Total: $8K across 1 disbursements (avg $8K/check) Top buyer: DEFEND TEXAS FUND (100% of category) Last paid: 6mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Field & Voter Contact $8K
Per-category breakdown · cycle-to-date
Category Total spend Txns Avg check % of total Top buyer · share Last paid
Digital $169,508 11 $15K 95.5% TEIXEIRA, MARK CHARLES 84% 6mo ago
Field & Voter Contact $8,000 1 $8K 4.5% DEFEND TEXAS FUND 100% 6mo ago
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Client retention

Sticky-relationship signal: how many clients keep coming back across cycles vs one-time buyers.

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Anchor clients 3+ cycles
$0 · 0% of revenue
0
Repeat clients 2 cycles
$0 · 0% of revenue
8
One-time clients 1 cycle
$402,715 · 100% of revenue
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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
TX
$301,693 74.9% 4
OK
$54,541 13.5% 1
VA
$25,000 6.2% 1
WI
$16,527 4.1% 1
MA
$4,954 1.2% 1
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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 2025-10-14 TEIXEIRA, MARK CHARLES Digital DIGITAL CONSULTING/ADS/TEXTING $49,678
Largest all-time 2026-05-31 LUCAS, FRANK D. ADVERTISING $45,425
Largest all-time 2026-02-25 TEIXEIRA, MARK CHARLES DIGITAL CONSULTING/ADS/TEXTING $33,822
Largest all-time 2025-12-15 TEIXEIRA, MARK CHARLES Digital DIGITAL CONSULTING/ADS/TEXTING $27,083
Largest all-time 2026-03-04 STOVER, BRIAN C. VOTER CALLS $25,000
Recent 2026-07-19 HERMENING, KEVIN DIRECT MAIL $16,527
Recent 2026-05-11 LUCAS, FRANK D. ADVERTISING $9,116
Recent 2026-06-08 LEBOVICS, ROBERT SMS SERVICES $4,954
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