Bay Area News Group

2025-2026 cycle

Bay Area News Group is a political services vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle Bay Area News Group was paid — across 32 client committees.

Part I Identity

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

Activity span ALL TIME
Disbursements ALL TIME
64
Schedule B rows
Client committees ALL TIME
32
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.

Jan 2025 Dec 2025
$6K 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 12 months · top 2

AHRENS BALLOT MEASURE COMMITTEE TO SU… $4K Print & Mail · 1 txn LOFGREN, ZOE $142 Software & Tech · 5 txns BA Bay Area News GROUP
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Filer Total spend Disbursements
AHRENS BALLOT MEASURE COMMITTEE TO SUPPORT ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT & INNOVATION; RISE TOGETHER - PATRICK
1482227
$4,300 1
LOFGREN, ZOE
CA · House DEM
$142 5
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 18 months · top 3

AHRENS BALLOT MEASURE COMMITTEE TO SU… $4K Print & Mail · 1 txn CALIFORNIA PRIMARY CARE ASSOCIATION A… $1K Digital · 1 txn LOFGREN, ZOE $170 Software & Tech · 6 txns BA Bay Area News GROUP
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 24 months · top 4

CLOOBECK FOR GOVERNOR 2026 $5K Digital · 1 txn AHRENS BALLOT MEASURE COMMITTEE TO SU… $4K Print & Mail · 1 txn CALIFORNIA PRIMARY CARE ASSOCIATION A… $1K Digital · 1 txn LOFGREN, ZOE $284 Software & Tech · 10 txns BA Bay Area News GROUP

By party

Revenue by party

100% D
D · 100%
R · 0%
PartyAmount%
Democratic $0 0.26%
Republican $0 0.00%
Non-partisan $0 99.74%

Part III Reference tables

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

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Cycle-over-cycle trajectory

2017201820202022202320242025 Q4 2017 (2018 cycle): $337Q1 2018 (2018 cycle): $29KQ2 2018 (2018 cycle): $46KQ4 2018 (2018 cycle): $2KQ1 2020 (2020 cycle): $30KQ3 2020 (2020 cycle): $9KQ4 2020 (2020 cycle): $60KQ3 2022 (2022 cycle): $10KQ4 2023 (2022 cycle): $13KQ1 2024 (2024 cycle): $4KQ2 2024 (2024 cycle): $85Q3 2024 (2024 cycle): $85Q4 2024 (2024 cycle): $5KQ2 2025 (2024 cycle): $1KQ3 2025 (2026 cycle): $85Q4 2025 (2024 cycle): $4KQ4 2025 (2026 cycle): $85 Q4Q2Q1Q4Q4Q2Q4Q3Q4 $60K

current cycle earlier election cycle off-cycle year quarterly · 7 years

Per-quarter totals
Year Q Cycle Total Txns Top buyer · share Top category · share Cum. (cycle) YoY %
2017 Q4 2018 $337 1 PENINSULA DEMOCRATIC COALIT… 100% Media 100% $337
2018 Q1 2018 $29K 3 970770 99% Media 99% $29K
2018 Q2 2018 $46K 4 970770 68% Media 49% $75K
2018 Q4 2018 $2K 2 CALIFORNIA FEDERATION OF TE… 100% Media 100% $77K
2020 Q1 2020 $30K 3 790318 100% Media 100% $30K +2%
2020 Q3 2020 $9K 2 943526 90% Print & Mail 90% $38K
2020 Q4 2020 $60K 1 NO ON PROP 15 - STOP HIGHER… 100% Other / Unclassified 100% $99K +3126%
2022 Q3 2022 $10K 2 NO ON 29: STOP YET ANOTHER … 100% Other / Unclassified 100% $10K +14%
2023 Q4 2022 $13K 1 WAHAB; COMMITTEE TO SUPPORT… 100% Print & Mail 100% $22K
2024 Q1 2024 $4K 5 FICKES FOR JUDGE 2024 98% Other / Unclassified 98% $4K
2024 Q2 2024 $85 3 LOFGREN, ZOE 100% Software & Tech 100% $4K
2024 Q3 2024 $85 3 LOFGREN, ZOE 100% Software & Tech 100% $4K -99%
2024 Q4 2024 $5K 3 CLOOBECK FOR GOVERNOR 2026 99% Digital 99% $9K
2025 Q2 2024 $1K 1 CALIFORNIA PRIMARY CARE ASS… 100% Digital 100% $10K
2025 Q3 2026 $85 3 LOFGREN, ZOE 100% Software & Tech 100% $85
2025 Q4 2024 $4K 1 AHRENS BALLOT MEASURE COMMI… 100% Print & Mail 100% $14K -66%
2025 Q4 2026 $85 3 LOFGREN, ZOE 100% Software & Tech 100% $170
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Revenue by service category

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Revenue by service category

last 12 months · hover bars for cycle context
Print & Mail — cycle-to-date Total: $35K across 6 disbursements (avg $6K/check) Top buyer: WAHAB; COMMITTEE TO SUPPORT THE RECALL OF AISHA (36% of category) Last paid: 9mo ago · +716% vs prior cycle Print & Mail $4K Software & Tech — cycle-to-date Total: $457 across 18 disbursements (avg $25/check) Top buyer: LOFGREN, ZOE (100% of category) Last paid: 7mo ago · +62% vs prior cycle Software & Tech $142

