DARK HORSE STRATEGIES

$260K 2025-2026 cycle

DARK HORSE STRATEGIES is a digital vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle DARK HORSE STRATEGIES was paid $260K across 4 client committees.

Digital ○ Slowing (~3mo since last)

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
Sep 28, 2017 → Mar 26, 2026
spans 8.5 years
Disbursements ALL TIME
30
Schedule B rows
Client committees ALL TIME
4
distinct payers

Part II Activity in selected window

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Spend trajectory

Monthly spend to this vendor over the last 12 months.

Apr 2025 Mar 2026
$14K 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

ARIAS, VINCENT MICHAEL $4K Strategy & Research · 1 txn DH DARK HORSE STRATEGIES
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
ARIAS, VINCENT MICHAEL
FL · House REP
$3,750 1
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 6 months · top 1

ARIAS, VINCENT MICHAEL $14K Strategy & Research · 4 txns DH DARK HORSE STRATEGIES
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
ARIAS, VINCENT MICHAEL
FL · House REP
$13,500 4
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 12 months · top 1

ARIAS, VINCENT MICHAEL $14K Strategy & Research · 4 txns DH DARK HORSE STRATEGIES
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
ARIAS, VINCENT MICHAEL
FL · House REP
$13,500 4
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 18 months · top 1

ARIAS, VINCENT MICHAEL $14K Strategy & Research · 4 txns DH DARK HORSE STRATEGIES
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
ARIAS, VINCENT MICHAEL
FL · House REP
$13,500 4
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 24 months · top 1

ARIAS, VINCENT MICHAEL $14K Strategy & Research · 4 txns DH DARK HORSE STRATEGIES
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
ARIAS, VINCENT MICHAEL
FL · House REP
$13,500 4

By party

Revenue by party

100% R
D · 0%
R · 100%
PartyAmount%
Democratic $0 0.00%
Republican $242,362 93.17%
Non-partisan $17,755 6.83%

Part III Reference tables

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

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Cycle-over-cycle trajectory

201720182020202220232026 Q3 2017 (2018 cycle): $1KQ4 2017 (2018 cycle): $1KQ1 2018 (2018 cycle): $16KQ2 2018 (2018 cycle): $485Q4 2018 (2018 cycle): $2KQ3 2020 (2020 cycle): $191KQ4 2020 (2020 cycle): $16KQ4 2022 (2022 cycle): $5KQ1 2023 (2024 cycle): $13KQ1 2026 (2026 cycle): $14K Q3Q1Q4Q4Q1Q1 $191K

current cycle earlier election cycle off-cycle year quarterly · 6 years

Per-quarter totals
Year Q Cycle Total Txns Top buyer · share Top category · share Cum. (cycle) YoY %
2017 Q3 2018 $1K 1 REPUBLICAN PARTY 0F MIAMI D… 100% Digital 100% $1K
2017 Q4 2018 $1K 1 REPUBLICAN PARTY 0F MIAMI D… 100% Digital 100% $3K
2018 Q1 2018 $16K 4 REPUBLICAN PARTY 0F MIAMI D… 100% Digital 100% $19K
2018 Q2 2018 $485 1 REPUBLICAN PARTY 0F MIAMI D… 100% Digital 100% $19K
2018 Q4 2018 $2K 1 REPUBLICAN PARTY 0F MIAMI D… 100% Digital 100% $21K
2020 Q3 2020 $191K 8 GIMENEZ, CARLOS 97% Digital 100% $191K
2020 Q4 2020 $16K 4 GIMENEZ, CARLOS 74% Digital 100% $208K +624%
2022 Q4 2022 $5K 3 START RISING PAC 100% Digital 100% $5K -73%
2023 Q1 2024 $13K 3 START RISING PAC 100% Digital 100% $13K
2026 Q1 2026 $14K 3 ARIAS, VINCENT MICHAEL 100% Strategy & Research 63% $14K
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Revenue by service category

