DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION
$4.98M
2025-2026 cycle
DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION is a digital vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION was paid $4.98M across 39 client committees, of which $65K 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
$4.98M
=
$4.91M
(Schedule B)
+
$65K
(Independent Expenditures)
| Schedule B direct committee payments |
$4,911,393 | 123 rows | 98.7% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$65,050 | 4 rows | 1.3% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- Feb 9, 2000 → Mar 27, 2026
- spans 26.1 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 123
- Schedule B + IE rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 39
- 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.
Apr 2025
Mar 2026
$1.16M
across 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.
No buyer activity in this window.
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 3 months · top 3
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| DGA ACTION C00503789 |
$20,048 | 3 |
| HDR POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE INACTIVE 00016442 |
$5,000 | 1 |
| COMMITTEE TO EXPAND THE MIDDLE CLASS CANDIDATE COMMITTEE SPONSORED BY AIRBNB, INC. 1437529 |
$5,000 | 1 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 6 months · top 3
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| DGA ACTION C00503789 |
$20,048 | 3 |
| HDR POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE INACTIVE 00016442 |
$5,000 | 1 |
| COMMITTEE TO EXPAND THE MIDDLE CLASS CANDIDATE COMMITTEE SPONSORED BY AIRBNB, INC. 1437529 |
$5,000 | 1 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 12 months · top 5
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| DGA ACTION C00503789 |
$790,080 | 5 |
| DEMOCRATIC ACTION C00562983 |
$246,262 | 1 |
| COMMITTEE TO EXPAND THE MIDDLE CLASS CANDIDATE COMMITTEE SPONSORED BY AIRBNB, INC. 1437529 |
$55,000 | 3 |
| THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC. PAC C00292318 |
$25,000 | 1 |
| HDR POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE INACTIVE 00016442 |
$20,000 | 3 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 18 months · top 5
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| DGA ACTION C00503789 |
$790,080 | 5 |
| DEMOCRATIC ACTION C00562983 |
$246,262 | 1 |
| COMMITTEE TO EXPAND THE MIDDLE CLASS CANDIDATE COMMITTEE SPONSORED BY AIRBNB, INC. 1437529 |
$55,000 | 3 |
| HDR POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE INACTIVE 00016442 |
$45,000 | 6 |
| THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC. PAC C00292318 |
$25,000 | 1 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 24 months · top 6
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| DGA ACTION C00503789 |
$790,080 | 5 |
| DEMOCRATIC ACTION C00562983 |
$246,262 | 1 |
| HDR POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE INACTIVE 00016442 |
$95,000 | 11 |
| COMMITTEE TO EXPAND THE MIDDLE CLASS CANDIDATE COMMITTEE SPONSORED BY AIRBNB, INC. 1437529 |
$55,000 | 3 |
| THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC. PAC C00292318 |
$25,000 | 1 |
| ATKINSREALIS USA HOLDINGS PAC 00061981 |
$5,000 | 2 |
By party
Revenue by party
D · 100%
R · 0%
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $174,978 | 3.52% |
| Republican | $0 | 0.00% |
| Non-partisan | $4,801,465 | 96.48% |
