Ben Allen for Senate 2018

$395K 2025-2026 cycle

Ben Allen for Senate 2018 is a political services vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle Ben Allen for Senate 2018 was paid $395K across 16 client committees, of which $395K flowed through Independent Expenditures rather than direct committee payments.

○ Dormant (93mo since last)
Limited recent activity. Most recent disbursement to this vendor was 8+ years ago (Nov 2, 2018). Charts below reflect cycle-to-date totals; the recent windows may be sparse.

Part I Identity

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

Source split

$977K = $583K (Schedule B) + $395K (Independent Expenditures)
Schedule B
direct committee payments		 $582,874 55 rows 59.6%
Independent Expenditures
money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them		 $394,602 213 rows 40.4%
Activity span ALL TIME
Dec 23, 2014 → Nov 2, 2018
spans 3.9 years
Disbursements ALL TIME
55
Schedule B + IE rows
Client committees ALL TIME
16
distinct payers

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Spend trajectory

Monthly spend to this vendor over the last 12 months.

Jun 2025 May 2026
$521K across 12 months
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Top buyers

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VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 3 months · top 2

ALLEN FOR INSURANCE COMMISSIONER 2026… $482K Print & Mail · 4 txns 822501 $1K Other / Unclassified · 1 txn BA Ben Allen for Senate 2018
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Filer Total spend Disbursements
ALLEN FOR INSURANCE COMMISSIONER 2026; CALIFORNIANS FOR AN AFFORDABLE FUTURE, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL VOTERS, SUPPORTING BEN
1486438
 $482,315 4
822501
822501
 $1,000 1
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Top buyers last 6 months · top 2

ALLEN FOR INSURANCE COMMISSIONER 2026… $522K Print & Mail · 10 txns 822501 $2K Other / Unclassified · 2 txns BA Ben Allen for Senate 2018
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Filer Total spend Disbursements
ALLEN FOR INSURANCE COMMISSIONER 2026; CALIFORNIANS FOR AN AFFORDABLE FUTURE, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL VOTERS, SUPPORTING BEN
1486438
 $521,740 10
822501
822501
 $2,000 2
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Top buyers last 12 months · top 3

ALLEN FOR INSURANCE COMMISSIONER 2026… $522K Print & Mail · 10 txns 822501 $2K Other / Unclassified · 2 txns 741666 $-2975 Software & Tech · 1 txn BA Ben Allen for Senate 2018
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Filer Total spend Disbursements
ALLEN FOR INSURANCE COMMISSIONER 2026; CALIFORNIANS FOR AN AFFORDABLE FUTURE, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL VOTERS, SUPPORTING BEN
1486438
 $521,740 10
822501
822501
 $2,000 2
741666
741666
 -$2,975 1
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VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 18 months · top 5

ALLEN FOR INSURANCE COMMISSIONER 2026… $522K Print & Mail · 10 txns 822501 $3K Other / Unclassified · 3 txns 923140 $2K Contributions & Transfers · 1 txn ALLEN FOR TREASURER 2026; BEN $1K Other / Unclassified · 1 txn 741666 $-2975 Software & Tech · 1 txn BA Ben Allen for Senate 2018
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Filer Total spend Disbursements
ALLEN FOR INSURANCE COMMISSIONER 2026; CALIFORNIANS FOR AN AFFORDABLE FUTURE, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL VOTERS, SUPPORTING BEN
1486438
 $521,740 10
822501
822501
 $3,000 3
923140
923140
 $1,500 1
ALLEN FOR TREASURER 2026; BEN
1458568
 $1,000 1
741666
741666
 -$2,975 1
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Top buyers last 24 months · top 5

ALLEN FOR INSURANCE COMMISSIONER 2026… $522K Print & Mail · 10 txns 822501 $3K Other / Unclassified · 3 txns 923140 $2K Contributions & Transfers · 1 txn ALLEN FOR TREASURER 2026; BEN $1K Other / Unclassified · 1 txn 741666 $-2975 Software & Tech · 1 txn BA Ben Allen for Senate 2018
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
ALLEN FOR INSURANCE COMMISSIONER 2026; CALIFORNIANS FOR AN AFFORDABLE FUTURE, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL VOTERS, SUPPORTING BEN
1486438
 $521,740 10
822501
822501
 $3,000 3
923140
923140
 $1,500 1
ALLEN FOR TREASURER 2026; BEN
1458568
 $1,000 1
741666
741666
 -$2,975 1
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By party

PartyAmount%
Democratic $0 0.00%
Republican $0 0.00%
Non-partisan $394,602 100.00%

