KUSI
$2.46M
2025-2026 cycle
KUSI is a media vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle KUSI was paid $2.46M across 56 client committees, of which $78K flowed through Independent Expenditures rather than direct committee payments.
Call sign: KUSI · Network: Independent · Market: San Diego, 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
$2.46M
=
$2.38M
(Schedule B)
+
$78K
(Independent Expenditures)
| Schedule B direct committee payments |
$2,384,835 | 167 rows | 96.8% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$77,702 | 10 rows | 3.2% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- Aug 9, 2000 → May 21, 2026
- spans 25.8 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 167
- Schedule B + IE rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 56
- 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
$416K
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 2
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026, A COALITION OF HOUSING ADVOCATES, LABOR AND SMALL BUSINESS; CALIFORNIA IS NOT FOR SALE, NO ON 1489677 |
$50,142 | 7 |
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 1485077 |
$32,776 | 3 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 3 months · top 3
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 1485077 |
$185,381 | 24 |
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026, A COALITION OF HOUSING ADVOCATES, LABOR AND SMALL BUSINESS; CALIFORNIA IS NOT FOR SALE, NO ON 1489677 |
$114,784 | 11 |
| A MORE AFFORDABLE CALIFORNIA, SPONSORED BY UBER 1484835 |
$37,515 | 4 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 6 months · top 3
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 1485077 |
$190,200 | 28 |
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026, A COALITION OF HOUSING ADVOCATES, LABOR AND SMALL BUSINESS; CALIFORNIA IS NOT FOR SALE, NO ON 1489677 |
$114,784 | 11 |
| A MORE AFFORDABLE CALIFORNIA, SPONSORED BY UBER 1484835 |
$37,515 | 4 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 12 months · top 4
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 1485077 |
$190,200 | 28 |
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026, A COALITION OF HOUSING ADVOCATES, LABOR AND SMALL BUSINESS; CALIFORNIA IS NOT FOR SALE, NO ON 1489677 |
$114,784 | 11 |
| NEWSOM'S BALLOT MEASURE COMMITTEE; THE ELECTION RIGGING RESPONSE ACT, GOVERNOR 1380675 |
$73,466 | 7 |
| A MORE AFFORDABLE CALIFORNIA, SPONSORED BY UBER 1484835 |
$37,515 | 4 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 18 months · top 4
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 1485077 |
$190,200 | 28 |
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026, A COALITION OF HOUSING ADVOCATES, LABOR AND SMALL BUSINESS; CALIFORNIA IS NOT FOR SALE, NO ON 1489677 |
$114,784 | 11 |
| NEWSOM'S BALLOT MEASURE COMMITTEE; THE ELECTION RIGGING RESPONSE ACT, GOVERNOR 1380675 |
$73,466 | 7 |
| A MORE AFFORDABLE CALIFORNIA, SPONSORED BY UBER 1484835 |
$37,515 | 4 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 24 months · top 7
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 1485077 |
$190,200 | 28 |
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026, A COALITION OF HOUSING ADVOCATES, LABOR AND SMALL BUSINESS; CALIFORNIA IS NOT FOR SALE, NO ON 1489677 |
$114,784 | 11 |
| NEWSOM'S BALLOT MEASURE COMMITTEE; THE ELECTION RIGGING RESPONSE ACT, GOVERNOR 1380675 |
$73,466 | 7 |
| 741666 741666 |
$44,651 | 5 |
| A MORE AFFORDABLE CALIFORNIA, SPONSORED BY UBER 1484835 |
$37,515 | 4 |
| DUNCAN FOR ASSEMBLY 2024; CHRIS 1456888 |
$20,018 | 1 |
| 810163 810163 |
$18,900 | 1 |
By party
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $0 | 0.00% |
| Republican | $0 | 0.00% |
| Non-partisan | $2,462,536 | 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 | $107K | 11 | CHIANG FOR GOVERNOR 2018; J… 75% | Other / Unclassified 75% | $107K | — |
| 2018 | Q3 | 2018 | $26K | 1 | PREVENT CRUELTY CALIFORNIA,… 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $133K | — |
| 2018 | Q4 | 2018 | $90K | 2 | PREVENT CRUELTY CALIFORNIA,… 86% | Other / Unclassified 86% | $223K | — |
| 2020 | Q2 | 2020 | $15K | 1 | PROTECT APP-BASED DRIVERS A… 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $15K | -86% |
| 2021 | Q2 | 2020 | $42K | 1 | COX FOR GOVERNOR 2021, INC.… 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $57K | — |
| 2021 | Q3 | 2020 | $15K | 3 | COX FOR GOVERNOR 2021, INC.… 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $73K | — |
| 2022 | Q2 | 2022 | $18K | 1 | TRIMINO FOR GOVERNOR 2022; … 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $18K | +21% |
| 2022 | Q4 | 2022 | $16K | 1 | 741666 100% | Media 100% | $34K | — |
| 2024 | Q3 | 2024 | $24K | 3 | 741666 100% | Media 100% | $24K | — |
| 2024 | Q4 | 2024 | $59K | 4 | 741666 35% | Media 35% | $84K | +278% |
| 2025 | Q3 | 2024 | $28K | 4 | NEWSOM'S BALLOT MEASURE COM… 100% | Media 100% | $111K | — |
| 2025 | Q4 | 2024 | $46K | 3 | NEWSOM'S BALLOT MEASURE COM… 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $157K | — |
| 2026 | Q1 | 2026 | $86K | 11 | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026, A… 51% | Digital 51% | $86K | — |
| 2026 | Q2 | 2026 | $257K | 32 | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 72% | Media 72% | $342K | — |
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 | $1,872,290 | 106 | $18K | 78.5% | PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND… 11% | 2mo ago |
| Media | $352,678 | 48 | $7K | 14.8% | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 54% | 2w ago |
| Digital | $134,801 | 12 | $11K | 5.7% | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026, A… 85% | 3w ago |
| Strategy & Research | $25,006 | 1 | $25K | 1.0% | CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE, A COAL… 100% | 16y ago |
Client retention
Sticky-relationship signal: how many clients keep coming back across cycles vs one-time buyers.
2
Anchor clients 3+ cycles
$243,952 · 10% of revenue
1
Repeat clients 2 cycles
$75,008 · 3% of revenue
53
One-time clients 1 cycle
$2,065,875 · 87% of revenue
Top 2 anchor clients · all-time
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 | $2,372,059 | 99.5% | 55 | |
| Unknown | $12,776 | 0.5% | 1 |
Notable disbursements
5 largest all-time · 5 largest in the current cycle · 5 most recent. Each row earns its place.