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 · 10 years
Per-quarter totals
| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Q2 | 2016 | $5K | 1 | HDR POLITICAL ACTION COMMIT… 100% | Digital 100% | $5K | — |
| 2017 | Q3 | 2016 | $100 | 1 | FLORES JOSE ROBERTO HONORAB… 100% | Digital 100% | $5K | — |
| 2017 | Q3 | 2018 | $250 | 1 | KANSAS DEMOCRATIC PARTY- FE… 100% | Digital 100% | $250 | — |
| 2017 | Q4 | 2016 | $17K | 4 | HDR POLITICAL ACTION COMMIT… 60% | Digital 100% | $22K | — |
| 2017 | Q4 | 2018 | $43K | 3 | FOR OUR FUTURE 58% | Digital 100% | $44K | — |
| 2018 | Q1 | 2018 | $5K | 1 | HDR POLITICAL ACTION COMMIT… 100% | Digital 100% | $49K | — |
| 2018 | Q4 | 2018 | $200K | 3 | COMMITTEE TO EXPAND THE MID… 88% | Digital 100% | $249K | — |
| 2019 | Q1 | 2018 | $10K | 1 | 972210 100% | Digital 100% | $259K | — |
| 2019 | Q1 | 2020 | $20K | 1 | AB PAC 100% | Digital 100% | $20K | — |
| 2019 | Q2 | 2018 | $15K | 2 | HDR POLITICAL ACTION COMMIT… 100% | Digital 100% | $274K | +200% |
| 2019 | Q2 | 2020 | $87K | 2 | AB PAC 100% | Digital 100% | $107K | — |
| 2019 | Q3 | 2018 | $15K | 1 | 972210 100% | Digital 100% | $289K | +14900% |
| 2019 | Q4 | 2018 | $20K | 3 | 972210 50% | Digital 100% | $309K | +20% |
| 2019 | Q4 | 2020 | $20K | 1 | TEAMSTERS LOCAL 1150 FEDERA… 100% | Digital 100% | $127K | -54% |
| 2020 | Q2 | 2020 | $2K | 1 | DEMOCRATIC ACTION 100% | Digital 100% | $129K | — |
| 2020 | Q3 | 2020 | $25K | 2 | HDR POLITICAL ACTION COMMIT… 59% | Digital 100% | $154K | — |
| 2020 | Q4 | 2020 | $5K | 2 | HDR POLITICAL ACTION COMMIT… 97% | Digital 100% | $159K | -97% |
| 2021 | Q3 | 2022 | $356 | 2 | DEMOCRATIC ACTION 100% | Digital 100% | $356 | — |
| 2021 | Q4 | 2022 | $1K | 1 | DEMOCRATIC ACTION 100% | Digital 100% | $2K | -93% |
| 2022 | Q1 | 2022 | $934 | 3 | DEMOCRATIC ACTION 73% | Digital 100% | $3K | — |
| 2022 | Q2 | 2022 | $2M | 2 | CALIFORNIA CONFERENCE OF CA… 100% | Digital 100% | $2M | +83307% |
| 2022 | Q3 | 2022 | $39K | 4 | HDR POLITICAL ACTION COMMIT… 65% | Digital 100% | $2.04M | +52% |
| 2022 | Q4 | 2022 | $41K | 6 | DEMOCRATIC ACTION 51% | Digital 100% | $2.08M | +695% |
| 2023 | Q2 | 2024 | $18K | 5 | DSCC 85% | Digital 100% | $18K | — |
| 2023 | Q3 | 2024 | $8K | 2 | DEMOCRATIC ACTION 82% | Digital 100% | $26K | +2172% |
| 2023 | Q4 | 2022 | $25K | 3 | HDR POLITICAL ACTION COMMIT… 100% | Digital 100% | $2.11M | — |
| 2023 | Q4 | 2024 | $10K | 1 | DEMOCRATIC ACTION 100% | Digital 100% | $36K | +590% |
| 2024 | Q1 | 2024 | $11K | 2 | WOMEN VOTE 55% | Digital 100% | $47K | +1079% |
| 2024 | Q2 | 2024 | $10K | 1 | HDR POLITICAL ACTION COMMIT… 100% | Digital 100% | $57K | -100% |
| 2024 | Q3 | 2024 | $15K | 3 | HDR POLITICAL ACTION COMMIT… 67% | Digital 100% | $72K | -61% |
| 2024 | Q4 | 2024 | $35K | 4 | HDR POLITICAL ACTION COMMIT… 100% | Digital 100% | $107K | -15% |
| 2025 | Q2 | 2024 | $20K | 2 | HDR POLITICAL ACTION COMMIT… 100% | Digital 100% | $127K | — |
| 2025 | Q3 | 2024 | $40K | 4 | COMMITTEE TO EXPAND THE MID… 62% | Digital 100% | $167K | — |
| 2025 | Q3 | 2026 | $271K | 2 | DEMOCRATIC ACTION 91% | Digital 100% | $271K | +3254% |
| 2025 | Q4 | 2024 | $25K | 1 | COMMITTEE TO EXPAND THE MID… 100% | Digital 100% | $192K | +0% |
| 2025 | Q4 | 2026 | $770K | 1 | DGA ACTION 100% | Digital 100% | $1.04M | +7412% |
| 2026 | Q1 | 2026 | $30K | 5 | DGA ACTION 67% | Digital 83% | $1.07M | +173% |
Revenue by service category
No category revenue in this window.
