MCLAUGHLIN AND ASSOCIATES, INC

$9.29M 2025-2026 cycle

MCLAUGHLIN AND ASSOCIATES, INC is a strategy & research vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle MCLAUGHLIN AND ASSOCIATES, INC was paid $9.29M across 11 client committees, of which $1.29M flowed through Independent Expenditures rather than direct committee payments.

Strategy & Research ○ Slowing (~4mo since last)
Limited recent activity. Most recent disbursement to this vendor was 4 months ago (Feb 12, 2026). Charts below reflect cycle-to-date totals; the recent windows may be sparse.

Part I Identity

Stable facts about this entity. These figures do not change as you adjust the timeframe in Part II.

Source split

$9.29M = $8.00M (Schedule B) + $1.29M (Independent Expenditures)
Schedule B
direct committee payments		 $7,995,934 128 rows 86.1%
Independent Expenditures
money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them		 $1,290,117 48 rows 13.9%
Activity span ALL TIME
Nov 29, 2005 → Feb 12, 2026
spans 20.2 years
Disbursements ALL TIME
128
Schedule B + IE rows
Client committees ALL TIME
11
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.

Mar 2025 Feb 2026
$237K across 12 months
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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 6 months · top 1

NRCC $123K Strategy & Research · 2 txns MA MCLAUGHLIN AND ASSOCIATES, INC
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
NRCC
C00075820
 $123,150 2
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VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 12 months · top 1

NRCC $229K Strategy & Research · 3 txns MA MCLAUGHLIN AND ASSOCIATES, INC
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
NRCC
C00075820
 $228,800 3
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VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 18 months · top 2

NRCC $237K Strategy & Research · 4 txns DESPOSITO, ANTHONY P $14K Strategy & Research · 1 txn MA MCLAUGHLIN AND ASSOCIATES, INC
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
NRCC
C00075820
 $237,300 4
DESPOSITO, ANTHONY P
NY · House REP
 $14,250 1
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VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 24 months · top 2

NRCC $482K Strategy & Research · 10 txns DESPOSITO, ANTHONY P $14K Strategy & Research · 1 txn MA MCLAUGHLIN AND ASSOCIATES, INC
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
NRCC
C00075820
 $481,540 10
DESPOSITO, ANTHONY P
NY · House REP
 $14,250 1
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By party

Revenue by party

100% R
D · 0%
R · 100%
PartyAmount%
Democratic $0 0.00%
Republican $8,566,887 92.26%
Non-partisan $719,164 7.74%

Part III Reference tables

Full all-time and cycle-to-date data.

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Cycle-over-cycle trajectory

2017201820192020202120222023202420252026 Q1 2017 (2018 cycle): $34KQ2 2017 (2018 cycle): $35KQ3 2017 (2018 cycle): $26KQ4 2017 (2018 cycle): $17KQ1 2018 (2018 cycle): $27KQ2 2018 (2018 cycle): $12KQ3 2018 (2018 cycle): $629KQ4 2018 (2018 cycle): $2.13MQ2 2019 (2020 cycle): $502KQ3 2019 (2020 cycle): $45KQ4 2019 (2020 cycle): $214KQ1 2020 (2020 cycle): $867KQ2 2020 (2020 cycle): $272KQ3 2020 (2020 cycle): $1.6MQ4 2020 (2020 cycle): $275KQ1 2021 (2022 cycle): $30KQ2 2021 (2020 cycle): $65KQ2 2021 (2022 cycle): $36KQ1 2022 (2022 cycle): $28KQ3 2022 (2022 cycle): $221KQ4 2022 (2022 cycle): $229KQ1 2023 (2024 cycle): $9KQ3 2023 (2024 cycle): $25KQ4 2023 (2024 cycle): $16KQ1 2024 (2024 cycle): $78KQ2 2024 (2024 cycle): $71KQ3 2024 (2024 cycle): $44KQ4 2024 (2024 cycle): $161KQ1 2025 (2026 cycle): $14KQ2 2025 (2026 cycle): $9KQ3 2025 (2026 cycle): $106KQ1 2026 (2026 cycle): $123K Q1Q3Q1Q3Q2Q4Q2Q4Q2Q1Q4Q3Q1Q3Q1Q3Q1 $2.13M

