BLUEWEST MEDIA
BLUEWEST MEDIA is a media vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle BLUEWEST MEDIA was paid $110.24M across 32 client committees, of which $18.19M 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 |
$92,049,374 | 266 rows | 83.5% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$18,190,198 | 42 rows | 16.5% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- Jun 2, 2014 → May 15, 2026
- spans 12.0 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 266
- Schedule B + IE 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.
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.
Top buyers last 1 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| GONZALES FOR STATE ASSEMBLY 2026; ANDRAE 1482477 |
$30,000 | 1 |
Top buyers last 3 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| GONZALES FOR STATE ASSEMBLY 2026; ANDRAE 1482477 |
$30,000 | 1 |
Top buyers last 6 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| GONZALES FOR STATE ASSEMBLY 2026; ANDRAE 1482477 |
$30,000 | 1 |
Top buyers last 12 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| GONZALES FOR STATE ASSEMBLY 2026; ANDRAE 1482477 |
$30,000 | 1 |
Top buyers last 18 months · top 2
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| GONZALES FOR STATE ASSEMBLY 2026; ANDRAE 1482477 |
$30,000 | 1 |
| VARET, ESTHER KIM CA · House DEM |
$3,100 | 1 |
Top buyers last 24 months · top 5
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| KAINE, TIMOTHY MICHAEL VA · Senate DEM |
$3,935,383 | 6 |
| FRISCH, ADAM CO · House DEM |
$2,310,512 | 18 |
| HOUSTONIANS FOR SAFE & HEALTHY SCHOOLS DISSOLVED 00088922 |
$1,044,000 | 7 |
| GONZALES FOR STATE ASSEMBLY 2026; ANDRAE 1482477 |
$30,000 | 1 |
| VARET, ESTHER KIM CA · House DEM |
$3,100 | 1 |
By party
Revenue by party
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $69,113,060 | 62.69% |
| Republican | $0 | 0.00% |
| Non-partisan | $41,126,512 | 37.31% |
Part III Reference tables
Full all-time and cycle-to-date data.
Money flow through this vendor
Money flow through this vendor
top payers (left) → broadcast stations clients buy from (right)Cycle-over-cycle trajectory
current cycle earlier election cycle off-cycle year quarterly · 8 years
| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Q2 | 2018 | $10M | 26 | KAINE, TIMOTHY MICHAEL 49% | Media 100% | $10M | — |
| 2018 | Q3 | 2018 | $13M | 20 | TUCK FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF … 52% | Media 100% | $23M | — |
| 2018 | Q4 | 2018 | $8.27M | 37 | TUCK FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF … 50% | Media 100% | $31M | — |
| 2019 | Q4 | 2020 | $14M | 14 | BERNIE 2020 100% | Media 100% | $14M | — |
| 2020 | Q3 | 2020 | $9.48M | 32 | SPANBERGER, ABIGAIL 32% | Media 100% | $23M | -27% |
| 2020 | Q4 | 2020 | $4M | 20 | SPANBERGER, ABIGAIL 46% | Media 100% | $27M | -52% |
| 2022 | Q1 | 2022 | $20K | 1 | MCMULLIN, DAVID EVAN 100% | Media 100% | $20K | — |
| 2022 | Q2 | 2022 | $653K | 7 | FINKENAUER, ABBY 64% | Media 100% | $672K | — |
| 2022 | Q3 | 2022 | $7.7M | 19 | SPANBERGER, ABIGAIL 61% | Media 100% | $8.38M | -19% |
| 2022 | Q4 | 2022 | $3.92M | 30 | MCMULLIN, DAVID EVAN 31% | Media 100% | $12M | -2% |
| 2023 | Q4 | 2024 | $6K | 1 | FRISCH, ADAM 100% | Media 100% | $6K | — |
| 2024 | Q2 | 2024 | $4.11M | 4 | FRISCH, ADAM 59% | Media 100% | $4.12M | +530% |
| 2024 | Q3 | 2024 | $2.58M | 14 | FRISCH, ADAM 59% | Media 100% | $6.69M | -67% |
| 2024 | Q4 | 2024 | $4.67M | 16 | KAINE, TIMOTHY MICHAEL 62% | Media 100% | $11M | +19% |
| 2025 | Q2 | 2026 | $3K | 1 | VARET, ESTHER KIM 100% | Media 100% | $3K | — |
| 2026 | Q2 | 2026 | $30K | 1 | GONZALES FOR STATE ASSEMBLY… 100% | — | $33K | -99% |
Stations this firm's clients buy from
Stations this firm's clients buy from top 4 · $24,956 · Bakersfield, CA dominant market
Broadcast stations that committees who pay BLUEWEST MEDIA also pay directly on their Schedule B filings. We can't prove BLUEWEST MEDIA routed money to these stations, but the concentration signal reveals the market network this firm's clients spend on.
| Station | Market | Network | Total client spend | Buys | Activity window |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KGET-TV | Bakersfield, CA | NBC | $12,958 | 1 | May 2026 |
| KBAK-TV | Bakersfield, CA | NBC | $7,034 | 1 | May 2026 |
| KERO-TV | Bakersfield, CA | ABC | $3,009 | 1 | May 2026 |
| KBFX-TV | Bakersfield, CA | Fox | $1,955 | 1 | May 2026 |
Revenue by service category
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| Category | Total spend | Txns | Avg check | % of total | Top buyer · share | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Media | $92,019,374 | 265 | $347K | 100.0% | BERNIE 2020 15% | 12mo 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA | $24,675,316 | 26.8% | 10 | |
| VA | $22,558,001 | 24.5% | 3 | |
| VT | $13,531,853 | 14.7% | 1 | |
| DC | $10,922,910 | 11.9% | 4 | |
| UT | $5,831,162 | 6.3% | 2 | |
| WV | $4,549,675 | 4.9% | 1 | |
| Unknown | $3,734,842 | 4.1% | 6 | |
| AZ | $2,504,633 | 2.7% | 1 | |
| CO | $1,542,842 | 1.7% | 2 | |
| MA | $1,154,140 | 1.3% | 1 | |
| TX | $1,044,000 | 1.1% | 1 |
Notable disbursements
5 largest all-time · 5 largest in the current cycle · 5 most recent. Each row earns its place.