KESQ
$2.21M
2025-2026 cycle
KESQ is a media vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle KESQ was paid $2.21M across 40 client committees, of which $65K flowed through Independent Expenditures rather than direct committee payments.
Call sign: KESQ · Network: ABC · Market: Palm Springs, 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.
Source split
$2.21M
=
$2.15M
(Schedule B)
+
$65K
(Independent Expenditures)
| Schedule B direct committee payments |
$2,145,300 | 107 rows | 97.1% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$65,097 | 10 rows | 2.9% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- Oct 25, 2000 → Jul 31, 2026
- spans 25.8 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 107
- Schedule B + IE rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 40
- 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
$678K
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 |
$74,911 | 2 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 3 months · top 2
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 1485077 |
$257,389 | 6 |
| GROW CALIFORNIA 1483808 |
$14,790 | 1 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 6 months · top 2
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 1485077 |
$619,008 | 24 |
| GROW CALIFORNIA 1483808 |
$58,650 | 4 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 12 months · top 2
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 1485077 |
$619,008 | 24 |
| GROW CALIFORNIA 1483808 |
$58,650 | 4 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 18 months · top 2
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 1485077 |
$619,008 | 24 |
| GROW CALIFORNIA 1483808 |
$58,650 | 4 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 24 months · top 6
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 1485077 |
$619,008 | 24 |
| RENTERS AND HOMEOWNERS FOR RENT CONTROL YES ON 33, SPONSORED BY AIDS HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION 1458912 |
$59,220 | 6 |
| GROW CALIFORNIA 1483808 |
$58,650 | 4 |
| HOLSTEGE FOR ASSEMBLY 2024; CHRISTY 1459171 |
$57,923 | 7 |
| STOP THE REVENGE INITIATIVE - NO ON 34, SPONSORED BY AIDS HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION 1469081 |
$32,520 | 3 |
| 741666 741666 |
$25,194 | 1 |
By party
Revenue by party
D · 100%
R · 0%
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $773 | 0.03% |
| Republican | $0 | 0.00% |
| Non-partisan | $2,209,624 | 99.97% |
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 · 4 years
Per-quarter totals
| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Q4 | 2018 | $750 | 1 | DEMOCRATIC WOMEN OF THE DES… 100% | Media 100% | $750 | — |
| 2022 | Q2 | 2022 | $61K | 2 | CALIFORNIANS FOR TRIBAL SOV… 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $61K | — |
| 2022 | Q4 | 2022 | $76K | 2 | CALIFORNIANS FOR TRIBAL SOV… 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $137K | — |
| 2024 | Q3 | 2024 | $48K | 6 | RENTERS AND HOMEOWNERS FOR … 56% | Other / Unclassified 78% | $48K | — |
| 2024 | Q4 | 2024 | $127K | 11 | HOLSTEGE FOR ASSEMBLY 2024;… 37% | Other / Unclassified 43% | $175K | +66% |
| 2026 | Q2 | 2026 | $603K | 26 | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 90% | Media 90% | $603K | — |
| 2026 | Q3 | 2026 | $75K | 2 | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 100% | Media 100% | $678K | +56% |
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 | $1,342,486 | 60 | $22K | 64.4% | CALIFORNIANS FOR TRIBAL SOV… 10% | 22mo ago |
| Media | $666,008 | 33 | $20K | 31.9% | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 93% | 2w ago |
| Digital | $57,923 | 7 | $8K | 2.8% | HOLSTEGE FOR ASSEMBLY 2024;… 100% | 21mo ago |
| Strategy & Research | $19,708 | 3 | $7K | 0.9% | IQBAL-ZUBAIR FOR ASSEMBLY 2… 92% | 10y ago |
Client retention
Sticky-relationship signal: how many clients keep coming back across cycles vs one-time buyers.
1
Anchor clients 3+ cycles
$99,119 · 5% of revenue
1
Repeat clients 2 cycles
$38,433 · 2% of revenue
38
One-time clients 1 cycle
$2,007,748 · 94% of revenue
Top 1 anchor clients · all-time
| Client | Cycles | All-time spend | Txns | First paid | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 741666 | 3 | $99,119 | 3 | 2006-10-05 | 2024-10-21 |
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 | $2,145,300 | 100.0% | 40 |
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 | — | $113,730 |
| Largest all-time | 2006-09-20 | NO ON PROPOSITION 86, CALIFORNIANS AGAINST UNACCOUNTABLE TAXES | Other / Unclassified | — | $98,430 |
| Largest all-time | 2012-10-10 | OUR CHILDREN, OUR FUTURE | Other / Unclassified | — | $81,240 |
| Largest all-time | 2026-05-21 | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 | Media | TV Ad Buy | $78,693 |
| Largest all-time | 2012-10-24 | COMMITTEE TO DEFEND PROP. 38, SPONSORED BY THE ADVANCEMENT PROJECT AND EDUCATION ADVOCATES, WITH FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM MOLLY MUNGER AND STEPHEN ENGLISH | Other / Unclassified | — | $77,044 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-04-23 | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 | Media | Ad Buy | $65,556 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-05-21 | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 | Media | TV Ad Buy | $57,384 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-05-21 | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 | Media | TV Ad Buy | $42,747 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-07-31 | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 | Media | TV Ad Buy | $39,840 |
| Recent | 2026-07-31 | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 | Media | TV Ad Buy | $35,071 |
| Recent | 2026-06-02 | GROW CALIFORNIA | — | — | $14,790 |