Karen Spiegel for Supervisor 2026
$228K
2025-2026 cycle
Karen Spiegel for Supervisor 2026 is a political services vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle Karen Spiegel for Supervisor 2026 was paid $228K across 9 client committees, of which $23K 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
$228K
=
$205K
(Schedule B)
+
$23K
(Independent Expenditures)
| Schedule B direct committee payments |
$204,798 | 77 rows | 89.9% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$23,000 | 4 rows | 10.1% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- May 1, 2023 → Jul 29, 2026
- spans 3.2 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 77
- Schedule B + IE rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 9
- 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.
Aug 2025
Jul 2026
$133K
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.
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 1 months · top 1
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| SPIEGEL FOR SUPERVISOR 2018; KAREN 1384828 |
$1,000 | 1 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 3 months · top 1
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| SPIEGEL FOR SUPERVISOR 2018; KAREN 1384828 |
$5,000 | 5 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 6 months · top 5
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| SPIEGEL FOR SUPERVISOR 2018; KAREN 1384828 |
$80,900 IE $22,500 · SB $58,400 |
23 |
| CAL FIRE LOCAL 2881 -- COMMITTEE FOR FIRE SAFETY 1480117 |
$10,000 | 2 |
| 741733 741733 |
$2,500 | 1 |
| 890106 890106 |
$2,000 | 1 |
| IBEW LOCAL 440 PAC FUND 1302490 |
$250 | 1 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 12 months · top 6
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| SPIEGEL FOR SUPERVISOR 2018; KAREN 1384828 |
$129,400 IE $23,000 · SB $106,400 |
35 |
| CAL FIRE LOCAL 2881 -- COMMITTEE FOR FIRE SAFETY 1480117 |
$20,000 | 3 |
| 741733 741733 |
$2,500 | 1 |
| 870169 870169 |
$2,000 | 1 |
| 890106 890106 |
$2,000 | 1 |
| IBEW LOCAL 440 PAC FUND 1302490 |
$250 | 1 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 18 months · top 7
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| SPIEGEL FOR SUPERVISOR 2018; KAREN 1384828 |
$158,649 IE $23,000 · SB $135,649 |
49 |
| CAL FIRE LOCAL 2881 -- COMMITTEE FOR FIRE SAFETY 1480117 |
$20,000 | 3 |
| 890106 890106 |
$7,000 | 2 |
| 741733 741733 |
$5,000 | 2 |
| 870169 870169 |
$2,000 | 1 |
| 790318 790318 |
$1,000 | 1 |
| IBEW LOCAL 440 PAC FUND 1302490 |
$250 | 1 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 24 months · top 7
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| SPIEGEL FOR SUPERVISOR 2018; KAREN 1384828 |
$158,649 IE $23,000 · SB $135,649 |
49 |
| CAL FIRE LOCAL 2881 -- COMMITTEE FOR FIRE SAFETY 1480117 |
$20,000 | 3 |
| 890106 890106 |
$7,000 | 2 |
| 741733 741733 |
$5,000 | 2 |
| 870169 870169 |
$2,000 | 1 |
| 790318 790318 |
$1,000 | 1 |
| IBEW LOCAL 440 PAC FUND 1302490 |
$250 | 1 |
By party
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $0 | 0.00% |
| Republican | $0 | 0.00% |
| Non-partisan | $227,798 | 100.00% |
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.
No activity in the last 3 months.
