CHECKMATE STRATEGIES

$8.33M 2025-2026 cycle

CHECKMATE STRATEGIES is a print & mail vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle CHECKMATE STRATEGIES was paid $8.33M across 24 client committees, of which $5.75M flowed through Independent Expenditures rather than direct committee payments.

Print & Mail ○ Slowing (~3mo since last)
Limited recent activity. Most recent disbursement to this vendor was 3 months ago (Mar 11, 2026). Charts below reflect cycle-to-date totals; the recent windows may be sparse.

Part I Identity

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

Source split

$8.33M = $2.57M (Schedule B) + $5.75M (Independent Expenditures)
Schedule B
direct committee payments		 $2,574,041 363 rows 30.9%
Independent Expenditures
money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them		 $5,752,888 126 rows 69.1%
Activity span ALL TIME
Jan 5, 2018 → Mar 11, 2026
spans 8.2 years
Disbursements ALL TIME
363
Schedule B + IE rows
Client committees ALL TIME
24
distinct payers

Part II Activity in selected window

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Spend trajectory

Monthly spend to this vendor over the last 12 months.

Apr 2025 Mar 2026
$83K 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 6 months · top 1

LAWLER, MICHAEL VINCENT $35K Strategy & Research · 8 txns CS CHECKMATE STRATEGIES
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
LAWLER, MICHAEL VINCENT
NY · House REP
 $35,424 8
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VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 12 months · top 1

LAWLER, MICHAEL VINCENT $65K Strategy & Research · 18 txns CS CHECKMATE STRATEGIES
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
LAWLER, MICHAEL VINCENT
NY · House REP
 $65,319 18
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VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 18 months · top 1

LAWLER, MICHAEL VINCENT $97K Strategy & Research · 36 txns CS CHECKMATE STRATEGIES
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
LAWLER, MICHAEL VINCENT
NY · House REP
 $97,017 36
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VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 24 months · top 2

LAWLER, MICHAEL VINCENT $192K Print & Mail · 67 txns NRCC $179K Print & Mail · 5 txns CS CHECKMATE STRATEGIES
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
LAWLER, MICHAEL VINCENT
NY · House REP
 $192,334 67
NRCC
C00075820
 $178,566 5
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By party

Revenue by party

100% R
D · 0%
R · 100%
PartyAmount%
Democratic $0 0.00%
Republican $3,608,391 43.33%
Non-partisan $4,718,538 56.67%

Part III Reference tables

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

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Cycle-over-cycle trajectory

201820192020202120222023202420252026 Q1 2018 (2018 cycle): $48KQ2 2018 (2018 cycle): $393KQ3 2018 (2018 cycle): $248KQ4 2018 (2018 cycle): $245KQ2 2019 (2020 cycle): $3KQ3 2019 (2020 cycle): $21KQ4 2019 (2020 cycle): $24KQ1 2020 (2020 cycle): $32KQ2 2020 (2020 cycle): $241KQ3 2020 (2020 cycle): $149KQ4 2020 (2020 cycle): $153KQ3 2021 (2022 cycle): $3KQ4 2021 (2022 cycle): $4KQ1 2022 (2022 cycle): $51KQ2 2022 (2022 cycle): $198KQ3 2022 (2022 cycle): $152KQ4 2022 (2022 cycle): $147KQ1 2023 (2024 cycle): $5KQ3 2023 (2024 cycle): $4KQ4 2023 (2024 cycle): $27KQ1 2024 (2024 cycle): $30KQ2 2024 (2024 cycle): $31KQ3 2024 (2024 cycle): $49KQ4 2024 (2024 cycle): $226KQ1 2025 (2026 cycle): $6KQ2 2025 (2026 cycle): $17KQ3 2025 (2026 cycle): $15KQ4 2025 (2026 cycle): $15KQ1 2026 (2026 cycle): $35K Q1Q3Q2Q4Q2Q4Q4Q2Q4Q3Q1Q3Q1Q3Q1 $393K

