FRONTLINE STRATEGIES & MEDIA

$7.27M 2025-2026 cycle

FRONTLINE STRATEGIES & MEDIA is a digital vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle FRONTLINE STRATEGIES & MEDIA was paid $7.27M across 11 client committees, of which $4.87M flowed through Independent Expenditures rather than direct committee payments.

Digital ○ Slowing (~2mo since last)

Part I Identity

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

Source split

$7.27M = $2.40M (Schedule B) + $4.87M (Independent Expenditures)
Schedule B
direct committee payments		 $2,400,832 263 rows 33.0%
Independent Expenditures
money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them		 $4,868,418 18 rows 67.0%
Activity span ALL TIME
Aug 20, 2009 → May 31, 2026
spans 16.8 years
Disbursements ALL TIME
263
Schedule B + IE rows
Client committees ALL TIME
11
distinct payers

Part II Activity in selected window

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Spend trajectory

Monthly spend to this vendor over the last 12 months.

Jun 2025 May 2026
$111K across 12 months
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Top buyers

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VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 3 months · top 1

CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN PARTY FEDERAL A… $2K — · 1 txn FS FRONTLINE STRATEGIES & MEDIA
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN PARTY FEDERAL ACCT.
C00140590
 $1,753 1
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VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 6 months · top 1

CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN PARTY FEDERAL A… $33K Digital · 15 txns FS FRONTLINE STRATEGIES & MEDIA
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN PARTY FEDERAL ACCT.
C00140590
 $32,742 15
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VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 12 months · top 1

CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN PARTY FEDERAL A… $100K Digital · 40 txns FS FRONTLINE STRATEGIES & MEDIA
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN PARTY FEDERAL ACCT.
C00140590
 $100,399 40
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VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 18 months · top 2

CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN PARTY FEDERAL A… $272K Digital · 64 txns GREAT AMERICA PAC $1K Contributions & Transfers · 1 txn FS FRONTLINE STRATEGIES & MEDIA
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN PARTY FEDERAL ACCT.
C00140590
 $272,221 64
GREAT AMERICA PAC
C00608489
 $1,388 1
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VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 24 months · top 2

CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN PARTY FEDERAL A… $816K Digital · 91 txns GREAT AMERICA PAC $1K Contributions & Transfers · 1 txn FS FRONTLINE STRATEGIES & MEDIA
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN PARTY FEDERAL ACCT.
C00140590
 $816,251 91
GREAT AMERICA PAC
C00608489
 $1,388 1
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By party

Revenue by party

100% R
D · 0%
R · 100%
PartyAmount%
Democratic $0 0.00%
Republican $7,122,342 97.98%
Non-partisan $146,909 2.02%

Part III Reference tables

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

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Cycle-over-cycle trajectory

201720182019202020212022202420252026 Q1 2017 (2018 cycle): $2KQ2 2017 (2018 cycle): $1KQ3 2017 (2018 cycle): $46KQ4 2017 (2018 cycle): $81KQ1 2018 (2018 cycle): $86KQ2 2018 (2018 cycle): $201KQ3 2018 (2018 cycle): $440KQ4 2018 (2018 cycle): $101KQ1 2019 (2020 cycle): $1KQ2 2019 (2020 cycle): $1KQ3 2019 (2020 cycle): $2KQ4 2019 (2020 cycle): $2KQ1 2020 (2020 cycle): $31KQ2 2020 (2020 cycle): $42KQ3 2020 (2020 cycle): $32KQ4 2020 (2020 cycle): $22KQ1 2021 (2022 cycle): $40KQ2 2021 (2022 cycle): $20KQ1 2022 (2022 cycle): $510Q1 2024 (2024 cycle): $83KQ2 2024 (2024 cycle): $225KQ3 2024 (2024 cycle): $357KQ4 2024 (2024 cycle): $252KQ1 2025 (2026 cycle): $115KQ2 2025 (2026 cycle): $71KQ3 2025 (2026 cycle): $29KQ4 2025 (2026 cycle): $29KQ1 2026 (2026 cycle): $38KQ2 2026 (2026 cycle): $3K Q1Q3Q1Q3Q1Q3Q1Q3Q1Q1Q2Q4Q2Q4Q2 $440K

