BRABENDERCOX LLC

$45.39M 2025-2026 cycle

BRABENDERCOX LLC is a digital vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle BRABENDERCOX LLC was paid $45.39M across 59 client committees, of which $3.22M flowed through Independent Expenditures rather than direct committee payments.

Digital ○ Slowing (~3mo since last)

Part I Identity

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

Source split

$45.39M = $42.17M (Schedule B) + $3.22M (Independent Expenditures)
Schedule B
direct committee payments		 $42,174,407 909 rows 92.9%
Independent Expenditures
money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them		 $3,218,280 70 rows 7.1%
Activity span ALL TIME
Aug 30, 2004 → Mar 19, 2026
spans 21.5 years
Disbursements ALL TIME
909
Schedule B + IE rows
Client committees ALL TIME
59
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.

Apr 2025 Mar 2026
$3.00M 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 3 months · top 3

LETLOW, JULIA $167K Digital · 2 txns LAWLER, MICHAEL VINCENT $23K Digital · 1 txn MEUSER, DANIEL $555 Digital · 1 txn B BRABENDERCOX LLC
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
LETLOW, JULIA
LA · Senate REP
 $167,274 2
LAWLER, MICHAEL VINCENT
NY · House REP
 $23,092 1
MEUSER, DANIEL
PA · House REP
 $555 1
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VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 6 months · top 4

LETLOW, JULIA $1.52M Digital · 8 txns WARD RHONDA R MRS $973K Digital · 6 txns LAWLER, MICHAEL VINCENT $43K Digital · 2 txns MEUSER, DANIEL $5K Digital · 5 txns B BRABENDERCOX LLC
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
LETLOW, JULIA
LA · Senate REP
 $1,515,981 8
WARD RHONDA R MRS
00089755
 $972,833 6
LAWLER, MICHAEL VINCENT
NY · House REP
 $43,092 2
MEUSER, DANIEL
PA · House REP
 $4,999 5
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VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 12 months · top 8

LETLOW, JULIA $1.52M Digital · 8 txns WARD RHONDA R MRS $1.22M Digital · 8 txns LAWLER, MICHAEL VINCENT $95K Digital · 6 txns MALLIOTAKIS, NICOLE $50K Strategy & Research · 6 txns YOUNG, TODD CHRISTOPHER $30K Media · 2 txns MEUSER, DANIEL $16K Digital · 13 txns SHEETS NATHAN H MR $16K Digital · 1 txn JOYCE, JOHN $6K Media · 1 txn B BRABENDERCOX LLC
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
LETLOW, JULIA
LA · Senate REP
 $1,515,981 8
WARD RHONDA R MRS
00089755
 $1,218,108 8
LAWLER, MICHAEL VINCENT
NY · House REP
 $95,107 6
MALLIOTAKIS, NICOLE
NY · House REP
 $50,000 6
YOUNG, TODD CHRISTOPHER
IN · Senate REP
 $30,000 2
MEUSER, DANIEL
PA · House REP
 $16,496 13
SHEETS NATHAN H MR
00089619
 $16,300 1
JOYCE, JOHN
PA · House REP
 $5,750 1
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VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 18 months · top 8

LETLOW, JULIA $1.52M Digital · 8 txns WARD RHONDA R MRS $1.22M Digital · 8 txns LAWLER, MICHAEL VINCENT $95K Digital · 6 txns MALLIOTAKIS, NICOLE $73K Strategy & Research · 8 txns YOUNG, TODD CHRISTOPHER $40K Media · 4 txns SHEETS NATHAN H MR $33K Digital · 3 txns MEUSER, DANIEL $20K Digital · 19 txns JOYCE, JOHN $11K Media · 2 txns B BRABENDERCOX LLC
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
LETLOW, JULIA
LA · Senate REP
 $1,515,981 8
WARD RHONDA R MRS
00089755
 $1,218,108 8
LAWLER, MICHAEL VINCENT
NY · House REP
 $95,107 6
MALLIOTAKIS, NICOLE
NY · House REP
 $72,500 8
YOUNG, TODD CHRISTOPHER
IN · Senate REP
 $40,000 4
SHEETS NATHAN H MR
00089619
 $32,600 3
MEUSER, DANIEL
PA · House REP
 $19,823 19
JOYCE, JOHN
PA · House REP
 $11,000 2
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VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 24 months · top 10

