JOAQUIN ROSS MEDIA

$9.75M 2025-2026 cycle

JOAQUIN ROSS MEDIA is a political services vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle JOAQUIN ROSS MEDIA was paid $9.75M across 59 client committees, of which $185K flowed through Independent Expenditures rather than direct committee payments.

○ Dormant (16mo since last)
Limited recent activity. Most recent disbursement to this vendor was 1+ years ago (Jan 31, 2025). 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

$9.75M = $9.56M (Schedule B) + $185K (Independent Expenditures)
Schedule B
direct committee payments
$9,561,575 170 rows 98.1%
Independent Expenditures
money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them
$184,612 7 rows 1.9%
Activity span ALL TIME
Jan 23, 2003 → Jan 31, 2025
spans 22.0 years
Disbursements ALL TIME
170
Schedule B + IE rows
Client committees ALL TIME
59
distinct payers

Part II Activity in selected window

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Spend trajectory

Monthly spend to this vendor over the last 12 months.

Feb 2024 Jan 2025
$4.65M across 12 months
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Top buyers

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VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 18 months · top 1

AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY … $156K Strategy & Research · 2 txns JR JOAQUIN ROSS MEDIA
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES LOCAL 3299 INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE COMMITTEE
1459641
$155,924 2
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 24 months · top 7

AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY … $1.37M Other / Unclassified · 22 txns LYBARGER FOR STATE SENATE 2024, SPONS… $178K Print & Mail · 3 txns MAIENSCHEIN BALLOT MEASURE COMMITTEE … $75K Digital · 1 txn LYBARGER FOR STATE SENATE 2024, SPONS… $29K Print & Mail · 2 txns COMMITTEE FOR JOBS AND THE ECONOMY, S… $17K Print & Mail · 2 txns AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY … $7K Other / Unclassified · 1 txn BECKER FOR SENATE 2024; JOSH $2K Other / Unclassified · 1 txn JR JOAQUIN ROSS MEDIA

By party

Revenue by party

100% D
D · 100%
R · 0%
PartyAmount%
Democratic $986,846 10.13%
Republican $0 0.00%
Non-partisan $8,759,341 89.87%

Part III Reference tables

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

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Cycle-over-cycle trajectory

20212022202320242025 Q1 2021 (2020 cycle): $372KQ2 2021 (2020 cycle): $726KQ3 2021 (2020 cycle): $403KQ1 2022 (2022 cycle): $501KQ2 2022 (2022 cycle): $1.22MQ3 2022 (2022 cycle): $370KQ4 2022 (2022 cycle): $706KQ1 2023 (2022 cycle): $6KQ1 2024 (2024 cycle): $2.97MQ3 2024 (2024 cycle): $896KQ4 2024 (2024 cycle): $628KQ1 2025 (2024 cycle): $156K Q1Q3Q2Q4Q1Q4Q1 $2.97M

current cycle earlier election cycle off-cycle year quarterly · 5 years

Per-quarter totals
Year Q Cycle Total Txns Top buyer · share Top category · share Cum. (cycle) YoY %
2021 Q1 2020 $372K 3 WEBER FOR ASSEMBLY 2021, SP… 100% Media 87% $372K
2021 Q2 2020 $726K 7 BRYAN FOR ASSEMBLY 2021 SPO… 53% Media 53% $1.1M
2021 Q3 2020 $403K 2 AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STAT… 100% Media 100% $1.5M
2022 Q1 2022 $501K 2 AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STAT… 100% Media 100% $501K
2022 Q2 2022 $1.22M 11 ESHOO, ANNA G 32% Other / Unclassified 46% $1.72M
2022 Q3 2022 $370K 5 ORTEGA FOR ASSEMBLY 2022 SP… 71% Print & Mail 64% $2.09M
2022 Q4 2022 $706K 9 WAHAB FOR SENATE 2022 SPONS… 48% Media 46% $2.8M
2023 Q1 2022 $6K 2 EAST AND SOUTH BAY WORKING … 100% Other / Unclassified 100% $2.81M -98%
2024 Q1 2024 $2.97M 9 LYBARGER FOR STATE SENATE 2… 66% Other / Unclassified 67% $2.97M +492%
2024 Q3 2024 $896K 23 AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STAT… 76% Print & Mail 64% $3.86M +142%
2024 Q4 2024 $628K 7 AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STAT… 85% Strategy & Research 48% $4.49M -11%
2025 Q1 2024 $156K 2 AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STAT… 100% Strategy & Research 100% $4.65M +2403%
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Revenue by service category

