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COMMON SENSE CONSULTING

$298K total cycle spend · 5 client committees · 184 disbursements · activity Feb 25, 2019 → Feb 27, 2026

Legal & Compliance ○ Slowing (~3mo since last)

12-month spend trajectory

Mar 2025 Feb 2026
$86K across 12 months

Revenue by party

100% D
D · 100%
R · 0%
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Top buyers last 12 months · top 5

PALLONE, FRANK JR $28K Legal & Compliance · 9 txns NEW JERSEY DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE $24K Legal & Compliance · 13 txns ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS O… $12K Legal & Compliance · 1 txn JUST GOOD GOVERNMENT PAC $6K Admin & Office · 1 txn SHORE PAC $5K Legal & Compliance · 9 txns CS COMMON SENSE CONSULTI…

Top buyers last 6 months · top 5

ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS O… $12K Legal & Compliance · 1 txn NEW JERSEY DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE $8K Legal & Compliance · 5 txns JUST GOOD GOVERNMENT PAC $6K Admin & Office · 1 txn PALLONE, FRANK JR $5K Legal & Compliance · 2 txns SHORE PAC $2K Legal & Compliance · 3 txns CS COMMON SENSE CONSULTI…

Top buyers last 3 months · top 1

NEW JERSEY DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE $3K Legal & Compliance · 2 txns CS COMMON SENSE CONSULTI…
Filer Total spend Disbursements Last paid
PALLONE, FRANK JR
NJ · House DEM
$250,567 56 5mo ago
SHORE PAC
C00410308
$48,800 55 4mo ago
ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PAC (ABC SO-CAL PAC)
1282257
$44,011 6 5mo ago
KERN ISLAND POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
1402069
$39,127 35 6y ago
NEW JERSEY DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE
C00104471
$23,520 13 3mo ago
ABC-PAC
1222327
$15,623 8 2y ago
GREEN FOR SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE #34 2016; FRIENDS OF KENNETH
1378490
$10,000 1 10y ago
JUST GOOD GOVERNMENT PAC
C00717710
$9,500 2 5mo ago
C00454132
C00454132
$7,868 4 2y ago
na
na
$2,604 1 10y ago
CADENA - SLO COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE 2018; ANDY
1403490
$2,150 1 8y ago
JOHNSON, RUSSELL
1407371
$1,948 2 8y ago

Table = cycle-to-date totals across all buyers. The Sankey above filters to the time window you select.

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Money flow through this vendor

top payers (left) → top revenue categories (right)
COMMON SENSE CONSULTING PALLONE, FRANK JR $28K NEW JERSEY DEMOCRATIC STATE… $24K ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CON… $12K JUST GOOD GOVERNMENT PAC $6K SHORE PAC $5K Legal & Compliance $68K Admin & Office $6K Total in: $74K Total out: $74K
COMMON SENSE CONSULTING ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CON… $12K NEW JERSEY DEMOCRATIC STATE… $8K JUST GOOD GOVERNMENT PAC $6K PALLONE, FRANK JR $5K SHORE PAC $2K Legal & Compliance $27K Admin & Office $6K Total in: $33K Total out: $33K
COMMON SENSE CONSULTING NEW JERSEY DEMOCRATIC STATE… $3K Legal & Compliance $3K Total in: $3K Total out: $3K
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Cycle-over-cycle trajectory

quarterly · last 6 cycles
201620182020202220242026 Q1 cycle 2016: $4KQ3 cycle 2016: $1KQ1 cycle 2018: $5KQ1 cycle 2018: $2KQ2 cycle 2018: $5KQ2 cycle 2018: $9KQ3 cycle 2018: $11KQ3 cycle 2018: $7KQ3 cycle 2018: $137Q4 cycle 2018: $5KQ4 cycle 2018: $10KQ1 cycle 2020: $4KQ1 cycle 2020: $20KQ2 cycle 2020: $6KQ2 cycle 2020: $26KQ3 cycle 2020: $22KQ4 cycle 2020: $31KQ1 cycle 2022: $9KQ1 cycle 2022: $9KQ2 cycle 2022: $3KQ2 cycle 2022: $3KQ3 cycle 2022: $15KQ3 cycle 2022: $15KQ4 cycle 2022: $7KQ4 cycle 2022: $33KQ4 cycle 2022: $5KQ1 cycle 2024: $4KQ1 cycle 2024: $25KQ2 cycle 2024: $9KQ3 cycle 2024: $3KQ4 cycle 2024: $30KQ4 cycle 2024: $22KQ4 cycle 2024: $12KQ1 cycle 2026: $6KQ2 cycle 2026: $18KQ3 cycle 2026: $22KQ4 cycle 2026: $28K Q1Q1Q2Q3Q3Q4Q1Q2Q4Q1Q2Q3Q4Q1Q2Q4Q4Q2Q4 $33K

even-year cycle (election) odd-year cycle (off-cycle)

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Revenue by service category

Revenue by service category

last 12 months
Legal & Compliance $68K Admin & Office $6K

Revenue by service category

last 6 months
Legal & Compliance $27K Admin & Office $6K

Revenue by service category

last 3 months
Legal & Compliance $3K
Show as table (cycle-to-date with disbursement counts)
Category Total spend Disbursements
Legal & Compliance $449,718 183
Admin & Office $6,000 1
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Recent activity last 20 disbursements

Date Filer Purpose Amount
Feb 27, 2026 NEW JERSEY DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES - COMPLIANCE $1,680
Feb 27, 2026 NEW JERSEY DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES - COMPLIANCE $1,680
Feb 2, 2026 SHORE PAC COMPLIANCE CONSULTING SERVICES $500
Jan 8, 2026 NEW JERSEY DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES - COMPLIANCE $1,680
Dec 30, 2025 PALLONE, FRANK JR COMPLIANCE CONSULTING SERVICES $2,500
Dec 30, 2025 SHORE PAC COMPLIANCE CONSULTING SERVICES $500
Dec 17, 2025 NEW JERSEY DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES - COMPLIANCE $1,680
Dec 8, 2025 1282257 $11,886
Dec 5, 2025 JUST GOOD GOVERNMENT PAC ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES $6,000
Dec 2, 2025 PALLONE, FRANK JR COMPLIANCE CONSULTING SERVICES $2,500
Dec 2, 2025 SHORE PAC COMPLIANCE CONSULTING SERVICES $500
Nov 24, 2025 NEW JERSEY DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES - COMPLIANCE $1,680
Nov 14, 2025 NEW JERSEY DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES - COMPLIANCE $1,680
Nov 7, 2025 NEW JERSEY DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES - COMPLIANCE $1,680
Nov 3, 2025 PALLONE, FRANK JR COMPLIANCE CONSULTING SERVICES $2,500
Nov 3, 2025 SHORE PAC COMPLIANCE CONSULTING SERVICES $500
Oct 31, 2025 NEW JERSEY DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES - COMPLIANCE $1,680
Oct 6, 2025 SHORE PAC COMPLIANCE CONSULTING SERVICES $500
Oct 6, 2025 PALLONE, FRANK JR COMPLIANCE CONSULTING SERVICES $2,500
Oct 1, 2025 NEW JERSEY DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES - COMPLIANCE $1,680
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