Acosta Consulting
$8.68M
2025-2026 cycle
Acosta Consulting is a political services vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle Acosta Consulting was paid $8.68M across 74 client committees, of which $605K 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
$8.68M
=
$8.08M
(Schedule B)
+
$605K
(Independent Expenditures)
| Schedule B direct committee payments |
$8,080,026 | 821 rows | 93.0% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$604,519 | 34 rows | 7.0% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- May 8, 2012 → May 14, 2026
- spans 14.0 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 821
- Schedule B + IE rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 74
- 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.
Jun 2025
May 2026
$49K
across 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.
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 1 months · top 1
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| RAMOS FOR ASSEMBLY 2026; RE-ELECT JAMES 1477399 |
$26,795 | 3 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 3 months · top 1
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| RAMOS FOR ASSEMBLY 2026; RE-ELECT JAMES 1477399 |
$29,115 | 6 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 6 months · top 1
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| RAMOS FOR ASSEMBLY 2026; RE-ELECT JAMES 1477399 |
$35,115 | 8 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 12 months · top 3
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| RAMOS FOR ASSEMBLY 2026; RE-ELECT JAMES 1477399 |
$39,115 | 10 |
| MC CARTY BALLOT MEASURE COMMITTEE; A BETTER CALIFORNIA, A BETTER SACRAMENTO, KEVIN 1474879 |
$5,000 | 1 |
| MATSUI, DORIS CA · House DEM |
$5,000 | 1 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 18 months · top 5
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| RAMOS FOR ASSEMBLY 2026; RE-ELECT JAMES 1477399 |
$39,115 | 10 |
| MC CARTY FOR MAYOR 2024 1460934 |
$25,102 | 4 |
| MC CARTY BALLOT MEASURE COMMITTEE; A BETTER CALIFORNIA, A BETTER SACRAMENTO, KEVIN 1474879 |
$5,000 | 1 |
| MATSUI, DORIS CA · House DEM |
$5,000 | 1 |
| RAMOS FOR ASSEMBLY 2024; RE-ELECT JAMES 1457596 |
$2,325 | 1 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 24 months · top 10
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| KEEP CALIFORNIA GOLDEN 1376693 |
$260,196 | 7 |
| MC CARTY FOR MAYOR 2024 1460934 |
$180,645 | 24 |
| RAMOS FOR ASSEMBLY 2024; RE-ELECT JAMES 1457596 |
$100,235 | 6 |
| RAMOS FOR ASSEMBLY 2026; RE-ELECT JAMES 1477399 |
$39,115 | 10 |
| BUILDING A PROSPEROUS FUTURE FOR CALIFORNIA FACILITATED BY AGRICULTURAL COUNCIL OF CALIFORNIA, SPONSORED BY LAND O' LAKES, INC. 1399192 |
$38,465 | 1 |
| CALIFORNIANS TO REDUCE HOMELESSNESS, DRUG ADDICTION, AND THEFT, SPONSORED BY GOLDEN STATE COMMUNITIES AND CALIFORNIA RETAILERS ASSOCIATION 1462938 |
$15,000 | 2 |
| WOOD FOR TREASURER 2026; JIM 1466288 |
$10,000 | 2 |
| HOCHMAN FOR LA DISTRICT ATTORNEY 2024; NATHAN 1459571 |
$10,000 | 1 |
| MC CARTY BALLOT MEASURE COMMITTEE; A BETTER CALIFORNIA, A BETTER SACRAMENTO, KEVIN 1474879 |
$5,000 | 1 |
| MATSUI, DORIS CA · House DEM |
$5,000 | 1 |
By party
Revenue by party
D · 100%
R · 0%
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $5,384 | 0.06% |
| Republican | $0 | 0.00% |
| Non-partisan | $8,679,160 | 99.94% |
Part III Reference tables
Full all-time and cycle-to-date data.
