HARD KNOCKS STRATEGIES, LLC
HARD KNOCKS STRATEGIES, LLC is a field & voter contact vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle HARD KNOCKS STRATEGIES, LLC was paid $5.58M across 2 client committees, of which $4.15M 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
| Schedule B direct committee payments |
$1,426,200 | 2 rows | 25.6% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$4,150,981 | 23 rows | 74.4% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- Aug 16, 2018 → Jun 29, 2026
- spans 7.9 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 2
- Schedule B + IE rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 2
- 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 3 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| NIXON, ANGELA FL · Senate DEM |
$9,000 | 1 |
Top buyers last 6 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| NIXON, ANGELA FL · Senate DEM |
$9,000 | 1 |
Top buyers last 12 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| NIXON, ANGELA FL · Senate DEM |
$9,000 | 1 |
Top buyers last 18 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| NIXON, ANGELA FL · Senate DEM |
$9,000 | 1 |
Top buyers last 24 months · top 2
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| FLIC VOTES INC. C90020447 |
$60,895 IE $60,895 |
1 |
| NIXON, ANGELA FL · Senate DEM |
$9,000 | 1 |
By party
Revenue by party
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $5,577,180 | 100.00% |
| Republican | $0 | 0.00% |
| Non-partisan | $0 | 0.00% |
Part III Reference tables
Full all-time and cycle-to-date data.
Money flow through this vendor
Where their ad buys point
IE payers (left) → races the buys targeted (right) · independent-expenditure filings onlyNo activity in the last 1 months.
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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 % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Q4 | 2020 | $1.42M | 1 | SOMOS PAC 100% | Field & Voter Contact 100% | $1.42M | — |
| 2026 | Q2 | 2026 | $9K | 1 | NIXON, ANGELA 100% | — | $9K | — |
Revenue by service category
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| Category | Total spend | Txns | Avg check | % of total | Top buyer · share | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Field & Voter Contact | $1,417,200 | 1 | $1.42M | 100.0% | SOMOS PAC 100% | 5y 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DC | $1,417,200 | 99.4% | 1 | |
| FL | $9,000 | 0.6% | 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 | 2020-10-02 | SOMOS PAC | Field & Voter Contact | CANVASSING | $1,417,200 |
| Largest all-time | 2026-06-29 | NIXON, ANGELA | — | PAYROLL | $9,000 |