LEE ENTERPRISES
LEE ENTERPRISES is a political services vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle LEE ENTERPRISES was paid $1.11M across 16 client committees, of which $4K 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 |
$1,103,301 | 36 rows | 99.6% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$4,200 | 1 rows | 0.4% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- Jan 30, 2007 → Jun 18, 2026
- spans 19.4 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 36
- Schedule B + IE rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 16
- distinct payers
Part II Activity in selected window
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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 3 months · top 4
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| TEXANS FOR CHARLES SCHWERTNER 00065997 |
$7,379 | 1 |
| AUSTIN, KYLE MT · Senate LIB |
$1,250 | 1 |
| HUMMERT, MICHAEL MT · Senate DEM |
$1,250 | 1 |
| BUSSE, RYAN MT · House DEM |
$1,200 | 1 |
Top buyers last 6 months · top 5
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| TEXANS FOR CHARLES SCHWERTNER 00065997 |
$7,379 | 1 |
| AUSTIN, KYLE MT · Senate LIB |
$1,250 | 1 |
| HUMMERT, MICHAEL MT · Senate DEM |
$1,250 | 1 |
| BUSSE, RYAN MT · House DEM |
$1,200 | 1 |
| OSBORN, DAN NE · Senate IND |
$85 | 5 |
Top buyers last 12 months · top 5
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| TEXANS FOR CHARLES SCHWERTNER 00065997 |
$7,379 | 1 |
| AUSTIN, KYLE MT · Senate LIB |
$1,250 | 1 |
| HUMMERT, MICHAEL MT · Senate DEM |
$1,250 | 1 |
| BUSSE, RYAN MT · House DEM |
$1,200 | 1 |
| OSBORN, DAN NE · Senate IND |
$102 | 6 |
Top buyers last 18 months · top 5
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| TEXANS FOR CHARLES SCHWERTNER 00065997 |
$7,379 | 1 |
| AUSTIN, KYLE MT · Senate LIB |
$1,250 | 1 |
| HUMMERT, MICHAEL MT · Senate DEM |
$1,250 | 1 |
| BUSSE, RYAN MT · House DEM |
$1,200 | 1 |
| OSBORN, DAN NE · Senate IND |
$102 | 6 |
Top buyers last 24 months · top 10
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| TESTER, R. JON MT · Senate DEM |
$1,011,739 | 10 |
| REPUBLICANS FOR TESTER C00887521 |
$55,000 | 1 |
| TEXANS FOR CHARLES SCHWERTNER 00065997 |
$7,379 | 1 |
| OLSEN, ERIK WI · House REP |
$4,460 | 1 |
| GROTHMAN, GLENN S. WI · House REP |
$3,800 | 2 |
| SHANK ERIN B MS 00085706 |
$3,153 | 2 |
| BOHANNAN, CHRISTINA IA · House DEM |
$2,625 | 1 |
| BARCA, PETER WI · House DEM |
$1,512 | 1 |
| VARGAS, ANTHONY 'TONY' NE · House DEM |
$1,389 | 2 |
| HUMMERT, MICHAEL MT · Senate DEM |
$1,250 | 1 |
By party
Revenue by party
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $1,081,887 | 97.69% |
| Republican | $12,963 | 1.17% |
| Non-partisan | $12,652 | 1.14% |
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 · 4 years
| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Q1 | 2020 | $740 | 2 | 880912 97% | Media 97% | $740 | — |
| 2020 | Q4 | 2020 | $4K | 1 | MILLER, MARY 100% | Digital 100% | $5K | — |
| 2021 | Q1 | 2022 | $629 | 1 | MILLER, MARY 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $629 | — |
| 2024 | Q1 | 2024 | $900 | 1 | TESTER, R. JON 100% | Media 100% | $900 | — |
| 2024 | Q2 | 2024 | $2K | 1 | HUMMERT, MICHAEL 100% | Media 100% | $3K | — |
| 2024 | Q3 | 2024 | $274K | 5 | TESTER, R. JON 99% | Media 99% | $277K | — |
| 2024 | Q4 | 2024 | $810K | 15 | TESTER, R. JON 91% | Media 99% | $1.09M | — |
| 2026 | Q1 | 2026 | $102 | 6 | OSBORN, DAN 100% | Software & Tech 100% | $102 | -89% |
| 2026 | Q2 | 2026 | $11K | 4 | TEXANS FOR CHARLES SCHWERTN… 67% | — | $11K | +415% |
Revenue by service category
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| Category | Total spend | Txns | Avg check | % of total | Top buyer · share | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Media | $1,078,007 | 18 | $60K | 98.7% | TESTER, R. JON 94% | 20mo ago |
| Digital | $6,650 | 2 | $3K | 0.6% | MILLER, MARY 61% | 21mo ago |
| Print & Mail | $5,312 | 3 | $2K | 0.5% | GROTHMAN, GLENN S. 72% | 20mo ago |
| Other / Unclassified | $2,132 | 2 | $1K | 0.2% | SHANK ERIN B MS 70% | 22mo ago |
| Software & Tech | $122 | 7 | $17 | 0.0% | OSBORN, DAN 84% | 4mo 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MT | $1,073,489 | 97.3% | 5 | |
| TX | $10,532 | 1.0% | 2 | |
| WI | $9,771 | 0.9% | 3 | |
| IL | $4,654 | 0.4% | 1 | |
| IA | $2,645 | 0.2% | 2 | |
| NE | $1,491 | 0.1% | 2 | |
| CA | $720 | 0.1% | 1 |
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 | 2024-10-18 | TESTER, R. JON | Media | PAID MEDIA | $282,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2024-10-04 | TESTER, R. JON | Media | PAID MEDIA | $198,500 |
| Largest all-time | 2024-11-01 | TESTER, R. JON | Media | PAID MEDIA | $115,500 |
| Largest all-time | 2024-09-13 | TESTER, R. JON | Media | NEWSPAPER ADS | $112,500 |
| Largest all-time | 2024-10-25 | TESTER, R. JON | Media | PAID MEDIA | $112,500 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-06-18 | TEXANS FOR CHARLES SCHWERTNER | — | Newspaper Advertisement | $7,379 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-05-18 | AUSTIN, KYLE | — | VOTER GUIDE | $1,250 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-06-01 | HUMMERT, MICHAEL | — | ADVEERTISING | $1,250 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-05-13 | BUSSE, RYAN | — | NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING | $1,200 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-02-24 | OSBORN, DAN | Software & Tech | SUBSCRIPTION | $17 |
| Recent | 2026-03-25 | OSBORN, DAN | Software & Tech | SUBSCRIPTION | $17 |