Driving California's Economy, Sponsored by California New Car Dealers Association

$1.16M 2025-2026 cycle

Driving California's Economy, Sponsored by California New Car Dealers Association is a political services vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle Driving California's Economy, Sponsored by California New Car Dealers Association was paid $1.16M across 1 client committees, of which $1.10M flowed through Independent Expenditures rather than direct committee payments.

○ Slowing (~4mo since last)
Limited recent activity. Most recent disbursement to this vendor was 4 months ago (Apr 24, 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

$1.21M = $112K (Schedule B) + $1.10M (Independent Expenditures)
Schedule B
direct committee payments
$112,011 7 rows 9.3%
Independent Expenditures
money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them
$1,095,315 35 rows 90.7%
Activity span ALL TIME
Dec 7, 2015 → Apr 24, 2026
spans 10.4 years
Disbursements ALL TIME
7
Schedule B + IE 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.

May 2025 Apr 2026
$87K 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

DRIVING CALIFORNIA'S ECONOMY, SPONSOR… $124K Contributions & Transfers · 8 txns DC Driving California's Econ…
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
DRIVING CALIFORNIA'S ECONOMY, SPONSORED BY CALIFONIA NEW CAR DEALERS ASSOCIATION
1381619
$123,911
IE $38,800 · SB $85,111
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VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 12 months · top 1

DRIVING CALIFORNIA'S ECONOMY, SPONSOR… $128K Contributions & Transfers · 10 txns DC Driving California's Econ…
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
DRIVING CALIFORNIA'S ECONOMY, SPONSORED BY CALIFONIA NEW CAR DEALERS ASSOCIATION
1381619
$127,711
IE $40,700 · SB $87,011
10
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 18 months · top 1

DRIVING CALIFORNIA'S ECONOMY, SPONSOR… $409K Contributions & Transfers · 12 txns DC Driving California's Econ…
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
DRIVING CALIFORNIA'S ECONOMY, SPONSORED BY CALIFONIA NEW CAR DEALERS ASSOCIATION
1381619
$408,511
IE $321,500 · SB $87,011
12
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 24 months · top 1

DRIVING CALIFORNIA'S ECONOMY, SPONSOR… $425K Contributions & Transfers · 16 txns DC Driving California's Econ…
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
DRIVING CALIFORNIA'S ECONOMY, SPONSORED BY CALIFONIA NEW CAR DEALERS ASSOCIATION
1381619
$425,311
IE $338,300 · SB $87,011
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By party

PartyAmount%
Democratic $0 0.00%
Republican $0 0.00%
Non-partisan $1,155,226 100.00%

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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No activity in the last 3 months.

Driving California's Economy, S… DRIVING CALIFORNIA'S ECONOM… $39K Unspecified races (3 filing… $39K Total in: $39K Total out: $39K
Driving California's Economy, S… DRIVING CALIFORNIA'S ECONOM… $41K Unspecified races (4 filing… $41K Total in: $41K Total out: $41K
Driving California's Economy, S… DRIVING CALIFORNIA'S ECONOM… $322K Unspecified races (6 filing… $322K Total in: $322K Total out: $322K
Driving California's Economy, S… DRIVING CALIFORNIA'S ECONOM… $338K Unspecified races (10 filin… $338K Total in: $338K Total out: $338K
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Cycle-over-cycle trajectory

20222026 Q4 2022 (2022 cycle): $25KQ1 2026 (2026 cycle): $68KQ2 2026 (2026 cycle): $19K Q4Q2 $68K

current cycle earlier election cycle off-cycle year quarterly · 2 years

Per-quarter totals
Year Q Cycle Total Txns Top buyer · share Top category · share Cum. (cycle) YoY %
2022 Q4 2022 $25K 1 DRIVING CALIFORNIA'S ECONOM… 100% Other / Unclassified 100% $25K
2026 Q1 2026 $68K 5 DRIVING CALIFORNIA'S ECONOM… 100% $68K
2026 Q2 2026 $19K 1 DRIVING CALIFORNIA'S ECONOM… 100% Contributions & Trans… 100% $87K
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Revenue by service category

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Revenue by service category

last 6 months · hover bars for cycle context
Contributions & Transfers — cycle-to-date Total: $19K across 1 disbursements (avg $19K/check) Top buyer: DRIVING CALIFORNIA'S ECONOMY, SPONSORED BY CALIFONIA NEW CAR DEALERS ASSOCIATION (100% of category) Last paid: 3mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Contributions & Transfers $19K

Revenue by service category

last 12 months · hover bars for cycle context
Contributions & Transfers — cycle-to-date Total: $19K across 1 disbursements (avg $19K/check) Top buyer: DRIVING CALIFORNIA'S ECONOMY, SPONSORED BY CALIFONIA NEW CAR DEALERS ASSOCIATION (100% of category) Last paid: 3mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Contributions & Transfers $19K

Revenue by service category

last 18 months · hover bars for cycle context
Contributions & Transfers — cycle-to-date Total: $19K across 1 disbursements (avg $19K/check) Top buyer: DRIVING CALIFORNIA'S ECONOMY, SPONSORED BY CALIFONIA NEW CAR DEALERS ASSOCIATION (100% of category) Last paid: 3mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Contributions & Transfers $19K

Revenue by service category

last 24 months · hover bars for cycle context
Contributions & Transfers — cycle-to-date Total: $19K across 1 disbursements (avg $19K/check) Top buyer: DRIVING CALIFORNIA'S ECONOMY, SPONSORED BY CALIFONIA NEW CAR DEALERS ASSOCIATION (100% of category) Last paid: 3mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Contributions & Transfers $19K
Per-category breakdown · cycle-to-date
Category Total spend Txns Avg check % of total Top buyer · share Last paid
Other / Unclassified $25,000 1 $25K 56.5% DRIVING CALIFORNIA'S ECONOM… 100% 3y ago
Contributions & Transfers $19,211 1 $19K 43.5% DRIVING CALIFORNIA'S ECONOM… 100% 3mo 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
$0 · 0% of revenue
1
Repeat clients 2 cycles
$112,011 · 100% of revenue
0
One-time clients 1 cycle
$0 · 0% of revenue
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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
$112,011 100.0% 1
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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 2026-03-27 DRIVING CALIFORNIA'S ECONOMY, SPONSORED BY CALIFONIA NEW CAR DEALERS ASSOCIATION $27,100
Largest all-time 2022-10-20 DRIVING CALIFORNIA'S ECONOMY, SPONSORED BY CALIFONIA NEW CAR DEALERS ASSOCIATION Other / Unclassified $25,000
Largest all-time 2026-03-13 DRIVING CALIFORNIA'S ECONOMY, SPONSORED BY CALIFONIA NEW CAR DEALERS ASSOCIATION $20,000
Largest all-time 2026-04-24 DRIVING CALIFORNIA'S ECONOMY, SPONSORED BY CALIFONIA NEW CAR DEALERS ASSOCIATION Contributions & Transfers Partial Refund of Contribution $19,211
Largest all-time 2026-02-24 DRIVING CALIFORNIA'S ECONOMY, SPONSORED BY CALIFONIA NEW CAR DEALERS ASSOCIATION $16,100
Largest this cycle 2026-03-27 DRIVING CALIFORNIA'S ECONOMY, SPONSORED BY CALIFONIA NEW CAR DEALERS ASSOCIATION $2,700
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