current cycle earlier election cycle off-cycle year quarterly · 9 years

Per-quarter totals
Year Q Cycle Total Txns Top buyer · share Top category · share Cum. (cycle) YoY %
2018 Q1 2018 $48K 5 MEGAPHONE 61% Print & Mail 100% $48K —
2018 Q2 2018 $393K 42 C00671305 35% Print & Mail 100% $442K —
2018 Q3 2018 $248K 23 C00671305 71% Print & Mail 100% $690K —
2018 Q4 2018 $245K 13 C00671305 79% Print & Mail 100% $935K —
2019 Q2 2020 $3K 1 KEAN, THOMAS H. JR. 100% Print & Mail 100% $3K —
2019 Q3 2020 $21K 5 KEAN, THOMAS H. JR. 86% Print & Mail 100% $24K —
2019 Q4 2020 $24K 8 C00715466 63% Print & Mail 100% $49K —
2020 Q1 2020 $32K 11 MEHTA, RIK 57% Print & Mail 100% $81K -33%
2020 Q2 2020 $241K 28 C00664466 41% Print & Mail 100% $322K -39%
2020 Q3 2020 $149K 12 C00706275 93% Print & Mail 100% $471K -40%
2020 Q4 2020 $153K 11 C00706275 88% Print & Mail 100% $625K -37%
2021 Q3 2022 $3K 2 DE GREGORIO, NICHOLAS 81% Print & Mail 100% $3K -88%
2021 Q4 2022 $4K 4 DE GREGORIO, NICHOLAS 100% Print & Mail 100% $7K -83%
2022 Q1 2022 $51K 9 DE GREGORIO, NICHOLAS 65% Print & Mail 100% $58K +60%
2022 Q2 2022 $198K 17 DE GREGORIO, NICHOLAS 72% Print & Mail 100% $256K -18%
2022 Q3 2022 $152K 29 LAWLER, MICHAEL VINCENT 62% Print & Mail 100% $408K +2%
2022 Q4 2022 $147K 47 LAWLER, MICHAEL VINCENT 59% Print & Mail 100% $554K -5%
2023 Q1 2024 $5K 3 DE GREGORIO, NICHOLAS 87% Print & Mail 100% $5K —
2023 Q3 2024 $4K 4 LAWLER, MICHAEL VINCENT 100% Print & Mail 100% $9K +60%
2023 Q4 2024 $27K 1 LAWLER, MICHAEL VINCENT 100% Print & Mail 100% $36K +563%
2024 Q1 2024 $30K 6 LAWLER, MICHAEL VINCENT 100% Print & Mail 100% $66K -41%
2024 Q2 2024 $31K 11 LAWLER, MICHAEL VINCENT 100% Print & Mail 100% $97K -84%
2024 Q3 2024 $49K 16 LAWLER, MICHAEL VINCENT 100% Print & Mail 100% $146K -67%
2024 Q4 2024 $226K 22 NRCC 79% Print & Mail 100% $372K +54%
2025 Q1 2026 $6K 5 LAWLER, MICHAEL VINCENT 100% Strategy & Research 82% $6K +24%
2025 Q2 2026 $17K 10 LAWLER, MICHAEL VINCENT 100% Strategy & Research 59% $23K —
2025 Q3 2026 $15K 5 LAWLER, MICHAEL VINCENT 100% Strategy & Research 85% $38K +265%
2025 Q4 2026 $15K 5 LAWLER, MICHAEL VINCENT 100% Strategy & Research 93% $53K -46%
2026 Q1 2026 $35K 8 LAWLER, MICHAEL VINCENT 100% Strategy & Research 93% $88K +18%
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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: $74K across 12 disbursements (avg $6K/check) Top buyer: LAWLER, MICHAEL VINCENT (100% of category) Last paid: 3mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Strategy & Research $33K Media — cycle-to-date Total: $13K across 16 disbursements (avg $794/check) Top buyer: LAWLER, MICHAEL VINCENT (100% of category) Last paid: 3mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Media $2K

Revenue by service category

last 12 months · hover bars for cycle context
Strategy & Research — cycle-to-date Total: $74K across 12 disbursements (avg $6K/check) Top buyer: LAWLER, MICHAEL VINCENT (100% of category) Last paid: 3mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Strategy & Research $60K Media — cycle-to-date Total: $13K across 16 disbursements (avg $794/check) Top buyer: LAWLER, MICHAEL VINCENT (100% of category) Last paid: 3mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Media $6K

