Mesa Media

$2.83M 2025-2026 cycle

Mesa Media is a political services vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle Mesa Media was paid $2.83M across 30 client committees.

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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
Sep 25, 2002 → May 14, 2026
spans 23.6 years
Disbursements ALL TIME
259
Schedule B rows
Client committees ALL TIME
30
distinct payers

Part II Activity in selected window

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Spend trajectory

Monthly spend to this vendor over the last 12 months.

Jun 2025 May 2026
$26K 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

GATES JR GARY W HONORABLE $3K — · 2 txns MM Mesa Media
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
GATES JR GARY W HONORABLE
00051418
 $2,500 2
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VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 6 months · top 2

GATES JR GARY W HONORABLE $8K — · 4 txns FREYER JR ROBERT A MR ROB $4K Strategy & Research · 1 txn MM Mesa Media
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
GATES JR GARY W HONORABLE
00051418
 $7,500 4
FREYER JR ROBERT A MR ROB
00089892
 $3,800 1
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VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 12 months · top 2

FREYER JR ROBERT A MR ROB $16K Strategy & Research · 6 txns GATES JR GARY W HONORABLE $10K Strategy & Research · 5 txns MM Mesa Media
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
FREYER JR ROBERT A MR ROB
00089892
 $15,900 6
GATES JR GARY W HONORABLE
00051418
 $10,000 5
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VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 18 months · top 2

FREYER JR ROBERT A MR ROB $16K Strategy & Research · 6 txns GATES JR GARY W HONORABLE $10K Strategy & Research · 5 txns MM Mesa Media
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
FREYER JR ROBERT A MR ROB
00089892
 $15,900 6
GATES JR GARY W HONORABLE
00051418
 $10,000 5
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VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 24 months · top 3

GATES JR GARY W HONORABLE $18K Digital · 8 txns FREYER JR ROBERT A MR ROB $16K Strategy & Research · 6 txns PARKER GINA G HONORABLE $200 Print & Mail · 1 txn MM Mesa Media
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
GATES JR GARY W HONORABLE
00051418
 $17,500 8
FREYER JR ROBERT A MR ROB
00089892
 $15,900 6
PARKER GINA G HONORABLE
00038111
 $200 1
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By party

Revenue by party

100% R
D · 0%
R · 100%
PartyAmount%
Democratic $0 0.00%
Republican $1,450 0.05%
Non-partisan $2,824,515 99.95%

Part III Reference tables

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

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Cycle-over-cycle trajectory

201720202023202420252026 Q2 2017 (2018 cycle): $3KQ1 2020 (2020 cycle): $29KQ2 2020 (2020 cycle): $8KQ3 2020 (2020 cycle): $5KQ4 2020 (2020 cycle): $6KQ1 2023 (2022 cycle): $4KQ3 2023 (2022 cycle): $3KQ4 2023 (2022 cycle): $18KQ1 2024 (2024 cycle): $23KQ2 2024 (2024 cycle): $16KQ3 2024 (2024 cycle): $5KQ4 2024 (2024 cycle): $5KQ3 2025 (2024 cycle): $2KQ4 2025 (2024 cycle): $10KQ1 2026 (2026 cycle): $12KQ2 2026 (2026 cycle): $3K Q2Q2Q4Q3Q1Q3Q3Q1Q2 $29K

current cycle earlier election cycle off-cycle year quarterly · 6 years

Per-quarter totals
Year Q Cycle Total Txns Top buyer · share Top category · share Cum. (cycle) YoY %
2017 Q2 2018 $3K 2 GOAL WESTPAC 100% Media 100% $3K —
2020 Q1 2020 $29K 4 FREITAG DOUGLAS H HONORABLE 66% Media 100% $29K —
2020 Q2 2020 $8K 3 DARNELL KARA L MRS 49% Media 100% $37K —
2020 Q3 2020 $5K 1 FREITAG DOUGLAS H HONORABLE 100% Admin & Office 100% $41K —
2020 Q4 2020 $6K 1 DOSS LAWRENCE M HONORABLE L… 100% Strategy & Research 100% $47K —
2023 Q1 2022 $4K 1 FRULLO JOHN M MR 100% Strategy & Research 100% $4K —
2023 Q3 2022 $3K 1 GATES JR GARY W HONORABLE 100% Digital 100% $6K —
2023 Q4 2022 $18K 5 GATES JR GARY W HONORABLE 100% Digital 100% $24K —
2024 Q1 2024 $23K 3 GATES JR GARY W HONORABLE 69% Digital 69% $23K —
2024 Q2 2024 $16K 3 GATES JR GARY W HONORABLE 100% Digital 68% $38K —
2024 Q3 2024 $5K 2 GATES JR GARY W HONORABLE 100% Digital 50% $43K —
2024 Q4 2024 $5K 3 GATES JR GARY W HONORABLE 96% Digital 96% $48K —
2025 Q3 2024 $2K 1 FREYER JR ROBERT A MR ROB 100% Strategy & Research 100% $50K -20%
2025 Q4 2024 $10K 4 FREYER JR ROBERT A MR ROB 74% Strategy & Research 92% $60K -44%
2026 Q1 2026 $12K 4 FREYER JR ROBERT A MR ROB 57% Strategy & Research 33% $12K -48%
2026 Q2 2026 $3K 2 GATES JR GARY W HONORABLE 100% — $14K -84%
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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: $197K across 44 disbursements (avg $4K/check) Top buyer: DAVID DEWHURST COMMITTEE DISSOLVED (37% of category) Last paid: 5mo ago · +992% vs prior cycle Strategy & Research $4K

