COUNSEL MEDIA LLC
$3.02M
2025-2026 cycle
COUNSEL MEDIA LLC is a political services vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle COUNSEL MEDIA LLC was paid $3.02M across 15 client committees, of which $319K 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
$3.02M
=
$2.70M
(Schedule B)
+
$319K
(Independent Expenditures)
| Schedule B direct committee payments |
$2,701,087 | 33 rows | 89.4% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$318,830 | 5 rows | 10.6% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- Apr 26, 2024 → May 21, 2026
- spans 2.1 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 33
- Schedule B + IE rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 15
- 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.
Jun 2025
May 2026
$2.50M
across 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.
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 1 months · top 1
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 1485077 |
$1,080,000 | 3 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 3 months · top 3
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 1485077 |
$2,092,900 | 8 |
| LAUBACHER, EILEEN CO · House DEM |
$17,358 | 1 |
| 911819 911819 |
$10,000 | 1 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 6 months · top 7
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 1485077 |
$2,092,900 | 8 |
| ABUGHAZALEH, KATHERINE M. IL · House DEM |
$59,846 | 1 |
| ALLAM, NIDA NC · House DEM |
$24,917 | 1 |
| LAUBACHER, EILEEN CO · House DEM |
$17,358 | 1 |
| BLAKE, MICHAEL NY · House DEM |
$16,713 | 1 |
| 911819 911819 |
$10,000 | 1 |
| CROFT, CAMMIE L NJ · House DEM |
$6,000 | 1 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 12 months · top 10
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 1485077 |
$2,092,900 | 8 |
| LAUBACHER, EILEEN CO · House DEM |
$76,358 | 4 |
| RABB, CHRISTOPHER M. PA · House DEM |
$72,630 | 4 |
| ABUGHAZALEH, KATHERINE M. IL · House DEM |
$59,846 | 1 |
| ROMANS, DALE KY · Senate DEM |
$57,000 | 2 |
| EL-SAYED, ABDUL MI · Senate DEM |
$30,000 | 2 |
| CHATZKY, PETER NY · House DEM |
$25,794 | 1 |
| CROFT, CAMMIE L NJ · House DEM |
$25,326 | 2 |
| ALLAM, NIDA NC · House DEM |
$24,917 | 1 |
| BLAKE, MICHAEL NY · House DEM |
$16,713 | 1 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 18 months · top 10
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 1485077 |
$2,092,900 | 8 |
| EL-SAYED, ABDUL MI · Senate DEM |
$79,000 | 3 |
| LAUBACHER, EILEEN CO · House DEM |
$76,358 | 4 |
| RABB, CHRISTOPHER M. PA · House DEM |
$72,630 | 4 |
| ABUGHAZALEH, KATHERINE M. IL · House DEM |
$59,846 | 1 |
| ROMANS, DALE KY · Senate DEM |
$57,000 | 2 |
| CHATZKY, PETER NY · House DEM |
$25,794 | 1 |
| CROFT, CAMMIE L NJ · House DEM |
$25,326 | 2 |
| ALLAM, NIDA NC · House DEM |
$24,917 | 1 |
| BLAKE, MICHAEL NY · House DEM |
$16,713 | 1 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 24 months · top 10
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 1485077 |
$2,092,900 | 8 |
| EL-SAYED, ABDUL MI · Senate DEM |
$79,000 | 3 |
| LAUBACHER, EILEEN CO · House DEM |
$76,358 | 4 |
| RABB, CHRISTOPHER M. PA · House DEM |
$72,630 | 4 |
| ABUGHAZALEH, KATHERINE M. IL · House DEM |
$59,846 | 1 |
| ROMANS, DALE KY · Senate DEM |
$57,000 | 2 |
| CHATZKY, PETER NY · House DEM |
$25,794 | 1 |
| CROFT, CAMMIE L NJ · House DEM |
$25,326 | 2 |
| ALLAM, NIDA NC · House DEM |
$24,917 | 1 |
| BLAKE, MICHAEL NY · House DEM |
$16,713 | 1 |
By party
Revenue by party
D · 100%
R · 0%
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $668,796 | 22.15% |
| Republican | $0 | 0.00% |
| Non-partisan | $2,351,121 | 77.85% |
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 · 3 years
Per-quarter totals
| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Q2 | 2024 | $137K | 2 | OCASIO-CORTEZ, ALEXANDRIA 100% | Media 100% | $137K | — |
| 2025 | Q2 | 2026 | $78K | 3 | EL-SAYED, ABDUL 63% | Media 100% | $78K | — |
| 2025 | Q3 | 2026 | $61K | 6 | EL-SAYED, ABDUL 49% | Travel & Events 49% | $139K | — |
| 2025 | Q4 | 2026 | $214K | 9 | ROMANS, DALE 27% | Media 90% | $353K | — |
| 2026 | Q1 | 2026 | $108K | 4 | ABUGHAZALEH, KATHERINE M. 55% | Media 100% | $461K | — |
| 2026 | Q2 | 2026 | $2.1M | 9 | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 100% | Media 100% | $2.56M | +1438% |
Revenue by service category
Per-category breakdown · cycle-to-date
| Category | Total spend | Txns | Avg check | % of total | Top buyer · share | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Media | $2,629,772 | 28 | $94K | 97.7% | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 80% | 2w ago |
| Digital | $31,315 | 2 | $16K | 1.2% | RABB, CHRISTOPHER M. 100% | 8mo ago |
| Travel & Events | $30,000 | 2 | $15K | 1.1% | EL-SAYED, ABDUL 100% | 9mo ago |
Client retention
Sticky-relationship signal: how many clients keep coming back across cycles vs one-time buyers.
0
Anchor clients 3+ cycles
$0 · 0% of revenue
0
Repeat clients 2 cycles
$0 · 0% of revenue
15
One-time clients 1 cycle
$2,701,087 · 100% of revenue
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA | $2,102,900 | 77.9% | 2 | |
| NY | $185,610 | 6.9% | 4 | |
| MI | $91,500 | 3.4% | 2 | |
| CO | $76,358 | 2.8% | 1 | |
| PA | $72,630 | 2.7% | 1 | |
| KY | $62,000 | 2.3% | 2 | |
| IL | $59,846 | 2.2% | 1 | |
| NJ | $25,326 | 0.9% | 1 | |
| NC | $24,917 | 0.9% | 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 | 2026-05-21 | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 | Media | Ad Production | $510,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2026-05-21 | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 | Media | Ad Production | $400,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2026-04-23 | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 | Media | Ad Production | $305,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2026-04-23 | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 | Media | Ad Production | $300,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2026-04-23 | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 | Media | Ad Production | $200,000 |
| Recent | 2026-05-21 | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 | Media | Ad Production | $170,000 |
| Recent | 2026-04-23 | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 | Media | Ad Production | $27,821 |
| Recent | 2026-05-05 | 911819 | — | PRODUCTION COSTS | $10,000 |