AMERICAN MEDIA & ADVOCACY GROUP

$140.34M 2025-2026 cycle

AMERICAN MEDIA & ADVOCACY GROUP is a political services vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle AMERICAN MEDIA & ADVOCACY GROUP was paid $140.34M across 50 client committees, of which $87.13M flowed through Independent Expenditures rather than direct committee payments.

○ 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

$140.34M = $53.21M (Schedule B) + $87.13M (Independent Expenditures)
Schedule B
direct committee payments
$53,208,410 569 rows 37.9%
Independent Expenditures
money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them
$87,134,684 259 rows 62.1%
Activity span ALL TIME
Oct 27, 2010 → Mar 9, 2026
spans 15.4 years
Disbursements ALL TIME
569
Schedule B + IE rows
Client committees ALL TIME
50
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
$-79K 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

NUNN, ZACH $1K Software & Tech · 1 txn AM AMERICAN MEDIA & ADVOCACY GROUP
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
NUNN, ZACH
IA · House REP
$1,000 1
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 6 months · top 1

NUNN, ZACH $4K Software & Tech · 4 txns AM AMERICAN MEDIA & ADVOCACY GROUP
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
NUNN, ZACH
IA · House REP
$4,000 4
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 12 months · top 2

SWOBODA, GINA $14K Media · 1 txn NUNN, ZACH $5K Software & Tech · 5 txns AM AMERICAN MEDIA & ADVOCACY GROUP
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
SWOBODA, GINA
AZ · House REP
$14,000 1
NUNN, ZACH
IA · House REP
$5,000 5
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 18 months · top 3

SWOBODA, GINA $14K Media · 1 txn NUNN, ZACH $5K Software & Tech · 5 txns FLORES, MAYRA NOHEMI $-98010 Contributions & Transfers · 1 txn AM AMERICAN MEDIA & ADVOCACY GROUP
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
SWOBODA, GINA
AZ · House REP
$14,000 1
NUNN, ZACH
IA · House REP
$5,000 5
FLORES, MAYRA NOHEMI
TX · House REP
-$98,010 1
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 24 months · top 10

NRSC $7.72M Media · 22 txns LAKE, KARI $7.57M Media · 14 txns BROWN, SAM $6.9M Media · 16 txns CAO, HUNG $3.05M Media · 11 txns LOGAN, GEORGE S $1.44M Media · 13 txns KARI LAKE VICTORY FUND $1.4M Media · 4 txns DOBSON, CAROLEENE $1.01M Media · 11 txns FLORES, MAYRA NOHEMI $895K Media · 14 txns MACKENZIE, RYAN EDWARD $685K Digital · 7 txns NRCC $640K Media · 8 txns AM AMERICAN MEDIA & ADVOCACY GROUP
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
NRSC
C00027466
$7,717,395 22
LAKE, KARI
AZ · Senate REP
$7,565,617 14
BROWN, SAM
NV · Senate REP
$6,903,482 16
CAO, HUNG
VA · Senate REP
$3,049,954 11
LOGAN, GEORGE S
CT · House REP
$1,441,525 13
KARI LAKE VICTORY FUND
C00856120
$1,403,625 4
DOBSON, CAROLEENE
AL · House REP
$1,013,440 11
FLORES, MAYRA NOHEMI
TX · House REP
$894,729 14
MACKENZIE, RYAN EDWARD
PA · House REP
$684,946 7
NRCC
C00075820
$640,262 8

By party

Revenue by party

100% R
D · 0%
R · 100%
PartyAmount%
Democratic $0 0.00%
Republican $112,621,755 80.25%
Non-partisan $27,721,338 19.75%

Part III Reference tables

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

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Cycle-over-cycle trajectory

2017201820192020202120222023202420252026 Q1 2017 (2018 cycle): $44KQ2 2017 (2018 cycle): $2.61MQ3 2017 (2018 cycle): $450Q4 2017 (2018 cycle): $69KQ1 2018 (2018 cycle): $75KQ2 2018 (2018 cycle): $987KQ3 2018 (2018 cycle): $773KQ4 2018 (2018 cycle): $2.26MQ1 2019 (2020 cycle): $58KQ2 2019 (2020 cycle): $52KQ3 2019 (2020 cycle): $6KQ4 2019 (2020 cycle): $10KQ1 2020 (2020 cycle): $25KQ2 2020 (2020 cycle): $71KQ3 2020 (2020 cycle): $2.6MQ4 2020 (2020 cycle): $3.15MQ1 2021 (2022 cycle): $7KQ2 2021 (2022 cycle): $3KQ1 2022 (2022 cycle): $49KQ2 2022 (2022 cycle): $789KQ3 2022 (2022 cycle): $951KQ4 2022 (2022 cycle): $3.63MQ4 2023 (2024 cycle): $4KQ1 2024 (2024 cycle): $733KQ2 2024 (2024 cycle): $2.85MQ3 2024 (2024 cycle): $12MQ4 2024 (2024 cycle): $20MQ4 2025 (2026 cycle): $15KQ1 2026 (2026 cycle): $4K Q1Q3Q1Q3Q1Q3Q1Q3Q1Q1Q3Q4Q2Q4Q1 $20M