Cycle-over-cycle trajectory
current cycle earlier election cycle off-cycle year quarterly · 10 years
Per-quarter totals
| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Q1 | 2016 | $26K | 3 | UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL … 90% | Other / Unclassified 50% | $26K | — |
| 2017 | Q2 | 2016 | $21K | 5 | WOOD FOR ASSEMBLY 2018; JIM 72% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $46K | — |
| 2017 | Q3 | 2016 | $35K | 7 | EGGMAN FOR ASSEMBLY 2018 85% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $81K | — |
| 2017 | Q4 | 2016 | $20K | 11 | WOOD FOR ASSEMBLY 2018; JIM 49% | Other / Unclassified 99% | $102K | — |
| 2018 | Q1 | 2018 | $28K | 18 | EGGMAN FOR ASSEMBLY 2018 41% | Other / Unclassified 99% | $28K | — |
| 2018 | Q2 | 2018 | $398K | 63 | EGGMAN FOR ASSEMBLY 2018 43% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $425K | — |
| 2018 | Q3 | 2018 | $107K | 15 | RAMOS FOR ASSEMBLY 2018; JA… 82% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $533K | — |
| 2018 | Q4 | 2018 | $253K | 21 | RAMOS FOR ASSEMBLY 2018; JA… 52% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $785K | — |
| 2019 | Q1 | 2018 | $16K | 11 | EGGMAN FOR ASSEMBLY 2020 31% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $801K | -37% |
| 2019 | Q2 | 2018 | $14K | 8 | RAMOS FOR ASSEMBLY 2018; JA… 55% | Other / Unclassified 99% | $816K | -31% |
| 2019 | Q3 | 2018 | $10K | 5 | EGGMAN FOR SENATE 2020; SUS… 50% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $826K | -71% |
| 2019 | Q4 | 2018 | $105K | 15 | EGGMAN FOR SENATE 2020; SUS… 64% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $931K | +415% |
| 2020 | Q1 | 2020 | $192K | 18 | RAMOS FOR ASSEMBLY 2020; RE… 63% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $192K | +597% |
| 2020 | Q2 | 2020 | $66K | 11 | RAMOS FOR ASSEMBLY 2020; RE… 54% | Other / Unclassified 96% | $258K | -83% |
| 2020 | Q3 | 2020 | $67K | 21 | RAMOS FOR ASSEMBLY 2020; RE… 65% | Other / Unclassified 73% | $325K | -37% |
| 2020 | Q4 | 2020 | $320K | 26 | RAMOS FOR ASSEMBLY 2020; RE… 40% | Other / Unclassified 97% | $645K | +26% |
| 2021 | Q1 | 2020 | $13K | 7 | RAMOS FOR ASSEMBLY 2022; RE… 54% | Other / Unclassified 99% | $658K | -19% |
| 2021 | Q2 | 2020 | $31K | 11 | RAMOS FOR ASSEMBLY 2022; RE… 87% | Other / Unclassified 98% | $689K | +116% |
| 2021 | Q3 | 2020 | $29K | 8 | RAMOS FOR ASSEMBLY 2022; RE… 93% | Other / Unclassified 97% | $718K | +195% |
| 2021 | Q4 | 2020 | $13K | 9 | RAMOS FOR ASSEMBLY 2022; RE… 55% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $731K | -88% |
| 2022 | Q1 | 2022 | $51K | 7 | COOLEY FOR ASSEMBLY 2022; R… 98% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $51K | -74% |
| 2022 | Q2 | 2022 | $671K | 39 | FIGHTING FOR OUR FUTURE 32% | Other / Unclassified 41% | $721K | +917% |
| 2022 | Q3 | 2022 | $102K | 6 | COOLEY FOR ASSEMBLY 2022; R… 84% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $823K | +51% |
| 2022 | Q4 | 2022 | $502K | 31 | COOLEY FOR ASSEMBLY 2022; R… 52% | Other / Unclassified 87% | $1.32M | +57% |
| 2023 | Q1 | 2022 | $39K | 6 | NGUYEN FOR ASSEMBLY 2022; S… 52% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $1.36M | +197% |
| 2023 | Q2 | 2022 | $13K | 4 | EGGMAN'S BALLOT MEASURE COM… 77% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $1.38M | -58% |
| 2023 | Q3 | 2022 | $23K | 11 | EGGMAN'S BALLOT MEASURE COM… 44% | Other / Unclassified 81% | $1.4M | -23% |
| 2023 | Q4 | 2022 | $19K | 10 | RAMOS FOR ASSEMBLY 2024; RE… 41% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $1.42M | +52% |
| 2024 | Q1 | 2024 | $686K | 47 | MC CARTY FOR MAYOR 2024 29% | Print & Mail 55% | $686K | +1256% |
| 2024 | Q2 | 2024 | $83K | 13 | MC CARTY FOR MAYOR 2024 59% | Other / Unclassified 70% | $769K | -88% |
| 2024 | Q3 | 2024 | $31K | 9 | MC CARTY FOR MAYOR 2024 60% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $800K | -69% |
| 2024 | Q4 | 2024 | $552K | 29 | KEEP CALIFORNIA GOLDEN 47% | Print & Mail 62% | $1.35M | +10% |
