DEBRA SCHOMMER MEDIA GROUP
DEBRA SCHOMMER MEDIA GROUP is a media vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle DEBRA SCHOMMER MEDIA GROUP was paid $280.85M across 9 client committees, of which $15.36M 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 |
$265,492,264 | 108 rows | 94.5% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$15,362,426 | 21 rows | 5.5% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- Apr 29, 2022 → May 21, 2026
- spans 4.1 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 108
- Schedule B + IE rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 9
- 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.
Top buyers last 1 months · top 2
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 1485077 |
$44,061,371 | 5 |
| GOLDSMITH FOR STATE SENATE 2026; PROGRESSIVE LEADERSHIP FOR US, BRIAN 1485542 |
$154,896 | 2 |
Top buyers last 3 months · top 2
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 1485077 |
$216,606,447 | 37 |
| GOLDSMITH FOR STATE SENATE 2026; PROGRESSIVE LEADERSHIP FOR US, BRIAN 1485542 |
$840,896 | 8 |
Top buyers last 6 months · top 2
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 1485077 |
$241,606,447 | 39 |
| GOLDSMITH FOR STATE SENATE 2026; PROGRESSIVE LEADERSHIP FOR US, BRIAN 1485542 |
$840,896 | 8 |
Top buyers last 12 months · top 3
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 1485077 |
$241,606,447 | 39 |
| STEYER, TOM 1252916 |
$12,737,425 | 4 |
| GOLDSMITH FOR STATE SENATE 2026; PROGRESSIVE LEADERSHIP FOR US, BRIAN 1485542 |
$840,896 | 8 |
Top buyers last 18 months · top 3
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 1485077 |
$241,606,447 | 39 |
| STEYER, TOM 1252916 |
$12,737,425 | 4 |
| GOLDSMITH FOR STATE SENATE 2026; PROGRESSIVE LEADERSHIP FOR US, BRIAN 1485542 |
$840,896 | 8 |
Top buyers last 24 months · top 6
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 1485077 |
$241,606,447 | 39 |
| STEYER, TOM 1252916 |
$12,737,425 | 4 |
| CORI BUSH FOR CONGRESS C00638767 |
$1,135,896 | 20 |
| BOWMAN, JAMAAL NY · House DEM |
$1,125,000 | 7 |
| GOLDSMITH FOR STATE SENATE 2026; PROGRESSIVE LEADERSHIP FOR US, BRIAN 1485542 |
$840,896 | 8 |
| UNDERWOOD, LAUREN IL · House DEM |
$515,043 | 3 |
By party
Revenue by party
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $10,572,181 | 3.76% |
| Republican | $0 | 0.00% |
| Non-partisan | $270,282,509 | 96.24% |
Part III Reference tables
Full all-time and cycle-to-date data.
Money flow through this vendor
Money flow through this vendor
top payers (left) → broadcast stations clients buy from (right)Cycle-over-cycle trajectory
current cycle earlier election cycle off-cycle year quarterly · 5 years
| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Q2 | 2022 | $124K | 2 | CALIFORNIANS FOR TRIBAL SOV… 100% | Media 100% | $124K | — |
| 2022 | Q3 | 2022 | $914K | 2 | DUCKWORTH, L. TAMMY 89% | Media 100% | $1.04M | — |
| 2022 | Q4 | 2022 | $5.17M | 9 | DUCKWORTH, L. TAMMY 98% | Media 100% | $6.21M | — |
| 2023 | Q3 | 2024 | $379K | 6 | REGUNBERG, AARON 100% | Media 100% | $379K | — |
| 2024 | Q2 | 2024 | $2.23M | 19 | BOWMAN, JAMAAL 93% | Media 100% | $2.6M | +1696% |
| 2024 | Q3 | 2024 | $981K | 16 | CORI BUSH FOR CONGRESS 100% | Media 100% | $3.59M | +7% |
| 2024 | Q4 | 2024 | $515K | 3 | UNDERWOOD, LAUREN 100% | Media 100% | $4.1M | -90% |
| 2025 | Q4 | 2024 | $13M | 4 | STEYER, TOM 100% | Media 100% | $17M | — |
| 2026 | Q1 | 2026 | $25M | 2 | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 100% | Media 100% | $25M | — |
| 2026 | Q2 | 2026 | $217M | 45 | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 100% | Media 100% | $242M | +9670% |
Stations this firm's clients buy from
Stations this firm's clients buy from top 15 + 78 additional stations · $156,140,493 · Los Angeles, CA dominant market
Broadcast stations that committees who pay DEBRA SCHOMMER MEDIA GROUP also pay directly on their Schedule B filings. We can't prove DEBRA SCHOMMER MEDIA GROUP routed money to these stations, but the concentration signal reveals the market network this firm's clients spend on.
