BRANNON, KEVIN

$2.43M 2025-2026 cycle

BRANNON, KEVIN is a strategy & research vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle BRANNON, KEVIN was paid $2.43M across 34 client committees.

Strategy & Research ● Recent

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 31, 2001 → May 7, 2026
spans 24.5 years
Disbursements ALL TIME
534
Schedule B rows
Client committees ALL TIME
34
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
$183K 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 1

MIDDLETON II DAVID M HONORABLE MAYES $20K — · 2 txns BK BRANNON, KEVIN
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
MIDDLETON II DAVID M HONORABLE MAYES
00081727
$20,000 2
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 6 months · top 2

MIDDLETON II DAVID M HONORABLE MAYES $40K Strategy & Research · 4 txns GOLDMAN, CRAIG $20K Strategy & Research · 2 txns BK BRANNON, KEVIN
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
MIDDLETON II DAVID M HONORABLE MAYES
00081727
$40,000 4
GOLDMAN, CRAIG
TX · House REP
$20,000 2
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 12 months · top 5

GOLDMAN, CRAIG $80K Strategy & Research · 8 txns MIDDLETON II DAVID M HONORABLE MAYES $50K Strategy & Research · 5 txns KING PHILLIP S HONORABLE PHIL $27K Strategy & Research · 6 txns BIRDWELL BRIAN D HONORABLE $14K Strategy & Research · 6 txns GANTT ROBERT B HONORABLE $3K Strategy & Research · 1 txn BK BRANNON, KEVIN
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
GOLDMAN, CRAIG
TX · House REP
$80,000 8
MIDDLETON II DAVID M HONORABLE MAYES
00081727
$50,000 5
KING PHILLIP S HONORABLE PHIL
00036483
$26,500 6
BIRDWELL BRIAN D HONORABLE
00062137
$13,500 6
GANTT ROBERT B HONORABLE
00088977
$2,500 1
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 18 months · top 5

GOLDMAN, CRAIG $140K Strategy & Research · 14 txns KING PHILLIP S HONORABLE PHIL $51K Strategy & Research · 12 txns MIDDLETON II DAVID M HONORABLE MAYES $50K Strategy & Research · 5 txns BIRDWELL BRIAN D HONORABLE $29K Strategy & Research · 12 txns GANTT ROBERT B HONORABLE $3K Strategy & Research · 1 txn BK BRANNON, KEVIN
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
GOLDMAN, CRAIG
TX · House REP
$140,000 14
KING PHILLIP S HONORABLE PHIL
00036483
$50,500 12
MIDDLETON II DAVID M HONORABLE MAYES
00081727
$50,000 5
BIRDWELL BRIAN D HONORABLE
00062137
$28,500 12
GANTT ROBERT B HONORABLE
00088977
$2,500 1
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 24 months · top 6

GOLDMAN, CRAIG $200K Strategy & Research · 20 txns KING PHILLIP S HONORABLE PHIL $75K Strategy & Research · 18 txns MIDDLETON II DAVID M HONORABLE MAYES $50K Strategy & Research · 5 txns BIRDWELL BRIAN D HONORABLE $44K Strategy & Research · 18 txns KLICK STEPHANIE D HONORABLE $4K Strategy & Research · 1 txn GANTT ROBERT B HONORABLE $3K Strategy & Research · 1 txn BK BRANNON, KEVIN
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
GOLDMAN, CRAIG
TX · House REP
$200,000 20
KING PHILLIP S HONORABLE PHIL
00036483
$74,500 18
MIDDLETON II DAVID M HONORABLE MAYES
00081727
$50,000 5
BIRDWELL BRIAN D HONORABLE
00062137
$43,500 18
KLICK STEPHANIE D HONORABLE
00057431
$4,000 1
GANTT ROBERT B HONORABLE
00088977
$2,500 1

By party

Revenue by party

100% R
D · 0%
R · 100%
PartyAmount%
Democratic $0 0.00%
Republican $270,000 11.13%
Non-partisan $2,155,885 88.87%