Part III Reference tables

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

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Cycle-over-cycle trajectory

2017201820192020202120222023202420252026 Q1 2017 (2016 cycle): $5KQ2 2017 (2016 cycle): $4KQ3 2018 (2018 cycle): $2KQ4 2018 (2018 cycle): $2KQ1 2019 (2018 cycle): $1KQ2 2019 (2018 cycle): $1KQ3 2019 (2018 cycle): $1KQ4 2019 (2018 cycle): $2KQ1 2020 (2020 cycle): $1KQ1 2021 (2020 cycle): $4KQ2 2021 (2020 cycle): $1KQ3 2021 (2020 cycle): $1KQ2 2022 (2022 cycle): $3KQ3 2022 (2022 cycle): $6KQ4 2022 (2022 cycle): $2KQ2 2023 (2022 cycle): $3KQ3 2023 (2022 cycle): $2KQ1 2024 (2024 cycle): $4KQ2 2024 (2024 cycle): $3KQ1 2025 (2024 cycle): $2KQ2 2025 (2024 cycle): $2KQ1 2026 (2026 cycle): $40KQ2 2026 (2026 cycle): $483K Q1Q3Q1Q3Q1Q2Q2Q4Q3Q2Q2Q2 $483K

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 $5K 2 LINER; STUART ADAM 81% Other / Unclassified 100% $5K —
2017 Q2 2016 $4K 2 PACHULSKI, RICHARD M. 71% Other / Unclassified 100% $9K —
2018 Q3 2018 $2K 1 923140 100% Contributions & Trans… 100% $2K —
2018 Q4 2018 $2K 2 GENERATION NEXT 90% Other / Unclassified 90% $4K —
2019 Q1 2018 $1K 1 822501 100% Other / Unclassified 100% $5K -81%
2019 Q2 2018 $1K 1 860894 100% Other / Unclassified 100% $6K -71%
2019 Q3 2018 $1K 1 822501 100% Other / Unclassified 100% $7K —
2019 Q4 2018 $2K 1 GENERATION NEXT 100% Other / Unclassified 100% $9K —
2020 Q1 2020 $1K 1 860894 100% Other / Unclassified 100% $1K —
2021 Q1 2020 $4K 3 923140 43% Contributions & Trans… 43% $5K +250%
2021 Q2 2020 $1K 1 822501 100% Other / Unclassified 100% $6K +0%
2021 Q3 2020 $1K 1 ALLEN FOR SENATE 2022; BEN 100% Other / Unclassified 100% $7K +0%
2022 Q2 2022 $3K 2 743787 67% Other / Unclassified 67% $3K —
2022 Q3 2022 $6K 4 ALLEN FOR SENATE 2018; BEN 33% Other / Unclassified 83% $9K —
2022 Q4 2022 $2K 1 ALLEN FOR SENATE 2018; BEN 100% Other / Unclassified 100% $11K —
2023 Q2 2022 $3K 2 ALLEN FOR TREASURER 2026; B… 67% Other / Unclassified 100% $14K +200%
2023 Q3 2022 $2K 2 ALLEN FOR TREASURER 2026; B… 50% Other / Unclassified 100% $16K +100%
2024 Q1 2024 $4K 3 923140 43% Other / Unclassified 57% $4K —
2024 Q2 2024 $3K 2 923140 60% Contributions & Trans… 60% $6K -17%
2025 Q1 2024 $2K 1 923140 100% Contributions & Trans… 100% $8K —
2025 Q2 2024 $2K 2 822501 50% Other / Unclassified 100% $10K -33%
2026 Q1 2026 $40K 7 ALLEN FOR INSURANCE COMMISS… 98% Print & Mail 74% $40K +1055%
2026 Q2 2026 $483K 5 ALLEN FOR INSURANCE COMMISS… 100% Print & Mail 86% $524K +19233%
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Revenue by service category

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Revenue by service category

last 3 months · hover bars for cycle context
Print & Mail — cycle-to-date Total: $444K across 5 disbursements (avg $89K/check) Top buyer: ALLEN FOR INSURANCE COMMISSIONER 2026; CALIFORNIANS FOR AN AFFORDABLE FUTURE, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL VOTERS, SUPPORTING BEN (100% of category) Last paid: 5w ago · no prior-cycle baseline Print & Mail $414K Strategy & Research — cycle-to-date Total: $74K across 4 disbursements (avg $18K/check) Top buyer: ALLEN FOR INSURANCE COMMISSIONER 2026; CALIFORNIANS FOR AN AFFORDABLE FUTURE, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL VOTERS, SUPPORTING BEN (99% of category) Last paid: 5w ago · no prior-cycle baseline Strategy & Research $69K Digital — cycle-to-date Total: $100 across 1 disbursements (avg $100/check) Top buyer: ALLEN FOR INSURANCE COMMISSIONER 2026; CALIFORNIANS FOR AN AFFORDABLE FUTURE, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL VOTERS, SUPPORTING BEN (100% of category) Last paid: 5w ago · no prior-cycle baseline Digital $100