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 Q1 2018 $2K 4 CONSERVATIVE CAMPAIGN COMMI… 100% Digital 100% $2K —
2017 Q2 2018 $1K 3 CONSERVATIVE CAMPAIGN COMMI… 100% Digital 100% $3K —
2017 Q3 2018 $46K 3 KELLI WARD FOR SENATE INC 100% Digital 100% $49K —
2017 Q4 2018 $81K 8 KELLI WARD FOR SENATE INC 99% Digital 100% $130K —
2018 Q1 2018 $86K 12 KELLI WARD FOR SENATE INC 63% Digital 100% $215K —
2018 Q2 2018 $201K 13 KELLI WARD FOR SENATE INC 84% Digital 100% $416K —
2018 Q3 2018 $440K 16 KELLI WARD FOR SENATE INC 54% Digital 100% $856K —
2018 Q4 2018 $101K 7 GREAT AMERICA PAC 99% Digital 100% $958K —
2019 Q1 2020 $1K 8 CONSERVATIVE CAMPAIGN COMMI… 100% Digital 100% $1K -32%
2019 Q2 2020 $1K 5 CONSERVATIVE CAMPAIGN COMMI… 100% Digital 100% $2K +6%
2019 Q3 2020 $2K 6 CONSERVATIVE CAMPAIGN COMMI… 100% Digital 100% $4K -97%
2019 Q4 2020 $2K 7 CONSERVATIVE CAMPAIGN COMMI… 100% Digital 100% $5K -98%
2020 Q1 2020 $31K 12 GREAT AMERICA PAC 96% Digital 100% $37K -63%
2020 Q2 2020 $42K 12 GREAT AMERICA PAC 96% Digital 100% $78K -79%
2020 Q3 2020 $32K 12 GREAT AMERICA PAC 95% Digital 100% $110K -93%
2020 Q4 2020 $22K 7 GREAT AMERICA PAC 93% Digital 100% $131K -79%
2021 Q1 2022 $40K 2 GREAT AMERICA PAC 100% Digital 100% $40K +2847%
2021 Q2 2022 $20K 2 GREAT AMERICA PAC 100% Digital 100% $60K +1791%
2022 Q1 2022 $510 1 RESTORE OUR FREEDOM PAC 100% Digital 100% $61K -98%
2024 Q1 2024 $83K 3 CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN PARTY… 100% Digital 100% $83K +16080%
2024 Q2 2024 $225K 13 CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN PARTY… 100% Digital 100% $308K —
2024 Q3 2024 $357K 14 CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN PARTY… 100% Digital 100% $664K —
2024 Q4 2024 $252K 12 CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN PARTY… 100% Digital 100% $916K —
2025 Q1 2026 $115K 15 CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN PARTY… 99% Digital 99% $115K —
2025 Q2 2026 $71K 14 CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN PARTY… 100% Digital 100% $186K —
2025 Q3 2026 $29K 10 CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN PARTY… 100% Digital 100% $216K —
2025 Q4 2026 $29K 12 CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN PARTY… 100% Digital 100% $245K —
2026 Q1 2026 $38K 13 CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN PARTY… 100% Digital 69% $283K -54%
2026 Q2 2026 $3K 5 CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN PARTY… 100% — $287K -98%
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Revenue by service category

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Revenue by service category

last 6 months · hover bars for cycle context
Digital — cycle-to-date Total: $2.38M across 252 disbursements (avg $9K/check) Top buyer: CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN PARTY FEDERAL ACCT. (50% of category) Last paid: 5mo ago · +160% vs prior cycle Digital $18K

Revenue by service category

last 12 months · hover bars for cycle context
Digital — cycle-to-date Total: $2.38M across 252 disbursements (avg $9K/check) Top buyer: CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN PARTY FEDERAL ACCT. (50% of category) Last paid: 5mo ago · +160% vs prior cycle Digital $85K