| Station | Market | Network | Total client spend | Buys | Activity window |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KABC-TV | Los Angeles, CA | ABC | $76,774,845 | 43 | May 2022 → May 2026 |
| KCBS-TV | Los Angeles, CA | CBS | $14,331,978 | 41 | May 2022 → May 2026 |
| KNBC | Los Angeles, CA | NBC | $10,191,225 | 40 | May 2022 → May 2026 |
| KPIX-TV | San Francisco, CA | CBS | $6,780,977 | 38 | May 2022 → May 2026 |
| KCRA-TV | Sacramento, CA | NBC | $6,324,170 | 34 | May 2022 → May 2026 |
| KGO | San Francisco, CA | ABC | $5,408,835 | 41 | May 2022 → May 2026 |
| KTVU-TV | San Francisco, CA | Fox | $3,325,260 | 23 | May 2022 → Apr 2026 |
| KNTV | San Jose, CA | NBC | $3,033,100 | 24 | May 2022 → Apr 2026 |
| KOVR | Sacramento, CA | CBS | $2,958,370 | 38 | May 2022 → May 2026 |
| KTLA | Los Angeles, CA | NBC | $2,624,588 | 16 | May 2022 → Apr 2026 |
| KNSD | San Diego, CA | NBC | $2,590,396 | 36 | May 2022 → May 2026 |
| KFMB | San Diego, CA | CBS | $2,220,578 | 37 | May 2022 → May 2026 |
| KTTV | Los Angeles, CA | Fox | $2,106,479 | 18 | May 2022 → Apr 2026 |
| KXTV | Sacramento, CA | NBC | $1,891,305 | 33 | Feb 2026 → May 2026 |
| KCAL-TV | Los Angeles, CA | CBS | $1,443,725 | 30 | Oct 2025 → May 2026 |
Revenue by service category
| Category | Total spend | Txns | Avg check | % of total | Top buyer · share | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Media | $264,651,367 | 100 | $2.65M | 100.0% | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 91% | 2w 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 | $255,498,368 | 96.2% | 4 | |
| IL | $6,408,209 | 2.4% | 2 | |
| NY | $2,070,790 | 0.8% | 1 | |
| MO | $1,135,896 | 0.4% | 1 | |
| RI | $379,000 | 0.1% | 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 | 2026-02-02 | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 | Media | Ad Buy | $18,000,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2025-10-08 | STEYER, TOM | Media | Media Buy and production | $12,633,722 |
| Largest all-time | 2026-05-21 | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 | Media | Ad Buy | $12,308,671 |
| Largest all-time | 2026-04-23 | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 | Media | Ad Buy | $11,841,692 |
| Largest all-time | 2026-04-23 | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 | Media | Ad Buy | $11,841,692 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-05-21 | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 | Media | Ad Buy | $11,761,000 |
| Recent | 2026-05-21 | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 | Media | Ad Buy | $9,845,476 |
| Recent | 2026-05-21 | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 | Media | Ad Buy | $8,955,000 |
| Recent | 2026-05-21 | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 | Media | Ad Buy | $1,191,224 |