Mesa Media
$2.82M
2025-2026 cycle
Mesa Media is a political services vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle Mesa Media was paid $2.82M across 30 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
- Sep 25, 2002 → Feb 19, 2026
- spans 23.4 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 255
- Schedule B rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 30
- 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
$18K
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 |
|---|---|---|
| FREYER JR ROBERT A MR ROB 00089892 |
$6,600 | 2 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 12 months · top 2
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| FREYER JR ROBERT A MR ROB 00089892 |
$15,900 | 6 |
| GATES JR GARY W HONORABLE 00051418 |
$2,500 | 1 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 18 months · top 2
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| FREYER JR ROBERT A MR ROB 00089892 |
$15,900 | 6 |
| GATES JR GARY W HONORABLE 00051418 |
$2,500 | 1 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 24 months · top 3
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| FREYER JR ROBERT A MR ROB 00089892 |
$15,900 | 6 |
| GATES JR GARY W HONORABLE 00051418 |
$12,500 | 5 |
| PARKER GINA G HONORABLE 00038111 |
$200 | 1 |
By party
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $0 | 0.00% |
| Republican | $0 | 0.00% |
| Non-partisan | $2,818,465 | 100.00% |
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 · 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 | $7K | 2 | FREYER JR ROBERT A MR ROB 100% | Strategy & Research 58% | $7K | -71% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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% | 20mo ago |
| Strategy & Research | $196,539 | 44 | $4K | 7.0% | DAVID DEWHURST COMMITTEE DI… 37% | 3mo ago |
| Other / Unclassified | $93,535 | 18 | $5K | 3.3% | FRULLO JOHN M MR 35% | 4mo ago |
| Digital | $57,961 | 15 | $4K | 2.1% | GATES JR GARY W HONORABLE 93% | 19mo ago |
| Software & Tech | $21,948 | 6 | $4K | 0.8% | FRULLO JOHN M MR 64% | 6mo ago |
| Fundraising | $9,000 | 3 | $3K | 0.3% | GATES JR GARY W HONORABLE 83% | 21mo ago |
| Field & Voter Contact | $6,285 | 5 | $1K | 0.2% | BECK MARVA E MS 72% | 13y 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 |
Client retention
Sticky-relationship signal: how many clients keep coming back across cycles vs one-time buyers.
2
Anchor clients 3+ cycles
$270,516 · 10% of revenue
10
Repeat clients 2 cycles
$1,596,348 · 57% of revenue
18
One-time clients 1 cycle
$951,601 · 34% of revenue
Top 2 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 |
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 | $2,813,941 | 99.8% | 28 | |
| NM | $3,074 | 0.1% | 1 | |
| Unknown | $1,450 | 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 | 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 | 2004-10-14 | 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 |
| Recent | 2025-12-02 | FREYER JR ROBERT A MR ROB | Strategy & Research | Consulting | $4,000 |
| Recent | 2025-12-01 | GATES JR GARY W HONORABLE | Strategy & Research | Mesa Media Advertising & Consulting. | $2,500 |
| Recent | 2025-12-02 | FREYER JR ROBERT A MR ROB | Software & Tech | Data Management | $800 |