Revenue by service category

last 18 months · hover bars for cycle context
Strategy & Research — cycle-to-date Total: $74K across 12 disbursements (avg $6K/check) Top buyer: LAWLER, MICHAEL VINCENT (100% of category) Last paid: 3mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Strategy & Research $74K Media — cycle-to-date Total: $13K across 16 disbursements (avg $794/check) Top buyer: LAWLER, MICHAEL VINCENT (100% of category) Last paid: 3mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Media $13K Print & Mail — cycle-to-date Total: $2.49M across 330 disbursements (avg $8K/check) Top buyer: C00671305 (20% of category) Last paid: 18mo ago · +568% vs prior cycle Print & Mail $9K Software & Tech — cycle-to-date Total: $143 across 2 disbursements (avg $71/check) Top buyer: LAWLER, MICHAEL VINCENT (100% of category) Last paid: 15mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Software & Tech $143

Revenue by service category

last 24 months · hover bars for cycle context
Print & Mail — cycle-to-date Total: $2.49M across 330 disbursements (avg $8K/check) Top buyer: C00671305 (20% of category) Last paid: 18mo ago · +568% vs prior cycle Print & Mail $283K Strategy & Research — cycle-to-date Total: $74K across 12 disbursements (avg $6K/check) Top buyer: LAWLER, MICHAEL VINCENT (100% of category) Last paid: 3mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Strategy & Research $74K Media — cycle-to-date Total: $13K across 16 disbursements (avg $794/check) Top buyer: LAWLER, MICHAEL VINCENT (100% of category) Last paid: 3mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Media $13K Software & Tech — cycle-to-date Total: $143 across 2 disbursements (avg $71/check) Top buyer: LAWLER, MICHAEL VINCENT (100% of category) Last paid: 15mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Software & Tech $143
Per-category breakdown · cycle-to-date
Category Total spend Txns Avg check % of total Top buyer · share Last paid
Print & Mail $2,485,753 330 $8K 96.6% C00671305 20% 18mo ago
Strategy & Research $74,358 12 $6K 2.9% LAWLER, MICHAEL VINCENT 100% 3mo ago
Media $12,712 16 $794 0.5% LAWLER, MICHAEL VINCENT 100% 3mo ago
Other / Unclassified $1,075 3 $358 0.0% LAWLER, MICHAEL VINCENT 100% 4mo ago
Software & Tech $143 2 $71 0.0% LAWLER, MICHAEL VINCENT 100% 15mo 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
$458,396 · 18% of revenue
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Repeat clients 2 cycles
$346,910 · 13% of revenue
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One-time clients 1 cycle
$1,768,735 · 69% of revenue
Top 1 anchor clients · all-time
Client Cycles All-time spend Txns First paid Last paid
LAWLER, MICHAEL VINCENT 3 $458,396 146 2022-08-09 2026-03-11
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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
$1,429,253 55.5% 12
NJ
$477,498 18.6% 7
NY
$458,871 17.8% 2
DC
$178,566 6.9% 1
TX
$29,353 1.1% 1
FL
$500 0.0% 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 2018-11-13 C00671305 Print & Mail COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTING $89,172
Largest all-time 2018-09-28 C00671305 Print & Mail COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTING $53,590
Largest all-time 2022-05-20 DE GREGORIO, NICHOLAS Print & Mail DIRECT MAIL $49,251
Largest all-time 2018-10-29 C00671305 Print & Mail PRINTING $44,809
Largest all-time 2020-09-18 C00706275 Print & Mail DIRECT MAIL SERVICES $44,260
Largest this cycle 2026-03-03 LAWLER, MICHAEL VINCENT Strategy & Research PUBLIC RELATIONS CONSULTING $10,500
Largest this cycle 2025-04-04 LAWLER, MICHAEL VINCENT Strategy & Research RESEARCH $10,200
Largest this cycle 2026-02-01 LAWLER, MICHAEL VINCENT Strategy & Research PUBLIC RELATIONS CONSULTING $7,500
Largest this cycle 2026-01-08 LAWLER, MICHAEL VINCENT Strategy & Research RESEARCH $7,500
Largest this cycle 2026-01-04 LAWLER, MICHAEL VINCENT Strategy & Research PUBLIC RELATIONS CONSULTING $7,500
Recent 2026-03-11 LAWLER, MICHAEL VINCENT Media GRAPHIC DESIGN $1,100
Recent 2026-02-11 LAWLER, MICHAEL VINCENT Media AD DESIGN $770
Recent 2026-02-11 LAWLER, MICHAEL VINCENT Media VIDEO EDITING $379
Recent 2026-02-11 LAWLER, MICHAEL VINCENT Other / Unclassified ART DESIGN $175
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