Mercado
$498
2025-2026 cycle
Mercado is a political services vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle Mercado was paid $498 across 4 client committees.
Part I Identity
Stable facts about this entity. These figures do not change as you adjust the timeframe in Part II.
- Activity span ALL TIME
- Feb 28, 2005 → Feb 16, 2026
- spans 21.0 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 38
- Schedule B rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 4
- 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.
Jun 2025
May 2026
$1K
across 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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VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 6 months · top 1
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| SCOTT, ROBERT C VA · House DEM |
$300 | 1 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 12 months · top 2
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| SCOTT, ROBERT C VA · House DEM |
$906 | 3 |
| GIPSON FOR BOARD OF EQUALIZATION 2026 1471779 |
$128 | 1 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 18 months · top 2
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| SCOTT, ROBERT C VA · House DEM |
$1,806 | 6 |
| GIPSON FOR BOARD OF EQUALIZATION 2026 1471779 |
$128 | 1 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 24 months · top 2
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| SCOTT, ROBERT C VA · House DEM |
$2,106 | 7 |
| GIPSON FOR BOARD OF EQUALIZATION 2026 1471779 |
$128 | 1 |
By party
Revenue by party
D · 97%
R · 3%
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $466 | 93.57% |
| Republican | $15 | 3.06% |
| Non-partisan | $17 | 3.37% |
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
Per-quarter totals
| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Q1 | 2016 | $134 | 2 | DABABNEH FOR ASSEMBLY 2016;… 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $134 | — |
| 2017 | Q2 | 2018 | $100 | 1 | SCOTT, ROBERT C 100% | Legal & Compliance 100% | $100 | — |
| 2017 | Q3 | 2018 | $150 | 2 | SCOTT, ROBERT C 100% | Legal & Compliance 100% | $250 | — |
| 2017 | Q4 | 2018 | $100 | 1 | SCOTT, ROBERT C 100% | Legal & Compliance 100% | $350 | — |
| 2018 | Q1 | 2018 | $100 | 1 | SCOTT, ROBERT C 100% | Legal & Compliance 100% | $450 | — |
| 2018 | Q2 | 2018 | $100 | 1 | SCOTT, ROBERT C 100% | Legal & Compliance 100% | $550 | — |
| 2018 | Q3 | 2018 | $100 | 1 | SCOTT, ROBERT C 100% | Legal & Compliance 100% | $650 | — |
| 2018 | Q4 | 2018 | $250 | 1 | SCOTT, ROBERT C 100% | Legal & Compliance 100% | $900 | — |
| 2019 | Q2 | 2020 | $100 | 1 | SCOTT, ROBERT C 100% | Legal & Compliance 100% | $100 | +0% |
| 2019 | Q3 | 2020 | $100 | 1 | SCOTT, ROBERT C 100% | Legal & Compliance 100% | $200 | -33% |
| 2019 | Q4 | 2020 | $100 | 1 | SCOTT, ROBERT C 100% | Legal & Compliance 100% | $300 | +0% |
| 2020 | Q1 | 2020 | $237 | 1 | RESTORING OUR DEMOCRACY (RO… 100% | Travel & Events 100% | $537 | +137% |
| 2020 | Q2 | 2020 | $375 | 1 | SCOTT, ROBERT C 100% | Legal & Compliance 100% | $912 | +275% |
| 2020 | Q4 | 2020 | $300 | 1 | SCOTT, ROBERT C 100% | Legal & Compliance 100% | $1K | +20% |
| 2021 | Q2 | 2022 | $215 | 1 | SCOTT, ROBERT C 100% | Legal & Compliance 100% | $215 | +115% |
| 2021 | Q3 | 2022 | $300 | 2 | SCOTT, ROBERT C 100% | Legal & Compliance 100% | $515 | +200% |
| 2021 | Q4 | 2022 | $150 | 1 | SCOTT, ROBERT C 100% | Legal & Compliance 100% | $665 | +50% |
| 2022 | Q1 | 2022 | $225 | 1 | SCOTT, ROBERT C 100% | Legal & Compliance 100% | $890 | -5% |
| 2022 | Q2 | 2022 | $165 | 1 | SCOTT, ROBERT C 100% | Legal & Compliance 100% | $1K | -56% |
