DOYLE STRATEGIES, LLC

$4.17M 2025-2026 cycle

DOYLE STRATEGIES, LLC is a media vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle DOYLE STRATEGIES, LLC was paid $4.17M across 12 client committees, of which $180K flowed through Independent Expenditures rather than direct committee payments.

Media ○ Slowing (~5mo since last)
Limited recent activity. Most recent disbursement to this vendor was 5 months ago (Mar 2, 2026). Charts below reflect cycle-to-date totals; the recent windows may be sparse.

Part I Identity

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

Source split

$4.17M = $3.99M (Schedule B) + $180K (Independent Expenditures)
Schedule B
direct committee payments		 $3,985,853 136 rows 95.7%
Independent Expenditures
money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them		 $179,766 14 rows 4.3%
Activity span ALL TIME
Oct 4, 2016 → Mar 2, 2026
spans 9.4 years
Disbursements ALL TIME
136
Schedule B + IE rows
Client committees ALL TIME
12
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
$291K 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 6 months · top 1

SCHMIDT, PATRICK $25K — · 2 txns DS DOYLE STRATEGIES, LLC
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
SCHMIDT, PATRICK
KS · Senate DEM
 $24,644 2
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VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 12 months · top 3

ENGAGE Y'ALL PAC $259K Fundraising · 22 txns PACHECO FOR CALPERS BOARD 2025 $88K Media · 11 txns SCHMIDT, PATRICK $25K — · 2 txns DS DOYLE STRATEGIES, LLC
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
ENGAGE Y'ALL PAC
C00847137
 $258,756
IE $110,916 · SB $147,840
 22
PACHECO FOR CALPERS BOARD 2025
1478747
 $87,567 11
SCHMIDT, PATRICK
KS · Senate DEM
 $24,644 2
View all buyers in research · last 12 mo →
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 18 months · top 3

ENGAGE Y'ALL PAC $1.91M Fundraising · 40 txns PACHECO FOR CALPERS BOARD 2025 $120K Media · 22 txns SCHMIDT, PATRICK $25K — · 2 txns DS DOYLE STRATEGIES, LLC
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
ENGAGE Y'ALL PAC
C00847137
 $1,910,664
IE $110,916 · SB $1,799,748
 40
PACHECO FOR CALPERS BOARD 2025
1478747
 $120,378 22
SCHMIDT, PATRICK
KS · Senate DEM
 $24,644 2
View all buyers in research · last 18 mo →
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 24 months · top 4

ENGAGE Y'ALL PAC $1.92M Fundraising · 41 txns SOTO, DARREN $767K Media · 14 txns PACHECO FOR CALPERS BOARD 2025 $120K Media · 22 txns SCHMIDT, PATRICK $25K — · 2 txns DS DOYLE STRATEGIES, LLC
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
ENGAGE Y'ALL PAC
C00847137
 $1,922,102
IE $110,916 · SB $1,811,186
 41
SOTO, DARREN
FL · House DEM
 $767,264 14
PACHECO FOR CALPERS BOARD 2025
1478747
 $120,378 22
SCHMIDT, PATRICK
KS · Senate DEM
 $24,644 2
View all buyers in research · last 24 mo →

By party

Revenue by party

100% D
D · 100%
R · 0%
PartyAmount%
Democratic $3,978,239 95.50%
Republican $0 0.00%
Non-partisan $187,380 4.50%

Part III Reference tables

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

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Money flow through this vendor

Where their ad buys point

IE payers (left) → races the buys targeted (right) · independent-expenditure filings only

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DOYLE STRATEGIES, LLC ENGAGE Y'ALL PAC $111K Aftyn Behn (support) $64K Matthew Robert Van Epps (op… $47K Total in: $111K Total out: $111K
DOYLE STRATEGIES, LLC ENGAGE Y'ALL PAC $111K Aftyn Behn (support) $64K Matthew Robert Van Epps (op… $47K Total in: $111K Total out: $111K
DOYLE STRATEGIES, LLC ENGAGE Y'ALL PAC $111K Aftyn Behn (support) $64K Matthew Robert Van Epps (op… $47K Total in: $111K Total out: $111K
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Cycle-over-cycle trajectory

