KEYT-TV
$4.73M
2025-2026 cycle
KEYT-TV is a media vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle KEYT-TV was paid $4.73M across 120 client committees, of which $202K flowed through Independent Expenditures rather than direct committee payments.
Call sign: KEYT · Network: ABC · Market: Santa Barbara, CA
Part I Identity
Stable facts about this entity. These figures do not change as you adjust the timeframe in Part II.
Source split
$4.73M
=
$4.53M
(Schedule B)
+
$202K
(Independent Expenditures)
| Schedule B direct committee payments |
$4,528,376 | 324 rows | 95.7% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$201,652 | 11 rows | 4.3% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- Jan 22, 2000 → May 16, 2026
- spans 26.3 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 324
- Schedule B + IE rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 120
- 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.
Jun 2025
May 2026
$64K
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 |
|---|---|---|
| KOUNALAKIS FOR TREASURER 2026; ELENI 1483008 |
$8,789 | 2 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 3 months · top 1
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| KOUNALAKIS FOR TREASURER 2026; ELENI 1483008 |
$17,408 | 4 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 6 months · top 1
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| KOUNALAKIS FOR TREASURER 2026; ELENI 1483008 |
$17,408 | 4 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 12 months · top 3
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| YES ON 54 - VOTERS FIRST, NOT SPECIAL INTERESTS - SPONSORED BY HOLD POLITICIANS ACCOUNTABLE 1381029 |
$32,632 | 2 |
| KOUNALAKIS FOR TREASURER 2026; ELENI 1483008 |
$17,408 | 4 |
| NO ON PROP 50 - STOP SACRAMENTO'S POWER GRAB 1483178 |
$14,246 | 1 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 18 months · top 3
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| YES ON 54 - VOTERS FIRST, NOT SPECIAL INTERESTS - SPONSORED BY HOLD POLITICIANS ACCOUNTABLE 1381029 |
$32,632 | 2 |
| KOUNALAKIS FOR TREASURER 2026; ELENI 1483008 |
$17,408 | 4 |
| NO ON PROP 50 - STOP SACRAMENTO'S POWER GRAB 1483178 |
$14,246 | 1 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 24 months · top 6
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| YES ON 54 - VOTERS FIRST, NOT SPECIAL INTERESTS - SPONSORED BY HOLD POLITICIANS ACCOUNTABLE 1381029 |
$32,632 | 2 |
| CALIFORNIANS FOR RESPONSIBLE HOUSING, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA APARTMENT ASSOCIATION 1421884 |
$22,865 | 3 |
| KOUNALAKIS FOR TREASURER 2026; ELENI 1483008 |
$17,408 | 4 |
| NO ON PROP 50 - STOP SACRAMENTO'S POWER GRAB 1483178 |
$14,246 | 1 |
| LIMON FOR SENATE 2024 1434494 |
$9,588 | 1 |
| YES ON 34, PROTECT PATIENTS NOW: A COALITION OF NURSES, WOMEN, FIREFIGHTERS, VETERANS, LGBTQ+ ADVOCATES, AND PATIENT GROUPS, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA APARTMENT ASSOCIATION 1462796 |
$6,256 | 1 |
By party
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $0 | 0.00% |
| Republican | $0 | 0.00% |
| Non-partisan | $4,730,028 | 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 · 7 years
Per-quarter totals
| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Q2 | 2018 | $37K | 4 | KOUNALAKIS FOR LIEUTENANT G… 71% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $37K | — |
| 2018 | Q3 | 2018 | $243K | 5 | PATIENTS AND CAREGIVERS TO … 78% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $280K | — |
| 2018 | Q4 | 2018 | $277K | 18 | TUCK FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF … 27% | Other / Unclassified 96% | $557K | — |
| 2020 | Q3 | 2020 | $118K | 8 | CUNNINGHAM FOR ASSEMBLY 202… 42% | Other / Unclassified 80% | $118K | -51% |
| 2020 | Q4 | 2020 | $449K | 13 | ADDIS FOR ASSEMBLY 2020; DA… 25% | Other / Unclassified 81% | $567K | +62% |
| 2021 | Q3 | 2020 | $88K | 4 | ELDER FOR GOVERNOR 2021 56% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $656K | — |
| 2022 | Q2 | 2022 | $101K | 9 | FIGHTING FOR OUR FUTURE 50% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $101K | — |
| 2022 | Q3 | 2022 | $69K | 5 | CALIFORNIANS FOR SOLUTIONS … 44% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $169K | -42% |
| 2022 | Q4 | 2022 | $93K | 10 | NO ON 29: STOP YET ANOTHER … 71% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $262K | -79% |
| 2024 | Q3 | 2024 | $10K | 1 | LIMON FOR SENATE 2024 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $10K | -86% |
| 2024 | Q4 | 2024 | $29K | 4 | CALIFORNIANS FOR RESPONSIBL… 79% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $39K | -69% |
| 2025 | Q3 | 2024 | $33K | 2 | YES ON 54 - VOTERS FIRST, N… 100% | Media 100% | $71K | — |
| 2025 | Q4 | 2024 | $14K | 1 | NO ON PROP 50 - STOP SACRAM… 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $86K | — |
| 2026 | Q2 | 2026 | $17K | 4 | KOUNALAKIS FOR TREASURER 20… 100% | Media 100% | $17K | — |
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 | $4,059,151 | 295 | $14K | 89.7% | PATIENTS AND CAREGIVERS TO … 6% | 7mo ago |
| Media | $357,289 | 25 | $14K | 7.9% | BROWN'S BALLOT MEASURE COMM… 26% | 3w ago |
| Admin & Office | $108,231 | 4 | $27K | 2.4% | CALIFORNIANS FOR RESPONSIBL… 100% | 5y 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
5
Repeat clients 2 cycles
$502,294 · 11% of revenue
115
One-time clients 1 cycle
$4,026,082 · 89% 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 | $4,528,376 | 100.0% | 120 |
Notable disbursements
5 largest all-time · 5 largest in the current cycle · 5 most recent. Each row earns its place.