Cox Media San Diego
Cox Media San Diego is a political services vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle Cox Media San Diego was paid $1.36M across 13 client committees, of which $45K 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
| Schedule B direct committee payments |
$2,139,156 | 22 rows | 97.9% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$44,944 | 3 rows | 2.1% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- Nov 2, 2006 → Sep 27, 2022
- spans 15.9 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 22
- Schedule B + IE rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 13
- 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 3 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| RENDON FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION 2026; ANTHONY 1482653 |
$43,308 | 1 |
Top buyers last 6 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| RENDON FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION 2026; ANTHONY 1482653 |
$43,308 | 1 |
Top buyers last 12 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| RENDON FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION 2026; ANTHONY 1482653 |
$43,308 | 1 |
Top buyers last 18 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| RENDON FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION 2026; ANTHONY 1482653 |
$43,308 | 1 |
Top buyers last 24 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| RENDON FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION 2026; ANTHONY 1482653 |
$43,308 | 1 |
By party
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| 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.
Cycle-over-cycle trajectory
current cycle earlier election cycle off-cycle year quarterly · 3 years
| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Q4 | 2020 | $315K | 2 | END PREDATORY & UNFAIR MONE… 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 | — |
| 2022 | Q4 | 2022 | $84K | 1 | 741666 100% | Media 100% | $297K | -73% |
| 2026 | Q2 | 2026 | $43K | 1 | RENDON FOR SUPERINTENDENT O… 100% | — | $43K | — |
Revenue by service category
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| Category | Total spend | Txns | Avg check | % of total | Top buyer · share | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other / Unclassified | $1,873,718 | 17 | $110K | 89.4% | YES ON 55 - CALIFORNIANS FO… 31% | 3y ago |
| Media | $222,131 | 4 | $56K | 10.6% | THURMOND FOR SUPERINTENDENT… 48% | 3y 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA | $2,139,156 | 100.0% | 13 |
Notable disbursements
5 largest all-time · 5 largest in the current cycle · 5 most recent. Each row earns its place.