201720182019202020212022202420252026 Q3 2017 (2018 cycle): $11KQ4 2017 (2018 cycle): $11KQ1 2018 (2018 cycle): $11KQ2 2018 (2018 cycle): $30KQ3 2018 (2018 cycle): $401KQ4 2018 (2018 cycle): $18KQ2 2019 (2020 cycle): $8KQ3 2020 (2020 cycle): $30KQ4 2020 (2020 cycle): $35KQ2 2021 (2022 cycle): $4KQ3 2021 (2022 cycle): $2KQ3 2022 (2022 cycle): $381KQ4 2022 (2022 cycle): $295KQ3 2024 (2024 cycle): $542KQ4 2024 (2024 cycle): $253KQ1 2025 (2024 cycle): $6KQ1 2025 (2026 cycle): $1.66MQ2 2025 (2024 cycle): $22KQ2 2025 (2026 cycle): $4KQ3 2025 (2024 cycle): $93KQ3 2025 (2026 cycle): $117KQ4 2025 (2026 cycle): $31KQ1 2026 (2026 cycle): $25K Q3Q1Q3Q2Q4Q3Q4Q4Q1Q2Q3Q1 $1.66M

current cycle earlier election cycle off-cycle year quarterly · 9 years

Per-quarter totals
Year Q Cycle Total Txns Top buyer · share Top category · share Cum. (cycle) YoY %
2017 Q3 2018 $11K 1 C00641183 100% Media 100% $11K —
2017 Q4 2018 $11K 2 DONNELLY, JOSEPH S 100% Media 100% $22K —
2018 Q1 2018 $11K 3 DONNELLY, JOSEPH S 100% Media 100% $32K —
2018 Q2 2018 $30K 7 SOTO, DARREN 60% Media 100% $62K —
2018 Q3 2018 $401K 17 SOTO, DARREN 97% Media 100% $463K —
2018 Q4 2018 $18K 4 YEE FOR CONTROLLER 2018; BE… 51% Media 100% $481K —
2019 Q2 2020 $8K 2 C00696724 100% Media 100% $8K —
2020 Q3 2020 $30K 2 SOTO, DARREN 100% Media 100% $38K -93%
2020 Q4 2020 $35K 4 EQUALITY 51 71% Media 100% $72K +92%
2021 Q2 2022 $4K 1 C00780882 100% Media 100% $4K -47%
2021 Q3 2022 $2K 1 C00780882 100% Media 100% $5K —
2022 Q3 2022 $381K 9 LAWSON, ALFRED JR 70% Media 100% $386K +1168%
2022 Q4 2022 $295K 10 LAWSON, ALFRED JR 68% Media 100% $681K +751%
2024 Q3 2024 $542K 9 SOTO, DARREN 100% Media 100% $542K +42%
2024 Q4 2024 $253K 7 SOTO, DARREN 100% Media 100% $795K -14%
2025 Q1 2024 $6K 3 PACHECO FOR CALPERS BOARD 2… 100% Media 100% $801K —
2025 Q1 2026 $1.66M 18 ENGAGE Y'ALL PAC 100% Fundraising 100% $1.66M —
2025 Q2 2024 $22K 7 PACHECO FOR CALPERS BOARD 2… 100% Media 100% $823K —
2025 Q2 2026 $4K 1 ENGAGE Y'ALL PAC 100% Fundraising 100% $1.66M —
2025 Q3 2024 $93K 12 PACHECO FOR CALPERS BOARD 2… 100% Media 100% $916K —
2025 Q3 2026 $117K 7 ENGAGE Y'ALL PAC 100% Fundraising 100% $1.78M —
2025 Q4 2026 $31K 7 ENGAGE Y'ALL PAC 100% Fundraising 100% $1.81M —
2026 Q1 2026 $25K 2 SCHMIDT, PATRICK 100% — $1.84M —
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Revenue by service category

