KERO
$1.10M
2025-2026 cycle
KERO is a media vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle KERO was paid $1.10M across 51 client committees.
Call sign: KERO · Network: NBC · Market: Bakersfield, CA · Owner: Sinclair Broadcast Group
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
- Feb 4, 2000 → Jul 31, 2026
- spans 26.5 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 120
- Schedule B rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 51
- 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
$326K
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 |
|---|---|---|
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 1485077 |
$45,373 | 2 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 3 months · top 1
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 1485077 |
$45,373 | 2 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 6 months · top 2
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 1485077 |
$269,199 | 24 |
| COALITION TO RESTORE CALIFORNIA'S MIDDLE CLASS, INCLUDING ENERGY COMPANIES WHO PRODUCE GAS, OIL, JOBS AND PAY TAXES 1365275 |
$56,700 | 1 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 12 months · top 2
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 1485077 |
$269,199 | 24 |
| COALITION TO RESTORE CALIFORNIA'S MIDDLE CLASS, INCLUDING ENERGY COMPANIES WHO PRODUCE GAS, OIL, JOBS AND PAY TAXES 1365275 |
$56,700 | 1 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 18 months · top 2
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 1485077 |
$269,199 | 24 |
| COALITION TO RESTORE CALIFORNIA'S MIDDLE CLASS, INCLUDING ENERGY COMPANIES WHO PRODUCE GAS, OIL, JOBS AND PAY TAXES 1365275 |
$56,700 | 1 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 24 months · top 4
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 1485077 |
$269,199 | 24 |
| COALITION TO RESTORE CALIFORNIA'S MIDDLE CLASS, INCLUDING ENERGY COMPANIES WHO PRODUCE GAS, OIL, JOBS AND PAY TAXES 1365275 |
$56,700 | 1 |
| JUSTICE FOR RENTERS SPONSORED BY AIDS HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION 1458912 |
$56,508 | 5 |
| VOTE NO ON LANDLORD GREED SPONSORED BY AIDS HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION 1469081 |
$38,050 | 3 |
By party
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $0 | 0.00% |
| Republican | $0 | 0.00% |
| Non-partisan | $1,100,466 | 100.00% |
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 · 5 years
Per-quarter totals
| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Q2 | 2018 | $22K | 6 | COX FOR GOVERNOR 2018 EXPLO… 44% | Other / Unclassified 72% | $22K | — |
| 2018 | Q3 | 2018 | $2K | 1 | MARTIN FOR JUDGE 2018 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $25K | — |
| 2018 | Q4 | 2018 | $5K | 1 | 741666 100% | Media 100% | $30K | — |
| 2021 | Q2 | 2020 | $16K | 1 | COX FOR GOVERNOR 2021, INC.… 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $16K | — |
| 2021 | Q3 | 2020 | $9K | 3 | COX FOR GOVERNOR 2021, INC.… 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $25K | — |
| 2022 | Q2 | 2022 | $32K | 1 | BAINS FOR ASSEMBLY 2022, SP… 100% | Digital 100% | $32K | — |
| 2022 | Q3 | 2022 | $26K | 1 | BAINS FOR ASSEMBLY 2022, SP… 100% | Media 100% | $58K | — |
| 2022 | Q4 | 2022 | $66K | 3 | CALIFORNIANS FOR TRIBAL SOV… 82% | Other / Unclassified 82% | $124K | — |
| 2024 | Q1 | 2024 | $15K | 1 | COALITION TO RESTORE CALIFO… 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $15K | — |
| 2024 | Q3 | 2024 | $44K | 4 | JUSTICE FOR RENTERS SPONSOR… 71% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $59K | +65% |
| 2024 | Q4 | 2024 | $51K | 4 | VOTE NO ON LANDLORD GREED S… 50% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $110K | -23% |
| 2026 | Q2 | 2026 | $281K | 23 | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 80% | Media 80% | $281K | — |
| 2026 | Q3 | 2026 | $45K | 2 | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 100% | Media 100% | $326K | +4% |
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 | $692,021 | 87 | $8K | 66.3% | PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND… 8% | 22mo ago |
| Media | $319,750 | 31 | $10K | 30.6% | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 84% | 4w ago |
| Digital | $31,910 | 1 | $32K | 3.1% | BAINS FOR ASSEMBLY 2022, SP… 100% | 4y 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
$84,391 · 8% of revenue
49
One-time clients 1 cycle
$1,016,075 · 92% 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 | $1,100,466 | 100.0% | 51 |
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 | 2005-10-14 | PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA CALIFORNIA INITIATIVE FUND | Other / Unclassified | — | $58,620 |
| Largest all-time | 2026-04-24 | COALITION TO RESTORE CALIFORNIA'S MIDDLE CLASS, INCLUDING ENERGY COMPANIES WHO PRODUCE GAS, OIL, JOBS AND PAY TAXES | — | — | $56,700 |
| Largest all-time | 2022-05-16 | BAINS FOR ASSEMBLY 2022, SPONSORED BY HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS AND BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS; CALIFORNIANS FOR BETTER PRIORITIES SUPPORTING DR. JASMEET | Digital | Media Buys & Digital Ads Supporting Jasmeet Bains and Opposing Leticia Perez | $31,910 |
| Largest all-time | 2026-04-23 | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 | Media | Ad Buy | $31,348 |
| Largest all-time | 2026-07-31 | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 | Media | TV Ad Buy | $28,254 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-05-21 | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 | Media | TV Ad Buy | $26,444 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-05-21 | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 | Media | TV Ad Buy | $17,782 |
| Recent | 2026-07-31 | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 | Media | TV Ad Buy | $17,119 |
| Recent | 2026-05-21 | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 | Media | TV Ad Buy | $14,501 |
| Recent | 2026-05-21 | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 | Media | TV Ad Buy | $4,828 |