Bright Blue Ink
Bright Blue Ink is a political services vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle Bright Blue Ink was paid $354K across 3 client committees, of which $352K 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 |
$2,424 | 7 rows | 0.7% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$351,852 | 8 rows | 99.3% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- Aug 22, 2024 → Jul 14, 2026
- spans 1.9 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 7
- Schedule B + IE 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| BELL, AMANDA H WI · House DEM |
$67 | 1 |
Top buyers last 3 months · top 2
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| SHOOK, STEVEN JAMES TX · House DEM |
$1,101 | 3 |
| BELL, AMANDA H WI · House DEM |
$841 | 3 |
Top buyers last 6 months · top 3
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| SHOOK, STEVEN JAMES TX · House DEM |
$1,101 | 3 |
| BELL, AMANDA H WI · House DEM |
$841 | 3 |
| BORD STEFANIE MRS 00089977 |
$483 | 1 |
Top buyers last 12 months · top 3
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| SHOOK, STEVEN JAMES TX · House DEM |
$1,101 | 3 |
| BELL, AMANDA H WI · House DEM |
$841 | 3 |
| BORD STEFANIE MRS 00089977 |
$483 | 1 |
Top buyers last 18 months · top 3
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| SHOOK, STEVEN JAMES TX · House DEM |
$1,101 | 3 |
| BELL, AMANDA H WI · House DEM |
$841 | 3 |
| BORD STEFANIE MRS 00089977 |
$483 | 1 |
Top buyers last 24 months · top 6
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| UAW EDUCATION FUND C00528448 |
$335,703 IE $335,703 |
6 |
| MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION C00341396 |
$15,899 IE $15,899 |
1 |
| SHOOK, STEVEN JAMES TX · House DEM |
$1,101 | 3 |
| BELL, AMANDA H WI · House DEM |
$841 | 3 |
| BORD STEFANIE MRS 00089977 |
$483 | 1 |
| INDIVISIBLE ACTION C00678839 |
$251 IE $251 |
1 |
By party
Revenue by party
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $283,712 | 80.08% |
| Republican | $0 | 0.00% |
| Non-partisan | $70,564 | 19.92% |
Part III Reference tables
Full all-time and cycle-to-date data.
Money flow through this vendor
Where their ad buys point
IE payers (left) → races the buys targeted (right) · independent-expenditure filings onlyNo activity in the last 1 months.
No activity in the last 3 months.
No activity in the last 6 months.
No activity in the last 12 months.
No activity in the last 18 months.
Cycle-over-cycle trajectory
current cycle earlier election cycle off-cycle year quarterly · 1 year
| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Q2 | 2026 | $2K | 6 | SHOOK, STEVEN JAMES 47% | — | $2K | — |
| 2026 | Q3 | 2026 | $67 | 1 | BELL, AMANDA H 100% | — | $2K | — |
Revenue by service category
No category revenue in this window.
No category revenue in this window.
No category revenue in this window.
No category revenue in this window.
No category revenue in this window.
No category revenue in this window.
| Category | Total spend | Txns | Avg check | % of total | Top buyer · share | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | ||||||
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TX | $1,584 | 65.3% | 2 | |
| WI | $841 | 34.7% | 1 |
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 | 2026-06-02 | BELL, AMANDA H | — | WEBSTORE MERCHANDISE | $555 |
| Largest all-time | 2026-06-10 | SHOOK, STEVEN JAMES | — | — | $508 |
| Largest all-time | 2026-04-21 | BORD STEFANIE MRS | — | Yard Signs | $483 |
| Largest all-time | 2026-06-18 | SHOOK, STEVEN JAMES | — | — | $450 |
| Largest all-time | 2026-06-02 | BELL, AMANDA H | — | WEBSTORE MERCHANDISE | $219 |
| Recent | 2026-06-18 | SHOOK, STEVEN JAMES | — | — | $142 |
| Recent | 2026-07-14 | BELL, AMANDA H | — | WEBSTORE MERCHANDISE | $67 |