Revenue by service category

last 18 months · hover bars for cycle context
Digital — cycle-to-date Total: $2.38M across 252 disbursements (avg $9K/check) Top buyer: CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN PARTY FEDERAL ACCT. (50% of category) Last paid: 5mo ago · +160% vs prior cycle Digital $257K Contributions & Transfers — cycle-to-date Total: $1K across 1 disbursements (avg $1K/check) Top buyer: GREAT AMERICA PAC (100% of category) Last paid: 17mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Contributions & Transfers $1K

Revenue by service category

last 24 months · hover bars for cycle context
Digital — cycle-to-date Total: $2.38M across 252 disbursements (avg $9K/check) Top buyer: CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN PARTY FEDERAL ACCT. (50% of category) Last paid: 5mo ago · +160% vs prior cycle Digital $801K Contributions & Transfers — cycle-to-date Total: $1K across 1 disbursements (avg $1K/check) Top buyer: GREAT AMERICA PAC (100% of category) Last paid: 17mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Contributions & Transfers $1K
Per-category breakdown · cycle-to-date
Category Total spend Txns Avg check % of total Top buyer · share Last paid
Digital $2,384,263 252 $9K 99.9% CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN PARTY… 50% 5mo ago
Contributions & Transfers $1,388 1 $1K 0.1% GREAT AMERICA PAC 100% 17mo 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
$541,388 · 23% of revenue
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Repeat clients 2 cycles
$1,239,265 · 52% of revenue
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One-time clients 1 cycle
$620,180 · 26% of revenue
Top 1 anchor clients · all-time
Client Cycles All-time spend Txns First paid Last paid
GREAT AMERICA PAC 4 $541,388 21 2018-01-23 2025-02-13
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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
$1,271,265 53.0% 8
AZ
$587,670 24.5% 1
VA
$541,898 22.6% 2
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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 2018-09-28 GREAT AMERICA PAC Digital TELEVISION ISSUE ADVERTISING- NON IE $200,000
Largest all-time 2018-10-05 GREAT AMERICA PAC Digital ISSUE ADVOCACY ADVERTISING (NON-IE) $100,000
Largest all-time 2018-07-11 KELLI WARD FOR SENATE INC Digital DIRECT MAIL $75,000
Largest all-time 2024-09-22 CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN PARTY FEDERAL ACCT. Digital DIGITAL FUNDRAISING ADS/CRP ONLY $71,122
Largest all-time 2024-10-20 CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN PARTY FEDERAL ACCT. Digital DIGITAL FUNDRAISING ADS/CRP ONLY $61,928
Largest this cycle 2025-03-23 CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN PARTY FEDERAL ACCT. Digital DIGITAL FUNDRAISING ADS/CRP ONLY $32,464
Largest this cycle 2025-02-09 CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN PARTY FEDERAL ACCT. Digital DIGITAL FUNDRAISING ADS/CRP ONLY $15,658
Largest this cycle 2025-04-27 CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN PARTY FEDERAL ACCT. Digital DIGITAL FUNDRAISING ADS/CRP ONLY $13,531
Largest this cycle 2025-04-13 CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN PARTY FEDERAL ACCT. Digital DIGITAL FUNDRAISING ADS/CRP ONLY $11,630
Largest this cycle 2025-04-06 CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN PARTY FEDERAL ACCT. Digital DIGITAL FUNDRAISING ADS/CRP ONLY $10,420
Recent 2026-05-31 CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN PARTY FEDERAL ACCT. — DIGITAL FUNDRAISING/CRP ONLY $1,753
Recent 2026-04-12 CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN PARTY FEDERAL ACCT. — DIGITAL FUNDRAISING/CRP ONLY $659
Recent 2026-04-05 CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN PARTY FEDERAL ACCT. — DIGITAL FUNDRAISING/CRP ONLY $632
Recent 2026-04-19 CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN PARTY FEDERAL ACCT. — DIGITAL FUNDRAISING/CRP ONLY $228
Recent 2026-04-26 CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN PARTY FEDERAL ACCT. — DIGITAL FUNDRAISING/CRP ONLY $217
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