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): $41KQ2 2017 (2016 cycle): $38KQ3 2017 (2016 cycle): $50KQ4 2017 (2016 cycle): $45KQ4 2017 (2018 cycle): $19KQ1 2018 (2018 cycle): $84KQ2 2018 (2018 cycle): $75KQ3 2018 (2018 cycle): $52KQ4 2018 (2018 cycle): $48KQ1 2019 (2018 cycle): $22KQ1 2019 (2020 cycle): $40KQ2 2019 (2018 cycle): $7KQ2 2019 (2020 cycle): $8KQ3 2019 (2018 cycle): $9KQ4 2019 (2018 cycle): $19KQ1 2020 (2020 cycle): $18KQ2 2020 (2020 cycle): $30KQ3 2020 (2020 cycle): $62KQ4 2020 (2020 cycle): $36KQ1 2021 (2020 cycle): $29KQ1 2021 (2022 cycle): $2KQ2 2021 (2020 cycle): $13KQ2 2021 (2022 cycle): $6KQ3 2021 (2020 cycle): $15KQ3 2021 (2022 cycle): $6KQ4 2021 (2020 cycle): $31KQ4 2021 (2022 cycle): $13KQ1 2022 (2022 cycle): $68KQ2 2022 (2022 cycle): $37KQ3 2022 (2022 cycle): $23KQ4 2022 (2022 cycle): $33KQ1 2023 (2022 cycle): $32KQ2 2023 (2022 cycle): $24KQ3 2023 (2022 cycle): $22KQ4 2023 (2022 cycle): $32KQ4 2023 (2024 cycle): $10KQ1 2024 (2024 cycle): $61KQ2 2024 (2024 cycle): $65KQ3 2024 (2024 cycle): $60KQ4 2024 (2024 cycle): $43KQ1 2025 (2024 cycle): $26KQ1 2025 (2026 cycle): $40KQ2 2025 (2024 cycle): $20KQ2 2025 (2026 cycle): $20KQ3 2025 (2024 cycle): $21KQ3 2025 (2026 cycle): $30KQ4 2025 (2024 cycle): $25KQ4 2025 (2026 cycle): $40KQ1 2026 (2026 cycle): $30KQ2 2026 (2026 cycle): $20K Q1Q3Q4Q2Q4Q1Q2Q4Q2Q4Q1Q2Q3Q4Q2Q4Q2Q4Q1Q3Q1Q2Q3Q4Q1Q2 $84K