LAWLER, MICHAEL VINCENT $4.06M Digital · 38 txns LETLOW, JULIA $1.52M Digital · 8 txns WARD RHONDA R MRS $1.22M Digital · 8 txns TRUMP, DONALD J. $614K Digital · 16 txns REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE $444K Digital · 1 txn SAPRAICONE, MICHAEL $380K Digital · 2 txns BICE, STEPHANIE $300K Digital · 2 txns JACK, BRIAN $243K Digital · 3 txns MALLIOTAKIS, NICOLE $166K Digital · 17 txns JOYCE, JOHN $138K Digital · 9 txns B BRABENDERCOX LLC
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
LAWLER, MICHAEL VINCENT
NY · House REP
 $4,057,778 38
LETLOW, JULIA
LA · Senate REP
 $1,515,981 8
WARD RHONDA R MRS
00089755
 $1,218,108 8
TRUMP, DONALD J.
US · President REP
 $613,984 16
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE
C00003418
 $443,900 1
SAPRAICONE, MICHAEL
NY · Senate REP
 $380,250 2
BICE, STEPHANIE
OK · House REP
 $300,106 2
JACK, BRIAN
GA · House REP
 $243,049 3
MALLIOTAKIS, NICOLE
NY · House REP
 $166,000 17
JOYCE, JOHN
PA · House REP
 $138,233 9
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By party

Revenue by party

100% R
D · 0%
R · 100%
PartyAmount%
Democratic $17,919 0.04%
Republican $29,207,309 64.34%
Non-partisan $16,167,459 35.62%

Part III Reference tables

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

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People at this agency 0 buyers · 7 leadership

John Brabender Founder; Managing Partner a… Kent Gates Senior Partner Matt Beynon Senior Strategist Brian Nutt Managing Partner, Harrisbur… Hogan Gidley Senior Partner Rob Aho Senior Partner Ron Dylewski Creative Director B BRABENDERCOX LLC

Leadership 7

Founders, partners, chiefs — for strategic / partnership conversations.

John Brabender research

Founder; Managing Partner and Chief Creative Officer

Email pattern unknown —
LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/john-brabender-b454258/ verified
Kent Gates research

Senior Partner

Email pattern unknown —
LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/kent-gates-6590b96/ verified
Matt Beynon research

Senior Strategist

Email pattern unknown —
LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/matt-beynon-652abb8/ verified
Brian Nutt research

