METHOD CAMPAIGN SERVICES
$3.77M
2025-2026 cycle
METHOD CAMPAIGN SERVICES is a wages & payroll vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle METHOD CAMPAIGN SERVICES was paid $3.77M across 39 client committees, of which $330K 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
$3.77M
=
$3.44M
(Schedule B)
+
$330K
(Independent Expenditures)
| Schedule B direct committee payments |
$3,438,621 | 295 rows | 91.3% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$329,548 | 72 rows | 8.7% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- Feb 26, 2011 → Apr 23, 2026
- spans 15.2 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 295
- Schedule B + IE rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 39
- 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.
May 2025
Apr 2026
$57K
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.
No buyer activity in this window.
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 3 months · top 1
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 1485077 |
$34,801 | 1 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 6 months · top 1
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 1485077 |
$34,801 | 1 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 12 months · top 1
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 1485077 |
$34,801 | 1 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 18 months · top 2
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| NEWMAN FOR SENATE 2024; JOSH 1435010 |
$247,058 | 2 |
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 1485077 |
$34,801 | 1 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 24 months · top 2
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| NEWMAN FOR SENATE 2024; JOSH 1435010 |
$562,204 | 5 |
| STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 1485077 |
$34,801 | 1 |
By party
Revenue by party
D · 100%
R · 0%
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $53,416 | 1.42% |
| Republican | $0 | 0.00% |
| Non-partisan | $3,714,753 | 98.58% |
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 · 9 years
Per-quarter totals
| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Q2 | 2016 | $105K | 12 | PARENT TEACHER ALLIANCE, SP… 99% | Wages & Payroll 100% | $105K | — |
| 2017 | Q3 | 2016 | $25K | 7 | BIRNBAUM FOR ASSEMBLY 2017 58% | Wages & Payroll 100% | $130K | — |
| 2017 | Q4 | 2016 | $33K | 7 | BIRNBAUM FOR ASSEMBLY 2017 100% | Wages & Payroll 100% | $163K | — |
| 2018 | Q1 | 2018 | $12K | 6 | GABRIEL FOR ASSEMBLY 2018; … 57% | Wages & Payroll 100% | $12K | — |
| 2018 | Q2 | 2018 | $413K | 31 | PARENT TEACHER ALLIANCE, SP… 67% | Wages & Payroll 100% | $425K | — |
| 2018 | Q3 | 2018 | $187K | 10 | NEWSOM FOR GOVERNOR 2018; A… 64% | Wages & Payroll 100% | $612K | — |
| 2018 | Q4 | 2018 | $113K | 9 | SMITH FOR ASSEMBLY 2018; CH… 84% | Wages & Payroll 100% | $725K | — |
| 2019 | Q1 | 2018 | $32K | 3 | GABRIEL FOR ASSEMBLY 2018, … 77% | Wages & Payroll 100% | $757K | — |
| 2019 | Q1 | 2020 | $5K | 1 | GOMEZ, JIMMY 100% | Wages & Payroll 100% | $5K | — |
| 2019 | Q3 | 2018 | $9K | 3 | SMITH FOR ASSEMBLY 2020; CH… 57% | Wages & Payroll 100% | $766K | -66% |
| 2019 | Q4 | 2018 | $46K | 3 | SMITH FOR ASSEMBLY 2020; CH… 100% | Wages & Payroll 100% | $812K | +42% |
| 2019 | Q4 | 2020 | $31K | 2 | C00725101 100% | Wages & Payroll 100% | $36K | — |
| 2020 | Q1 | 2020 | $123K | 9 | C00725101 100% | Wages & Payroll 100% | $159K | +968% |
| 2020 | Q2 | 2020 | $164K | 13 | C00725101 100% | Wages & Payroll 100% | $323K | -60% |
| 2020 | Q3 | 2020 | $128K | 7 | C00725101 92% | Wages & Payroll 100% | $451K | -32% |
| 2020 | Q4 | 2020 | $157K | 24 | C00725101 79% | Wages & Payroll 100% | $608K | +39% |
| 2021 | Q1 | 2022 | $52K | 3 | C00725101 100% | Wages & Payroll 100% | $52K | +964% |
| 2022 | Q2 | 2022 | $15K | 5 | C00795104 54% | Wages & Payroll 100% | $66K | -91% |
| 2022 | Q3 | 2022 | $14K | 2 | PETRIE-NORRIS FOR ASSEMBLY … 100% | Wages & Payroll 100% | $81K | -89% |
| 2022 | Q4 | 2022 | $76K | 17 | PETRIE-NORRIS FOR ASSEMBLY … 100% | Wages & Payroll 100% | $157K | -52% |
| 2024 | Q1 | 2024 | $5K | 1 | SANTIAGO FOR ASSEMBLY 2024 100% | Wages & Payroll 100% | $5K | — |
| 2024 | Q3 | 2024 | $159K | 2 | NEWMAN FOR SENATE 2024; JOSH 100% | Wages & Payroll 100% | $164K | +1009% |
| 2024 | Q4 | 2024 | $156K | 1 | NEWMAN FOR SENATE 2024; JOSH 100% | Wages & Payroll 100% | $320K | +106% |
| 2025 | Q1 | 2024 | $225K | 1 | NEWMAN FOR SENATE 2024; JOSH 100% | Wages & Payroll 100% | $545K | — |
| 2025 | Q2 | 2024 | $22K | 1 | NEWMAN FOR SENATE 2024; JOSH 100% | Wages & Payroll 100% | $567K | — |
| 2026 | Q2 | 2026 | $35K | 1 | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 100% | Wages & Payroll 100% | $35K | — |
Revenue by service category
No category revenue in this window.
Per-category breakdown · cycle-to-date
| Category | Total spend | Txns | Avg check | % of total | Top buyer · share | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wages & Payroll | $3,434,435 | 295 | $12K | 100.0% | PARENT TEACHER ALLIANCE, SP… 22% | 6w ago |
Client retention
Sticky-relationship signal: how many clients keep coming back across cycles vs one-time buyers.
0
Anchor clients 3+ cycles
$0 · 0% of revenue
4
Repeat clients 2 cycles
$1,728,057 · 50% of revenue
35
One-time clients 1 cycle
$1,710,564 · 50% of revenue
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA | $2,770,067 | 80.6% | 34 | |
| Unknown | $628,552 | 18.3% | 3 | |
| DC | $40,002 | 1.2% | 2 |
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 | 2025-01-21 | NEWMAN FOR SENATE 2024; JOSH | Wages & Payroll | — | $225,073 |
| Largest all-time | 2024-10-20 | NEWMAN FOR SENATE 2024; JOSH | Wages & Payroll | — | $156,367 |
| Largest all-time | 2024-09-22 | NEWMAN FOR SENATE 2024; JOSH | Wages & Payroll | — | $113,656 |
| Largest all-time | 2018-06-04 | PARENT TEACHER ALLIANCE, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION ADVOCATES INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE COMMITTEE | Wages & Payroll | CNS, OFC, PHO, SAL; Support; Vanessa Delgado; SD32 | $74,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2016-11-14 | NEXTGEN CALIFORNIA SPONSORED BY NEXTGEN CLIMATE ACTION | Wages & Payroll | — | $67,596 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-04-23 | STEYER FOR GOVERNOR 2026 | Wages & Payroll | Political Strategy Consulting | $34,801 |
| Recent | 2025-05-28 | NEWMAN FOR SENATE 2024; JOSH | Wages & Payroll | — | $21,985 |