MEDIA AD VENTURES

$36.87M 2025-2026 cycle

MEDIA AD VENTURES is a media vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle MEDIA AD VENTURES was paid $36.87M across 9 client committees, of which $26.50M flowed through Independent Expenditures rather than direct committee payments.

Media ○ Slowing (~3mo since last)

Part I Identity

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

Source split

$36.87M = $10.37M (Schedule B) + $26.50M (Independent Expenditures)
Schedule B
direct committee payments
$10,367,047 87 rows 28.1%
Independent Expenditures
money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them
$26,502,784 109 rows 71.9%
Activity span ALL TIME
Jan 15, 2012 → Mar 25, 2026
spans 14.2 years
Disbursements ALL TIME
87
Schedule B + IE rows
Client committees ALL TIME
9
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.

Apr 2025 Mar 2026
$147K 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 3 months · top 1

ECHOLS, MICHAEL CHARLES $101K Media · 2 txns MA MEDIA AD VENTURES
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
ECHOLS, MICHAEL CHARLES
LA · House REP
$100,640 2
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 6 months · top 1

ECHOLS, MICHAEL CHARLES $147K Media · 3 txns MA MEDIA AD VENTURES
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
ECHOLS, MICHAEL CHARLES
LA · House REP
$146,750 3
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 12 months · top 1

ECHOLS, MICHAEL CHARLES $147K Media · 3 txns MA MEDIA AD VENTURES
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
ECHOLS, MICHAEL CHARLES
LA · House REP
$146,750 3
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 18 months · top 1

ECHOLS, MICHAEL CHARLES $147K Media · 3 txns MA MEDIA AD VENTURES
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
ECHOLS, MICHAEL CHARLES
LA · House REP
$146,750 3
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 24 months · top 6

ONDER JR, ROBERT FRANK $804K Media · 9 txns DE MAIO FOR STATE ASSEMBLY 2024 SPONS… $272K Media · 6 txns ECHOLS, MICHAEL CHARLES $147K Media · 3 txns COLE, TOM $133K Media · 1 txn RULLI, MICHAEL $38K Media · 1 txn MCGUIRE, JOHN $36K Media · 1 txn MA MEDIA AD VENTURES
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
ONDER JR, ROBERT FRANK
MO · House REP
$803,690 9
DE MAIO FOR STATE ASSEMBLY 2024 SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS; COMMITTEE FOR A SAFER SAN DIEGO COUNTY TO OPPOSE CARL
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$272,000 6
ECHOLS, MICHAEL CHARLES
LA · House REP
$146,750 3
COLE, TOM
OK · House REP
$133,000 1
RULLI, MICHAEL
OH · House REP
$37,719 1
MCGUIRE, JOHN
VA · House REP
$36,369 1

By party

Revenue by party

100% R
D · 0%
R · 100%
PartyAmount%
Democratic $0 0.00%
Republican $35,055,668 95.08%
Non-partisan $1,814,162 4.92%

Part III Reference tables

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

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Cycle-over-cycle trajectory

20182020202220242026 Q2 2018 (2018 cycle): $213KQ3 2018 (2018 cycle): $306KQ4 2018 (2018 cycle): $744KQ1 2020 (2020 cycle): $236KQ2 2020 (2020 cycle): $193KQ3 2020 (2020 cycle): $732KQ4 2020 (2020 cycle): $2.03MQ2 2022 (2022 cycle): $331KQ3 2022 (2022 cycle): $25KQ4 2022 (2022 cycle): $1.3MQ1 2024 (2024 cycle): $371KQ2 2024 (2024 cycle): $2.67MQ3 2024 (2024 cycle): $859KQ4 2024 (2024 cycle): $210KQ1 2026 (2026 cycle): $147K Q2Q4Q2Q4Q3Q1Q3Q1 $2.67M