Revenue by service category

last 18 months · hover bars for cycle context
Print & Mail — cycle-to-date Total: $35K across 6 disbursements (avg $6K/check) Top buyer: WAHAB; COMMITTEE TO SUPPORT THE RECALL OF AISHA (36% of category) Last paid: 9mo ago · +716% vs prior cycle Print & Mail $4K Digital — cycle-to-date Total: $44K across 6 disbursements (avg $7K/check) Top buyer: CALIFORNIANS FOR STATE PARKS AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION, SPONSORED BY CONSERVATION AND STATE PARKS ORGANIZATIONS (48% of category) Last paid: 14mo ago · +607% vs prior cycle Digital $1K Software & Tech — cycle-to-date Total: $457 across 18 disbursements (avg $25/check) Top buyer: LOFGREN, ZOE (100% of category) Last paid: 7mo ago · +62% vs prior cycle Software & Tech $170

Revenue by service category

last 24 months · hover bars for cycle context
Digital — cycle-to-date Total: $44K across 6 disbursements (avg $7K/check) Top buyer: CALIFORNIANS FOR STATE PARKS AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION, SPONSORED BY CONSERVATION AND STATE PARKS ORGANIZATIONS (48% of category) Last paid: 14mo ago · +607% vs prior cycle Digital $6K Print & Mail — cycle-to-date Total: $35K across 6 disbursements (avg $6K/check) Top buyer: WAHAB; COMMITTEE TO SUPPORT THE RECALL OF AISHA (36% of category) Last paid: 9mo ago · +716% vs prior cycle Print & Mail $4K Software & Tech — cycle-to-date Total: $457 across 18 disbursements (avg $25/check) Top buyer: LOFGREN, ZOE (100% of category) Last paid: 7mo ago · +62% vs prior cycle Software & Tech $284
Per-category breakdown · cycle-to-date
Category Total spend Txns Avg check % of total Top buyer · share Last paid
Other / Unclassified $329,571 18 $18K 63.1% CALIFORNIANS FOR FAIR AUTO … 20% 2y ago
Media $113,114 16 $7K 21.7% 970770 45% 6y ago
Digital $44,068 6 $7K 8.4% CALIFORNIANS FOR STATE PARK… 48% 14mo ago
Print & Mail $35,093 6 $6K 6.7% WAHAB; COMMITTEE TO SUPPORT… 36% 9mo ago
Software & Tech $457 18 $25 0.1% LOFGREN, ZOE 100% 7mo ago
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Client retention

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

1
Anchor clients 3+ cycles
$457 · 0% of revenue
1
Repeat clients 2 cycles
$3,465 · 1% of revenue
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One-time clients 1 cycle
$518,381 · 99% of revenue
Top 1 anchor clients · all-time
Client Cycles All-time spend Txns First paid Last paid
LOFGREN, ZOE 3 $457 18 2020-03-11 2025-12-08
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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
CA
$522,304 100.0% 32
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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 2010-06-03 CALIFORNIANS FOR FAIR AUTO INSURANCE RATES AND MERCURY INSURANCE CORPORATION Other / Unclassified $64,818
Largest all-time 2020-11-02 NO ON PROP 15 - STOP HIGHER PROPERTY TAXES AND SAVE PROP 13 - A COALITION OF CALIFORNIA HOMEOWNERS, TAXPAYERS, AND BUSINESSES Other / Unclassified $60,480
Largest all-time 2008-12-30 CAMPAIGN FOR TEEN SAFETY - NO ON 4 - A PROJECT OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD AFFILIATES OF CALIFORNIA Other / Unclassified $58,088
Largest all-time 2016-11-04 PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA CALIFORNIA INITIATIVE FUND - NO ON PROPOSITION 10 Other / Unclassified $42,254
Largest all-time 2012-10-20 CLEAN ENERGY JOBS COALITION COMMITTEE Other / Unclassified $37,533
Largest this cycle 2025-09-03 LOFGREN, ZOE Software & Tech MEDIA SUBSCRIPTION $29
Largest this cycle 2025-11-03 LOFGREN, ZOE Software & Tech MEDIA SUBSCRIPTION $29
Largest this cycle 2025-08-01 LOFGREN, ZOE Software & Tech MEDIA SUBSCRIPTION $29
Largest this cycle 2025-12-08 LOFGREN, ZOE Software & Tech MEDIA SUBSCRIPTION $28
Largest this cycle 2025-07-02 LOFGREN, ZOE Software & Tech MEDIA SUBSCRIPTION $28
Recent 2025-10-14 AHRENS BALLOT MEASURE COMMITTEE TO SUPPORT ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT & INNOVATION; RISE TOGETHER - PATRICK Print & Mail Print Ads $4,300
Recent 2025-10-02 LOFGREN, ZOE Software & Tech MEDIA SUBSCRIPTION $28
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