Brass Tacks Consulting

2025-2026 cycle

Brass Tacks Consulting is a political services vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle Brass Tacks Consulting was paid — across 3 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
Disbursements ALL TIME
30
Schedule B rows
Client committees ALL TIME
3
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.

Jul 2025 Jun 2026
$55K 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

STEIL, BRYAN GEORGE $3K — · 1 txn BT Brass Tacks Consulting
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
STEIL, BRYAN GEORGE
WI · House REP
$3,000 1
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 6 months · top 1

STEIL, BRYAN GEORGE $17K — · 5 txns BT Brass Tacks Consulting
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
STEIL, BRYAN GEORGE
WI · House REP
$16,906 5
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 12 months · top 2

STEIL, BRYAN GEORGE $44K Strategy & Research · 16 txns STEIL VICTORY FUND $2K Wages & Payroll · 1 txn BT Brass Tacks Consulting
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
STEIL, BRYAN GEORGE
WI · House REP
$43,882 16
STEIL VICTORY FUND
C00686980
$2,058 1
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 18 months · top 2

STEIL, BRYAN GEORGE $69K Strategy & Research · 25 txns STEIL VICTORY FUND $5K Wages & Payroll · 2 txns BT Brass Tacks Consulting
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
STEIL, BRYAN GEORGE
WI · House REP
$68,810 25
STEIL VICTORY FUND
C00686980
$4,755 2
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 24 months · top 2

STEIL, BRYAN GEORGE $72K Strategy & Research · 26 txns STEIL VICTORY FUND $5K Wages & Payroll · 2 txns BT Brass Tacks Consulting
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
STEIL, BRYAN GEORGE
WI · House REP
$71,810 26
STEIL VICTORY FUND
C00686980
$4,755 2

By party

Revenue by party

100% R
D · 0%
R · 100%
PartyAmount%
Democratic $0 0.00%
Republican $0 95.43%
Non-partisan $0 4.57%

Part III Reference tables

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

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Cycle-over-cycle trajectory

202420252026 Q1 2024 (2024 cycle): $22KQ2 2024 (2024 cycle): $5KQ1 2025 (2026 cycle): $6KQ2 2025 (2026 cycle): $16KQ3 2025 (2026 cycle): $16KQ4 2025 (2026 cycle): $13KQ1 2026 (2026 cycle): $16KQ2 2026 (2026 cycle): $9K Q1Q1Q3Q1Q2 $22K

current cycle earlier election cycle off-cycle year quarterly · 3 years

Per-quarter totals
Year Q Cycle Total Txns Top buyer · share Top category · share Cum. (cycle) YoY %
2024 Q1 2024 $22K 1 HOVDE, ERIC 100% Strategy & Research 100% $22K
2024 Q2 2024 $5K 1 HOVDE, ERIC 100% Travel & Events 100% $27K
2025 Q1 2026 $6K 2 STEIL, BRYAN GEORGE 100% Other / Unclassified 50% $6K
2025 Q2 2026 $16K 6 STEIL, BRYAN GEORGE 100% Strategy & Research 57% $22K
2025 Q3 2026 $16K 7 STEIL, BRYAN GEORGE 70% Strategy & Research 56% $38K
2025 Q4 2026 $13K 5 STEIL, BRYAN GEORGE 100% Strategy & Research 68% $51K
2026 Q1 2026 $16K 5 STEIL, BRYAN GEORGE 100% $68K -27%
2026 Q2 2026 $9K 3 STEIL, BRYAN GEORGE 100% $77K +73%
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Revenue by service category

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Revenue by service category

last 12 months · hover bars for cycle context
Strategy & Research — cycle-to-date Total: $52K across 11 disbursements (avg $5K/check) Top buyer: STEIL, BRYAN GEORGE (57% of category) Last paid: 8mo ago · +135% vs prior cycle Strategy & Research $12K Wages & Payroll — cycle-to-date Total: $18K across 9 disbursements (avg $2K/check) Top buyer: STEIL, BRYAN GEORGE (74% of category) Last paid: 8mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Wages & Payroll $9K

Revenue by service category

last 18 months · hover bars for cycle context
Strategy & Research — cycle-to-date Total: $52K across 11 disbursements (avg $5K/check) Top buyer: STEIL, BRYAN GEORGE (57% of category) Last paid: 8mo ago · +135% vs prior cycle Strategy & Research $30K Wages & Payroll — cycle-to-date Total: $18K across 9 disbursements (avg $2K/check) Top buyer: STEIL, BRYAN GEORGE (74% of category) Last paid: 8mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Wages & Payroll $18K

Revenue by service category

last 24 months · hover bars for cycle context
Strategy & Research — cycle-to-date Total: $52K across 11 disbursements (avg $5K/check) Top buyer: STEIL, BRYAN GEORGE (57% of category) Last paid: 8mo ago · +135% vs prior cycle Strategy & Research $30K Wages & Payroll — cycle-to-date Total: $18K across 9 disbursements (avg $2K/check) Top buyer: STEIL, BRYAN GEORGE (74% of category) Last paid: 8mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Wages & Payroll $18K
Per-category breakdown · cycle-to-date
Category Total spend Txns Avg check % of total Top buyer · share Last paid
Strategy & Research $52,283 11 $5K 66.4% STEIL, BRYAN GEORGE 57% 8mo ago
Wages & Payroll $18,241 9 $2K 23.2% STEIL, BRYAN GEORGE 74% 8mo ago
Travel & Events $5,194 1 $5K 6.6% HOVDE, ERIC 100% 2y ago
Other / Unclassified $3,000 1 $3K 3.8% STEIL, BRYAN GEORGE 100% 18mo ago
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Client retention

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

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Anchor clients 3+ cycles
$0 · 0% of revenue
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Repeat clients 2 cycles
$0 · 0% of revenue
3
One-time clients 1 cycle
$104,041 · 100% of revenue
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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
WI
$104,041 100.0% 3
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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 2024-03-12 HOVDE, ERIC Strategy & Research STRATEGIC CONSULTING $22,283
Largest all-time 2024-04-09 HOVDE, ERIC Travel & Events TRAVEL $5,194
Largest all-time 2026-03-19 STEIL, BRYAN GEORGE EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT $4,906
Largest all-time 2025-06-02 STEIL, BRYAN GEORGE Wages & Payroll EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT $3,209
Largest all-time 2025-08-06 STEIL, BRYAN GEORGE Strategy & Research GENERAL CAMPAIGN CONSULTING $3,000
Largest this cycle 2026-03-10 STEIL, BRYAN GEORGE GENERAL CAMPAIGN CONSULTING $3,000
Largest this cycle 2026-06-02 STEIL, BRYAN GEORGE GENERAL CAMPAIGN CONSULTING $3,000
Recent 2026-05-13 STEIL, BRYAN GEORGE GENERAL CAMPAIGN CONSULTING $3,000
Recent 2026-04-21 STEIL, BRYAN GEORGE GENERAL CAMPAIGN CONSULTING $3,000
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