| 2025 | Q1 | 2024 | $25K | 4 | MC CARTY FOR MAYOR 2024 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $1.38M | -35% |
| 2025 | Q3 | 2024 | $7K | 2 | MC CARTY BALLOT MEASURE COM… 71% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $1.38M | -69% |
| 2025 | Q4 | 2024 | $2K | 1 | RAMOS FOR ASSEMBLY 2026; RE… 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $1.39M | -90% |
| 2025 | Q4 | 2026 | $5K | 1 | MATSUI, DORIS 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $5K | — |
| 2026 | Q1 | 2026 | $6K | 2 | RAMOS FOR ASSEMBLY 2026; RE… 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $11K | -99% |
| 2026 | Q2 | 2026 | $29K | 6 | RAMOS FOR ASSEMBLY 2026; RE… 100% | Print & Mail 85% | $40K | -65% |
Revenue by service category
Per-category breakdown · cycle-to-date
| Category | Total spend | Txns | Avg check | % of total | Top buyer · share | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other / Unclassified | $5,895,043 | 697 | $8K | 73.1% | COOLEY FOR ASSEMBLY 2022; R… 8% | 2mo ago |
| Print & Mail | $1,613,977 | 68 | $24K | 20.0% | 963026 19% | 4w ago |
| Strategy & Research | $419,615 | 14 | $30K | 5.2% | FIGHTING FOR OUR FUTURE 50% | 7mo ago |
| Digital | $49,677 | 12 | $4K | 0.6% | KEEP VEGAS-STYLE CASINOS OU… 46% | 2y ago |
| Fundraising | $43,749 | 1 | $44K | 0.5% | MC CARTY FOR ASSEMBLY 2022;… 100% | 4y ago |
| Field & Voter Contact | $26,367 | 2 | $13K | 0.3% | CALIFORNIA TRIBAL BUSINESS … 100% | 14y ago |
| Software & Tech | $18,924 | 17 | $1K | 0.2% | RAMOS FOR ASSEMBLY 2020; RE… 44% | 19mo ago |
| Admin & Office | $9,553 | 1 | $10K | 0.1% | 963026 100% | 11y ago |
| Travel & Events | $971 | 2 | $486 | 0.0% | QUIRK-SILVA FOR ASSEMBLY 20… 76% | 9y ago |
| Media | $150 | 1 | $150 | 0.0% | RAMOS FOR ASSEMBLY 2026; RE… 100% | 2mo ago |
| Contributions & Transfers | -$15,374 | 4 | $-4K | -0.2% | RAMOS FOR ASSEMBLY 2022; RE… 0% | 2y ago |
Client retention
Sticky-relationship signal: how many clients keep coming back across cycles vs one-time buyers.
1
Anchor clients 3+ cycles
$342,753 · 4% of revenue
22
Repeat clients 2 cycles
$3,419,232 · 42% of revenue
51
One-time clients 1 cycle
$4,318,040 · 53% of revenue
Top 1 anchor clients · all-time
| Client | Cycles | All-time spend | Txns | First paid | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 963026 | 3 | $342,753 | 24 | 2014-10-14 | 2024-02-16 |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA | $8,080,026 | 100.0% | 74 |
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 | 2022-05-20 | FIGHTING FOR OUR FUTURE | Strategy & Research | LIT, POS; Oppose; Dawn Addis; AD30 | $130,772 |
| Largest all-time | 2012-05-21 | CHAU FOR STATE ASSEMBLY 2012, ED | Other / Unclassified | — | $125,983 |
| Largest all-time | 2015-01-28 | QUIRK-SILVA FOR ASSEMBLY 2014, SHARON | Other / Unclassified | — | $105,662 |
| Largest all-time | 2022-05-27 | FIGHTING FOR OUR FUTURE | Strategy & Research | LIT, POS; Oppose; Dawn Addis; AD30 | $80,716 |
| Largest all-time | 2022-10-25 | COOLEY FOR ASSEMBLY 2022; RE-ELECT KEN | Other / Unclassified | — | $80,335 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-05-14 | RAMOS FOR ASSEMBLY 2026; RE-ELECT JAMES | Print & Mail | Mailer/Support/Dr. Ida Obeso Martinez | $24,795 |
| Largest this cycle | 2025-11-10 | MATSUI, DORIS | Strategy & Research | RESEARCH CONSULTING | $5,000 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-03-03 | RAMOS FOR ASSEMBLY 2026; RE-ELECT JAMES | Other / Unclassified | — | $4,000 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-04-02 | RAMOS FOR ASSEMBLY 2026; RE-ELECT JAMES | Other / Unclassified | — | $2,000 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-01-21 | RAMOS FOR ASSEMBLY 2026; RE-ELECT JAMES | Other / Unclassified | — | $2,000 |
| Recent | 2026-05-14 | RAMOS FOR ASSEMBLY 2026; RE-ELECT JAMES | — | — | $1,000 |
| Recent | 2026-05-14 | RAMOS FOR ASSEMBLY 2026; RE-ELECT JAMES | — | Consulting for Mailer/Support/Dr. Ida Obeso Martinez | $1,000 |
| Recent | 2026-04-02 | RAMOS FOR ASSEMBLY 2026; RE-ELECT JAMES | Other / Unclassified | — | $170 |