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Revenue by service category

last 12 months · hover bars for cycle context
Fundraising — cycle-to-date Total: $1.81M across 33 disbursements (avg $55K/check) Top buyer: ENGAGE Y'ALL PAC (100% of category) Last paid: 7mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Fundraising $148K Media — cycle-to-date Total: $2.15M across 101 disbursements (avg $21K/check) Top buyer: SOTO, DARREN (68% of category) Last paid: 10mo ago · +135% vs prior cycle Media $88K

Revenue by service category

last 18 months · hover bars for cycle context
Fundraising — cycle-to-date Total: $1.81M across 33 disbursements (avg $55K/check) Top buyer: ENGAGE Y'ALL PAC (100% of category) Last paid: 7mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Fundraising $1.8M Media — cycle-to-date Total: $2.15M across 101 disbursements (avg $21K/check) Top buyer: SOTO, DARREN (68% of category) Last paid: 10mo ago · +135% vs prior cycle Media $120K

Revenue by service category

last 24 months · hover bars for cycle context
Fundraising — cycle-to-date Total: $1.81M across 33 disbursements (avg $55K/check) Top buyer: ENGAGE Y'ALL PAC (100% of category) Last paid: 7mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Fundraising $1.81M Media — cycle-to-date Total: $2.15M across 101 disbursements (avg $21K/check) Top buyer: SOTO, DARREN (68% of category) Last paid: 10mo ago · +135% vs prior cycle Media $888K
Per-category breakdown · cycle-to-date
Category Total spend Txns Avg check % of total Top buyer · share Last paid
Media $2,150,023 101 $21K 54.3% SOTO, DARREN 68% 10mo ago
Fundraising $1,811,186 33 $55K 45.7% ENGAGE Y'ALL PAC 100% 7mo 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
$1,455,032 · 37% of revenue
0
Repeat clients 2 cycles
$0 · 0% of revenue
11
One-time clients 1 cycle
$2,530,821 · 63% of revenue
Top 1 anchor clients · all-time
Client Cycles All-time spend Txns First paid Last paid
SOTO, DARREN 4 $1,455,032 41 2018-05-02 2024-11-04
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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
$1,919,878 48.2% 2
GA
$1,811,186 45.4% 1
CA
$130,853 3.3% 3
DC
$50,851 1.3% 1
KS
$24,644 0.6% 1
PR
$24,483 0.6% 1
Unknown
$23,958 0.6% 3
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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 2025-03-13 ENGAGE Y'ALL PAC Fundraising MEDIA PRODUCTION $288,899
Largest all-time 2024-08-27 SOTO, DARREN Media MEDIA BUY $240,230
Largest all-time 2025-03-21 ENGAGE Y'ALL PAC Fundraising MEDIA PRODUCTION $199,950
Largest all-time 2025-03-17 ENGAGE Y'ALL PAC Fundraising MEDIA PRODUCTION $196,103
Largest all-time 2025-03-18 ENGAGE Y'ALL PAC Fundraising MEDIA PRODUCTION $193,587
Largest this cycle 2025-02-12 ENGAGE Y'ALL PAC Fundraising MEDIA PRODUCTION $180,034
Recent 2026-02-26 SCHMIDT, PATRICK — VIDEOGRAPHER $15,019
Recent 2026-03-02 SCHMIDT, PATRICK — VIDEOGRAPHER $9,625
Recent 2025-12-03 ENGAGE Y'ALL PAC Fundraising MEDIA PRODUCTION, NO FEDERAL CANDIDATE MENTIONED $2,500
Recent 2025-11-10 ENGAGE Y'ALL PAC Fundraising PROCESSING FEE $16
Recent 2025-12-03 ENGAGE Y'ALL PAC Fundraising PROCESSING FEE $16
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