J&Z STRATEGIES
$2.80M
2025-2026 cycle
J&Z STRATEGIES is a digital vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle J&Z STRATEGIES was paid $2.80M across 18 client committees, of which $257K 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
$2.80M
=
$2.55M
(Schedule B)
+
$257K
(Independent Expenditures)
| Schedule B direct committee payments |
$2,545,291 | 102 rows | 90.8% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$257,338 | 10 rows | 9.2% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- Oct 30, 2020 → Jun 2, 2026
- spans 5.6 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 102
- Schedule B + IE rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 18
- 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.
Jul 2025
Jun 2026
$892K
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 4
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| SEO FOR ASSEMBLY 2026; PAUL 1477831 |
$281,980 | 10 |
| 870169 870169 |
$100,000 | 1 |
| ESPARZA FOR BOARD OF EQUALIZATION 2026; NELSON 1485882 |
$27,645 | 1 |
| VICTOR AGUILAR, JR. FOR CONGRESS C00933077 |
$1,500 | 1 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 6 months · top 6
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| SEO FOR ASSEMBLY 2026; PAUL 1477831 |
$415,562 | 21 |
| GABRIEL; CALIFORNIANS FOR JUSTICE, A BALLOT MEASURE COMMITTEE CONTROLLED BY JESSE 1455473 |
$247,774 | 3 |
| 870169 870169 |
$100,000 | 1 |
| ESPARZA FOR BOARD OF EQUALIZATION 2026; NELSON 1485882 |
$35,020 | 3 |
| YOUTH SAVE DEMOCRACY PAC C00832493 |
$11,000 | 1 |
| VICTOR AGUILAR, JR. FOR CONGRESS C00933077 |
$1,500 | 1 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 12 months · top 6
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| SEO FOR ASSEMBLY 2026; PAUL 1477831 |
$461,497 | 30 |
| GABRIEL; CALIFORNIANS FOR JUSTICE, A BALLOT MEASURE COMMITTEE CONTROLLED BY JESSE 1455473 |
$247,774 | 3 |
| 870169 870169 |
$100,000 | 1 |
| ESPARZA FOR BOARD OF EQUALIZATION 2026; NELSON 1485882 |
$35,020 | 3 |
| YOUTH SAVE DEMOCRACY PAC C00832493 |
$11,000 | 1 |
| VICTOR AGUILAR, JR. FOR CONGRESS C00933077 |
$1,500 | 1 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 18 months · top 8
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| SEO FOR ASSEMBLY 2026; PAUL 1477831 |
$461,497 | 30 |
| GABRIEL; CALIFORNIANS FOR JUSTICE, A BALLOT MEASURE COMMITTEE CONTROLLED BY JESSE 1455473 |
$247,774 | 3 |
| 870169 870169 |
$100,000 | 1 |
| ESPARZA FOR BOARD OF EQUALIZATION 2026; NELSON 1485882 |
$35,020 | 3 |
| ESPARZA FOR SENATE 2026 1473212 |
$25,000 | 1 |
| YOUTH SAVE DEMOCRACY PAC C00832493 |
$21,632 | 2 |
| MEADE, PERRY CA · House DEM |
$9,853 | 1 |
| VICTOR AGUILAR, JR. FOR CONGRESS C00933077 |
$1,500 | 1 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 24 months · top 9
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| SEO FOR ASSEMBLY 2026; PAUL 1477831 |
$461,497 | 30 |
| GABRIEL; CALIFORNIANS FOR JUSTICE, A BALLOT MEASURE COMMITTEE CONTROLLED BY JESSE 1455473 |
$247,774 | 3 |
| 870169 870169 |
$100,000 | 1 |
| GONZALEZ FOR ASSEMBLY 2024; MARK 1460722 |
$96,921 | 4 |
| ESPARZA FOR SENATE 2026 1473212 |
$54,937 | 4 |
| ESPARZA FOR BOARD OF EQUALIZATION 2026; NELSON 1485882 |
$35,020 | 3 |
| YOUTH SAVE DEMOCRACY PAC C00832493 |
$21,632 | 2 |
| MEADE, PERRY CA · House DEM |
$9,853 | 1 |
| VICTOR AGUILAR, JR. FOR CONGRESS C00933077 |
$1,500 | 1 |
By party
Revenue by party
D · 100%
R · 0%
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $1,268,350 | 45.26% |
| Republican | $0 | 0.00% |
| Non-partisan | $1,534,279 | 54.74% |
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 · 7 years
Per-quarter totals
| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Q4 | 2020 | $7K | 2 | COMMITTEE TO ELECT KIM MANG… 66% | Digital 100% | $7K | — |
| 2021 | Q2 | 2022 | $11K | 2 | STRIKE PAC 100% | Digital 100% | $11K | — |
| 2021 | Q3 | 2020 | $11K | 2 | CHO FOR ASSEMBLY 2022; ANNIE 100% | Digital 100% | $18K | — |
