MELE PRINTING
MELE PRINTING is a print & mail vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle MELE PRINTING was paid $557K across 18 client committees, of which $5K 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 |
$552,357 | 120 rows | 99.1% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$4,800 | 3 rows | 0.9% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- Nov 12, 2014 → Mar 5, 2026
- spans 11.3 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 120
- Schedule B + IE rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 18
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| LETLOW, JULIA LA · Senate REP |
$676 | 1 |
Top buyers last 12 months · top 2
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| LETLOW, JULIA LA · Senate REP |
$676 | 1 |
| SEIDEN, KATHY W LA · Senate REP |
$606 | 1 |
Top buyers last 18 months · top 2
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| LETLOW, JULIA LA · Senate REP |
$676 | 1 |
| SEIDEN, KATHY W LA · Senate REP |
$606 | 1 |
Top buyers last 24 months · top 5
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| LETLOW, JULIA LA · House REP |
$59,914 | 3 |
| FIELDS, CLEO LA · House DEM |
$4,500 | 1 |
| SCALISE, STEVE MR LA · House REP |
$1,494 | 1 |
| LETLOW, JULIA LA · Senate REP |
$676 | 1 |
| SEIDEN, KATHY W LA · Senate REP |
$606 | 1 |
By party
Revenue by party
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $378,459 | 67.93% |
| Republican | $175,036 | 31.42% |
| Non-partisan | $3,661 | 0.66% |
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 · 10 years
| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Q1 | 2018 | $5K | 2 | RICHMOND, CEDRIC L 78% | Print & Mail 100% | $5K | — |
| 2017 | Q2 | 2018 | $918 | 1 | KENNEDY, JOHN NEELY 100% | Print & Mail 100% | $6K | — |
| 2017 | Q3 | 2018 | $12K | 3 | KENNEDY, JOHN NEELY 64% | Print & Mail 100% | $19K | — |
| 2017 | Q4 | 2018 | $5K | 5 | RICHMOND, CEDRIC L 45% | Print & Mail 100% | $24K | — |
| 2018 | Q1 | 2018 | $4K | 2 | KENNEDY, JOHN NEELY 84% | Print & Mail 100% | $29K | — |
| 2018 | Q2 | 2018 | $2K | 2 | GRAVES, GARRET 64% | Print & Mail 100% | $31K | — |
| 2018 | Q3 | 2018 | $17K | 11 | KENNEDY, JOHN NEELY 42% | Print & Mail 100% | $48K | — |
| 2018 | Q4 | 2018 | $72K | 10 | RICHMOND, CEDRIC L 93% | Print & Mail 100% | $120K | — |
| 2019 | Q1 | 2020 | $1K | 2 | JOHNSON, JAMES MICHAEL 88% | Print & Mail 100% | $1K | -79% |
| 2019 | Q2 | 2020 | $9K | 3 | KENNEDY, JOHN NEELY 79% | Print & Mail 100% | $10K | +887% |
| 2019 | Q3 | 2020 | $11K | 5 | KENNEDY, JOHN NEELY 58% | Print & Mail 100% | $21K | -15% |
| 2019 | Q4 | 2020 | $36K | 6 | RICHMOND, CEDRIC L 93% | Print & Mail 100% | $57K | +568% |
| 2020 | Q1 | 2020 | $4K | 3 | KENNEDY, JOHN NEELY 76% | Print & Mail 100% | $60K | -17% |
| 2020 | Q2 | 2020 | $5K | 1 | RICHMOND, CEDRIC L 100% | Print & Mail 100% | $66K | +166% |
| 2020 | Q3 | 2020 | $70K | 15 | RICHMOND, CEDRIC L 76% | Print & Mail 100% | $136K | +304% |
| 2020 | Q4 | 2020 | $93K | 6 | RICHMOND, CEDRIC L 90% | Print & Mail 100% | $229K | +29% |
| 2021 | Q1 | 2022 | $5K | 3 | CARTER, TROY A. SR. 78% | Print & Mail 100% | $5K | +349% |
| 2021 | Q2 | 2022 | $61K | 9 | CARTER, TROY A. SR. 97% | Print & Mail 100% | $67K | +579% |
| 2021 | Q3 | 2022 | $22K | 4 | CARTER, TROY A. SR. 98% | Print & Mail 100% | $88K | +108% |
| 2021 | Q4 | 2022 | $32K | 10 | CARTER, TROY A. SR. 85% | Print & Mail 100% | $120K | -12% |
| 2022 | Q2 | 2022 | $5K | 4 | JOHNSON, JAMES MICHAEL 64% | Print & Mail 100% | $125K | -8% |
| 2022 | Q4 | 2022 | $4K | 2 | C00820779 65% | Print & Mail 100% | $129K | -96% |
| 2023 | Q1 | 2024 | $3K | 1 | C00820779 100% | Print & Mail 100% | $3K | -51% |
| 2023 | Q2 | 2024 | $5K | 2 | LETLOW, JULIA 68% | Print & Mail 100% | $8K | -92% |
| 2024 | Q4 | 2024 | $66K | 5 | LETLOW, JULIA 91% | Print & Mail 100% | $74K | +1611% |
| 2025 | Q4 | 2026 | $606 | 1 | SEIDEN, KATHY W 100% | Print & Mail 100% | $606 | — |
| 2026 | Q1 | 2026 | $676 | 1 | LETLOW, JULIA 100% | Print & Mail 100% | $1K | — |
Revenue by service category
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| Category | Total spend | Txns | Avg check | % of total | Top buyer · share | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Print & Mail | $549,857 | 120 | $5K | 100.0% | RICHMOND, CEDRIC L 47% | 3mo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RICHMOND, CEDRIC L | 3 | $257,443 | 34 | 2017-02-17 | 2021-01-20 |
| JOHNSON, JAMES MICHAEL | 4 | $21,827 | 17 | 2017-10-17 | 2023-04-19 |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA | $503,084 | 91.1% | 10 | |
| VA | $27,041 | 4.9% | 2 | |
| MS | $9,558 | 1.7% | 1 | |
| Unknown | $6,113 | 1.1% | 2 | |
| MO | $5,928 | 1.1% | 2 | |
| NC | $633 | 0.1% | 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 | 2018-10-22 | RICHMOND, CEDRIC L | Print & Mail | CAMPAIGN PRINTING EXPENSE | $50,209 |
| Largest all-time | 2020-11-12 | RICHMOND, CEDRIC L | Print & Mail | CAMPAIGN PRINTING EXPENSE | $41,605 |
| Largest all-time | 2020-11-02 | RICHMOND, CEDRIC L | Print & Mail | CAMPAIGN PRINTING EXPENSE | $32,765 |
| Largest all-time | 2020-07-14 | RICHMOND, CEDRIC L | Print & Mail | CAMPAIGN PRINTING EXPENSE | $23,429 |
| Largest all-time | 2024-11-15 | LETLOW, JULIA | Print & Mail | DIRECT MAILER PRINTING AND POSTAGE COST(S) | $23,248 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-03-05 | LETLOW, JULIA | Print & Mail | PRINTING CAMPAIGN PUSH CARDS | $676 |
| Largest this cycle | 2025-11-05 | SEIDEN, KATHY W | Print & Mail | YARD SIGNS AND STAKES | $606 |
| Recent | 2024-11-15 | LETLOW, JULIA | Print & Mail | DIRECT MAILER PRINTING AND POSTAGE COST(S) | $18,684 |
| Recent | 2024-11-15 | LETLOW, JULIA | Print & Mail | DIRECT MAILER PRINTING AND POSTAGE COST(S) | $17,982 |