JOAQUIN ROSS MEDIA
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.
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 |
$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.
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 18 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES LOCAL 3299 INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE COMMITTEE 1459641 |
$155,924 | 2 |
Top buyers last 24 months · top 8
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES LOCAL 3299 INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE COMMITTEE 1459641 |
$1,372,566 | 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 1465137 |
$177,795 | 3 |
| WORKERS VOTE C00754051 |
$76,765 IE $76,765 |
2 |
| MAIENSCHEIN BALLOT MEASURE COMMITTEE - YES ON PROP 3; FOR FREEDOM: BRIAN 1475567 |
$75,000 | 1 |
| LYBARGER FOR STATE SENATE 2024, SPONSORED BY AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES LOCAL 3299; EAST BAY WORKING FAMILIES FOR KATHRYN 1464828 |
$29,310 | 2 |
| COMMITTEE FOR JOBS AND THE ECONOMY, SPONSORED BY ENERGY COMPANIES 1454340 |
$17,000 | 2 |
| AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES LOCAL 3299 PAC 1312649 |
$7,152 | 1 |
| BECKER FOR SENATE 2024; JOSH 1435512 |
$1,885 | 1 |
By party
Revenue by party
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| 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.
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 · 5 years
| 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% |
Revenue by service category
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| 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% | 21mo 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% | 21mo ago |
| Strategy & Research | $483,515 | 6 | $81K | 5.1% | AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STAT… 95% | 17mo ago |
| Digital | $376,178 | 6 | $63K | 3.9% | AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STAT… 54% | 21mo 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% | 15y 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 |
Client retention
Sticky-relationship signal: how many clients keep coming back across cycles vs one-time buyers.
| 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 |
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 |
Notable disbursements
5 largest all-time · 5 largest in the current cycle · 5 most recent. Each row earns its place.