KMAX-TV

$680K 2025-2026 cycle

KMAX-TV is a media vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle KMAX-TV was paid $680K across 12 client committees, of which $149K flowed through Independent Expenditures rather than direct committee payments.

Media Independent affiliate Sacramento, CA ● Recent
Call sign: KMAX · Network: Independent · Market: Sacramento, CA · Owner: Hearst Television

Part I Identity

Stable facts about this entity. These figures do not change as you adjust the timeframe in Part II.

Source split

$680K = $531K (Schedule B) + $149K (Independent Expenditures)
Schedule B
direct committee payments
$531,483 37 rows 78.2%
Independent Expenditures
money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them
$148,555 10 rows 21.8%
Activity span ALL TIME
May 30, 2006 → Jul 31, 2026
spans 20.2 years
Disbursements ALL TIME
37
Schedule B + IE rows
Client committees ALL TIME
12
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
$492K across 12 months
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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 3 months · top 2

GOLDEN STATE PROMISE - NO ON PROP 40 $136K — · 5 txns BECERRA FOR GOVERNOR 2026 $16K Media · 7 txns KT KMAX-TV
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
GOLDEN STATE PROMISE - NO ON PROP 40
1486695
$135,830 5
BECERRA FOR GOVERNOR 2026
1480025
$15,878 7
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 6 months · top 7

VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 12 months · top 7

VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 18 months · top 7

VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 24 months · top 7

By party

PartyAmount%
Democratic $0 0.00%
Republican $0 0.00%
Non-partisan $680,038 100.00%

Part III Reference tables

Full all-time and cycle-to-date data.

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Cycle-over-cycle trajectory

2026 Q2 2026 (2026 cycle): $340KQ3 2026 (2026 cycle): $152K Q2Q3 $340K

current cycle earlier election cycle off-cycle year quarterly · 1 year

Per-quarter totals
Year Q Cycle Total Txns Top buyer · share Top category · share Cum. (cycle) YoY %
2026 Q2 2026 $340K 19 911819 25% Media 35% $340K
2026 Q3 2026 $152K 12 GOLDEN STATE PROMISE - NO O… 90% Media 10% $492K
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Revenue by service category

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Revenue by service category

last 3 months · hover bars for cycle context
Media — cycle-to-date Total: $135K across 21 disbursements (avg $6K/check) Top buyer: BECERRA FOR GOVERNOR 2026 SPONSORED BY LABOR AND COMMUNITY HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS; WORKING FAMILIES FOR HEALTHY COMMUNITIES SUPPORTING (49% of category) Last paid: 5w ago · no prior-cycle baseline Media $16K

Revenue by service category

last 6 months · hover bars for cycle context
Media — cycle-to-date Total: $135K across 21 disbursements (avg $6K/check) Top buyer: BECERRA FOR GOVERNOR 2026 SPONSORED BY LABOR AND COMMUNITY HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS; WORKING FAMILIES FOR HEALTHY COMMUNITIES SUPPORTING (49% of category) Last paid: 5w ago · no prior-cycle baseline Media $135K

Revenue by service category

last 12 months · hover bars for cycle context
Media — cycle-to-date Total: $135K across 21 disbursements (avg $6K/check) Top buyer: BECERRA FOR GOVERNOR 2026 SPONSORED BY LABOR AND COMMUNITY HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS; WORKING FAMILIES FOR HEALTHY COMMUNITIES SUPPORTING (49% of category) Last paid: 5w ago · no prior-cycle baseline Media $135K

Revenue by service category

last 18 months · hover bars for cycle context
Media — cycle-to-date Total: $135K across 21 disbursements (avg $6K/check) Top buyer: BECERRA FOR GOVERNOR 2026 SPONSORED BY LABOR AND COMMUNITY HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS; WORKING FAMILIES FOR HEALTHY COMMUNITIES SUPPORTING (49% of category) Last paid: 5w ago · no prior-cycle baseline Media $135K

Revenue by service category

last 24 months · hover bars for cycle context
Media — cycle-to-date Total: $135K across 21 disbursements (avg $6K/check) Top buyer: BECERRA FOR GOVERNOR 2026 SPONSORED BY LABOR AND COMMUNITY HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS; WORKING FAMILIES FOR HEALTHY COMMUNITIES SUPPORTING (49% of category) Last paid: 5w ago · no prior-cycle baseline Media $135K
Per-category breakdown · cycle-to-date
Category Total spend Txns Avg check % of total Top buyer · share Last paid
Media $134,848 21 $6K 77.3% BECERRA FOR GOVERNOR 2026 S… 49% 5w ago
Other / Unclassified $39,705 6 $7K 22.7% HUBER FOR ASSEMBLY 2010 52% 15y ago
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Client retention

Sticky-relationship signal: how many clients keep coming back across cycles vs one-time buyers.

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Anchor clients 3+ cycles
$0 · 0% of revenue
0
Repeat clients 2 cycles
$0 · 0% of revenue
12
One-time clients 1 cycle
$531,483 · 100% of revenue
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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
$531,483 100.0% 12
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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 2026-05-14 TUBBS FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR 2026; FRIENDS OF $80,850
Largest all-time 2026-05-21 911819 $53,975
Largest all-time 2026-07-31 GOLDEN STATE PROMISE - NO ON PROP 40 $34,765
Largest all-time 2026-07-31 GOLDEN STATE PROMISE - NO ON PROP 40 $33,065
Largest all-time 2026-07-31 GOLDEN STATE PROMISE - NO ON PROP 40 $32,853
Recent 2026-07-31 GOLDEN STATE PROMISE - NO ON PROP 40 $2,338
Recent 2026-07-31 BECERRA FOR GOVERNOR 2026 Media TV Advertising $939
Recent 2026-07-31 BECERRA FOR GOVERNOR 2026 Media TV Advertising $723
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