Bluebonnet News
$18K
2025-2026 cycle
Bluebonnet News is a political services vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle Bluebonnet News was paid $18K across 13 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
- Oct 22, 2018 → May 4, 2026
- spans 7.5 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 21
- Schedule B rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 13
- 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.
Jun 2025
May 2026
$15K
across 12 months
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
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| MANGUM-MERENDINO JAN M HONORABLE MICHELLE 00066203 |
$550 | 1 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 6 months · top 4
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| CHANDLER JAMES D MR JD 00089786 |
$1,900 | 2 |
| MANGUM-MERENDINO JAN M HONORABLE MICHELLE 00066203 |
$1,200 | 2 |
| MEALER, ALEXANDRA TX · House REP |
$950 | 1 |
| CAIN, BRISCOE ROWELL III TX · House REP |
$950 | 1 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 12 months · top 8
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| ASHBY TRENTON E HONORABLE TRENT 00067800 |
$3,000 | 1 |
| WARD RHONDA R MRS 00089755 |
$2,500 | 1 |
| CHANDLER JAMES D MR JD 00089786 |
$2,450 | 3 |
| MEALER, ALEXANDRA TX · House REP |
$1,950 | 2 |
| CAIN, BRISCOE ROWELL III TX · House REP |
$1,900 | 2 |
| MANGUM-MERENDINO JAN M HONORABLE MICHELLE 00066203 |
$1,200 | 2 |
| CAIN III CHAP B HONORABLE 00037413 |
$1,200 | 1 |
| FITZGERALD JOHN JOSHUA MR JOSH 00090470 |
$550 | 1 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 18 months · top 8
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| ASHBY TRENTON E HONORABLE TRENT 00067800 |
$3,000 | 1 |
| WARD RHONDA R MRS 00089755 |
$2,500 | 1 |
| CHANDLER JAMES D MR JD 00089786 |
$2,450 | 3 |
| MEALER, ALEXANDRA TX · House REP |
$1,950 | 2 |
| CAIN, BRISCOE ROWELL III TX · House REP |
$1,900 | 2 |
| MANGUM-MERENDINO JAN M HONORABLE MICHELLE 00066203 |
$1,200 | 2 |
| CAIN III CHAP B HONORABLE 00037413 |
$1,200 | 1 |
| FITZGERALD JOHN JOSHUA MR JOSH 00090470 |
$550 | 1 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 24 months · top 8
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| ASHBY TRENTON E HONORABLE TRENT 00067800 |
$3,000 | 1 |
| WARD RHONDA R MRS 00089755 |
$2,500 | 1 |
| CHANDLER JAMES D MR JD 00089786 |
$2,450 | 3 |
| MEALER, ALEXANDRA TX · House REP |
$1,950 | 2 |
| CAIN, BRISCOE ROWELL III TX · House REP |
$1,900 | 2 |
| MANGUM-MERENDINO JAN M HONORABLE MICHELLE 00066203 |
$1,200 | 2 |
| CAIN III CHAP B HONORABLE 00037413 |
$1,200 | 1 |
| FITZGERALD JOHN JOSHUA MR JOSH 00090470 |
$550 | 1 |
By party
Revenue by party
D · 0%
R · 100%
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $0 | 0.00% |
| Republican | $3,850 | 21.36% |
| Non-partisan | $14,175 | 78.64% |
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 · 8 years
Per-quarter totals
| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Q4 | 2018 | $200 | 1 | BAILES IV ERNEST J HONORABLE 100% | Digital 100% | $200 | — |
| 2019 | Q4 | 2018 | $225 | 1 | CLEVELAND KIDS COUNT DISSOL… 100% | Media 100% | $425 | — |
| 2020 | Q1 | 2020 | $575 | 2 | WALKER JARROD L MR 83% | Media 83% | $575 | — |
| 2022 | Q1 | 2022 | $500 | 2 | HOLT JANIS A HONORABLE 50% | Other / Unclassified 50% | $500 | -13% |
| 2023 | Q4 | 2022 | $1K | 1 | BAILES IV ERNEST J HONORABLE 100% | Digital 100% | $2K | — |
| 2024 | Q1 | 2024 | $500 | 1 | HOLT JANIS A HONORABLE 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $500 | +0% |
| 2025 | Q4 | 2024 | $3K | 1 | ASHBY TRENTON E HONORABLE T… 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $4K | +135% |
| 2026 | Q1 | 2026 | $9K | 9 | WARD RHONDA R MRS 27% | Media 56% | $9K | +1760% |
| 2026 | Q2 | 2026 | $2K | 3 | MEALER, ALEXANDRA 39% | Digital 22% | $12K | — |
Revenue by service category
No category revenue in this window.
Per-category breakdown · cycle-to-date
| Category | Total spend | Txns | Avg check | % of total | Top buyer · share | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digital | $6,175 | 9 | $686 | 38.3% | CHANDLER JAMES D MR JD 40% | 2mo ago |
| Media | $5,950 | 6 | $992 | 36.9% | WARD RHONDA R MRS 42% | 6mo ago |
| Other / Unclassified | $3,750 | 3 | $1K | 23.3% | ASHBY TRENTON E HONORABLE T… 80% | 8mo ago |
| Print & Mail | $250 | 1 | $250 | 1.6% | BAILES IV ERNEST J HONORABLE 100% | 4y ago |
Client retention
Sticky-relationship signal: how many clients keep coming back across cycles vs one-time buyers.
0
Anchor clients 3+ cycles
$0 · 0% of revenue
2
Repeat clients 2 cycles
$2,475 · 14% of revenue
11
One-time clients 1 cycle
$15,550 · 86% of revenue
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TX | $18,025 | 100.0% | 13 |
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 | 2025-11-12 | ASHBY TRENTON E HONORABLE TRENT | Other / Unclassified | Campaign advertising - newspaper | $3,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2026-01-14 | WARD RHONDA R MRS | Media | Campaign Advertising Expense | $2,500 |
| Largest all-time | 2023-12-13 | BAILES IV ERNEST J HONORABLE | Digital | Online advertising expense | $1,275 |
| Largest all-time | 2026-01-07 | CAIN III CHAP B HONORABLE | Media | January and February 2026 political advertising | $1,200 |
| Largest all-time | 2026-01-17 | MEALER, ALEXANDRA | Media | ADVERTISING | $1,000 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-04-08 | MEALER, ALEXANDRA | — | ADVERTISING | $950 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-03-19 | CHANDLER JAMES D MR JD | Digital | digital ad. | $950 |
| Recent | 2026-04-13 | CAIN, BRISCOE ROWELL III | — | ONLINE ADVERTISING | $950 |
| Recent | 2026-03-18 | CHANDLER JAMES D MR JD | Digital | digital ad | $950 |
| Recent | 2026-05-04 | MANGUM-MERENDINO JAN M HONORABLE MICHELLE | Digital | Online Ad | $550 |