| 2022 | Q3 | 2022 | $165 | 1 | SCOTT, ROBERT C 100% | Legal & Compliance 100% | $1K | — |
| 2023 | Q2 | 2024 | $375 | 1 | SCOTT, ROBERT C 100% | Legal & Compliance 100% | $375 | +74% |
| 2023 | Q3 | 2024 | $200 | 1 | SCOTT, ROBERT C 100% | Legal & Compliance 100% | $575 | -33% |
| 2023 | Q4 | 2024 | $408 | 1 | SCOTT, ROBERT C 100% | Legal & Compliance 100% | $983 | +172% |
| 2024 | Q1 | 2024 | $255 | 1 | SCOTT, ROBERT C 100% | Legal & Compliance 100% | $1K | +13% |
| 2024 | Q2 | 2024 | $510 | 2 | SCOTT, ROBERT C 100% | Legal & Compliance 100% | $2K | +209% |
| 2024 | Q3 | 2024 | $309 | 1 | SCOTT, ROBERT C 100% | Legal & Compliance 100% | $2K | +87% |
| 2024 | Q4 | 2024 | $300 | 1 | SCOTT, ROBERT C 100% | Legal & Compliance 100% | $2K | — |
| 2025 | Q1 | 2026 | $300 | 1 | SCOTT, ROBERT C 100% | Legal & Compliance 100% | $300 | — |
| 2025 | Q2 | 2026 | $300 | 1 | SCOTT, ROBERT C 100% | Legal & Compliance 100% | $600 | -20% |
| 2025 | Q3 | 2026 | $300 | 1 | SCOTT, ROBERT C 100% | Legal & Compliance 100% | $900 | +50% |
| 2025 | Q4 | 2026 | $300 | 1 | SCOTT, ROBERT C 100% | Legal & Compliance 100% | $1K | -26% |
| 2026 | Q1 | 2026 | $434 | 2 | SCOTT, ROBERT C 71% | Legal & Compliance 71% | $2K | +70% |
| 2026 | Q2 | 2026 | $300 | 1 | SCOTT, ROBERT C 100% | — | $2K | -41% |
Revenue by service category
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Per-category breakdown · cycle-to-date
| Category | Total spend | Txns | Avg check | % of total | Top buyer · share | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legal & Compliance | $6,958 | 33 | $211 | 93.3% | SCOTT, ROBERT C 100% | 6mo ago |
| Travel & Events | $237 | 1 | $237 | 3.2% | RESTORING OUR DEMOCRACY (RO… 100% | 6y ago |
| Other / Unclassified | $134 | 2 | $67 | 1.8% | DABABNEH FOR ASSEMBLY 2016;… 100% | 9y ago |
| Digital | $128 | 1 | $128 | 1.7% | GIPSON FOR BOARD OF EQUALIZ… 100% | 6mo ago |
Client retention
Sticky-relationship signal: how many clients keep coming back across cycles vs one-time buyers.
1
Anchor clients 3+ cycles
$7,258 · 94% of revenue
0
Repeat clients 2 cycles
$0 · 0% of revenue
3
One-time clients 1 cycle
$498 · 6% of revenue
Top 1 anchor clients · all-time
| Client | Cycles | All-time spend | Txns | First paid | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCOTT, ROBERT C | 5 | $7,258 | 34 | 2017-05-19 | 2026-05-07 |
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 | $7,258 | 93.6% | 1 | |
| CA | $261 | 3.4% | 2 | |
| WI | $237 | 3.1% | 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 | 2023-10-19 | SCOTT, ROBERT C | Legal & Compliance | ACCOUNTING | $408 |
| Largest all-time | 2020-05-17 | SCOTT, ROBERT C | Legal & Compliance | ACCOUNTING | $375 |
| Largest all-time | 2023-05-27 | SCOTT, ROBERT C | Legal & Compliance | ACCOUNTING | $375 |
| Largest all-time | 2024-08-08 | SCOTT, ROBERT C | Legal & Compliance | ACCOUNTING | $309 |
| Largest all-time | 2026-02-24 | SCOTT, ROBERT C | Legal & Compliance | ACCOUNTING | $306 |
| Largest this cycle | 2025-07-29 | SCOTT, ROBERT C | Legal & Compliance | ACCOUNTING | $300 |
| Largest this cycle | 2025-03-20 | SCOTT, ROBERT C | Legal & Compliance | ACCOUNTING | $300 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-05-07 | SCOTT, ROBERT C | — | ACCOUNTING | $300 |
| Largest this cycle | 2025-04-01 | SCOTT, ROBERT C | Legal & Compliance | ACCOUNTING | $300 |
| Recent | 2025-11-14 | SCOTT, ROBERT C | Legal & Compliance | ACCOUNTING | $300 |
| Recent | 2026-02-16 | GIPSON FOR BOARD OF EQUALIZATION 2026 | Digital | Mike Gipson meeting with Donta Morrison RE: social media campaign consultation. | $128 |