Revenue by service category

last 12 months · hover bars for cycle context
Strategy & Research — cycle-to-date Total: $197K across 44 disbursements (avg $4K/check) Top buyer: DAVID DEWHURST COMMITTEE DISSOLVED (37% of category) Last paid: 5mo ago · +992% vs prior cycle Strategy & Research $15K Software & Tech — cycle-to-date Total: $22K across 6 disbursements (avg $4K/check) Top buyer: FRULLO JOHN M MR (64% of category) Last paid: 7mo ago · +2643% vs prior cycle Software & Tech $800

Revenue by service category

last 18 months · hover bars for cycle context
Strategy & Research — cycle-to-date Total: $197K across 44 disbursements (avg $4K/check) Top buyer: DAVID DEWHURST COMMITTEE DISSOLVED (37% of category) Last paid: 5mo ago · +992% vs prior cycle Strategy & Research $15K Software & Tech — cycle-to-date Total: $22K across 6 disbursements (avg $4K/check) Top buyer: FRULLO JOHN M MR (64% of category) Last paid: 7mo ago · +2643% vs prior cycle Software & Tech $800

Revenue by service category

last 24 months · hover bars for cycle context
Strategy & Research — cycle-to-date Total: $197K across 44 disbursements (avg $4K/check) Top buyer: DAVID DEWHURST COMMITTEE DISSOLVED (37% of category) Last paid: 5mo ago · +992% vs prior cycle Strategy & Research $15K Digital — cycle-to-date Total: $58K across 15 disbursements (avg $4K/check) Top buyer: GATES JR GARY W HONORABLE (93% of category) Last paid: 20mo ago · +72% vs prior cycle Digital $5K Fundraising — cycle-to-date Total: $9K across 3 disbursements (avg $3K/check) Top buyer: GATES JR GARY W HONORABLE (83% of category) Last paid: 23mo ago · +20% vs prior cycle Fundraising $3K Software & Tech — cycle-to-date Total: $22K across 6 disbursements (avg $4K/check) Top buyer: FRULLO JOHN M MR (64% of category) Last paid: 7mo ago · +2643% vs prior cycle Software & Tech $800 Print & Mail — cycle-to-date Total: $209K across 24 disbursements (avg $9K/check) Top buyer: NASH BARBARA MS (37% of category) Last paid: 21mo ago · +104345% vs prior cycle Print & Mail $200
Per-category breakdown · cycle-to-date
Category Total spend Txns Avg check % of total Top buyer · share Last paid
Media $2,217,847 137 $16K 78.7% BAXTER TODD A MR 20% 6y ago
Print & Mail $208,891 24 $9K 7.4% NASH BARBARA MS 37% 21mo ago
Strategy & Research $196,539 44 $4K 7.0% DAVID DEWHURST COMMITTEE DI… 37% 5mo ago
Other / Unclassified $93,535 18 $5K 3.3% FRULLO JOHN M MR 35% 6mo ago
Digital $57,961 15 $4K 2.1% GATES JR GARY W HONORABLE 93% 20mo ago
Software & Tech $21,948 6 $4K 0.8% FRULLO JOHN M MR 64% 7mo ago
Fundraising $9,000 3 $3K 0.3% GATES JR GARY W HONORABLE 83% 23mo ago
Field & Voter Contact $6,285 5 $1K 0.2% BECK MARVA E MS 72% 14y ago
Admin & Office $4,652 1 $5K 0.2% FREITAG DOUGLAS H HONORABLE 100% 5y ago
Contributions & Transfers $1,285 1 $1K 0.0% FRIENDS OF DAVID PURYEAR DI… 100% 19y ago
Travel & Events $524 1 $524 0.0% LAW WALLACE KENNETH HONORAB… 100% 18y 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
$341,811 · 12% of revenue
9
Repeat clients 2 cycles
$1,532,552 · 54% of revenue
18
One-time clients 1 cycle
$951,601 · 34% of revenue
Top 3 anchor clients · all-time
Client Cycles All-time spend Txns First paid Last paid
FRULLO JOHN M MR 4 $193,516 18 2011-03-08 2023-01-25
DAVID DEWHURST COMMITTEE DISSOLVED 3 $77,000 22 2007-04-02 2010-11-04
GATES JR GARY W HONORABLE 3 $71,295 20 2023-08-29 2026-05-14
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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
TX
$2,821,441 99.8% 28
NM
$4,524 0.2% 2
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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 2004-10-14 BAXTER TODD A MR Media Advertising $175,000
Largest all-time 2006-10-20 FRIENDS OF DAVID PURYEAR DISSOLVED Media media buy $131,500
Largest all-time 2006-10-18 WILSON WILL MR Media Advertising $130,000
Largest all-time 2012-05-16 MERRITT THOMAS C MR Media Advertising $115,000
Largest all-time 2004-10-13 STICK JACK MR Media Advertising $100,000
Largest this cycle 2026-02-19 FREYER JR ROBERT A MR ROB Strategy & Research Consulting $3,800
Largest this cycle 2026-01-21 FREYER JR ROBERT A MR ROB Other / Unclassified consultant / management $2,800
Largest this cycle 2026-01-22 GATES JR GARY W HONORABLE — Mesa Media Advertising and Consulting. $2,500
Largest this cycle 2026-01-23 GATES JR GARY W HONORABLE — Mesa Media Advertising and Consulting. $2,500
Largest this cycle 2026-05-14 GATES JR GARY W HONORABLE — Mesa Media Advertising and Consulting. $1,250
Recent 2026-04-30 GATES JR GARY W HONORABLE — Mesa Media Advertising and Consulting. $1,250
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