MAIN STREET COMMUNICATIONS
MAIN STREET COMMUNICATIONS is a media vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle MAIN STREET COMMUNICATIONS was paid $12.37M across 10 client committees, of which $364K 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 |
$12,001,815 | 134 rows | 97.1% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$363,631 | 22 rows | 2.9% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- Oct 27, 2012 → Feb 6, 2026
- spans 13.3 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 134
- Schedule B + IE rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 10
- 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 6 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| JACKSON, JESSE L. JR IL · House DEM |
$2,000 | 1 |
Top buyers last 12 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| JACKSON, JESSE L. JR IL · House DEM |
$2,000 | 1 |
Top buyers last 18 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| JACKSON, JESSE L. JR IL · House DEM |
$2,000 | 1 |
Top buyers last 24 months · top 3
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| KAPTUR, MARCY HON. M.C. OH · House DEM |
$3,003,955 | 25 |
| BISHOP, SANFORD GA · House DEM |
$326,770 | 3 |
| JACKSON, JESSE L. JR IL · House DEM |
$2,000 | 1 |
By party
Revenue by party
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $11,141,986 | 90.11% |
| Republican | $0 | 0.00% |
| Non-partisan | $1,223,460 | 9.89% |
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 · 8 years
| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Q3 | 2016 | $34K | 4 | COLLIER MICHAEL E MR MIKE 100% | Media 100% | $34K | — |
| 2017 | Q4 | 2016 | $4K | 1 | COLLIER MICHAEL E MR MIKE 100% | Media 100% | $38K | — |
| 2018 | Q3 | 2018 | $35K | 2 | C00673152 86% | Media 100% | $35K | — |
| 2018 | Q4 | 2018 | $940K | 10 | PETERSON, COLLIN CLARK 67% | Media 100% | $975K | — |
| 2020 | Q1 | 2020 | $498K | 4 | LIPINSKI, DANIEL WILLIAM WI… 100% | Media 100% | $498K | — |
| 2020 | Q3 | 2020 | $654K | 4 | PETERSON, COLLIN CLARK 77% | Media 100% | $1.15M | +1769% |
| 2020 | Q4 | 2020 | $1.33M | 9 | PETERSON, COLLIN CLARK 98% | Media 100% | $2.48M | +41% |
| 2021 | Q1 | 2022 | $13K | 1 | BISHOP, SANFORD 100% | Media 100% | $13K | — |
| 2021 | Q2 | 2022 | $3K | 1 | KAPTUR, MARCY HON. M.C. 100% | Media 100% | $16K | — |
| 2022 | Q2 | 2022 | $279K | 7 | KAPTUR, MARCY HON. M.C. 94% | Media 100% | $295K | — |
| 2022 | Q3 | 2022 | $1.6M | 20 | KAPTUR, MARCY HON. M.C. 72% | Media 100% | $1.9M | +145% |
| 2022 | Q4 | 2022 | $2.12M | 22 | BISHOP, SANFORD 44% | Media 100% | $4.02M | +60% |
| 2023 | Q4 | 2024 | $787 | 1 | KAPTUR, MARCY HON. M.C. 100% | Media 100% | $787 | — |
| 2024 | Q1 | 2024 | $54K | 2 | RUPPERSBERGER, C. A. DUTCH 100% | Media 100% | $55K | — |
| 2024 | Q3 | 2024 | $1.65M | 16 | KAPTUR, MARCY HON. M.C. 100% | Media 100% | $1.7M | +3% |
| 2024 | Q4 | 2024 | $1.68M | 12 | KAPTUR, MARCY HON. M.C. 81% | Media 100% | $3.39M | -21% |
| 2026 | Q1 | 2026 | $2K | 1 | JACKSON, JESSE L. JR 100% | Media 100% | $2K | -96% |
Revenue by service category
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| Category | Total spend | Txns | Avg check | % of total | Top buyer · share | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Media | $12,001,815 | 134 | $90K | 100.0% | KAPTUR, MARCY HON. M.C. 44% | 4mo ago |
Client retention
Sticky-relationship signal: how many clients keep coming back across cycles vs one-time buyers.
| Client | Cycles | All-time spend | Txns | First paid | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BISHOP, SANFORD | 3 | $1,904,310 | 23 | 2020-09-28 | 2024-10-29 |
| RUPPERSBERGER, C. A. DUTCH | 3 | $491,590 | 9 | 2018-10-25 | 2024-02-20 |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OH | $5,233,854 | 43.6% | 1 | |
| MN | $2,431,095 | 20.3% | 1 | |
| GA | $1,904,310 | 15.9% | 1 | |
| TX | $1,140,542 | 9.5% | 1 | |
| IL | $499,566 | 4.2% | 2 | |
| DC | $491,590 | 4.1% | 1 | |
| KY | $253,919 | 2.1% | 1 | |
| Unknown | $46,939 | 0.4% | 2 |
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 | 2020-10-22 | PETERSON, COLLIN CLARK | Media | TV ADVERTISING | $448,093 |
| Largest all-time | 2024-10-25 | KAPTUR, MARCY HON. M.C. | Media | MEDIA BUY | $360,254 |
| Largest all-time | 2024-10-23 | KAPTUR, MARCY HON. M.C. | Media | MEDIA BUY | $331,650 |
| Largest all-time | 2014-08-06 | COLLIER MICHAEL E MR MIKE | Media | Political advertising | $309,580 |
| Largest all-time | 2022-10-03 | BISHOP, SANFORD | Media | ADVERTISING | $308,883 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-02-06 | JACKSON, JESSE L. JR | Media | VIDEO PRODUCTION COSTS | $2,000 |
| Recent | 2024-10-31 | KAPTUR, MARCY HON. M.C. | Media | MEDIA BUY | $66,389 |
| Recent | 2024-10-29 | BISHOP, SANFORD | Media | MEDIA BUY | $16,770 |
| Recent | 2024-11-04 | KAPTUR, MARCY HON. M.C. | Media | MEDIA BUY | $2,420 |
| Recent | 2024-11-05 | KAPTUR, MARCY HON. M.C. | Media | MEDIA BUY | $1,555 |