Revenue by service category

last 6 months · hover bars for cycle context
Print & Mail — cycle-to-date Total: $444K across 5 disbursements (avg $89K/check) Top buyer: ALLEN FOR INSURANCE COMMISSIONER 2026; CALIFORNIANS FOR AN AFFORDABLE FUTURE, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL VOTERS, SUPPORTING BEN (100% of category) Last paid: 5w ago · no prior-cycle baseline Print & Mail $444K Strategy & Research — cycle-to-date Total: $74K across 4 disbursements (avg $18K/check) Top buyer: ALLEN FOR INSURANCE COMMISSIONER 2026; CALIFORNIANS FOR AN AFFORDABLE FUTURE, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL VOTERS, SUPPORTING BEN (99% of category) Last paid: 5w ago · no prior-cycle baseline Strategy & Research $73K Software & Tech — cycle-to-date Total: $3K across 3 disbursements (avg $875/check) Top buyer: ALLEN FOR INSURANCE COMMISSIONER 2026; CALIFORNIANS FOR AN AFFORDABLE FUTURE, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL VOTERS, SUPPORTING BEN (213% of category) Last paid: 3mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Software & Tech $6K Digital — cycle-to-date Total: $100 across 1 disbursements (avg $100/check) Top buyer: ALLEN FOR INSURANCE COMMISSIONER 2026; CALIFORNIANS FOR AN AFFORDABLE FUTURE, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL VOTERS, SUPPORTING BEN (100% of category) Last paid: 5w ago · no prior-cycle baseline Digital $100

Revenue by service category

last 12 months · hover bars for cycle context
Print & Mail — cycle-to-date Total: $444K across 5 disbursements (avg $89K/check) Top buyer: ALLEN FOR INSURANCE COMMISSIONER 2026; CALIFORNIANS FOR AN AFFORDABLE FUTURE, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL VOTERS, SUPPORTING BEN (100% of category) Last paid: 5w ago · no prior-cycle baseline Print & Mail $444K Strategy & Research — cycle-to-date Total: $74K across 4 disbursements (avg $18K/check) Top buyer: ALLEN FOR INSURANCE COMMISSIONER 2026; CALIFORNIANS FOR AN AFFORDABLE FUTURE, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL VOTERS, SUPPORTING BEN (99% of category) Last paid: 5w ago · no prior-cycle baseline Strategy & Research $73K Software & Tech — cycle-to-date Total: $3K across 3 disbursements (avg $875/check) Top buyer: ALLEN FOR INSURANCE COMMISSIONER 2026; CALIFORNIANS FOR AN AFFORDABLE FUTURE, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL VOTERS, SUPPORTING BEN (213% of category) Last paid: 3mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Software & Tech $3K Digital — cycle-to-date Total: $100 across 1 disbursements (avg $100/check) Top buyer: ALLEN FOR INSURANCE COMMISSIONER 2026; CALIFORNIANS FOR AN AFFORDABLE FUTURE, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL VOTERS, SUPPORTING BEN (100% of category) Last paid: 5w ago · no prior-cycle baseline Digital $100

Revenue by service category

last 18 months · hover bars for cycle context
Print & Mail — cycle-to-date Total: $444K across 5 disbursements (avg $89K/check) Top buyer: ALLEN FOR INSURANCE COMMISSIONER 2026; CALIFORNIANS FOR AN AFFORDABLE FUTURE, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL VOTERS, SUPPORTING BEN (100% of category) Last paid: 5w ago · no prior-cycle baseline Print & Mail $444K Strategy & Research — cycle-to-date Total: $74K across 4 disbursements (avg $18K/check) Top buyer: ALLEN FOR INSURANCE COMMISSIONER 2026; CALIFORNIANS FOR AN AFFORDABLE FUTURE, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL VOTERS, SUPPORTING BEN (99% of category) Last paid: 5w ago · no prior-cycle baseline Strategy & Research $73K Software & Tech — cycle-to-date Total: $3K across 3 disbursements (avg $875/check) Top buyer: ALLEN FOR INSURANCE COMMISSIONER 2026; CALIFORNIANS FOR AN AFFORDABLE FUTURE, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL VOTERS, SUPPORTING BEN (213% of category) Last paid: 3mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Software & Tech $3K Contributions & Transfers — cycle-to-date Total: $11K across 8 disbursements (avg $1K/check) Top buyer: 923140 (100% of category) Last paid: 15mo ago · +144% vs prior cycle Contributions & Transfers $2K Digital — cycle-to-date Total: $100 across 1 disbursements (avg $100/check) Top buyer: ALLEN FOR INSURANCE COMMISSIONER 2026; CALIFORNIANS FOR AN AFFORDABLE FUTURE, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL VOTERS, SUPPORTING BEN (100% of category) Last paid: 5w ago · no prior-cycle baseline Digital $100

