ADELSTEIN & ASSOCIATES LLC

$44.50M 2025-2026 cycle

ADELSTEIN & ASSOCIATES LLC is a media vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle ADELSTEIN & ASSOCIATES LLC was paid $44.50M across 8 client committees, of which $11.55M flowed through Independent Expenditures rather than direct committee payments.

Media ○ Slowing (~3mo since last)

Part I Identity

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

Source split

$44.50M = $32.95M (Schedule B) + $11.55M (Independent Expenditures)
Schedule B
direct committee payments		 $32,948,696 150 rows 74.0%
Independent Expenditures
money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them		 $11,548,679 31 rows 26.0%
Activity span ALL TIME
Oct 7, 2016 → Mar 23, 2026
spans 9.5 years
Disbursements ALL TIME
150
Schedule B + IE rows
Client committees ALL TIME
8
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.

Apr 2025 Mar 2026
$21.83M 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.

No buyer activity in this window.

VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 3 months · top 1

KRISHNAMOORTHI, S $532K Media · 6 txns AA ADELSTEIN & ASSOCIATES LLC
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
KRISHNAMOORTHI, S
IL · Senate DEM
 $532,398 6
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VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 6 months · top 2

KRISHNAMOORTHI, S $12.36M Digital · 27 txns FRIEDMAN, JASON $746K Digital · 9 txns AA ADELSTEIN & ASSOCIATES LLC
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
KRISHNAMOORTHI, S
IL · Senate DEM
 $12,361,081 27
FRIEDMAN, JASON
IL · House DEM
 $746,394 9
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VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 12 months · top 2

KRISHNAMOORTHI, S $21.08M Digital · 52 txns FRIEDMAN, JASON $750K Digital · 11 txns AA ADELSTEIN & ASSOCIATES LLC
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
KRISHNAMOORTHI, S
IL · Senate DEM
 $21,080,643 52
FRIEDMAN, JASON
IL · House DEM
 $749,613 11
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VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 18 months · top 2

KRISHNAMOORTHI, S $21.08M Digital · 53 txns FRIEDMAN, JASON $750K Digital · 11 txns AA ADELSTEIN & ASSOCIATES LLC
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
KRISHNAMOORTHI, S
IL · Senate DEM
 $21,081,643 53
FRIEDMAN, JASON
IL · House DEM
 $749,613 11
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VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 24 months · top 5

KRISHNAMOORTHI, S $21.08M Digital · 53 txns KRISHNAMOORTHI, S. RAJA $1.75M Media · 1 txn FRIEDMAN, JASON $750K Digital · 11 txns SCHNEIDER, BRADLEY S. $164K Media · 4 txns FOSTER, G. WILLIAM (BILL) $130K Media · 4 txns AA ADELSTEIN & ASSOCIATES LLC
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
KRISHNAMOORTHI, S
IL · Senate DEM
 $21,081,643 53
KRISHNAMOORTHI, S. RAJA
IL · House DEM
 $1,746,753 1
FRIEDMAN, JASON
IL · House DEM
 $749,613 11
SCHNEIDER, BRADLEY S.
IL · House DEM
 $163,754 4
FOSTER, G. WILLIAM (BILL)
IL · House DEM
 $130,000 4
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By party

Revenue by party

100% D
D · 100%
R · 0%
PartyAmount%
Democratic $44,266,213 99.48%
Republican $0 0.00%
Non-partisan $231,162 0.52%