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 $41K 5 PAXTON JR W KENNETH HONORAB… 63% Strategy & Research 100% $41K
2017 Q2 2016 $38K 4 TAYLOR NICHOLAS V HONORABLE… 53% Strategy & Research 87% $79K
2017 Q3 2016 $50K 9 PAXTON JR W KENNETH HONORAB… 53% Strategy & Research 99% $129K
2017 Q4 2016 $45K 9 PAXTON JR W KENNETH HONORAB… 43% Strategy & Research 100% $174K
2017 Q4 2018 $19K 4 C00653634 86% Strategy & Research 100% $19K
2018 Q1 2018 $84K 16 C00653634 38% Strategy & Research 100% $102K
2018 Q2 2018 $75K 17 C00661595 30% Strategy & Research 99% $177K
2018 Q3 2018 $52K 13 PAXTON JR W KENNETH HONORAB… 26% Strategy & Research 99% $229K
2018 Q4 2018 $48K 13 LUBY RYAN LISA MRS 37% Strategy & Research 99% $277K
2019 Q1 2018 $22K 5 BIRDWELL BRIAN D HONORABLE 36% Strategy & Research 100% $299K -46%
2019 Q1 2020 $40K 1 C00653634 100% Strategy & Research 100% $40K
2019 Q2 2018 $7K 4 BIRDWELL BRIAN D HONORABLE 57% Strategy & Research 100% $306K -82%
2019 Q2 2020 $8K 1 C00653634 100% Strategy & Research 100% $48K
2019 Q3 2018 $9K 6 BIRDWELL BRIAN D HONORABLE 78% Strategy & Research 99% $315K -82%
2019 Q4 2018 $19K 6 BIRDWELL BRIAN D HONORABLE 70% Strategy & Research 100% $334K -59%
2020 Q1 2020 $18K 8 KING PHILLIP S HONORABLE PH… 48% Strategy & Research 98% $66K -79%
2020 Q2 2020 $30K 9 C00653634 51% Strategy & Research 100% $95K -61%
2020 Q3 2020 $62K 18 C00653634 24% Strategy & Research 100% $158K +20%
2020 Q4 2020 $36K 9 GOLDMAN CRAIG HONORABLE 42% Strategy & Research 100% $193K -26%
2021 Q1 2020 $29K 6 KLICK STEPHANIE D HONORABLE 26% Strategy & Research 100% $222K +32%
2021 Q1 2022 $2K 1 C00653634 100% Strategy & Research 100% $2K -95%
2021 Q2 2020 $13K 6 BIRDWELL BRIAN D HONORABLE 65% Strategy & Research 98% $235K +82%
2021 Q2 2022 $6K 3 C00653634 100% Strategy & Research 100% $8K -25%
2021 Q3 2020 $15K 8 BIRDWELL BRIAN D HONORABLE 50% Strategy & Research 100% $250K +64%
2021 Q3 2022 $6K 3 C00653634 100% Strategy & Research 100% $14K
2021 Q4 2020 $31K 11 KING PHILLIP S HONORABLE PH… 50% Strategy & Research 100% $281K +68%
2021 Q4 2022 $13K 3 C00653634 100% Strategy & Research 100% $27K
2022 Q1 2022 $68K 13 KING PHILLIP S HONORABLE PH… 57% Strategy & Research 100% $95K +281%
2022 Q2 2022 $37K 14 KING PHILLIP S HONORABLE PH… 35% Strategy & Research 99% $132K +26%
2022 Q3 2022 $23K 9 BIRDWELL BRIAN D HONORABLE 43% Strategy & Research 100% $155K -63%
2022 Q4 2022 $33K 6 KING PHILLIP S HONORABLE PH… 46% Strategy & Research 100% $187K -9%
2023 Q1 2022 $32K 8 KING PHILLIP S HONORABLE PH… 50% Strategy & Research 100% $219K +10%
2023 Q2 2022 $24K 7 KING PHILLIP S HONORABLE PH… 68% Strategy & Research 100% $243K +84%
2023 Q3 2022 $22K 7 KING PHILLIP S HONORABLE PH… 65% Strategy & Research 100% $264K +43%
2023 Q4 2022 $32K 8 GOLDMAN CRAIG HONORABLE 31% Strategy & Research 100% $296K +3%
2023 Q4 2024 $10K 1 GOLDMAN, CRAIG 100% Strategy & Research 100% $10K -20%
2024 Q1 2024 $61K 14 GOLDMAN, CRAIG 49% Strategy & Research 99% $71K -11%
2024 Q2 2024 $65K 14 GOLDMAN, CRAIG 46% Strategy & Research 100% $136K +73%
2024 Q3 2024 $60K 12 GOLDMAN, CRAIG 50% Strategy & Research 100% $196K +161%
2024 Q4 2024 $43K 7 GOLDMAN, CRAIG 70% Strategy & Research 100% $239K +32%
2025 Q1 2024 $26K 8 KING PHILLIP S HONORABLE PH… 62% Strategy & Research 100% $265K -19%
2025 Q1 2026 $40K 4 GOLDMAN, CRAIG 100% Strategy & Research 100% $40K
2025 Q2 2024 $20K 6 KING PHILLIP S HONORABLE PH… 62% Strategy & Research 100% $284K -17%
2025 Q2 2026 $20K 2 GOLDMAN, CRAIG 100% Strategy & Research 100% $60K
2025 Q3 2024 $21K 6 KING PHILLIP S HONORABLE PH… 64% Strategy & Research 100% $305K -2%
2025 Q3 2026 $30K 3 GOLDMAN, CRAIG 100% Strategy & Research 100% $90K
2025 Q4 2024 $25K 6 MIDDLETON II DAVID M HONORA… 40% Strategy & Research 100% $330K -22%
2025 Q4 2026 $40K 4 GOLDMAN, CRAIG 100% Strategy & Research 100% $130K +300%
2026 Q1 2026 $30K 3 MIDDLETON II DAVID M HONORA… 67% Strategy & Research 67% $160K -51%
2026 Q2 2026 $20K 2 MIDDLETON II DAVID M HONORA… 100% $180K -69%
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Revenue by service category

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Revenue by service category

last 6 months · hover bars for cycle context
Strategy & Research — cycle-to-date Total: $2.16M across 452 disbursements (avg $5K/check) Top buyer: PAXTON JR W KENNETH HONORABLE KEN (16% of category) Last paid: 4mo ago · +554% vs prior cycle Strategy & Research $30K

Revenue by service category

last 12 months · hover bars for cycle context
Strategy & Research — cycle-to-date Total: $2.16M across 452 disbursements (avg $5K/check) Top buyer: PAXTON JR W KENNETH HONORABLE KEN (16% of category) Last paid: 4mo ago · +554% vs prior cycle Strategy & Research $143K

