Eleni Kounalakis for Governor 2026
$6.77M
2025-2026 cycle
Eleni Kounalakis for Governor 2026 is a political services vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle Eleni Kounalakis for Governor 2026 was paid $6.77M across 22 client committees, of which $2.31M 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
$6.77M
=
$4.45M
(Schedule B)
+
$2.31M
(Independent Expenditures)
| Schedule B direct committee payments |
$4,454,449 | 1,435 rows | 65.8% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$2,313,206 | 135 rows | 34.2% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- Apr 24, 2023 → Apr 3, 2026
- spans 2.9 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 1,435
- Schedule B + IE rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 22
- 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.
May 2025
Apr 2026
$123K
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 1
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| KOUNALAKIS FOR GOVERNOR 2026; ELENI 1460033 |
$17,210 | 1 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 6 months · top 1
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| KOUNALAKIS FOR GOVERNOR 2026; ELENI 1460033 |
$17,210 | 1 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 12 months · top 2
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| KOUNALAKIS FOR GOVERNOR 2026; ELENI 1460033 |
$106,978 | 171 |
| CALIFORNIA METALS COALITION PAC 1264568 |
$690 | 1 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 18 months · top 3
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| KOUNALAKIS FOR GOVERNOR 2026; ELENI 1460033 |
$166,078 | 208 |
| 771500 771500 |
$5,000 | 1 |
| CALIFORNIA METALS COALITION PAC 1264568 |
$690 | 1 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 24 months · top 8
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| KOUNALAKIS FOR GOVERNOR 2026; ELENI 1460033 |
$1,020,797 | 461 |
| 760951 760951 |
$10,000 | 1 |
| 990462 990462 |
$7,500 | 1 |
| 850665 850665 |
$7,500 | 1 |
| FEDERATED UNIVERSITY POLICE OFFICER'S ASSN PAC 1436433 |
$5,000 | 1 |
| 771500 771500 |
$5,000 | 1 |
| RUBIO FOR SENATE 2026; SUSAN 1456613 |
$943 | 1 |
| CALIFORNIA METALS COALITION PAC 1264568 |
$690 | 1 |
By party
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $0 | 0.00% |
| Republican | $0 | 0.00% |
| Non-partisan | $6,767,655 | 100.00% |
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 · 4 years
Per-quarter totals
| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Q2 | 2022 | $1.35M | 63 | KOUNALAKIS FOR GOVERNOR 202… 91% | Other / Unclassified 93% | $1.35M | — |
| 2023 | Q3 | 2022 | $589K | 276 | KOUNALAKIS FOR GOVERNOR 202… 100% | Fundraising 87% | $1.94M | — |
| 2023 | Q4 | 2022 | $488K | 240 | KOUNALAKIS FOR GOVERNOR 202… 99% | Other / Unclassified 92% | $2.43M | — |
| 2024 | Q1 | 2024 | $533K | 349 | KOUNALAKIS FOR GOVERNOR 202… 96% | Fundraising 85% | $533K | — |
| 2024 | Q2 | 2024 | $527K | 44 | KOUNALAKIS FOR GOVERNOR 202… 97% | Other / Unclassified 92% | $1.06M | — |
| 2024 | Q3 | 2024 | $649K | 221 | KOUNALAKIS FOR GOVERNOR 202… 98% | Fundraising 81% | $1.71M | — |
| 2024 | Q4 | 2024 | $147K | 32 | KOUNALAKIS FOR GOVERNOR 202… 90% | Fundraising 48% | $1.86M | — |
| 2025 | Q1 | 2024 | $39K | 34 | KOUNALAKIS FOR GOVERNOR 202… 100% | Fundraising 53% | $1.9M | — |
| 2025 | Q2 | 2024 | $25K | 4 | KOUNALAKIS FOR GOVERNOR 202… 80% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $1.92M | -98% |
| 2025 | Q3 | 2024 | $690 | 1 | CALIFORNIA METALS COALITION… 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $1.92M | -100% |
| 2025 | Q4 | 2024 | $90K | 170 | KOUNALAKIS FOR GOVERNOR 202… 100% | Fundraising 91% | $2.01M | -82% |
| 2026 | Q2 | 2026 | $17K | 1 | KOUNALAKIS FOR GOVERNOR 202… 100% | Contributions & Trans… 100% | $17K | -97% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other / Unclassified | $2,586,308 | 180 | $14K | 58.1% | KOUNALAKIS FOR GOVERNOR 202… 92% | 6mo ago |
| Fundraising | $1,701,488 | 1,242 | $1K | 38.2% | KOUNALAKIS FOR GOVERNOR 202… 100% | 7mo ago |
| Contributions & Transfers | $164,710 | 11 | $15K | 3.7% | KOUNALAKIS FOR GOVERNOR 202… 98% | 2mo ago |
| Travel & Events | $1,943 | 2 | $972 | 0.0% | KOUNALAKIS FOR GOVERNOR 202… 51% | 22mo ago |
Client retention
Sticky-relationship signal: how many clients keep coming back across cycles vs one-time buyers.
1
Anchor clients 3+ cycles
$4,251,834 · 95% of revenue
2
Repeat clients 2 cycles
$47,130 · 1% of revenue
19
One-time clients 1 cycle
$155,485 · 3% of revenue
Top 1 anchor clients · all-time
| Client | Cycles | All-time spend | Txns | First paid | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KOUNALAKIS FOR GOVERNOR 2026; ELENI | 3 | $4,251,834 | 1,410 | 2023-04-24 | 2026-04-03 |
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 | $4,454,449 | 100.0% | 22 |
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 | 2023-05-17 | KOUNALAKIS FOR GOVERNOR 2026; ELENI | Other / Unclassified | — | $36,400 |
| Largest all-time | 2023-11-30 | KOUNALAKIS FOR GOVERNOR 2026; ELENI | Other / Unclassified | — | $36,400 |
| Largest all-time | 2024-07-08 | KOUNALAKIS FOR GOVERNOR 2026; ELENI | Fundraising | Earmarked Contribution from: KLEIN, ROBERT | $36,400 |
| Largest all-time | 2023-05-25 | KOUNALAKIS FOR GOVERNOR 2026; ELENI | Other / Unclassified | — | $36,400 |
| Largest all-time | 2024-04-25 | KOUNALAKIS FOR GOVERNOR 2026; ELENI | Other / Unclassified | — | $36,400 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-04-03 | KOUNALAKIS FOR GOVERNOR 2026; ELENI | Contributions & Transfers | Contribution | $17,210 |
| Recent | 2025-12-18 | KOUNALAKIS FOR GOVERNOR 2026; ELENI | Other / Unclassified | — | $8,100 |
| Recent | 2025-11-12 | KOUNALAKIS FOR GOVERNOR 2026; ELENI | Fundraising | Earmarked Contribution from: SCHNEIDER, R MARILYN LEE AND HARVEY | $500 |
| Recent | 2025-11-12 | KOUNALAKIS FOR GOVERNOR 2026; ELENI | Fundraising | Earmarked Contribution from: SALINGER, ALEXANDRA | $250 |
| Recent | 2025-11-12 | KOUNALAKIS FOR GOVERNOR 2026; ELENI | Fundraising | Earmarked Contribution from: WHITE, STEVEN | $5 |