Per-category breakdown · cycle-to-date
| Category | Total spend | Txns | Avg check | % of total | Top buyer · share | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digital | $4,906,393 | 122 | $40K | 100.0% | CALIFORNIA CONFERENCE OF CA… 41% | 2mo ago |
Client retention
Sticky-relationship signal: how many clients keep coming back across cycles vs one-time buyers.
4
Anchor clients 3+ cycles
$689,936 · 14% of revenue
3
Repeat clients 2 cycles
$856,580 · 17% of revenue
32
One-time clients 1 cycle
$3,364,878 · 69% of revenue
Top 4 anchor clients · all-time
| Client | Cycles | All-time spend | Txns | First paid | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HDR POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE INACTIVE | 8 | $366,500 | 39 | 2012-02-13 | 2026-03-11 |
| DEMOCRATIC ACTION | 4 | $307,736 | 19 | 2020-06-15 | 2025-08-22 |
| ATKINSREALIS USA HOLDINGS PAC | 3 | $15,000 | 4 | 2017-11-21 | 2024-07-29 |
| NAISHTAT ELLIOTT MR | 3 | $700 | 4 | 2013-11-18 | 2017-12-28 |
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 | $3,151,802 | 64.2% | 19 | |
| DC | $1,270,206 | 25.9% | 8 | |
| TX | $444,135 | 9.0% | 10 | |
| MA | $25,000 | 0.5% | 1 | |
| CT | $20,000 | 0.4% | 1 | |
| KS | $250 | 0.0% | 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 | 2022-05-09 | CALIFORNIA CONFERENCE OF CARPENTERS - BUILDING COMMUNITIES FUND | Digital | Contribution to IRC 527 entity | $2,000,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2025-10-16 | DGA ACTION | Digital | IN-KINDED LIST ACQUISITION | $769,982 |
| Largest all-time | 2010-06-07 | BROWN FOR GOVERNOR 2010 SPONSORED BY DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS' ASSOCIATION, DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS' ASSOCIATION COMMITTEE FOR JERRY | Digital | — | $250,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2025-08-22 | DEMOCRATIC ACTION | Digital | TEXT MESSAGING SERVICES | $246,262 |
| Largest all-time | 2014-10-22 | 870129 | Digital | Monetary Contribution: | $200,000 |
| Largest this cycle | 2025-09-24 | THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC. PAC | Digital | CONTRIBUTION | $25,000 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-03-26 | DGA ACTION | Digital | RESEARCH SERVICES | $6,683 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-03-26 | DGA ACTION | Digital | RESEARCH SERVICES IN-KINDED TO KANSAS VALUES INSTITUTE | $6,683 |
| Recent | 2026-03-26 | DGA ACTION | Digital | RESEARCH SERVICES IN-KINDED TO KANSAS DEMOCRATIC PARTY | $6,683 |
| Recent | 2026-03-27 | COMMITTEE TO EXPAND THE MIDDLE CLASS CANDIDATE COMMITTEE SPONSORED BY AIRBNB, INC. | — | — | $5,000 |
| Recent | 2026-03-11 | HDR POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE INACTIVE | Digital | Direct Contribution | $5,000 |