| 2021 | Q4 | 2020 | $10K | 1 | CHO FOR ASSEMBLY 2022; ANNIE 100% | Digital 100% | $28K | — |
| 2022 | Q1 | 2022 | $40K | 6 | CHO FOR ASSEMBLY 2022; ANNIE 75% | Digital 100% | $51K | — |
| 2022 | Q2 | 2022 | $333K | 16 | FLIP FORWARD PAC 75% | Digital 100% | $384K | — |
| 2022 | Q3 | 2022 | $286K | 4 | FLIP FORWARD PAC 100% | Digital 100% | $670K | — |
| 2022 | Q4 | 2022 | $574K | 8 | FLIP FORWARD PAC 100% | Digital 100% | $1.24M | +7665% |
| 2023 | Q2 | 2022 | $12K | 2 | MIDDLETON FOR STATE SENATE … 100% | Digital 100% | $1.26M | — |
| 2023 | Q3 | 2024 | $5K | 1 | SENSIBLE AMERICANS 100% | Digital 100% | $5K | — |
| 2024 | Q1 | 2024 | $227K | 9 | GONZALEZ FOR ASSEMBLY 2024;… 63% | Digital 100% | $232K | +472% |
| 2024 | Q3 | 2024 | $40K | 2 | GONZALEZ FOR ASSEMBLY 2024;… 76% | Digital 100% | $272K | -86% |
| 2024 | Q4 | 2024 | $67K | 4 | GONZALEZ FOR ASSEMBLY 2024;… 100% | Digital 100% | $339K | -88% |
| 2025 | Q1 | 2024 | $20K | 1 | ESPARZA FOR SENATE 2026 100% | Digital 100% | $359K | — |
| 2025 | Q2 | 2026 | $11K | 1 | YOUTH SAVE DEMOCRACY PAC 100% | Media 100% | $11K | — |
| 2025 | Q3 | 2024 | $35K | 2 | ESPARZA FOR SENATE 2026 71% | Digital 100% | $394K | — |
| 2025 | Q3 | 2026 | $10K | 1 | MEADE, PERRY 100% | Media 100% | $20K | +97% |
| 2025 | Q4 | 2024 | $26K | 6 | SEO FOR ASSEMBLY 2026; PAUL 100% | Digital 100% | $420K | — |
| 2026 | Q1 | 2026 | $301K | 9 | GABRIEL; CALIFORNIANS FOR J… 82% | Digital 91% | $321K | +32% |
| 2026 | Q2 | 2026 | $520K | 23 | SEO FOR ASSEMBLY 2026; PAUL 74% | Media 26% | $841K | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digital | $2,031,291 | 75 | $27K | 91.4% | FLIP FORWARD PAC 55% | 2mo ago |
| Media | $155,628 | 4 | $39K | 7.0% | 870169 64% | 2mo ago |
| Print & Mail | $35,826 | 1 | $36K | 1.6% | SEO FOR ASSEMBLY 2026; PAUL 100% | 3mo ago |
Client retention
Sticky-relationship signal: how many clients keep coming back across cycles vs one-time buyers.
0
Anchor clients 3+ cycles
$0 · 0% of revenue
2
Repeat clients 2 cycles
$594,043 · 23% of revenue
16
One-time clients 1 cycle
$1,951,248 · 77% of revenue
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 | $2,537,760 | 99.7% | 16 | |
| DC | $7,532 | 0.3% | 2 |
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 | 2022-10-21 | FLIP FORWARD PAC | Digital | MEDIA BUY | $191,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2022-10-28 | FLIP FORWARD PAC | Digital | MEDIA BUY | $136,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2022-10-06 | FLIP FORWARD PAC | Digital | DIGITAL AD BUY | $116,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2022-09-15 | FLIP FORWARD PAC | Digital | DIGITAL AD BUY | $103,774 |
| Largest all-time | 2026-05-12 | 870169 | Media | Digital and Television Ads/Support Lindsey Horvath | $100,000 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-01-31 | GABRIEL; CALIFORNIANS FOR JUSTICE, A BALLOT MEASURE COMMITTEE CONTROLLED BY JESSE | Digital | LIT, Yes on 50, The Election Rigging Response Act, Governor Newsom's Ballot Measure Committee 1380675 | $90,238 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-01-31 | GABRIEL; CALIFORNIANS FOR JUSTICE, A BALLOT MEASURE COMMITTEE CONTROLLED BY JESSE | Digital | LIT, Yes on 50, The Election Rigging Response Act, Governor Newsom's Ballot Measure Committee 1380675 | $89,438 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-01-31 | GABRIEL; CALIFORNIANS FOR JUSTICE, A BALLOT MEASURE COMMITTEE CONTROLLED BY JESSE | Digital | LIT, Yes on 50, The Election Rigging Response Act, Governor Newsom's Ballot Measure Committee 1380675 | $68,099 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-05-19 | SEO FOR ASSEMBLY 2026; PAUL | — | — | $48,841 |
| Recent | 2026-05-27 | SEO FOR ASSEMBLY 2026; PAUL | — | — | $17,571 |
| Recent | 2026-05-19 | SEO FOR ASSEMBLY 2026; PAUL | — | — | $17,571 |
| Recent | 2026-05-19 | SEO FOR ASSEMBLY 2026; PAUL | — | — | $2,125 |
| Recent | 2026-06-02 | VICTOR AGUILAR, JR. FOR CONGRESS | — | LOGO AND WEBSITE DESIGN | $1,500 |