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 2018 $44K 5 C00633362 94% Media 94% $44K
2017 Q2 2018 $2.61M 15 C00633362 97% Media 100% $2.65M
2017 Q3 2018 $450 1 BUCHANAN, VERNON 100% Software & Tech 100% $2.65M
2017 Q4 2018 $69K 5 PITTENGER, ROBERT M THE HON… 98% Media 98% $2.72M
2018 Q1 2018 $75K 5 PITTENGER, ROBERT M THE HON… 96% Media 96% $2.8M
2018 Q2 2018 $987K 21 JOYCE, JOHN 69% Media 100% $3.79M
2018 Q3 2018 $773K 22 WALDEN, GREGORY P. MR. 55% Media 100% $4.56M
2018 Q4 2018 $2.26M 37 WALDEN, GREGORY P. MR. 35% Media 100% $6.82M
2019 Q1 2020 $58K 9 C00699512 95% Media 95% $58K +32%
2019 Q2 2020 $52K 16 C00699512 90% Media 90% $110K -98%
2019 Q3 2020 $6K 14 HAWLEY, JOSHUA DAVID SEN 35% Software & Tech 91% $116K +1254%
2019 Q4 2020 $10K 20 SCOTT, RICK SEN 20% Software & Tech 73% $126K -86%
2020 Q1 2020 $25K 26 C00715847 40% Software & Tech 46% $151K -67%
2020 Q2 2020 $71K 24 C00739144 86% Media 86% $222K -93%
2020 Q3 2020 $2.6M 48 C00716571 40% Media 99% $2.83M +237%
2020 Q4 2020 $3.15M 59 C00729335 25% Media 100% $5.98M +40%
2021 Q1 2022 $7K 15 HAWLEY, JOSHUA DAVID SEN 24% Software & Tech 78% $7K -88%
2021 Q2 2022 $3K 5 SCOTT, RICK SEN 37% Software & Tech 82% $10K -95%
2022 Q1 2022 $49K 4 C00802629 60% Media 100% $59K +97%
2022 Q2 2022 $789K 9 FLORES, MAYRA NOHEMI 88% Media 100% $847K +1014%
2022 Q3 2022 $951K 8 POLIQUIN, BRUCE 89% Media 100% $1.8M -63%
2022 Q4 2022 $3.63M 32 POLIQUIN, BRUCE 37% Media 93% $5.43M +15%
2023 Q4 2024 $4K 1 MCCORMICK, DAVE 100% Media 100% $4K
2024 Q1 2024 $733K 15 DOBSON, CAROLEENE 100% Media 100% $737K +1391%
2024 Q2 2024 $2.85M 29 NRSC 32% Media 95% $3.59M +262%
2024 Q3 2024 $12M 42 NRSC 37% Media 93% $15M +1131%
2024 Q4 2024 $20M 75 LAKE, KARI 23% Media 99% $35M +442%
2025 Q4 2026 $15K 2 SWOBODA, GINA 93% Media 93% $15K +244%
2026 Q1 2026 $4K 4 NUNN, ZACH 100% Software & Tech 100% $19K -99%
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Revenue by service category

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Revenue by service category

last 3 months · hover bars for cycle context
Software & Tech — cycle-to-date Total: $79K across 131 disbursements (avg $601/check) Top buyer: HAWLEY, JOSHUA DAVID SEN (26% of category) Last paid: 3mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Software & Tech $1K

Revenue by service category

last 6 months · hover bars for cycle context
Software & Tech — cycle-to-date Total: $79K across 131 disbursements (avg $601/check) Top buyer: HAWLEY, JOSHUA DAVID SEN (26% of category) Last paid: 3mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Software & Tech $4K

Revenue by service category

last 12 months · hover bars for cycle context
Media — cycle-to-date Total: $51.75M across 363 disbursements (avg $143K/check) Top buyer: NRSC (16% of category) Last paid: 6mo ago · +53% vs prior cycle Media $14K Software & Tech — cycle-to-date Total: $79K across 131 disbursements (avg $601/check) Top buyer: HAWLEY, JOSHUA DAVID SEN (26% of category) Last paid: 3mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Software & Tech $5K

