Cox Media San Diego

$1.36M 2025-2026 cycle

Cox Media San Diego is a political services vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle Cox Media San Diego was paid $1.36M across 11 client committees, of which $45K flowed through Independent Expenditures rather than direct committee payments.

○ Dormant (46mo since last)
Limited recent activity. Most recent disbursement to this vendor was 4+ years ago (Sep 27, 2022). 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

$1.54M = $1.49M (Schedule B) + $45K (Independent Expenditures)
Schedule B
direct committee payments
$1,491,413 19 rows 97.1%
Independent Expenditures
money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them
$44,944 3 rows 2.9%
Activity span ALL TIME
Nov 2, 2006 → Sep 27, 2022
spans 15.9 years
Disbursements ALL TIME
19
Schedule B + IE rows
Client committees ALL TIME
11
distinct payers

Part II Activity in selected window

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Spend trajectory

Monthly spend to this vendor over the last 12 months.

Jun 2025 May 2026
$43K 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 3 months · top 1

RENDON FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC I… $43K — · 1 txn CM Cox Media San Diego
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
RENDON FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION 2026; ANTHONY
1482653
$43,308 1
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 6 months · top 1

RENDON FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC I… $43K — · 1 txn CM Cox Media San Diego
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
RENDON FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION 2026; ANTHONY
1482653
$43,308 1
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 12 months · top 1

RENDON FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC I… $43K — · 1 txn CM Cox Media San Diego
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
RENDON FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION 2026; ANTHONY
1482653
$43,308 1
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 18 months · top 1

RENDON FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC I… $43K — · 1 txn CM Cox Media San Diego
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
RENDON FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION 2026; ANTHONY
1482653
$43,308 1
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 24 months · top 1

RENDON FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC I… $43K — · 1 txn CM Cox Media San Diego
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
RENDON FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION 2026; ANTHONY
1482653
$43,308 1

By party

PartyAmount%
Democratic $0 0.00%
Republican $0 0.00%
Non-partisan $1,355,000 100.00%

Part III Reference tables

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

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Cycle-over-cycle trajectory

202020222026 Q4 2020 (2020 cycle): $315KQ2 2022 (2022 cycle): $138KQ3 2022 (2022 cycle): $75KQ2 2026 (2026 cycle): $43K Q4Q3Q2 $315K

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 %
2020 Q4 2020 $315K 2 YES ON PROP 25, A COALITION… 100% Other / Unclassified 100% $315K
2022 Q2 2022 $138K 3 THURMOND FOR SUPERINTENDENT… 77% Media 100% $138K
2022 Q3 2022 $75K 3 BRUCE-LANE FOR ASSEMBLY 2022 78% Other / Unclassified 100% $213K
2026 Q2 2026 $43K 1 RENDON FOR SUPERINTENDENT O… 100% $43K
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Revenue by service category

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Per-category breakdown · cycle-to-date
Category Total spend Txns Avg check % of total Top buyer · share Last paid
Other / Unclassified $1,310,057 15 $87K 90.5% CALIFORNIANS FOR PROTECTING… 44% 3y ago
Media $138,049 3 $46K 9.5% THURMOND FOR SUPERINTENDENT… 77% 4y ago
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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
11
One-time clients 1 cycle
$1,491,413 · 100% of revenue
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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
CA
$1,491,413 100.0% 11
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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 2016-09-24 CALIFORNIANS FOR PROTECTING PUBLIC EDUCATION, HEALTH CARE AND BUDGET STABILITY, SPONSORED BY TEACHERS, HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS, DOCTORS, AND LABOR ORGANIZATIONS Other / Unclassified $511,760
Largest all-time 2020-10-17 YES ON PROP 25, A COALITION OF JUSTICE REFORM AND LABOR ORGANIZATIONS Other / Unclassified $257,601
Largest all-time 2016-09-24 CALIFORNIANS TO CONTROL, REGULATE AND TAX ADULT USE OF MARIJUANA WHILE PROTECTING CHILDREN, SPONSORED BY BUSINESS, PHYSICIANS, ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL-JUSTICE ADVOCATE ORGANIZATIONS Other / Unclassified $101,340
Largest all-time 2016-10-22 CALIFORNIANS TO CONTROL, REGULATE AND TAX ADULT USE OF MARIJUANA WHILE PROTECTING CHILDREN, SPONSORED BY BUSINESS, PHYSICIANS, ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL-JUSTICE ADVOCATE ORGANIZATIONS Other / Unclassified $87,922
Largest all-time 2022-05-21 THURMOND FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION 2022, SPONSORED BY TEACHER, SCHOOL EMPLOYEE AND LABOR ORGANIZATIONS; CALIFORNIANS SUPPORTING TONY Media Television spots $74,095
Largest this cycle 2026-05-05 RENDON FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION 2026; ANTHONY $43,308
Recent 2022-09-08 BRUCE-LANE FOR ASSEMBLY 2022 Other / Unclassified $49,754
Recent 2022-05-24 THURMOND FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION 2022, SPONSORED BY TEACHER, SCHOOL EMPLOYEE AND LABOR ORGANIZATIONS; CALIFORNIANS SUPPORTING TONY Media Television ads $32,742
Recent 2022-09-27 810163 Other / Unclassified $16,600
Recent 2022-09-27 BRUCE-LANE FOR ASSEMBLY 2022 Other / Unclassified $8,300
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