Dark Forest LLC
Dark Forest LLC is a political services vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle Dark Forest LLC was paid — across 2 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
- —
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 9
- Schedule B rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 2
- 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| PLATNER, GRAHAM ME · Senate DEM |
$21,000 | 2 |
Top buyers last 6 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| PLATNER, GRAHAM ME · Senate DEM |
$38,000 | 5 |
Top buyers last 12 months · top 2
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| PLATNER, GRAHAM ME · Senate DEM |
$107,529 | 8 |
| OSBORN FOR SENATE 2024 C00850677 |
$9,000 | 1 |
Top buyers last 18 months · top 2
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| PLATNER, GRAHAM ME · Senate DEM |
$107,529 | 8 |
| OSBORN FOR SENATE 2024 C00850677 |
$9,000 | 1 |
Top buyers last 24 months · top 2
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| PLATNER, GRAHAM ME · Senate DEM |
$107,529 | 8 |
| OSBORN FOR SENATE 2024 C00850677 |
$9,000 | 1 |
By party
Revenue by party
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $0 | 92.28% |
| Republican | $0 | 0.00% |
| Non-partisan | $0 | 7.72% |
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 · 2 years
| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Q4 | 2026 | $49K | 2 | PLATNER, GRAHAM 82% | Strategy & Research 100% | $49K | — |
| 2026 | Q1 | 2026 | $35K | 3 | PLATNER, GRAHAM 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $84K | — |
| 2026 | Q2 | 2026 | $33K | 4 | PLATNER, GRAHAM 100% | — | $117K | — |
Revenue by service category
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| Category | Total spend | Txns | Avg check | % of total | Top buyer · share | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strategy & Research | $83,529 | 5 | $17K | 100.0% | PLATNER, GRAHAM 89% | 5mo 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ME | $107,529 | 92.3% | 1 | |
| NE | $9,000 | 7.7% | 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 | 2025-11-25 | PLATNER, GRAHAM | Strategy & Research | GENERAL CAMPAIGN CONSULTING | $39,979 |
| Largest all-time | 2026-01-09 | PLATNER, GRAHAM | Strategy & Research | GENERAL CAMPAIGN CONSULTING | $24,550 |
| Largest all-time | 2026-06-12 | PLATNER, GRAHAM | — | GENERAL CAMPAIGN CONSULTING | $15,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2025-12-09 | OSBORN FOR SENATE 2024 | Strategy & Research | STRATEGY CONSULTING | $9,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2026-04-08 | PLATNER, GRAHAM | — | GENERAL CAMPAIGN CONSULTING | $6,000 |
| Recent | 2026-06-12 | PLATNER, GRAHAM | — | GENERAL CAMPAIGN CONSULTING | $6,000 |
| Recent | 2026-05-27 | PLATNER, GRAHAM | — | GENERAL CAMPAIGN CONSULTING | $6,000 |
| Recent | 2026-03-13 | PLATNER, GRAHAM | Strategy & Research | GENERAL CAMPAIGN CONSULTING | $5,000 |