Managing Partner, Harrisburg Office

Email pattern unknown —
LinkedIn not found —
Hogan Gidley research

Senior Partner

Email pattern unknown —
LinkedIn not found —
Rob Aho research

Senior Partner

Email pattern unknown —
LinkedIn not found —
Ron Dylewski research

Creative Director

Email pattern unknown —
LinkedIn not found —

LinkedIn company page · updated 23d ago

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Cycle-over-cycle trajectory

2017201820192020202120222023202420252026 Q1 2017 (2018 cycle): $3KQ2 2017 (2018 cycle): $24KQ3 2017 (2018 cycle): $153KQ4 2017 (2018 cycle): $135KQ1 2018 (2018 cycle): $1.35MQ2 2018 (2018 cycle): $2.39MQ3 2018 (2018 cycle): $2.34MQ4 2018 (2018 cycle): $4.9MQ1 2019 (2020 cycle): $7KQ2 2019 (2020 cycle): $16KQ3 2019 (2020 cycle): $84KQ4 2019 (2020 cycle): $120KQ1 2020 (2020 cycle): $651KQ2 2020 (2020 cycle): $1.12MQ3 2020 (2020 cycle): $2.15MQ4 2020 (2020 cycle): $4.55MQ1 2021 (2022 cycle): $11KQ2 2021 (2022 cycle): $30KQ3 2021 (2022 cycle): $41KQ4 2021 (2022 cycle): $91KQ1 2022 (2022 cycle): $420KQ2 2022 (2022 cycle): $497KQ3 2022 (2022 cycle): $3.52MQ4 2022 (2022 cycle): $3.93MQ1 2023 (2024 cycle): $2KQ2 2023 (2024 cycle): $132KQ3 2023 (2024 cycle): $604KQ4 2023 (2024 cycle): $223KQ1 2024 (2024 cycle): $1.8MQ2 2024 (2024 cycle): $1.88MQ3 2024 (2024 cycle): $3.46MQ4 2024 (2024 cycle): $2.48MQ1 2025 (2026 cycle): $1KQ2 2025 (2024 cycle): $16KQ2 2025 (2026 cycle): $45KQ3 2025 (2024 cycle): $16KQ3 2025 (2026 cycle): $97KQ4 2025 (2024 cycle): $255KQ4 2025 (2026 cycle): $47KQ1 2026 (2026 cycle): $2.53M Q1Q3Q1Q3Q1Q3Q1Q3Q1Q3Q1Q3Q1Q3Q1Q3Q1Q2Q3Q4Q1 $4.9M

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 2018 $3K 3 SANTORUM FOR PRESIDENT 2016 56% Digital 100% $3K —
2017 Q2 2018 $24K 4 BROOKS, SUSAN MRS. 51% Digital 100% $26K —
2017 Q3 2018 $153K 7 C00647065 90% Digital 100% $179K —
2017 Q4 2018 $135K 14 C00654442 48% Digital 100% $314K —
2018 Q1 2018 $1.35M 47 C00658708 65% Digital 100% $1.66M —
2018 Q2 2018 $2.39M 44 C00647065 31% Digital 100% $4.05M —
2018 Q3 2018 $2.34M 50 C00445122 46% Digital 100% $6.39M —
2018 Q4 2018 $4.9M 59 C00445122 30% Digital 100% $11M —
2019 Q1 2020 $7K 3 YOUNG, TODD CHRISTOPHER 94% Digital 100% $7K +150%
2019 Q2 2020 $16K 7 MALLIOTAKIS, NICOLE 47% Digital 100% $23K -31%
2019 Q3 2020 $84K 14 C00701433 43% Digital 100% $107K -45%
2019 Q4 2020 $120K 24 C00703066 34% Digital 100% $227K -11%
2020 Q1 2020 $651K 45 C00703066 64% Digital 100% $878K -52%
2020 Q2 2020 $1.12M 53 C00711945 35% Digital 100% $1.99M -53%
2020 Q3 2020 $2.15M 51 MALLIOTAKIS, NICOLE 42% Digital 100% $4.14M -8%
2020 Q4 2020 $4.55M 53 C00552547 51% Digital 100% $8.69M -7%
2021 Q1 2022 $11K 7 YOUNG, TODD CHRISTOPHER 79% Digital 100% $11K +67%
2021 Q2 2022 $30K 8 MALLIOTAKIS, NICOLE 70% Digital 100% $42K +87%
2021 Q3 2022 $41K 10 C00775544 33% Digital 100% $82K -52%
2021 Q4 2022 $91K 10 YOUNG, TODD CHRISTOPHER 57% Digital 100% $173K -24%
2022 Q1 2022 $420K 18 YOUNG, TODD CHRISTOPHER 69% Digital 100% $593K -35%
2022 Q2 2022 $497K 24 C00807677 42% Digital 100% $1.09M -55%
2022 Q3 2022 $3.52M 40 YOUNG, TODD CHRISTOPHER 51% Digital 100% $4.61M +64%
2022 Q4 2022 $3.93M 45 YOUNG, TODD CHRISTOPHER 43% Digital 100% $8.54M -13%
2023 Q1 2024 $2K 3 MEUSER, DANIEL 100% Digital 100% $2K -80%
2023 Q2 2024 $132K 5 TRUMP, DONALD J. 89% Digital 100% $134K +335%
2023 Q3 2024 $604K 22 C00842088 55% Digital 100% $738K +1383%
2023 Q4 2024 $223K 23 TRUMP, DONALD J. 75% Digital 100% $961K +145%
2024 Q1 2024 $1.8M 35 PILIP, MAZI MELESA 63% Digital 100% $2.76M +329%
2024 Q2 2024 $1.88M 44 JACK, BRIAN 59% Digital 100% $4.65M +279%
2024 Q3 2024 $3.46M 45 LAWLER, MICHAEL VINCENT 72% Digital 100% $8.1M -2%
2024 Q4 2024 $2.48M 31 LAWLER, MICHAEL VINCENT 60% Digital 100% $11M -37%
2025 Q1 2026 $1K 2 MEUSER, DANIEL 100% Digital 100% $1K -50%
2025 Q2 2024 $16K 2 SHEETS NATHAN H MR 100% Digital 100% $11M —
2025 Q2 2026 $45K 10 MALLIOTAKIS, NICOLE 61% Strategy & Research 61% $46K -66%
2025 Q3 2024 $16K 1 SHEETS NATHAN H MR 100% Digital 100% $11M —
2025 Q3 2026 $97K 11 LAWLER, MICHAEL VINCENT 54% Digital 59% $143K -84%
2025 Q4 2024 $255K 3 WARD RHONDA R MRS 100% Digital 100% $11M —
2025 Q4 2026 $47K 9 MALLIOTAKIS, NICOLE 42% Media 44% $190K -79%
2026 Q1 2026 $2.53M 19 LETLOW, JULIA 60% Digital 100% $2.72M +40%
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Revenue by service category