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Revenue by service category

last 18 months · hover bars for cycle context
Strategy & Research — cycle-to-date Total: $484K across 6 disbursements (avg $81K/check) Top buyer: AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES LOCAL 3299 INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE COMMITTEE (95% of category) Last paid: 16mo ago · +1834% vs prior cycle Strategy & Research $156K

Revenue by service category

last 24 months · hover bars for cycle context
Print & Mail — cycle-to-date Total: $1.99M across 28 disbursements (avg $71K/check) Top buyer: AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES LOCAL 3299 INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE COMMITTEE (72% of category) Last paid: 19mo ago · +377% vs prior cycle Print & Mail $586K Strategy & Research — cycle-to-date Total: $484K across 6 disbursements (avg $81K/check) Top buyer: AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES LOCAL 3299 INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE COMMITTEE (95% of category) Last paid: 16mo ago · +1834% vs prior cycle Strategy & Research $459K Digital — cycle-to-date Total: $376K across 6 disbursements (avg $63K/check) Top buyer: AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES LOCAL 3299 PAC (54% of category) Last paid: 20mo ago · +689% vs prior cycle Digital $75K
Per-category breakdown · cycle-to-date
Category Total spend Txns Avg check % of total Top buyer · share Last paid
Other / Unclassified $3,898,355 93 $42K 40.8% LYBARGER FOR STATE SENATE 2… 52% 19mo ago
Media $2,653,520 31 $86K 27.8% AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STAT… 41% 3y ago
Print & Mail $1,991,811 28 $71K 20.8% AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STAT… 72% 19mo ago
Strategy & Research $483,515 6 $81K 5.1% AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STAT… 95% 16mo ago
Digital $376,178 6 $63K 3.9% AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STAT… 54% 20mo ago
Wages & Payroll $130,592 1 $131K 1.4% AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STAT… 100% 5y ago
Admin & Office $12,984 1 $13K 0.1% BROWN FOR GOVERNOR - 2010 S… 100% 14y ago
Software & Tech $9,541 2 $5K 0.1% ORTEGA FOR ASSEMBLY 2022 SP… 99% 3y ago
Contributions & Transfers $4,871 1 $5K 0.1% ESHOO, ANNA G 100% 3y ago
Travel & Events $207 1 $207 0.0% 980013 100% 23y 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
$1,427,219 · 15% of revenue
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Repeat clients 2 cycles
$146,031 · 2% of revenue
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One-time clients 1 cycle
$7,988,325 · 84% of revenue
Top 1 anchor clients · all-time
Client Cycles All-time spend Txns First paid Last paid
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES LOCAL 3299 PAC 3 $1,427,219 9 2021-04-14 2024-07-31
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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
$9,561,575 100.0% 59
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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 2024-02-22 LYBARGER FOR STATE SENATE 2024, SPONSORED BY AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES LOCAL 3299; UC BERKELEY COOKS, CUSTODIANS AND NURSING ASSISTANTS FOR KATHRYN Other / Unclassified TEL, Kathryn Lybarger, Support $1,221,690
Largest all-time 2024-02-22 AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES LOCAL 3299 INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE COMMITTEE Print & Mail LIT, POS, PRT, & TEL. $803,759
Largest all-time 2024-02-22 LYBARGER FOR STATE SENATE 2024, SPONSORED BY AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES LOCAL 3299; UC BERKELEY COOKS, CUSTODIANS AND NURSING ASSISTANTS FOR KATHRYN Other / Unclassified TEL, Kathryn Lybarger, Support $730,267
Largest all-time 2022-04-13 ESHOO, ANNA G Media ADVERTISING EXPENSES $390,962
Largest all-time 2022-04-18 MAIENSCHEIN FOR ASSEMBLY 2022 Other / Unclassified see Schedule G $326,908
Largest this cycle 2024-10-24 AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES LOCAL 3299 INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE COMMITTEE Other / Unclassified $233,886
Largest this cycle 2024-07-31 AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES LOCAL 3299 INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE COMMITTEE Other / Unclassified TEL, Jenny Suarez for State Senate 2024, Support $205,500
Recent 2024-10-24 AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES LOCAL 3299 INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE COMMITTEE Strategy & Research TEL, Josh Newman for State Senate 2024, Oppose $199,910
Recent 2025-01-31 AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES LOCAL 3299 INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE COMMITTEE Strategy & Research LIT & POS, Josh Newman for State Senate 2024, Oppose $77,962
Recent 2025-01-31 AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES LOCAL 3299 INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE COMMITTEE Strategy & Research LIT & POS, Josh Newman for State Senate 2024, Oppose $77,962
Recent 2024-10-24 AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES LOCAL 3299 INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE COMMITTEE Strategy & Research TEL, Josh Newman for State Senate 2024, Oppose $24,719
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