current cycle earlier election cycle off-cycle year quarterly · 10 years

Per-quarter totals
Year Q Cycle Total Txns Top buyer · share Top category · share Cum. (cycle) YoY %
2017 Q1 2018 $34K 1 NRCC 100% Strategy & Research 100% $34K —
2017 Q2 2018 $35K 1 NRCC 100% Strategy & Research 100% $69K —
2017 Q3 2018 $26K 1 KING, PETE 100% Strategy & Research 100% $95K —
2017 Q4 2018 $17K 1 NRCC 100% Strategy & Research 100% $112K —
2018 Q1 2018 $27K 2 C00482307 53% Strategy & Research 100% $139K —
2018 Q2 2018 $12K 1 NRCC 100% Strategy & Research 100% $151K —
2018 Q3 2018 $629K 13 NRCC 49% Strategy & Research 100% $780K —
2018 Q4 2018 $2.13M 19 KING, PETE 90% Strategy & Research 100% $2.91M —
2019 Q2 2020 $502K 3 C00705228 60% Strategy & Research 100% $502K +1326%
2019 Q3 2020 $45K 1 MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN PAC 100% Strategy & Research 100% $547K +74%
2019 Q4 2020 $214K 3 MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN PAC 93% Strategy & Research 100% $760K +1189%
2020 Q1 2020 $867K 7 MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN PAC 100% Strategy & Research 100% $1.63M +3063%
2020 Q2 2020 $272K 5 MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN PAC 100% Strategy & Research 100% $1.9M +2214%
2020 Q3 2020 $1.6M 15 MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN PAC 87% Strategy & Research 100% $3.5M +154%
2020 Q4 2020 $275K 9 NRCC 71% Strategy & Research 100% $3.77M -87%
2021 Q1 2022 $30K 1 SAVE AMERICA 100% Strategy & Research 100% $30K —
2021 Q2 2020 $65K 1 810163 100% Strategy & Research 100% $3.84M —
2021 Q2 2022 $36K 1 SAVE AMERICA 100% Strategy & Research 100% $67K -93%
2022 Q1 2022 $28K 1 ROGERS, MICHAEL 100% Strategy & Research 100% $95K -97%
2022 Q3 2022 $221K 10 NRCC 84% Strategy & Research 100% $315K -86%
2022 Q4 2022 $229K 8 NRCC 79% Strategy & Research 100% $544K -17%
2023 Q1 2024 $9K 1 SAVE AMERICA 100% Strategy & Research 100% $9K -70%
2023 Q3 2024 $25K 2 NRCC 100% Strategy & Research 100% $34K —
2023 Q4 2024 $16K 1 NRCC 100% Strategy & Research 100% $50K —
2024 Q1 2024 $78K 5 NRCC 66% Strategy & Research 100% $128K +179%
2024 Q2 2024 $71K 3 NRCC 76% Strategy & Research 100% $199K —
2024 Q3 2024 $44K 2 NRCC 100% Strategy & Research 100% $243K -80%
2024 Q4 2024 $161K 3 NRCC 100% Strategy & Research 100% $405K -29%
2025 Q1 2026 $14K 1 DESPOSITO, ANTHONY P 100% Strategy & Research 100% $14K +58%
2025 Q2 2026 $9K 1 NRCC 100% Strategy & Research 100% $23K —
2025 Q3 2026 $106K 1 NRCC 100% Strategy & Research 100% $128K +323%
2026 Q1 2026 $123K 2 NRCC 100% Strategy & Research 100% $252K +58%
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Revenue by service category

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Revenue by service category

last 6 months · hover bars for cycle context
Strategy & Research — cycle-to-date Total: $8M across 128 disbursements (avg $62K/check) Top buyer: MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN PAC (38% of category) Last paid: 4mo ago · +1876% vs prior cycle Strategy & Research $123K

Revenue by service category

last 12 months · hover bars for cycle context
Strategy & Research — cycle-to-date Total: $8M across 128 disbursements (avg $62K/check) Top buyer: MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN PAC (38% of category) Last paid: 4mo ago · +1876% vs prior cycle Strategy & Research $229K

Revenue by service category

last 18 months · hover bars for cycle context
Strategy & Research — cycle-to-date Total: $8M across 128 disbursements (avg $62K/check) Top buyer: MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN PAC (38% of category) Last paid: 4mo ago · +1876% vs prior cycle Strategy & Research $252K

Revenue by service category

last 24 months · hover bars for cycle context
Strategy & Research — cycle-to-date Total: $8M across 128 disbursements (avg $62K/check) Top buyer: MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN PAC (38% of category) Last paid: 4mo ago · +1876% vs prior cycle Strategy & Research $496K
Per-category breakdown · cycle-to-date
Category Total spend Txns Avg check % of total Top buyer · share Last paid
Strategy & Research $7,995,934 128 $62K 100.0% MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN PAC 38% 4mo ago
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Client retention

Sticky-relationship signal: how many clients keep coming back across cycles vs one-time buyers.

3
Anchor clients 3+ cycles
$2,176,626 · 27% of revenue
2
Repeat clients 2 cycles
$172,550 · 2% of revenue
6
One-time clients 1 cycle
$5,646,758 · 71% of revenue
Top 3 anchor clients · all-time
Client Cycles All-time spend Txns First paid Last paid
NRCC 5 $1,963,126 65 2017-03-29 2026-02-12
810163 3 $117,200 3 2005-11-29 2021-04-22
ROGERS, MICHAEL 3 $96,300 4 2018-08-01 2024-01-10
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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
VA
$3,138,967 39.3% 2
NY
$2,282,441 28.5% 2
DC
$1,963,126 24.6% 1
Unknown
$381,000 4.8% 3
CA
$117,200 1.5% 1
AL
$96,300 1.2% 1
NV
$16,900 0.2% 1
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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 2020-09-09 MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN PAC Strategy & Research POLLING EXPENSE $593,950
Largest all-time 2018-10-23 KING, PETE Strategy & Research MEDIA BUY $545,366
Largest all-time 2018-10-19 KING, PETE Strategy & Research MEDIA BUY $450,000
Largest all-time 2020-07-07 MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN PAC Strategy & Research POLLING EXPENSE $323,550
Largest all-time 2020-07-02 MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN PAC Strategy & Research POLLING EXPENSE $317,200
Largest this cycle 2025-09-04 NRCC Strategy & Research SURVEY RESEARCH $105,650
Largest this cycle 2026-01-16 NRCC Strategy & Research SURVEY RESEARCH $67,800
Largest this cycle 2026-02-12 NRCC Strategy & Research SURVEY RESEARCH $55,350
Largest this cycle 2025-02-01 DESPOSITO, ANTHONY P Strategy & Research CAMPAIGN CONSULTING $14,250
Largest this cycle 2025-06-12 NRCC Strategy & Research SURVEY RESEARCH $8,500
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