Part III Reference tables

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

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Cycle-over-cycle trajectory

20172018201920202022202420252026 Q4 2017 (2018 cycle): $5KQ1 2018 (2018 cycle): $317KQ3 2018 (2018 cycle): $1.18MQ4 2018 (2018 cycle): $765KQ4 2019 (2020 cycle): $27KQ1 2020 (2020 cycle): $126KQ2 2020 (2020 cycle): $17KQ3 2020 (2020 cycle): $573KQ4 2020 (2020 cycle): $237KQ1 2022 (2022 cycle): $8KQ2 2022 (2022 cycle): $1.29MQ3 2022 (2022 cycle): $2.72MQ4 2022 (2022 cycle): $1.62MQ1 2024 (2024 cycle): $188KQ4 2024 (2024 cycle): $2.04MQ2 2025 (2026 cycle): $1KQ3 2025 (2026 cycle): $4.57MQ4 2025 (2026 cycle): $4.8MQ1 2026 (2026 cycle): $12M Q4Q3Q4Q2Q4Q2Q4Q4Q3Q1 $12M

current cycle earlier election cycle off-cycle year quarterly · 8 years

Per-quarter totals
Year Q Cycle Total Txns Top buyer · share Top category · share Cum. (cycle) YoY %
2017 Q4 2018 $5K 1 SCHNEIDER, BRADLEY S. 100% Media 100% $5K —
2018 Q1 2018 $317K 10 QUIGLEY, MIKE 96% Media 100% $322K —
2018 Q3 2018 $1.18M 1 SCHNEIDER, BRADLEY S. 100% Media 100% $1.5M —
2018 Q4 2018 $765K 5 KRISHNAMOORTHI, S. RAJA 90% Media 100% $2.27M —
2019 Q4 2020 $27K 2 FOSTER, G. WILLIAM (BILL) 100% Media 100% $27K +438%
2020 Q1 2020 $126K 6 KRISHNAMOORTHI, S. RAJA 42% Media 100% $153K -60%
2020 Q2 2020 $17K 1 FOSTER, G. WILLIAM (BILL) 100% Media 100% $170K —
2020 Q3 2020 $573K 5 SCHNEIDER, BRADLEY S. 89% Media 100% $743K -52%
2020 Q4 2020 $237K 7 C00721274 50% Media 100% $980K -69%
2022 Q1 2022 $8K 1 FOSTER, G. WILLIAM (BILL) 100% Media 100% $8K -93%
2022 Q2 2022 $1.29M 9 SCHNEIDER, BRADLEY S. 78% Media 100% $1.3M +7668%
2022 Q3 2022 $2.72M 12 KRISHNAMOORTHI, S. RAJA 68% Media 100% $4.02M +375%
2022 Q4 2022 $1.62M 11 SCHNEIDER, BRADLEY S. 67% Media 100% $5.64M +581%
2024 Q1 2024 $188K 6 FOSTER, G. WILLIAM (BILL) 100% Media 100% $188K +2176%
2024 Q4 2024 $2.04M 9 KRISHNAMOORTHI, S. RAJA 86% Media 100% $2.23M +26%
2025 Q2 2026 $1K 1 KRISHNAMOORTHI, S 100% Digital 100% $1K —
2025 Q3 2026 $4.57M 12 KRISHNAMOORTHI, S 100% Digital 100% $4.58M —
2025 Q4 2026 $4.8M 17 KRISHNAMOORTHI, S 100% Digital 100% $9.38M —
2026 Q1 2026 $12M 34 KRISHNAMOORTHI, S 94% Digital 75% $22M +6529%
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Revenue by service category

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Revenue by service category

last 3 months · hover bars for cycle context
Media — cycle-to-date Total: $14.28M across 96 disbursements (avg $149K/check) Top buyer: KRISHNAMOORTHI, S. RAJA (34% of category) Last paid: 2mo ago · +541% vs prior cycle Media $532K

Revenue by service category

last 6 months · hover bars for cycle context
Digital — cycle-to-date Total: $18.67M across 54 disbursements (avg $346K/check) Top buyer: KRISHNAMOORTHI, S (96% of category) Last paid: 3mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Digital $9.95M Media — cycle-to-date Total: $14.28M across 96 disbursements (avg $149K/check) Top buyer: KRISHNAMOORTHI, S. RAJA (34% of category) Last paid: 2mo ago · +541% vs prior cycle Media $3.16M

