BUYING TIME MEDIA
BUYING TIME MEDIA is a media vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle BUYING TIME MEDIA was paid $5.32M across 10 client committees, of which $221K 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 |
$5,162,222 | 52 rows | 95.9% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$221,322 | 8 rows | 4.1% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- Oct 18, 2010 → Apr 30, 2026
- spans 15.5 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 52
- Schedule B + IE rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 10
- 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.
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Top buyers last 3 months · top 2
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| RENDON FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION 2026; ANTHONY 1482653 |
$175,946 | 1 |
| LOPEZ FOR ASSEMBLY 2026; JESSIE 1478693 |
$60,000 | 3 |
Top buyers last 6 months · top 3
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| MENEFEE, CHRISTIAN TX · House DEM |
$274,240 | 4 |
| RENDON FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION 2026; ANTHONY 1482653 |
$175,946 | 1 |
| LOPEZ FOR ASSEMBLY 2026; JESSIE 1478693 |
$60,000 | 3 |
Top buyers last 12 months · top 3
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| MENEFEE, CHRISTIAN TX · House DEM |
$749,240 | 7 |
| RENDON FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION 2026; ANTHONY 1482653 |
$175,946 | 1 |
| LOPEZ FOR ASSEMBLY 2026; JESSIE 1478693 |
$60,000 | 3 |
Top buyers last 18 months · top 3
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| MENEFEE, CHRISTIAN TX · House DEM |
$749,240 | 7 |
| RENDON FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION 2026; ANTHONY 1482653 |
$175,946 | 1 |
| LOPEZ FOR ASSEMBLY 2026; JESSIE 1478693 |
$60,000 | 3 |
Top buyers last 24 months · top 4
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| SCHOLTEN, HILLARY MI · House DEM |
$2,188,989 | 12 |
| MENEFEE, CHRISTIAN TX · House DEM |
$749,240 | 7 |
| RENDON FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION 2026; ANTHONY 1482653 |
$175,946 | 1 |
| LOPEZ FOR ASSEMBLY 2026; JESSIE 1478693 |
$60,000 | 3 |
By party
Revenue by party
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $3,374,353 | 63.39% |
| Republican | $0 | 0.00% |
| Non-partisan | $1,949,191 | 36.61% |
Part III Reference tables
Full all-time and cycle-to-date data.
Cycle-over-cycle trajectory
current cycle earlier election cycle off-cycle year quarterly · 5 years
| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Q1 | 2020 | $5K | 1 | C00721670 100% | Media 100% | $5K | — |
| 2020 | Q2 | 2020 | $140K | 5 | C00273169 71% | Media 100% | $145K | — |
| 2020 | Q3 | 2020 | $276K | 8 | MACKLER, JAMES 60% | Media 100% | $421K | — |
| 2020 | Q4 | 2020 | $870K | 6 | C00721670 100% | Media 100% | $1.29M | — |
| 2022 | Q3 | 2022 | $470K | 2 | C00273169 100% | Media 100% | $470K | +70% |
| 2024 | Q2 | 2024 | $167K | 5 | VOGEL, JOSEPH 100% | Media 100% | $167K | — |
| 2024 | Q3 | 2024 | $1.12M | 8 | SCHOLTEN, HILLARY 100% | Media 100% | $1.29M | +139% |
| 2024 | Q4 | 2024 | $1.07M | 4 | SCHOLTEN, HILLARY 100% | Media 100% | $2.36M | — |
| 2025 | Q4 | 2026 | $475K | 3 | MENEFEE, CHRISTIAN 100% | Media 100% | $475K | — |
| 2026 | Q1 | 2026 | $274K | 4 | MENEFEE, CHRISTIAN 100% | Media 100% | $749K | — |
| 2026 | Q2 | 2026 | $236K | 4 | RENDON FOR SUPERINTENDENT O… 75% | Media 92% | $985K | +41% |
Revenue by service category
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| Category | Total spend | Txns | Avg check | % of total | Top buyer · share | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Media | $5,142,222 | 51 | $101K | 99.6% | SCHOLTEN, HILLARY 43% | 7w ago |
| Digital | $20,000 | 1 | $20K | 0.4% | LOPEZ FOR ASSEMBLY 2026; JE… 100% | 6w 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MI | $2,188,989 | 42.4% | 1 | |
| Unknown | $1,594,178 | 30.9% | 3 | |
| TX | $809,240 | 15.7% | 2 | |
| CA | $235,946 | 4.6% | 2 | |
| VA | $167,069 | 3.2% | 1 | |
| NC | $166,800 | 3.2% | 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 | 2024-10-25 | SCHOLTEN, HILLARY | Media | ADVERTISING | $489,656 |
| Largest all-time | 2022-07-25 | C00273169 | Media | TV AD | $420,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2020-10-07 | C00721670 | Media | MEDIA BUY | $302,500 |
| Largest all-time | 2020-10-22 | C00721670 | Media | MEDIA BUY | $300,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2024-10-11 | SCHOLTEN, HILLARY | Media | ADVERTISING | $230,181 |
| Largest this cycle | 2025-10-10 | MENEFEE, CHRISTIAN | Media | MEDIA TIME BUY | $200,000 |
| Largest this cycle | 2025-10-24 | MENEFEE, CHRISTIAN | Media | MEDIA TIME BUY | $200,000 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-04-30 | RENDON FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION 2026; ANTHONY | Media | TV Ads | $175,946 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-01-23 | MENEFEE, CHRISTIAN | Media | MEDIA TIME BUY | $135,000 |
| Largest this cycle | 2025-10-20 | MENEFEE, CHRISTIAN | Media | MEDIA TIME BUY | $75,000 |
| Recent | 2026-05-13 | LOPEZ FOR ASSEMBLY 2026; JESSIE | Digital | Digital and/or Cable 5/13-6/2 | $20,000 |
| Recent | 2026-05-08 | LOPEZ FOR ASSEMBLY 2026; JESSIE | Media | Digital Media Buy OTT + YouTube | $20,000 |
| Recent | 2026-04-20 | LOPEZ FOR ASSEMBLY 2026; JESSIE | Media | Digital Media Buy | $20,000 |