KFMB-TV
$33.48M
2025-2026 cycle
KFMB-TV is a media vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle KFMB-TV was paid $33.48M across 202 client committees, of which $132K flowed through Independent Expenditures rather than direct committee payments.
Call sign: KFMB · Network: CBS · Market: San Diego, CA · Owner: Paramount/CBS
Part I Identity
Stable facts about this entity. These figures do not change as you adjust the timeframe in Part II.
Source split
$33.48M
=
$33.35M
(Schedule B)
+
$132K
(Independent Expenditures)
| Schedule B direct committee payments |
$33,349,175 | 579 rows | 99.6% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$131,925 | 1 rows | 0.4% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- Jan 20, 2000 → May 26, 2026
- spans 26.3 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 579
- Schedule B + IE rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 202
- distinct payers
Part II Activity in selected window
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Spend trajectory
Monthly spend to this vendor over the last 12 months.
Jun 2025
May 2026
$352K
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.
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VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 6 months · top 2
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| BECERRA FOR GOVERNOR 2026 SPONSORED BY LABOR AND COMMUNITY HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS; WORKING FAMILIES FOR HEALTHY COMMUNITIES SUPPORTING 1490885 |
$87,932 | 4 |
| VILLARAIGOSA FOR GOVERNOR 2026; ANTONIO 1471635 |
$23,205 | 1 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 12 months · top 6
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| BECERRA FOR GOVERNOR 2026 SPONSORED BY LABOR AND COMMUNITY HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS; WORKING FAMILIES FOR HEALTHY COMMUNITIES SUPPORTING 1490885 |
$87,932 | 4 |
| NO ON PROP 50 - STOP SACRAMENTO'S POWER GRAB 1483178 |
$69,233 | 1 |
| MAHAN FOR GOVERNOR 2026; DELIVER FOR CALIFORNIA - MATT 1488176 |
$30,430 | 1 |
| MAHAN FOR GOVERNOR 2026; CALIFORNIA BACK TO BASICS SUPPORTING MATT 1487425 |
$23,460 | 1 |
| VILLARAIGOSA FOR GOVERNOR 2026; ANTONIO 1471635 |
$23,205 | 1 |
| NO ON PROP 50 - PROTECT VOTERS FIRST, SPONSORED BY HOLD POLITICIANS ACCOUNTABLE 1381029 |
$15,470 | 1 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 18 months · top 6
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| NO ON PROP 50 - PROTECT VOTERS FIRST, SPONSORED BY HOLD POLITICIANS ACCOUNTABLE 1381029 |
$118,023 | 3 |
| BECERRA FOR GOVERNOR 2026 SPONSORED BY LABOR AND COMMUNITY HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS; WORKING FAMILIES FOR HEALTHY COMMUNITIES SUPPORTING 1490885 |
$87,932 | 4 |
| NO ON PROP 50 - STOP SACRAMENTO'S POWER GRAB 1483178 |
$69,233 | 1 |
| MAHAN FOR GOVERNOR 2026; DELIVER FOR CALIFORNIA - MATT 1488176 |
$30,430 | 1 |
| MAHAN FOR GOVERNOR 2026; CALIFORNIA BACK TO BASICS SUPPORTING MATT 1487425 |
$23,460 | 1 |
| VILLARAIGOSA FOR GOVERNOR 2026; ANTONIO 1471635 |
$23,205 | 1 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 24 months · top 10
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
By party
Revenue by party
D · 0%
R · 100%
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $0 | 0.00% |
| Republican | $15,076 | 0.05% |
| Non-partisan | $33,466,024 | 99.95% |
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 | $496K | 11 | NEWSOM FOR GOVERNOR 2018, S… 35% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $496K | — |