Revenue by service category

last 18 months · hover bars for cycle context
Media — cycle-to-date Total: $51.75M across 363 disbursements (avg $143K/check) Top buyer: NRSC (16% of category) Last paid: 6mo ago · +53% vs prior cycle Media $14K Software & Tech — cycle-to-date Total: $79K across 131 disbursements (avg $601/check) Top buyer: HAWLEY, JOSHUA DAVID SEN (26% of category) Last paid: 3mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Software & Tech $5K

Revenue by service category

last 24 months · hover bars for cycle context
Media — cycle-to-date Total: $51.75M across 363 disbursements (avg $143K/check) Top buyer: NRSC (16% of category) Last paid: 6mo ago · +53% vs prior cycle Media $30.95M Digital — cycle-to-date Total: $1.05M across 42 disbursements (avg $25K/check) Top buyer: MACKENZIE, RYAN EDWARD (48% of category) Last paid: 19mo ago · +33% vs prior cycle Digital $664K Fundraising — cycle-to-date Total: $278K across 3 disbursements (avg $93K/check) Top buyer: KARI LAKE VICTORY COMMITTEE (96% of category) Last paid: 20mo ago · +0% vs prior cycle Fundraising $278K Software & Tech — cycle-to-date Total: $79K across 131 disbursements (avg $601/check) Top buyer: HAWLEY, JOSHUA DAVID SEN (26% of category) Last paid: 3mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Software & Tech $5K
Per-category breakdown · cycle-to-date
Category Total spend Txns Avg check % of total Top buyer · share Last paid
Media $51,746,739 363 $143K 97.4% NRSC 16% 6mo ago
Digital $1,046,807 42 $25K 2.0% MACKENZIE, RYAN EDWARD 48% 19mo ago
Fundraising $277,813 3 $93K 0.5% KARI LAKE VICTORY COMMITTEE 96% 20mo ago
Software & Tech $78,688 131 $601 0.1% HAWLEY, JOSHUA DAVID SEN 26% 3mo ago
Strategy & Research $36,180 1 $36K 0.1% MCCORMICK, DAVE 100% 2y ago
Other / Unclassified $22,183 28 $792 0.0% SCOTT, RICK SEN 34% 3y ago
Contributions & Transfers -$98,010 1 $-98K -0.2% FLORES, MAYRA NOHEMI 0% 13mo ago
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Client retention

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

6
Anchor clients 3+ cycles
$2,801,435 · 5% of revenue
7
Repeat clients 2 cycles
$17,868,654 · 34% of revenue
37
One-time clients 1 cycle
$32,538,320 · 61% of revenue
Top 6 anchor clients · all-time
Client Cycles All-time spend Txns First paid Last paid
NRCC 4 $1,514,089 23 2017-05-22 2024-10-29
GIMENEZ, CARLOS 3 $1,212,588 16 2020-09-11 2024-10-23
HAWLEY, JOSHUA DAVID SEN 3 $26,714 32 2018-05-30 2021-04-06
SCOTT, RICK SEN 3 $18,548 27 2018-09-21 2021-04-06
BUCHANAN, VERNON 3 $15,423 33 2017-03-06 2021-04-06
HUDSON, RICHARD L. JR. 3 $14,073 35 2017-03-03 2021-04-07
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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
DC
$10,017,869 19.2% 2
AZ
$9,991,315 19.2% 4
Unknown
$8,700,078 16.7% 17
NV
$7,245,892 13.9% 1
VA
$3,197,454 6.1% 1
TX
$2,667,596 5.1% 3
ME
$2,224,867 4.3% 1
CT
$2,007,720 3.8% 1
AL
$1,927,914 3.7% 1
PA
$1,482,251 2.8% 3
OR
$1,442,305 2.8% 1
FL
$1,252,671 2.4% 4
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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 2024-10-28 LAKE, KARI Media PLACED MEDIA $1,352,891
Largest all-time 2024-10-31 BROWN, SAM Media MEDIA ADVERTISEMENT $1,214,100
Largest all-time 2024-10-25 CAO, HUNG Media ADVERTISING $1,032,904
Largest all-time 2024-10-21 LAKE, KARI Media PLACED MEDIA $933,880
Largest all-time 2024-10-15 BROWN, SAM Media MEDIA ADVERTISEMENT $893,476
Largest this cycle 2025-11-12 SWOBODA, GINA Media ADVERTISING $14,000
Largest this cycle 2025-11-12 NUNN, ZACH Software & Tech WEBSITE SERVICES $1,000
Largest this cycle 2026-01-05 NUNN, ZACH Software & Tech WEBSITE SERVICES $1,000
Largest this cycle 2026-02-04 NUNN, ZACH Software & Tech WEBSITE SERVICES $1,000
Largest this cycle 2026-03-09 NUNN, ZACH Software & Tech WEBSITE SERVICES $1,000
Recent 2026-01-20 NUNN, ZACH Software & Tech WEBSITE SERVICES $1,000
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