Revenue by service category

last 18 months · hover bars for cycle context
Strategy & Research — cycle-to-date Total: $2.16M across 452 disbursements (avg $5K/check) Top buyer: PAXTON JR W KENNETH HONORABLE KEN (16% of category) Last paid: 4mo ago · +554% vs prior cycle Strategy & Research $242K

Revenue by service category

last 24 months · hover bars for cycle context
Strategy & Research — cycle-to-date Total: $2.16M across 452 disbursements (avg $5K/check) Top buyer: PAXTON JR W KENNETH HONORABLE KEN (16% of category) Last paid: 4mo ago · +554% vs prior cycle Strategy & Research $345K
Per-category breakdown · cycle-to-date
Category Total spend Txns Avg check % of total Top buyer · share Last paid
Strategy & Research $2,155,297 452 $5K 90.0% PAXTON JR W KENNETH HONORAB… 16% 4mo ago
Other / Unclassified $97,969 21 $5K 4.1% BIRDWELL BRIAN D HONORABLE 75% 10y ago
Fundraising $93,862 14 $7K 3.9% PORTER DAVID J MR 45% 7y ago
Media $26,000 1 $26K 1.1% BIRDWELL BRIAN D HONORABLE 100% 16y ago
Wages & Payroll $14,485 5 $3K 0.6% KING PHILLIP S HONORABLE PH… 100% 20y ago
Travel & Events $7,476 36 $208 0.3% PAXTON JR W KENNETH HONORAB… 42% 2y ago
Contributions & Transfers $796 2 $398 0.0% SNOW HENRY E HONORABLE PETE 69% 10y ago
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Client retention

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

8
Anchor clients 3+ cycles
$1,640,767 · 68% of revenue
11
Repeat clients 2 cycles
$599,039 · 25% of revenue
15
One-time clients 1 cycle
$186,078 · 8% of revenue
Top 8 anchor clients · all-time
Client Cycles All-time spend Txns First paid Last paid
BIRDWELL BRIAN D HONORABLE 8 $382,378 118 2010-05-12 2025-12-01
PAXTON JR W KENNETH HONORABLE KEN 3 $349,138 53 2014-02-18 2018-09-30
KING PHILLIP S HONORABLE PHIL 10 $348,159 84 2002-08-07 2025-11-24
C00653634 3 $210,533 40 2017-10-05 2022-11-28
GOLDMAN CRAIG HONORABLE 5 $139,119 43 2012-01-04 2023-11-01
KLICK STEPHANIE D HONORABLE 5 $101,211 34 2012-06-01 2024-07-17
PAXTON ANGELA HONORABLE 3 $72,520 23 2017-12-31 2020-11-15
LAUBENBERG DECEASED JODIE A HONORABLE 6 $37,708 10 2003-11-30 2016-03-03
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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
TX
$2,185,352 90.1% 32
Unknown
$240,533 9.9% 2
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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 2015-02-19 PAXTON JR W KENNETH HONORABLE KEN Strategy & Research campaign consulting $50,000
Largest all-time 2019-01-10 C00653634 Strategy & Research POLITICAL STRATEGY CONSULTING $40,000
Largest all-time 2016-02-21 PORTER DAVID J MR Fundraising consulting fee $30,000
Largest all-time 2010-06-16 BIRDWELL BRIAN D HONORABLE Media Consultant services and radio buys $26,000
Largest all-time 2017-05-08 TAYLOR NICHOLAS V HONORABLE VAN Strategy & Research Campaign Services $20,000
Largest this cycle 2025-01-29 GOLDMAN, CRAIG Strategy & Research POLITICAL STRATEGY CONSULTING $10,000
Largest this cycle 2026-01-06 MIDDLETON II DAVID M HONORABLE MAYES Strategy & Research campaign consulting $10,000
Largest this cycle 2026-05-07 MIDDLETON II DAVID M HONORABLE MAYES campaign consulting $10,000
Largest this cycle 2026-03-04 MIDDLETON II DAVID M HONORABLE MAYES campaign consulting $10,000
Largest this cycle 2026-04-14 MIDDLETON II DAVID M HONORABLE MAYES campaign consulting $10,000
Recent 2026-02-05 GOLDMAN, CRAIG Strategy & Research POLITICAL STRATEGY CONSULTING $10,000
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