BLUE WEST MEDIA, LLC
BLUE WEST MEDIA, LLC is a political services vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle BLUE WEST MEDIA, LLC was paid $40.90M across 8 client committees, of which $1.55M 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
| Schedule B direct committee payments |
$39,352,134 | 53 rows | 96.2% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$1,548,550 | 2 rows | 3.8% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- Oct 31, 2016 → Oct 3, 2024
- spans 7.9 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 53
- Schedule B + IE rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 8
- distinct payers
Part II Activity in selected window
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Spend trajectory
Monthly spend to this vendor over the last 12 months.
Top buyers
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By party
Revenue by party
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $40,114,271 | 98.08% |
| Republican | $0 | 0.00% |
| Non-partisan | $786,412 | 1.92% |
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 · 6 years
| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Q2 | 2018 | $250K | 4 | SPANBERGER, ABIGAIL 100% | Media 100% | $250K | — |
| 2018 | Q3 | 2018 | $2.91M | 10 | SPANBERGER, ABIGAIL 60% | Media 100% | $3.16M | — |
| 2018 | Q4 | 2018 | $2.78M | 11 | SPANBERGER, ABIGAIL 61% | Media 100% | $5.94M | — |
| 2019 | Q2 | 2020 | $1K | 1 | BENNET, MICHAEL F. 100% | Media 100% | $1K | — |
| 2020 | Q1 | 2020 | $32M | 18 | BERNIE 2020 100% | Media 100% | $32M | — |
| 2020 | Q3 | 2020 | $2K | 1 | BENNET, MICHAEL F. 100% | Media 100% | $32M | -100% |
| 2022 | Q4 | 2022 | $716K | 1 | THE AMERICAN SOS PROJECT PAC 100% | Media 100% | $716K | — |
| 2023 | Q3 | 2024 | $23K | 2 | OPERATION SAVING DEMOCRACY 100% | Media 100% | $23K | — |
| 2024 | Q1 | 2024 | $75K | 1 | O'BRIEN, MICHAEL 100% | Media 100% | $98K | — |
| 2024 | Q2 | 2024 | $172K | 2 | O'BRIEN, MICHAEL 100% | Media 100% | $271K | — |
Revenue by service category
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| Category | Total spend | Txns | Avg check | % of total | Top buyer · share | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Media | $39,311,446 | 51 | $771K | 99.9% | BERNIE 2020 82% | 2y ago |
| Other / Unclassified | $40,688 | 2 | $20K | 0.1% | 980228 100% | 9y ago |
Client retention
Sticky-relationship signal: how many clients keep coming back across cycles vs one-time buyers.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VT | $32,383,789 | 82.3% | 1 | |
| VA | $3,683,539 | 9.4% | 1 | |
| UT | $2,254,250 | 5.7% | 1 | |
| KY | $739,150 | 1.9% | 2 | |
| PA | $247,468 | 0.6% | 1 | |
| CA | $40,688 | 0.1% | 1 | |
| CO | $3,250 | 0.0% | 1 |
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 | 2020-02-28 | BERNIE 2020 | Media | MEDIA ADVERTISING | $6,717,430 |
| Largest all-time | 2020-03-05 | BERNIE 2020 | Media | MEDIA ADVERTISING | $4,053,100 |
| Largest all-time | 2020-02-07 | BERNIE 2020 | Media | MEDIA ADVERTISING | $3,784,776 |
| Largest all-time | 2020-02-21 | BERNIE 2020 | Media | MEDIA ADVERTISING | $3,772,064 |
| Largest all-time | 2020-03-06 | BERNIE 2020 | Media | MEDIA ADVERTISING | $3,725,000 |
| Largest this cycle | 2024-04-10 | O'BRIEN, MICHAEL | Media | TV AD BUY | $103,018 |
| Largest this cycle | 2024-03-27 | O'BRIEN, MICHAEL | Media | TV AD BUY | $75,250 |
| Largest this cycle | 2024-04-03 | O'BRIEN, MICHAEL | Media | TV AD BUY | $69,200 |
| Largest this cycle | 2023-09-15 | OPERATION SAVING DEMOCRACY | Media | ADVERTISING | $21,985 |
| Largest this cycle | 2023-09-29 | OPERATION SAVING DEMOCRACY | Media | ADVERTISING | $1,215 |