Drake Strategies
Drake Strategies is a political services vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle Drake Strategies was paid — across 1 client committees.
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
- —
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 12
- Schedule B rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 1
- distinct payers
Part II Activity in selected window
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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.
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Top buyers last 6 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| MCCOWN, SAM DR SC · House REP |
$19,627 | 4 |
Top buyers last 12 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| MCCOWN, SAM DR SC · House REP |
$62,596 | 12 |
Top buyers last 18 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| MCCOWN, SAM DR SC · House REP |
$62,596 | 12 |
Top buyers last 24 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| MCCOWN, SAM DR SC · House REP |
$62,596 | 12 |
By party
Revenue by party
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $0 | 0.00% |
| Republican | $0 | 100.00% |
| Non-partisan | $0 | 0.00% |
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 · 2 years
| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Q4 | 2026 | $30K | 5 | MCCOWN, SAM DR 100% | Strategy & Research 99% | $30K | — |
| 2026 | Q1 | 2026 | $20K | 4 | MCCOWN, SAM DR 100% | — | $49K | — |
| 2026 | Q2 | 2026 | $13K | 3 | MCCOWN, SAM DR 100% | — | $63K | — |
Revenue by service category
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| Category | Total spend | Txns | Avg check | % of total | Top buyer · share | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strategy & Research | $29,500 | 3 | $10K | 99.0% | MCCOWN, SAM DR 100% | 8mo ago |
| Travel & Events | $162 | 1 | $162 | 0.5% | MCCOWN, SAM DR 100% | 9mo ago |
| Contributions & Transfers | $122 | 1 | $122 | 0.4% | MCCOWN, SAM DR 100% | 10mo 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SC | $62,596 | 100.0% | 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 | 2025-10-02 | MCCOWN, SAM DR | Strategy & Research | POLITICAL / ADMIN CONSULTING | $16,500 |
| Largest all-time | 2026-05-01 | MCCOWN, SAM DR | — | POLITICAL/ADMIN CONSULTING | $6,500 |
| Largest all-time | 2026-01-02 | MCCOWN, SAM DR | — | POLITICAL/ADMIN CONSULTING | $6,500 |
| Largest all-time | 2026-02-02 | MCCOWN, SAM DR | — | POLITICAL/ADMIN CONSULTING | $6,500 |
| Largest all-time | 2026-04-01 | MCCOWN, SAM DR | — | POLITICAL/ADMIN CONSULTING | $6,500 |
| Recent | 2026-02-27 | MCCOWN, SAM DR | — | POLITICAL/ADMIN CONSULTING | $6,500 |
| Recent | 2026-04-01 | MCCOWN, SAM DR | — | REIMBURSEMENT: SEE BELOW | $127 |