Lufkin Daily News
$58K
2025-2026 cycle
Lufkin Daily News is a political services vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle Lufkin Daily News was paid $58K across 23 client committees.
Part I Identity
Stable facts about this entity. These figures do not change as you adjust the timeframe in Part II.
- Activity span ALL TIME
- Sep 26, 2000 → May 16, 2026
- spans 25.6 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 67
- Schedule B rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 23
- 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
$6K
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 3 months · top 1
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| SKILLERN KRISTI MS 00090178 |
$820 | 1 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 6 months · top 1
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| SKILLERN KRISTI MS 00090178 |
$4,381 | 4 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 12 months · top 2
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| SKILLERN KRISTI MS 00090178 |
$4,381 | 4 |
| NICHOLS ROBERT LEE HONORABLE 00035962 |
$1,872 | 2 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 18 months · top 2
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| SKILLERN KRISTI MS 00090178 |
$4,381 | 4 |
| NICHOLS ROBERT LEE HONORABLE 00035962 |
$1,872 | 2 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 24 months · top 2
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| SKILLERN KRISTI MS 00090178 |
$4,381 | 4 |
| NICHOLS ROBERT LEE HONORABLE 00035962 |
$1,872 | 2 |
By party
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $0 | 0.00% |
| Republican | $0 | 0.00% |
| Non-partisan | $57,593 | 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 · 9 years
Per-quarter totals
| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Q2 | 2018 | $3K | 4 | PEOPLE ADVOCATING & CARING … 66% | Other / Unclassified 66% | $3K | — |
| 2018 | Q4 | 2018 | $3K | 4 | NICHOLS ROBERT LEE HONORABLE 100% | Admin & Office 62% | $6K | — |
| 2019 | Q1 | 2018 | $2K | 3 | NICHOLS ROBERT LEE HONORABLE 100% | Media 100% | $8K | — |
| 2019 | Q2 | 2018 | $1K | 4 | NICHOLS ROBERT LEE HONORABLE 100% | Media 100% | $10K | — |
| 2019 | Q3 | 2018 | $1K | 3 | NICHOLS ROBERT LEE HONORABLE 97% | Media 97% | $11K | — |
| 2019 | Q4 | 2018 | $575 | 1 | NICHOLS ROBERT LEE HONORABLE 100% | Media 100% | $11K | — |
| 2020 | Q1 | 2020 | $2K | 6 | NICHOLS ROBERT LEE HONORABLE 100% | Admin & Office 100% | $2K | — |
| 2020 | Q3 | 2020 | $2 | 1 | CHRISTIAN WALTER WAYNE HONO… 100% | Software & Tech 100% | $2K | — |
| 2020 | Q4 | 2020 | $939 | 1 | ELLIS KEVEN M HONORABLE 100% | Media 100% | $3K | -64% |
| 2021 | Q3 | 2020 | $345 | 1 | NICHOLS ROBERT LEE HONORABLE 100% | Admin & Office 100% | $4K | -69% |
| 2021 | Q4 | 2020 | $2K | 1 | KASSAW TODD L HONORABLE 100% | Media 100% | $5K | +191% |
| 2022 | Q2 | 2022 | $700 | 1 | KASSAW TODD L HONORABLE 100% | Software & Tech 100% | $700 | — |
| 2022 | Q4 | 2022 | $426 | 1 | NICHOLS ROBERT LEE HONORABLE 100% | Media 100% | $1K | -55% |
| 2023 | Q2 | 2022 | $538 | 1 | NICHOLS ROBERT LEE HONORABLE 100% | Admin & Office 100% | $2K | — |
| 2024 | Q1 | 2024 | $631 | 1 | CARSON PAULETTE MRS 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $631 | — |
| 2024 | Q2 | 2024 | $483 | 1 | NICHOLS ROBERT LEE HONORABLE 100% | Admin & Office 100% | $1K | -31% |
| 2025 | Q3 | 2024 | $30 | 1 | NICHOLS ROBERT LEE HONORABLE 100% | Admin & Office 100% | $1K | — |
| 2025 | Q4 | 2024 | $3K | 2 | NICHOLS ROBERT LEE HONORABLE 54% | Admin & Office 54% | $5K | — |
| 2026 | Q1 | 2026 | $2K | 2 | SKILLERN KRISTI MS 100% | Media 100% | $2K | +218% |
| 2026 | Q2 | 2026 | $820 | 1 | SKILLERN KRISTI MS 100% | — | $3K | +70% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Media | $39,314 | 34 | $1K | 69.2% | CLEMONS BILLY MR 26% | 5mo ago |
| Admin & Office | $8,038 | 16 | $502 | 14.2% | NICHOLS ROBERT LEE HONORABLE 98% | 8mo ago |
| Other / Unclassified | $7,056 | 7 | $1K | 12.4% | PEOPLE ADVOCATING & CARING … 30% | 2y ago |
| Software & Tech | $1,971 | 6 | $328 | 3.5% | KASSAW TODD L HONORABLE 36% | 4y ago |
| Digital | $350 | 1 | $350 | 0.6% | HOUSTON SAMUEL A MR 100% | 17y ago |
| Contributions & Transfers | $35 | 1 | $35 | 0.1% | TEXAS REALTORS POLITICAL AC… 100% | 6y ago |
| Strategy & Research | $9 | 1 | $9 | 0.0% | SAVE TEXAS COURTS DISSOLVED 100% | 22y ago |
Client retention
Sticky-relationship signal: how many clients keep coming back across cycles vs one-time buyers.
1
Anchor clients 3+ cycles
$15,266 · 27% of revenue
3
Repeat clients 2 cycles
$8,886 · 15% of revenue
19
One-time clients 1 cycle
$33,440 · 58% of revenue
Top 1 anchor clients · all-time
| Client | Cycles | All-time spend | Txns | First paid | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NICHOLS ROBERT LEE HONORABLE | 5 | $15,266 | 30 | 2005-11-29 | 2025-10-22 |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TX | $57,593 | 100.0% | 23 |
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 | 2003-08-27 | PHYSICIANS CARING FOR TEXAS DISSOLVED | Media | Newspaper advertisement supporting Prop 12 | $5,149 |
| Largest all-time | 2004-10-27 | CLEMONS BILLY MR | Media | newspaper advertising | $5,142 |
| Largest all-time | 2004-10-26 | MCREYNOLDS JAMES M DR JIM | Media | advertising | $3,637 |
| Largest all-time | 2018-05-04 | PEOPLE ADVOCATING & CARING FOR KIDS PAC DISSOLVED | Other / Unclassified | Advertisement in the newspaper | $2,152 |
| Largest all-time | 2010-10-19 | BACK TO BASICS PAC | Media | Newspaper ads | $2,049 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-01-15 | SKILLERN KRISTI MS | Media | Campaign Newspaper Advertisements | $1,284 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-05-16 | SKILLERN KRISTI MS | — | Campaign Advertisements | $820 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-01-15 | SKILLERN KRISTI MS | Media | Campaign Newspaper Advertisements | $725 |
| Recent | 2025-10-22 | NICHOLS ROBERT LEE HONORABLE | Admin & Office | Officeholder advertising | $1,842 |
| Recent | 2025-12-30 | SKILLERN KRISTI MS | Media | Campaign Newspaper Advertisements | $1,553 |