Main Street Media Group
Main Street Media Group is a media vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle Main Street Media Group was paid $1.06B across 15 client committees, of which $985.57M 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 |
$77,744,662 | 117 rows | 7.3% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$985,568,446 | 1,027 rows | 92.7% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- Sep 18, 2012 → May 21, 2026
- spans 13.7 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 117
- Schedule B + IE rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 15
- 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 24 months · top 3
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| DESJARLAIS, SCOTT HON. TN · House REP |
$500 | 1 |
| SLF PAC C00571703 |
$0 | 7 |
| AMERICAN CROSSROADS C00487363 |
-$118,263 | 6 |
By party
Revenue by party
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $0 | 0.00% |
| Republican | $533,483,678 | 50.17% |
| Non-partisan | $529,829,431 | 49.83% |
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 % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Q1 | 2018 | $50K | 1 | NEW LEADERSHIP PAC DISSOLVED 100% | Media 100% | $50K | — |
| 2018 | Q3 | 2018 | $5.3M | 13 | SLF PAC 96% | Media 100% | $5.35M | — |
| 2018 | Q4 | 2018 | $1.47M | 4 | SLF PAC 62% | Media 100% | $6.81M | — |
| 2020 | Q1 | 2020 | $167K | 7 | C00728428 100% | Media 100% | $167K | +233% |
| 2020 | Q3 | 2020 | $6.38M | 8 | SLF PAC 78% | Media 100% | $6.55M | +21% |
| 2020 | Q4 | 2020 | $13M | 8 | AMERICAN CROSSROADS 46% | Media 100% | $20M | +786% |
| 2022 | Q2 | 2022 | $234 | 1 | MARSHALL, ROGER W 100% | Media 100% | $234 | — |
| 2022 | Q3 | 2022 | $18M | 2 | SLF PAC 100% | Media 100% | $18M | +175% |
| 2022 | Q4 | 2022 | $7.57M | 4 | SLF PAC 85% | Media 100% | $25M | -42% |
| 2024 | Q1 | 2024 | $5K | 1 | FAIRSHAKE 100% | Media 100% | $5K | — |
| 2024 | Q3 | 2024 | $25M | 8 | SLF PAC 61% | Media 100% | $25M | +43% |
Revenue by service category
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| Category | Total spend | Txns | Avg check | % of total | Top buyer · share | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Media | $2,743,637 | 117 | $23K | 100.0% | COALITION TO RESTORE CALIFO… 42% | 19mo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SLF PAC | 4 | $55,937,484 | 32 | 2018-08-29 | 2024-09-30 |
| AMERICAN CROSSROADS | 3 | $16,785,861 | 6 | 2020-11-20 | 2024-09-30 |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DC | $72,723,346 | 93.5% | 2 | |
| KS | $2,855,476 | 3.7% | 2 | |
| CA | $1,143,518 | 1.5% | 3 | |
| TX | $606,393 | 0.8% | 2 | |
| Unknown | $410,429 | 0.5% | 4 | |
| MN | $5,000 | 0.0% | 1 | |
| TN | $500 | 0.0% | 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 | 2022-09-28 | SLF PAC | Media | DEPOSIT - TV/MEDIA PLACEMENT | $16,024,526 |
| Largest all-time | 2024-09-25 | SLF PAC | Media | DEPOSIT - TV/MEDIA PLACEMENT | $9,038,121 |
| Largest all-time | 2024-09-26 | AMERICAN CROSSROADS | Media | DEPOSIT - TV/MEDIA PLACEMENT | $6,915,372 |
| Largest all-time | 2020-11-20 | AMERICAN CROSSROADS | Media | DEPOSIT - TV/MEDIA PLACEMENT | $5,569,292 |
| Largest all-time | 2024-09-30 | SLF PAC | Media | DEPOSIT - TV/MEDIA PLACEMENT | $5,366,713 |
| Largest this cycle | 2024-09-30 | AMERICAN CROSSROADS | Media | DEPOSIT - TV/MEDIA PLACEMENT | $2,342,797 |
| Largest this cycle | 2024-09-30 | SLF PAC | Media | DEPOSIT - RADIO PLACEMENT | $643,080 |
| Recent | 2024-09-26 | AMERICAN CROSSROADS | Media | DEPOSIT - RADIO PLACEMENT | $440,163 |