| 2018 | Q3 | 2018 | $1.95M | 6 | NO ON PROPOSITION 8: STOP … 65% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $2.45M | — |
| 2018 | Q4 | 2018 | $1.88M | 25 | NO ON PROP 10 - A FLAWED IN… 22% | Other / Unclassified 97% | $4.32M | — |
| 2020 | Q1 | 2020 | $232K | 6 | NEWSOM'S BALLOT MEASURE COM… 66% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $232K | — |
| 2020 | Q3 | 2020 | $934K | 11 | CALIFORNIANS TO STOP HIGHER… 27% | Other / Unclassified 86% | $1.17M | -52% |
| 2020 | Q4 | 2020 | $1.5M | 13 | CALIFORNIANS TO STOP HIGHER… 47% | Other / Unclassified 73% | $2.66M | -20% |
| 2021 | Q1 | 2020 | $155K | 2 | SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES FIR… 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $2.82M | — |
| 2021 | Q2 | 2020 | $39K | 1 | NEWSOM; STOP THE REPUBLICAN… 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $2.86M | — |
| 2021 | Q3 | 2020 | $340K | 7 | ELDER FOR GOVERNOR 2021 40% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $3.2M | — |
| 2022 | Q2 | 2022 | $671K | 11 | CALIFORNIANS FOR TRIBAL SOV… 32% | Other / Unclassified 94% | $671K | — |
| 2022 | Q3 | 2022 | $1.35M | 11 | COALITION TO RESTORE CALIFO… 22% | Other / Unclassified 99% | $2.02M | +44% |
| 2022 | Q4 | 2022 | $1.64M | 16 | YES ON PROPOSITION 31, COMM… 32% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $3.66M | +10% |
| 2024 | Q1 | 2024 | $239K | 16 | NEWSOM'S BALLOT MEASURE COM… 85% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $239K | — |
| 2024 | Q3 | 2024 | $188K | 8 | BRUCE-LANE FOR ASSEMBLY 2024 55% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $427K | -86% |
| 2024 | Q4 | 2024 | $900K | 17 | YES ON 35 - PROTECT OUR HEA… 25% | Other / Unclassified 81% | $1.33M | -45% |
| 2025 | Q3 | 2024 | $118K | 3 | NO ON PROP 50 - PROTECT VOT… 100% | Media 100% | $1.45M | — |
| 2025 | Q4 | 2024 | $69K | 1 | NO ON PROP 50 - STOP SACRAM… 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $1.51M | — |
| 2026 | Q1 | 2026 | $54K | 2 | MAHAN FOR GOVERNOR 2026; DE… 56% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $54K | -77% |
| 2026 | Q2 | 2026 | $111K | 5 | BECERRA FOR GOVERNOR 2026 S… 79% | Media 79% | $165K | — |
Revenue by service category
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Per-category breakdown · cycle-to-date
| Category | Total spend | Txns | Avg check | % of total | Top buyer · share | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other / Unclassified | $30,730,384 | 521 | $59K | 92.2% | NO ON PROPOSITION 8: STOP … 5% | 5mo ago |
| Media | $1,774,153 | 46 | $39K | 5.3% | BROWN; YES ON PROPS 1 AND 2… 28% | 3mo ago |
| Admin & Office | $528,615 | 4 | $132K | 1.6% | NO ON 33, CALIFORNIANS FOR … 100% | 5y ago |
| Digital | $170,612 | 1 | $171K | 0.5% | COMMITTEE TO PROTECT PUBLIC… 100% | 23mo ago |
| Strategy & Research | $110,378 | 6 | $18K | 0.3% | BROWN FOR GOVERNOR 2010, AM… 72% | 16y ago |
| Contributions & Transfers | -$2,040 | 1 | $-2K | -0.0% | PROTECT APP-BASED DRIVERS A… 0% | 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
10
Repeat clients 2 cycles
$3,926,482 · 12% of revenue
190
One-time clients 1 cycle
$29,422,693 · 88% 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 | $33,334,175 | 100.0% | 199 | |
| VA | $15,000 | 0.0% | 1 |
Notable disbursements
5 largest all-time · 5 largest in the current cycle · 5 most recent. Each row earns its place.