KMEX-TV
KMEX-TV is a media vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle KMEX-TV was paid $18.40M across 78 client committees, of which $698K flowed through Independent Expenditures rather than direct committee payments.
Part I Identity
Stable facts about this entity. These figures do not change as you adjust the timeframe in Part II.
Source split
| Schedule B direct committee payments |
$17,698,157 | 146 rows | 96.2% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$698,048 | 6 rows | 3.8% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- Jan 13, 2000 → Oct 18, 2025
- spans 25.8 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 146
- Schedule B + IE rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 78
- 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.
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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Top buyers last 12 months · top 2
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| NO ON PROP 50 - STOP SACRAMENTO'S POWER GRAB 1483178 |
$233,325 | 1 |
| YES ON 54 - VOTERS FIRST, NOT SPECIAL INTERESTS - SPONSORED BY HOLD POLITICIANS ACCOUNTABLE 1381029 |
$127,894 | 2 |
Top buyers last 18 months · top 3
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| NO ON PROP 50 - STOP SACRAMENTO'S POWER GRAB 1483178 |
$233,325 | 1 |
| YES ON 54 - VOTERS FIRST, NOT SPECIAL INTERESTS - SPONSORED BY HOLD POLITICIANS ACCOUNTABLE 1381029 |
$127,894 | 2 |
| COALITION TO PROTECT ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE, A COALITION OF DOCTORS, NON-PROFIT COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS, FIRST RESPONDERS, HEALTHCARE WORKERS, HOSPITALS, AND COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANS 1462573 |
$50,660 | 1 |
Top buyers last 24 months · top 5
By party
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $0 | 0.00% |
| Republican | $0 | 0.00% |
| Non-partisan | $18,396,205 | 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 · 6 years
| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Q2 | 2018 | $612K | 7 | NEWSOM FOR GOVERNOR 2018; E… 61% | Media 78% | $612K | — |
| 2018 | Q3 | 2018 | $43K | 1 | CALIFORNIANS FOR RESPONSIBL… 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $655K | — |
| 2018 | Q4 | 2018 | $703K | 9 | CALIFORNIANS TO PROTECT AFF… 30% | Other / Unclassified 84% | $1.36M | — |
| 2020 | Q1 | 2020 | $111K | 2 | NEWSOM, TEACHERS, NURSES, A… 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $111K | — |
| 2020 | Q3 | 2020 | $56K | 1 | CALIFORNIANS FOR RESPONSIBL… 100% | Admin & Office 100% | $167K | +31% |
| 2020 | Q4 | 2020 | $1.53M | 11 | CALIFORNIANS TO STOP HIGHER… 63% | Other / Unclassified 80% | $1.69M | +117% |
| 2021 | Q2 | 2020 | $8K | 1 | FAULCONER'S BALLOT MEASURE … 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $1.7M | — |
| 2021 | Q3 | 2020 | $585K | 7 | NEWSOM; STOP THE REPUBLICAN… 55% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $2.29M | — |
| 2022 | Q3 | 2022 | $753K | 4 | CALIFORNIANS FOR SOLUTIONS … 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $753K | +1239% |
| 2022 | Q4 | 2022 | $1.17M | 5 | COMMITTEE TO PROTECT CALIFO… 50% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $1.92M | -23% |
| 2024 | Q4 | 2024 | $103K | 3 | COALITION TO PROTECT ACCESS… 49% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $103K | -91% |
| 2025 | Q3 | 2024 | $128K | 2 | YES ON 54 - VOTERS FIRST, N… 100% | Media 100% | $231K | — |
| 2025 | Q4 | 2024 | $233K | 1 | NO ON PROP 50 - STOP SACRAM… 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $464K | — |
Revenue by service category
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| Category | Total spend | Txns | Avg check | % of total | Top buyer · share | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other / Unclassified | $15,427,440 | 123 | $125K | 87.4% | COALITION TO PROTECT CALIFO… 11% | 7mo ago |
| Media | $1,939,217 | 17 | $114K | 11.0% | NEWSOM FOR GOVERNOR 2018; E… 19% | 9mo ago |
| Admin & Office | $331,500 | 5 | $66K | 1.9% | CALIFORNIANS FOR RESPONSIBL… 100% | 5y ago |
| Contributions & Transfers | -$51,357 | 1 | $-51K | -0.3% | CALIFORNIANS FOR SOLUTIONS … 0% | 3y ago |
Client retention
Sticky-relationship signal: how many clients keep coming back across cycles vs one-time buyers.
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 | $17,698,157 | 100.0% | 78 |
Notable disbursements
5 largest all-time · 5 largest in the current cycle · 5 most recent. Each row earns its place.