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Revenue by service category

last 3 months · hover bars for cycle context
Digital — cycle-to-date Total: $42.05M across 895 disbursements (avg $47K/check) Top buyer: LAWLER, MICHAEL VINCENT (11% of category) Last paid: 2mo ago · +287% vs prior cycle Digital $191K

Revenue by service category

last 6 months · hover bars for cycle context
Digital — cycle-to-date Total: $42.05M across 895 disbursements (avg $47K/check) Top buyer: LAWLER, MICHAEL VINCENT (11% of category) Last paid: 2mo ago · +287% vs prior cycle Digital $2.54M

Revenue by service category

last 12 months · hover bars for cycle context
Digital — cycle-to-date Total: $42.05M across 895 disbursements (avg $47K/check) Top buyer: LAWLER, MICHAEL VINCENT (11% of category) Last paid: 2mo ago · +287% vs prior cycle Digital $2.86M Strategy & Research — cycle-to-date Total: $73K across 8 disbursements (avg $9K/check) Top buyer: MALLIOTAKIS, NICOLE (100% of category) Last paid: 6mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Strategy & Research $50K Media — cycle-to-date Total: $51K across 6 disbursements (avg $9K/check) Top buyer: YOUNG, TODD CHRISTOPHER (78% of category) Last paid: 6mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Media $36K

Revenue by service category

last 18 months · hover bars for cycle context
Digital — cycle-to-date Total: $42.05M across 895 disbursements (avg $47K/check) Top buyer: LAWLER, MICHAEL VINCENT (11% of category) Last paid: 2mo ago · +287% vs prior cycle Digital $2.88M Strategy & Research — cycle-to-date Total: $73K across 8 disbursements (avg $9K/check) Top buyer: MALLIOTAKIS, NICOLE (100% of category) Last paid: 6mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Strategy & Research $73K Media — cycle-to-date Total: $51K across 6 disbursements (avg $9K/check) Top buyer: YOUNG, TODD CHRISTOPHER (78% of category) Last paid: 6mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Media $51K