Revenue by service category

last 12 months · hover bars for cycle context
Digital — cycle-to-date Total: $18.67M across 54 disbursements (avg $346K/check) Top buyer: KRISHNAMOORTHI, S (96% of category) Last paid: 3mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Digital $18.67M Media — cycle-to-date Total: $14.28M across 96 disbursements (avg $149K/check) Top buyer: KRISHNAMOORTHI, S. RAJA (34% of category) Last paid: 2mo ago · +541% vs prior cycle Media $3.16M

Revenue by service category

last 18 months · hover bars for cycle context
Digital — cycle-to-date Total: $18.67M across 54 disbursements (avg $346K/check) Top buyer: KRISHNAMOORTHI, S (96% of category) Last paid: 3mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Digital $18.67M Media — cycle-to-date Total: $14.28M across 96 disbursements (avg $149K/check) Top buyer: KRISHNAMOORTHI, S. RAJA (34% of category) Last paid: 2mo ago · +541% vs prior cycle Media $3.16M

Revenue by service category

last 24 months · hover bars for cycle context
Digital — cycle-to-date Total: $18.67M across 54 disbursements (avg $346K/check) Top buyer: KRISHNAMOORTHI, S (96% of category) Last paid: 3mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Digital $18.67M Media — cycle-to-date Total: $14.28M across 96 disbursements (avg $149K/check) Top buyer: KRISHNAMOORTHI, S. RAJA (34% of category) Last paid: 2mo ago · +541% vs prior cycle Media $5.2M
Per-category breakdown · cycle-to-date
Category Total spend Txns Avg check % of total Top buyer · share Last paid
Digital $18,672,823 54 $346K 56.7% KRISHNAMOORTHI, S 96% 3mo ago
Media $14,275,873 96 $149K 43.3% KRISHNAMOORTHI, S. RAJA 34% 2mo ago
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Client retention

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

3
Anchor clients 3+ cycles
$10,599,850 · 32% of revenue
1
Repeat clients 2 cycles
$346,423 · 1% of revenue
4
One-time clients 1 cycle
$22,002,423 · 67% of revenue
Top 3 anchor clients · all-time
Client Cycles All-time spend Txns First paid Last paid
KRISHNAMOORTHI, S. RAJA 4 $4,892,946 15 2018-10-02 2024-10-11
SCHNEIDER, BRADLEY S. 4 $4,629,907 20 2017-10-25 2024-10-28
FOSTER, G. WILLIAM (BILL) 3 $1,076,997 34 2019-11-26 2024-10-25
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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
IL
$32,777,529 99.5% 6
Unknown
$171,167 0.5% 2
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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 2024-10-11 KRISHNAMOORTHI, S. RAJA Media MEDIA $1,746,753
Largest all-time 2022-08-16 KRISHNAMOORTHI, S. RAJA Media MEDIA $1,677,200
Largest all-time 2026-02-19 KRISHNAMOORTHI, S Digital ADVERTISING/TELEVISION $1,400,000
Largest all-time 2018-07-27 SCHNEIDER, BRADLEY S. Media MEDIA BUY $1,181,500
Largest all-time 2026-02-06 KRISHNAMOORTHI, S Digital ADVERTISING/TELEVISION $1,148,168
Largest this cycle 2026-03-05 KRISHNAMOORTHI, S Media ADVERTISING/TELEVISION $1,096,035
Largest this cycle 2026-02-13 KRISHNAMOORTHI, S Digital ADVERTISING/TELEVISION $904,002
Largest this cycle 2026-01-23 KRISHNAMOORTHI, S Digital ADVERTISING/TELEVISION $893,002
Recent 2026-03-23 KRISHNAMOORTHI, S Media MEDIA PRODUCTION $234,876
Recent 2026-03-12 KRISHNAMOORTHI, S Media ADVERTISING/TELEVISION $120,000
Recent 2026-03-17 KRISHNAMOORTHI, S Media MEDIA PRODUCTION $54,155
Recent 2026-03-13 KRISHNAMOORTHI, S Media ADVERTISING/TELEVISION $40,000
Recent 2026-03-16 KRISHNAMOORTHI, S Media ADVERTISING/TELEVISION $10,000
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