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Revenue by service category

last 3 months · hover bars for cycle context
Strategy & Research — cycle-to-date Total: $9K across 3 disbursements (avg $3K/check) Top buyer: ARIAS, VINCENT MICHAEL (100% of category) Last paid: 2mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Strategy & Research $4K

Revenue by service category

last 6 months · hover bars for cycle context
Strategy & Research — cycle-to-date Total: $9K across 3 disbursements (avg $3K/check) Top buyer: ARIAS, VINCENT MICHAEL (100% of category) Last paid: 2mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Strategy & Research $9K Fundraising — cycle-to-date Total: $5K across 1 disbursements (avg $5K/check) Top buyer: ARIAS, VINCENT MICHAEL (100% of category) Last paid: 3mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Fundraising $5K

Revenue by service category

last 12 months · hover bars for cycle context
Strategy & Research — cycle-to-date Total: $9K across 3 disbursements (avg $3K/check) Top buyer: ARIAS, VINCENT MICHAEL (100% of category) Last paid: 2mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Strategy & Research $9K Fundraising — cycle-to-date Total: $5K across 1 disbursements (avg $5K/check) Top buyer: ARIAS, VINCENT MICHAEL (100% of category) Last paid: 3mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Fundraising $5K

Revenue by service category

last 18 months · hover bars for cycle context
Strategy & Research — cycle-to-date Total: $9K across 3 disbursements (avg $3K/check) Top buyer: ARIAS, VINCENT MICHAEL (100% of category) Last paid: 2mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Strategy & Research $9K Fundraising — cycle-to-date Total: $5K across 1 disbursements (avg $5K/check) Top buyer: ARIAS, VINCENT MICHAEL (100% of category) Last paid: 3mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Fundraising $5K

Revenue by service category

last 24 months · hover bars for cycle context
Strategy & Research — cycle-to-date Total: $9K across 3 disbursements (avg $3K/check) Top buyer: ARIAS, VINCENT MICHAEL (100% of category) Last paid: 2mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Strategy & Research $9K Fundraising — cycle-to-date Total: $5K across 1 disbursements (avg $5K/check) Top buyer: ARIAS, VINCENT MICHAEL (100% of category) Last paid: 3mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Fundraising $5K
Per-category breakdown · cycle-to-date
Category Total spend Txns Avg check % of total Top buyer · share Last paid
Digital $246,617 26 $9K 94.8% GIMENEZ, CARLOS 80% 3y ago
Strategy & Research $8,500 3 $3K 3.3% ARIAS, VINCENT MICHAEL 100% 2mo ago
Fundraising $5,000 1 $5K 1.9% ARIAS, VINCENT MICHAEL 100% 3mo 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
2
Repeat clients 2 cycles
$48,415 · 19% of revenue
2
One-time clients 1 cycle
$211,702 · 81% 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
FL
$242,362 93.2% 3
LA
$17,755 6.8% 1
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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 2020-07-17 GIMENEZ, CARLOS Digital DIGITAL SERVICES $58,400
Largest all-time 2020-08-06 GIMENEZ, CARLOS Digital DIGITAL SERVICES $36,100
Largest all-time 2020-09-21 GIMENEZ, CARLOS Digital DIGITAL SERVICES $35,600
Largest all-time 2020-08-19 GIMENEZ, CARLOS Digital DIGITAL SERVICES $29,450
Largest all-time 2020-09-10 GIMENEZ, CARLOS Digital DIGITAL SERVICES $12,250
Largest this cycle 2026-02-19 ARIAS, VINCENT MICHAEL Fundraising CONSULTING FEE $5,000
Largest this cycle 2026-02-19 ARIAS, VINCENT MICHAEL Strategy & Research TEXT POLL $4,750
Largest this cycle 2026-03-26 ARIAS, VINCENT MICHAEL Strategy & Research CAMPAIGN CONSULTANT $3,750
Recent 2023-02-23 START RISING PAC Digital EVENT/ FUNDRAISING CONSULTING $3,780
Recent 2023-01-31 START RISING PAC Digital EVENT/ FUNDRAISING CONSULTING $1,500
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