Discovery Petition Management

$2.33M 2025-2026 cycle

Discovery Petition Management is a political services vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle Discovery Petition Management was paid $2.33M across 14 client committees, of which $3K flowed through Independent Expenditures rather than direct committee payments.

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Part I Identity

Stable facts about this entity. These figures do not change as you adjust the timeframe in Part II.

Source split

$2.33M = $2.33M (Schedule B) + $3K (Independent Expenditures)
Schedule B
direct committee payments
$2,330,356 23 rows 99.9%
Independent Expenditures
money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them
$3,043 2 rows 0.1%
Activity span ALL TIME
Aug 28, 2003 → Mar 24, 2026
spans 22.6 years
Disbursements ALL TIME
23
Schedule B + IE rows
Client committees ALL TIME
14
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
$280K 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

CALIFORNIANS FOR PROTECTING PUBLIC ED… $195K Other / Unclassified · 1 txn DP Discovery Petition Management
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Top buyers last 6 months · top 1

CALIFORNIANS FOR PROTECTING PUBLIC ED… $195K Other / Unclassified · 1 txn DP Discovery Petition Management
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Top buyers last 12 months · top 1

CALIFORNIANS FOR PROTECTING PUBLIC ED… $280K Other / Unclassified · 2 txns DP Discovery Petition Management
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Top buyers last 18 months · top 1

CALIFORNIANS FOR PROTECTING PUBLIC ED… $280K Other / Unclassified · 2 txns DP Discovery Petition Management
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Top buyers last 24 months · top 1

CALIFORNIANS FOR PROTECTING PUBLIC ED… $280K Other / Unclassified · 2 txns DP Discovery Petition Management

By party

PartyAmount%
Democratic $0 0.00%
Republican $0 0.00%
Non-partisan $2,333,399 100.00%

Part III Reference tables

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

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Cycle-over-cycle trajectory

20172018202020252026 Q4 2017 (2016 cycle): $133KQ1 2018 (2018 cycle): $406KQ2 2018 (2018 cycle): $101KQ1 2020 (2020 cycle): $217KQ4 2025 (2024 cycle): $85KQ1 2026 (2026 cycle): $195K Q4Q2Q4Q1 $406K

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Per-quarter totals
Year Q Cycle Total Txns Top buyer · share Top category · share Cum. (cycle) YoY %
2017 Q4 2016 $133K 2 CALIFORNIANS FOR SAFE DRINK… 95% Other / Unclassified 100% $133K
2018 Q1 2018 $406K 3 YES ON 19: SENIORS, TAXPAYE… 69% Other / Unclassified 100% $406K
2018 Q2 2018 $101K 1 GIVE VOTERS A VOICE - REPRE… 100% Other / Unclassified 100% $506K
2020 Q1 2020 $217K 1 YES ON 19: SENIORS, TAXPAYE… 100% Other / Unclassified 100% $217K -47%
2025 Q4 2024 $85K 1 CALIFORNIANS FOR PROTECTING… 100% Other / Unclassified 100% $85K
2026 Q1 2026 $195K 1 CALIFORNIANS FOR PROTECTING… 100% Other / Unclassified 100% $195K
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Revenue by service category

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Per-category breakdown · cycle-to-date
Category Total spend Txns Avg check % of total Top buyer · share Last paid
Other / Unclassified $2,330,356 23 $101K 100.0% YES ON 19: SENIORS, TAXPAYE… 22% 2mo ago
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Client retention

Sticky-relationship signal: how many clients keep coming back across cycles vs one-time buyers.

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Anchor clients 3+ cycles
$501,234 · 22% of revenue
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Repeat clients 2 cycles
$704,120 · 30% of revenue
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One-time clients 1 cycle
$1,125,002 · 48% of revenue
Top 1 anchor clients · all-time
Client Cycles All-time spend Txns First paid Last paid
YES ON 19: SENIORS, TAXPAYER ADVOCATES, AND REALTORS 3 $501,234 3 2017-12-31 2020-01-10
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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
CA
$2,330,356 100.0% 14
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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 2004-04-30 IMPROVING CLASSROOM EDUCATION COMMITTEE, SPONSORED BY THE CALIFORNIA TEACHERS ASSOCIATION Other / Unclassified $406,007
Largest all-time 2018-03-31 YES ON 19: SENIORS, TAXPAYER ADVOCATES, AND REALTORS Other / Unclassified $278,201
Largest all-time 2020-01-10 YES ON 19: SENIORS, TAXPAYER ADVOCATES, AND REALTORS Other / Unclassified $216,531
Largest all-time 2026-03-24 CALIFORNIANS FOR PROTECTING PUBLIC EDUCATION, HEALTH CARE AND BUDGET STABILITY, SPONSORED BY EDUCATION AND LABOR ORGANIZATIONS Other / Unclassified $195,000
Largest all-time 2016-04-07 YES ON 62, NO ON 66. REPLACE THE COSTLY, FAILED DEATH PENALTY SYSTEM. SPONSORED BY TAXPAYERS FOR SENTENCING REFORM Other / Unclassified $164,368
Recent 2018-06-30 GIVE VOTERS A VOICE - REPRESENTATIVES AND TAXPAYERS AGAINST TAX INCREASES Other / Unclassified $100,522
Recent 2025-10-31 CALIFORNIANS FOR PROTECTING PUBLIC EDUCATION, HEALTH CARE AND BUDGET STABILITY, SPONSORED BY EDUCATION AND LABOR ORGANIZATIONS Other / Unclassified $84,585
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