Kansas City Star

$2K 2025-2026 cycle

Kansas City Star is a political services vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle Kansas City Star was paid $2K across 2 client committees.

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Part I Identity

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

Activity span ALL TIME
Sep 4, 2018 → Jun 26, 2026
spans 7.8 years
Disbursements ALL TIME
39
Schedule B rows
Client committees ALL TIME
2
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
$504 across 12 months
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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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VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 6 months · top 1

KUNCE, LUCAS $168 — · 3 txns KC Kansas City Star
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
KUNCE, LUCAS
MO · Senate DEM
$168 3
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 12 months · top 1

KUNCE, LUCAS $336 Software & Tech · 6 txns KC Kansas City Star
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
KUNCE, LUCAS
MO · Senate DEM
$336 6
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 18 months · top 1

KUNCE, LUCAS $672 Software & Tech · 12 txns KC Kansas City Star
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
KUNCE, LUCAS
MO · Senate DEM
$672 12
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 24 months · top 2

KUNCE, LUCAS $884 Software & Tech · 16 txns HARTMANN, RAY $50 Software & Tech · 1 txn KC Kansas City Star
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
KUNCE, LUCAS
MO · Senate DEM
$884 16
HARTMANN, RAY
MO · House DEM
$50 1

By party

Revenue by party

100% D
D · 100%
R · 0%
PartyAmount%
Democratic $1,786 100.00%
Republican $0 0.00%
Non-partisan $0 0.00%

Part III Reference tables

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

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Cycle-over-cycle trajectory

20222023202420252026 Q3 2022 (2022 cycle): $66Q4 2022 (2022 cycle): $22Q3 2023 (2024 cycle): $90Q4 2023 (2024 cycle): $100Q1 2024 (2024 cycle): $120Q2 2024 (2024 cycle): $120Q3 2024 (2024 cycle): $334Q4 2024 (2024 cycle): $102Q1 2025 (2026 cycle): $160Q2 2025 (2026 cycle): $168Q3 2025 (2026 cycle): $168Q4 2025 (2026 cycle): $168Q2 2026 (2026 cycle): $168 Q3Q3Q1Q3Q1Q3Q2 $334

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 %
2022 Q3 2022 $66 3 KUNCE, LUCAS 100% Software & Tech 100% $66
2022 Q4 2022 $22 1 KUNCE, LUCAS 100% Software & Tech 100% $88
2023 Q3 2024 $90 3 KUNCE, LUCAS 100% Software & Tech 100% $90
2023 Q4 2024 $100 3 KUNCE, LUCAS 100% Software & Tech 100% $190
2024 Q1 2024 $120 3 KUNCE, LUCAS 100% Software & Tech 100% $310
2024 Q2 2024 $120 3 KUNCE, LUCAS 100% Software & Tech 100% $430
2024 Q3 2024 $334 6 HARTMANN, RAY 57% Software & Tech 100% $764 +406%
2024 Q4 2024 $102 2 KUNCE, LUCAS 51% Software & Tech 100% $866 +364%
2025 Q1 2026 $160 3 KUNCE, LUCAS 100% Software & Tech 100% $160
2025 Q2 2026 $168 3 KUNCE, LUCAS 100% Software & Tech 100% $328
2025 Q3 2026 $168 3 KUNCE, LUCAS 100% Software & Tech 100% $496 +87%
2025 Q4 2026 $168 3 KUNCE, LUCAS 100% Software & Tech 100% $664 +68%
2026 Q2 2026 $168 3 KUNCE, LUCAS 100% $832 +40%
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Revenue by service category

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Revenue by service category

last 12 months · hover bars for cycle context
Software & Tech — cycle-to-date Total: $2K across 36 disbursements (avg $45/check) Top buyer: KUNCE, LUCAS (85% of category) Last paid: 9mo ago · +87% vs prior cycle Software & Tech $168

Revenue by service category

last 18 months · hover bars for cycle context
Software & Tech — cycle-to-date Total: $2K across 36 disbursements (avg $45/check) Top buyer: KUNCE, LUCAS (85% of category) Last paid: 9mo ago · +87% vs prior cycle Software & Tech $504

Revenue by service category

last 24 months · hover bars for cycle context
Software & Tech — cycle-to-date Total: $2K across 36 disbursements (avg $45/check) Top buyer: KUNCE, LUCAS (85% of category) Last paid: 9mo ago · +87% vs prior cycle Software & Tech $766
Per-category breakdown · cycle-to-date
Category Total spend Txns Avg check % of total Top buyer · share Last paid
Software & Tech $1,618 36 $45 100.0% KUNCE, LUCAS 85% 9mo ago
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Client retention

Sticky-relationship signal: how many clients keep coming back across cycles vs one-time buyers.

1
Anchor clients 3+ cycles
$1,546 · 87% of revenue
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Repeat clients 2 cycles
$0 · 0% of revenue
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One-time clients 1 cycle
$240 · 13% of revenue
Top 1 anchor clients · all-time
Client Cycles All-time spend Txns First paid Last paid
KUNCE, LUCAS 3 $1,546 35 2022-07-19 2026-06-15
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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
MO
$1,786 100.0% 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 2024-07-22 HARTMANN, RAY Software & Tech SUBSCRIPTION $105
Largest all-time 2025-10-15 KUNCE, LUCAS Software & Tech SUBSCRIPTION $56
Largest all-time 2025-05-19 KUNCE, LUCAS Software & Tech SUBSCRIPTION $56
Largest all-time 2025-09-15 KUNCE, LUCAS Software & Tech SUBSCRIPTION $56
Largest all-time 2026-06-15 KUNCE, LUCAS SUBSCRIPTION $56
Largest this cycle 2025-11-17 KUNCE, LUCAS Software & Tech SUBSCRIPTION $56
Recent 2026-04-15 KUNCE, LUCAS SUBSCRIPTION $56
Recent 2025-12-15 KUNCE, LUCAS Software & Tech SUBSCRIPTION $56
Recent 2026-05-18 KUNCE, LUCAS SUBSCRIPTION $56
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