Revenue by service category

last 24 months · hover bars for cycle context
Digital — cycle-to-date Total: $42.05M across 895 disbursements (avg $47K/check) Top buyer: LAWLER, MICHAEL VINCENT (11% of category) Last paid: 2mo ago · +287% vs prior cycle Digital $9.09M Strategy & Research — cycle-to-date Total: $73K across 8 disbursements (avg $9K/check) Top buyer: MALLIOTAKIS, NICOLE (100% of category) Last paid: 6mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Strategy & Research $73K Media — cycle-to-date Total: $51K across 6 disbursements (avg $9K/check) Top buyer: YOUNG, TODD CHRISTOPHER (78% of category) Last paid: 6mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Media $51K
Per-category breakdown · cycle-to-date
Category Total spend Txns Avg check % of total Top buyer · share Last paid
Digital $42,050,907 895 $47K 99.7% LAWLER, MICHAEL VINCENT 11% 2mo ago
Strategy & Research $72,500 8 $9K 0.2% MALLIOTAKIS, NICOLE 100% 6mo ago
Media $51,000 6 $9K 0.1% YOUNG, TODD CHRISTOPHER 78% 6mo ago
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Client retention

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

6
Anchor clients 3+ cycles
$16,884,358 · 40% of revenue
8
Repeat clients 2 cycles
$6,303,484 · 15% of revenue
45
One-time clients 1 cycle
$18,986,565 · 45% of revenue
Top 6 anchor clients · all-time
Client Cycles All-time spend Txns First paid Last paid
LAWLER, MICHAEL VINCENT 3 $4,781,536 66 2022-07-22 2026-03-12
MALLIOTAKIS, NICOLE 4 $4,314,374 139 2019-05-13 2025-11-24
YOUNG, TODD CHRISTOPHER 4 $3,973,733 27 2017-11-20 2025-10-08
BICE, STEPHANIE 3 $2,269,609 22 2020-05-21 2024-10-03
MEUSER, DANIEL 5 $1,461,839 135 2018-01-02 2026-03-16
PENCE, GREGORY J. 3 $83,267 11 2017-12-29 2022-10-27
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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
Unknown
$14,665,363 34.8% 27
NY
$9,509,985 22.5% 4
IN
$4,527,482 10.7% 6
VA
$4,110,129 9.7% 4
OK
$2,271,504 5.4% 3
TX
$2,087,409 4.9% 4
LA
$1,515,981 3.6% 1
WI
$1,461,839 3.5% 1
GA
$1,382,448 3.3% 2
DC
$443,900 1.1% 1
PA
$172,733 0.4% 4
CA
$25,000 0.1% 1
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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 2022-10-18 YOUNG, TODD CHRISTOPHER Digital MEDIA $940,641
Largest all-time 2024-09-20 LAWLER, MICHAEL VINCENT Digital MEDIA PLACEMENT $855,069
Largest all-time 2022-08-30 YOUNG, TODD CHRISTOPHER Digital MEDIA $802,156
Largest all-time 2022-08-25 YOUNG, TODD CHRISTOPHER Digital MEDIA $779,754
Largest all-time 2022-10-04 YOUNG, TODD CHRISTOPHER Digital MEDIA $759,627
Largest this cycle 2026-02-03 WARD RHONDA R MRS Digital Campaign Advertising Expense $379,401
Largest this cycle 2026-02-26 LETLOW, JULIA Digital MEDIA BUY $348,802
Largest this cycle 2026-03-05 LETLOW, JULIA Digital MEDIA BUY $328,898
Largest this cycle 2026-02-27 LETLOW, JULIA Digital MEDIA BUY $310,898
Largest this cycle 2026-01-04 WARD RHONDA R MRS Digital Campaign Advertising Expense $281,332
Recent 2026-03-19 LETLOW, JULIA Digital MEDIA BUY $89,637
Recent 2026-03-13 LETLOW, JULIA Digital MEDIA BUY $77,637
Recent 2026-03-12 LAWLER, MICHAEL VINCENT Digital DIGITAL ADS $23,092
Recent 2026-03-16 MEUSER, DANIEL Digital DIGITAL CONSULTING $555
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