Revenue by service category

last 24 months · hover bars for cycle context
Print & Mail — cycle-to-date Total: $444K across 5 disbursements (avg $89K/check) Top buyer: ALLEN FOR INSURANCE COMMISSIONER 2026; CALIFORNIANS FOR AN AFFORDABLE FUTURE, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL VOTERS, SUPPORTING BEN (100% of category) Last paid: 5w ago · no prior-cycle baseline Print & Mail $444K Strategy & Research — cycle-to-date Total: $74K across 4 disbursements (avg $18K/check) Top buyer: ALLEN FOR INSURANCE COMMISSIONER 2026; CALIFORNIANS FOR AN AFFORDABLE FUTURE, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL VOTERS, SUPPORTING BEN (99% of category) Last paid: 5w ago · no prior-cycle baseline Strategy & Research $73K Software & Tech — cycle-to-date Total: $3K across 3 disbursements (avg $875/check) Top buyer: ALLEN FOR INSURANCE COMMISSIONER 2026; CALIFORNIANS FOR AN AFFORDABLE FUTURE, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL VOTERS, SUPPORTING BEN (213% of category) Last paid: 3mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Software & Tech $3K Contributions & Transfers — cycle-to-date Total: $11K across 8 disbursements (avg $1K/check) Top buyer: 923140 (100% of category) Last paid: 15mo ago · +144% vs prior cycle Contributions & Transfers $2K Digital — cycle-to-date Total: $100 across 1 disbursements (avg $100/check) Top buyer: ALLEN FOR INSURANCE COMMISSIONER 2026; CALIFORNIANS FOR AN AFFORDABLE FUTURE, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL VOTERS, SUPPORTING BEN (100% of category) Last paid: 5w ago · no prior-cycle baseline Digital $100
Per-category breakdown · cycle-to-date
Category Total spend Txns Avg check % of total Top buyer · share Last paid
Print & Mail $443,744 5 $89K 76.5% ALLEN FOR INSURANCE COMMISS… 100% 5w ago
Strategy & Research $73,530 4 $18K 12.7% ALLEN FOR INSURANCE COMMISS… 99% 5w ago
Other / Unclassified $48,900 34 $1K 8.4% 822501 27% 2mo ago
Contributions & Transfers $11,000 8 $1K 1.9% 923140 100% 15mo ago
Software & Tech $2,624 3 $875 0.5% ALLEN FOR INSURANCE COMMISS… 213% 3mo ago
Digital $100 1 $100 0.0% ALLEN FOR INSURANCE COMMISS… 100% 5w ago
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Client retention

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

2
Anchor clients 3+ cycles
$24,000 · 4% of revenue
3
Repeat clients 2 cycles
$13,000 · 2% of revenue
10
One-time clients 1 cycle
$545,874 · 94% of revenue
Top 2 anchor clients · all-time
Client Cycles All-time spend Txns First paid Last paid
822501 6 $13,000 13 2017-02-22 2026-04-13
923140 5 $11,000 8 2016-05-06 2025-03-10
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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
$582,874 100.0% 15
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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 2026-05-11 ALLEN FOR INSURANCE COMMISSIONER 2026; CALIFORNIANS FOR AN AFFORDABLE FUTURE, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL VOTERS, SUPPORTING BEN Print & Mail Mailer $413,685
Largest all-time 2026-05-11 ALLEN FOR INSURANCE COMMISSIONER 2026; CALIFORNIANS FOR AN AFFORDABLE FUTURE, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL VOTERS, SUPPORTING BEN Strategy & Research Polling $64,500
Largest all-time 2026-02-13 ALLEN FOR INSURANCE COMMISSIONER 2026; CALIFORNIANS FOR AN AFFORDABLE FUTURE, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL VOTERS, SUPPORTING BEN Print & Mail Mailer $10,148
Largest all-time 2026-01-26 ALLEN FOR INSURANCE COMMISSIONER 2026; CALIFORNIANS FOR AN AFFORDABLE FUTURE, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL VOTERS, SUPPORTING BEN Print & Mail Mailer $9,839
Largest all-time 2026-02-10 ALLEN FOR INSURANCE COMMISSIONER 2026; CALIFORNIANS FOR AN AFFORDABLE FUTURE, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL VOTERS, SUPPORTING BEN Print & Mail Mailer $9,839
Recent 2026-05-11 ALLEN FOR INSURANCE COMMISSIONER 2026; CALIFORNIANS FOR AN AFFORDABLE FUTURE, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL VOTERS, SUPPORTING BEN Strategy & Research Polling $4,030
Recent 2026-04-13 822501 Other / Unclassified — $1,000
Recent 2026-05-11 ALLEN FOR INSURANCE COMMISSIONER 2026; CALIFORNIANS FOR AN AFFORDABLE FUTURE, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL VOTERS, SUPPORTING BEN Digital Website $100
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