COTTEN, SAMANTHA
COTTEN, SAMANTHA is a wages & payroll vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle COTTEN, SAMANTHA was paid $180K across 8 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
- Jul 16, 2019 → Sep 10, 2025
- spans 6.2 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 67
- Schedule B rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 8
- distinct payers
Part II Activity in selected window
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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 12 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| BALDERSON, WILLIAM TROY OH · House REP |
$1,587 | 3 |
Top buyers last 18 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| BALDERSON, WILLIAM TROY OH · House REP |
$3,120 | 6 |
Top buyers last 24 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| BALDERSON, WILLIAM TROY OH · House REP |
$5,312 | 7 |
By party
Revenue by party
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $0 | 0.00% |
| Republican | $163,936 | 91.11% |
| Non-partisan | $15,997 | 8.89% |
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 · 7 years
| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Q3 | 2020 | $20K | 6 | MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN PAC 100% | Wages & Payroll 100% | $20K | — |
| 2019 | Q4 | 2020 | $26K | 9 | MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN PAC 100% | Wages & Payroll 100% | $46K | — |
| 2020 | Q1 | 2020 | $18K | 5 | MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN PAC 100% | Wages & Payroll 100% | $64K | — |
| 2020 | Q2 | 2020 | $23K | 7 | MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN PAC 100% | Wages & Payroll 100% | $87K | — |
| 2020 | Q3 | 2020 | $24K | 8 | MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN PAC 100% | Wages & Payroll 100% | $111K | — |
| 2020 | Q4 | 2020 | $17K | 6 | MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN PAC 100% | Wages & Payroll 100% | $127K | — |
| 2021 | Q3 | 2022 | $7K | 5 | C00778746 77% | Wages & Payroll 100% | $7K | -67% |
| 2021 | Q4 | 2022 | $1K | 1 | C00647065 100% | Wages & Payroll 100% | $8K | -95% |
| 2022 | Q2 | 2022 | $4K | 2 | C00799221 56% | Wages & Payroll 100% | $12K | -81% |
| 2022 | Q3 | 2022 | $9K | 2 | BUDD, THEODORE P 100% | Wages & Payroll 100% | $21K | -62% |
| 2022 | Q4 | 2022 | $21K | 4 | BUDD, THEODORE P 100% | Wages & Payroll 100% | $43K | +27% |
| 2023 | Q1 | 2024 | $229 | 1 | BUDD, THEODORE P 100% | Wages & Payroll 100% | $229 | — |
| 2023 | Q4 | 2024 | $3K | 2 | C00833913 100% | Wages & Payroll 100% | $3K | +134% |
| 2024 | Q1 | 2024 | $755 | 2 | KIDD, LARRY 54% | Wages & Payroll 100% | $4K | — |
| 2024 | Q3 | 2024 | $2K | 1 | BALDERSON, WILLIAM TROY 100% | Wages & Payroll 100% | $6K | -76% |
| 2025 | Q1 | 2026 | $876 | 1 | BALDERSON, WILLIAM TROY 100% | Print & Mail 100% | $876 | +283% |
| 2025 | Q2 | 2026 | $657 | 2 | BALDERSON, WILLIAM TROY 100% | Print & Mail 100% | $2K | — |
| 2025 | Q3 | 2026 | $2K | 3 | BALDERSON, WILLIAM TROY 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $3K | — |
Revenue by service category
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| Category | Total spend | Txns | Avg check | % of total | Top buyer · share | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wages & Payroll | $176,814 | 61 | $3K | 98.3% | MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN PAC 72% | 21mo ago |
| Other / Unclassified | $1,587 | 3 | $529 | 0.9% | BALDERSON, WILLIAM TROY 100% | 9mo ago |
| Print & Mail | $1,533 | 3 | $511 | 0.9% | BALDERSON, WILLIAM TROY 100% | 14mo 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VA | $127,465 | 70.8% | 1 | |
| NC | $30,751 | 17.1% | 1 | |
| Unknown | $15,997 | 8.9% | 4 | |
| OH | $5,720 | 3.2% | 2 |
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 | 2022-08-31 | BUDD, THEODORE P | Wages & Payroll | SALARY | $5,878 |
| Largest all-time | 2022-11-17 | BUDD, THEODORE P | Wages & Payroll | SALARY | $5,878 |
| Largest all-time | 2022-11-01 | BUDD, THEODORE P | Wages & Payroll | SALARY | $5,878 |
| Largest all-time | 2022-10-03 | BUDD, THEODORE P | Wages & Payroll | SALARY | $5,878 |
| Largest all-time | 2022-11-21 | BUDD, THEODORE P | Wages & Payroll | MILEAGE, LODGING, FOOD/BEVERAGE | $3,799 |
| Largest this cycle | 2025-09-10 | BALDERSON, WILLIAM TROY | Other / Unclassified | SEE MEMO ITEMS | $1,119 |
| Largest this cycle | 2025-02-21 | BALDERSON, WILLIAM TROY | Print & Mail | POSTAGE EXPENSE | $876 |
| Largest this cycle | 2025-04-21 | BALDERSON, WILLIAM TROY | Print & Mail | POSTAGE EXPENSE | $365 |
| Largest this cycle | 2025-04-21 | BALDERSON, WILLIAM TROY | Print & Mail | POSTAGE EXPENSE | $292 |
| Largest this cycle | 2025-08-08 | BALDERSON, WILLIAM TROY | Other / Unclassified | SEE MEMO ITEM | $234 |
| Recent | 2025-08-15 | BALDERSON, WILLIAM TROY | Other / Unclassified | SEE MEMO ITEM | $234 |