Cycle-over-cycle trajectory
current cycle earlier election cycle off-cycle year quarterly · 4 years
Per-quarter totals
| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Q2 | 2022 | $7K | 8 | SPIEGEL FOR SUPERVISOR 2018… 96% | Other / Unclassified 96% | $7K | — |
| 2024 | Q2 | 2024 | $24K | 12 | SPIEGEL FOR SUPERVISOR 2018… 64% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $24K | — |
| 2024 | Q3 | 2024 | $2K | 2 | SPIEGEL FOR SUPERVISOR 2018… 50% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $26K | — |
| 2025 | Q1 | 2024 | $4K | 2 | SPIEGEL FOR SUPERVISOR 2018… 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $29K | — |
| 2025 | Q2 | 2024 | $31K | 14 | SPIEGEL FOR SUPERVISOR 2018… 73% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $60K | +363% |
| 2025 | Q3 | 2024 | $19K | 6 | SPIEGEL FOR SUPERVISOR 2018… 89% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $79K | — |
| 2025 | Q4 | 2024 | $33K | 4 | SPIEGEL FOR SUPERVISOR 2018… 70% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $112K | — |
| 2026 | Q1 | 2026 | $50K | 12 | SPIEGEL FOR SUPERVISOR 2018… 86% | Other / Unclassified 64% | $50K | — |
| 2026 | Q2 | 2026 | $36K | 15 | SPIEGEL FOR SUPERVISOR 2018… 78% | Other / Unclassified 31% | $85K | +50% |
| 2026 | Q3 | 2026 | $1K | 1 | SPIEGEL FOR SUPERVISOR 2018… 100% | Contributions & Trans… 100% | $86K | -50% |
Revenue by service category
Per-category breakdown · cycle-to-date
| Category | Total spend | Txns | Avg check | % of total | Top buyer · share | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other / Unclassified | $159,548 | 61 | $3K | 98.6% | SPIEGEL FOR SUPERVISOR 2018… 77% | 2mo ago |
| Contributions & Transfers | $2,250 | 3 | $750 | 1.4% | SPIEGEL FOR SUPERVISOR 2018… 100% | 2w ago |
Client retention
Sticky-relationship signal: how many clients keep coming back across cycles vs one-time buyers.
1
Anchor clients 3+ cycles
$159,798 · 78% of revenue
4
Repeat clients 2 cycles
$36,750 · 18% of revenue
4
One-time clients 1 cycle
$8,250 · 4% of revenue
Top 1 anchor clients · all-time
| Client | Cycles | All-time spend | Txns | First paid | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPIEGEL FOR SUPERVISOR 2018; KAREN | 3 | $159,798 | 61 | 2023-05-01 | 2026-07-29 |
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 | $204,798 | 100.0% | 9 |
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 | 2025-11-25 | SPIEGEL FOR SUPERVISOR 2018; KAREN | Other / Unclassified | — | $12,500 |
| Largest all-time | 2026-02-13 | SPIEGEL FOR SUPERVISOR 2018; KAREN | Other / Unclassified | — | $10,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2025-10-17 | SPIEGEL FOR SUPERVISOR 2018; KAREN | Other / Unclassified | — | $10,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2026-03-19 | SPIEGEL FOR SUPERVISOR 2018; KAREN | — | — | $10,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2025-10-17 | CAL FIRE LOCAL 2881 -- COMMITTEE FOR FIRE SAFETY | Other / Unclassified | — | $10,000 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-03-18 | SPIEGEL FOR SUPERVISOR 2018; KAREN | — | — | $7,500 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-04-09 | SPIEGEL FOR SUPERVISOR 2018; KAREN | Other / Unclassified | — | $5,000 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-04-29 | SPIEGEL FOR SUPERVISOR 2018; KAREN | — | — | $5,000 |
| Recent | 2026-07-29 | SPIEGEL FOR SUPERVISOR 2018; KAREN | Contributions & Transfers | Contribution | $1,000 |
| Recent | 2026-05-26 | SPIEGEL FOR SUPERVISOR 2018; KAREN | — | — | $1,000 |
| Recent | 2026-05-21 | SPIEGEL FOR SUPERVISOR 2018; KAREN | Other / Unclassified | 2026 Primary | $1,000 |
| Recent | 2026-06-04 | SPIEGEL FOR SUPERVISOR 2018; KAREN | — | — | $1,000 |
| Recent | 2026-05-28 | SPIEGEL FOR SUPERVISOR 2018; KAREN | — | — | $1,000 |