current cycle earlier election cycle off-cycle year quarterly · 5 years

Per-quarter totals
Year Q Cycle Total Txns Top buyer · share Top category · share Cum. (cycle) YoY %
2018 Q2 2018 $213K 1 COLE, TOM 100% Media 100% $213K
2018 Q3 2018 $306K 3 STEFANIK, ELISE M. 100% Media 100% $519K
2018 Q4 2018 $744K 5 STEFANIK, ELISE M. 71% Media 100% $1.26M
2020 Q1 2020 $236K 1 C00659011 100% Media 100% $236K
2020 Q2 2020 $193K 1 COLE, TOM 100% Media 100% $429K -9%
2020 Q3 2020 $732K 5 STEFANIK, ELISE M. 100% Media 100% $1.16M +139%
2020 Q4 2020 $2.03M 5 STEFANIK, ELISE M. 87% Media 100% $3.19M +173%
2022 Q2 2022 $331K 5 COLE, TOM 72% Media 100% $331K +71%
2022 Q3 2022 $25K 1 COLE, TOM 100% Media 100% $356K -97%
2022 Q4 2022 $1.3M 7 STEFANIK, ELISE M. 87% Media 100% $1.66M -36%
2024 Q1 2024 $371K 12 RULLI, MICHAEL 65% Media 100% $371K
2024 Q2 2024 $2.67M 23 COLE, TOM 70% Media 100% $3.04M +706%
2024 Q3 2024 $859K 7 ONDER JR, ROBERT FRANK 83% Media 100% $3.9M +3336%
2024 Q4 2024 $210K 5 DE MAIO FOR STATE ASSEMBLY … 82% Media 100% $4.11M -84%
2026 Q1 2026 $147K 3 ECHOLS, MICHAEL CHARLES 100% Media 100% $147K -60%
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Revenue by service category

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Revenue by service category

last 3 months · hover bars for cycle context
Media — cycle-to-date Total: $10.08M across 87 disbursements (avg $116K/check) Top buyer: STEFANIK, ELISE M. (44% of category) Last paid: 2mo ago · +148% vs prior cycle Media $101K

Revenue by service category

last 6 months · hover bars for cycle context
Media — cycle-to-date Total: $10.08M across 87 disbursements (avg $116K/check) Top buyer: STEFANIK, ELISE M. (44% of category) Last paid: 2mo ago · +148% vs prior cycle Media $147K

Revenue by service category

last 12 months · hover bars for cycle context
Media — cycle-to-date Total: $10.08M across 87 disbursements (avg $116K/check) Top buyer: STEFANIK, ELISE M. (44% of category) Last paid: 2mo ago · +148% vs prior cycle Media $147K

Revenue by service category

last 18 months · hover bars for cycle context
Media — cycle-to-date Total: $10.08M across 87 disbursements (avg $116K/check) Top buyer: STEFANIK, ELISE M. (44% of category) Last paid: 2mo ago · +148% vs prior cycle Media $147K

Revenue by service category

last 24 months · hover bars for cycle context
Media — cycle-to-date Total: $10.08M across 87 disbursements (avg $116K/check) Top buyer: STEFANIK, ELISE M. (44% of category) Last paid: 2mo ago · +148% vs prior cycle Media $1.43M
Per-category breakdown · cycle-to-date
Category Total spend Txns Avg check % of total Top buyer · share Last paid
Media $10,080,783 87 $116K 100.0% STEFANIK, ELISE M. 44% 2mo ago
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Client retention

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

2
Anchor clients 3+ cycles
$7,640,733 · 74% of revenue
0
Repeat clients 2 cycles
$0 · 0% of revenue
7
One-time clients 1 cycle
$2,726,314 · 26% of revenue
Top 2 anchor clients · all-time
Client Cycles All-time spend Txns First paid Last paid
STEFANIK, ELISE M. 3 $4,474,389 21 2018-08-03 2022-10-31
COLE, TOM 4 $3,166,344 16 2018-06-04 2024-06-13
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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
NY
$4,474,389 43.2% 1
OK
$3,166,344 30.5% 1
MO
$865,750 8.4% 1
VA
$652,585 6.3% 1
CA
$452,000 4.4% 1
Unknown
$330,284 3.2% 2
OH
$278,945 2.7% 1
LA
$146,750 1.4% 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 2020-10-15 STEFANIK, ELISE M. Media MEDIA $715,000
Largest all-time 2020-10-01 STEFANIK, ELISE M. Media MEDIA $570,000
Largest all-time 2022-10-20 STEFANIK, ELISE M. Media MEDIA $469,895
Largest all-time 2024-05-08 COLE, TOM Media MEDIA BUY $400,000
Largest all-time 2020-10-07 STEFANIK, ELISE M. Media MEDIA $400,000
Largest this cycle 2026-03-18 ECHOLS, MICHAEL CHARLES Media MEDIA $50,590
Largest this cycle 2026-03-25 ECHOLS, MICHAEL CHARLES Media MEDIA $50,050
Largest this cycle 2026-03-06 ECHOLS, MICHAEL CHARLES Media MEDIA $46,110
Recent 2024-10-25 DE MAIO FOR STATE ASSEMBLY 2024 SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS; COMMITTEE FOR A SAFER SAN DIEGO COUNTY TO OPPOSE CARL Media Video Ads/Oppose Carl DeMaio and Support Andrew Hayes $50,000
Recent 2024-10-18 DE MAIO FOR STATE ASSEMBLY 2024 SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS; COMMITTEE FOR A SAFER SAN DIEGO COUNTY TO OPPOSE CARL Media Video Ad/Oppose/Carl DeMaio $50,000
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