MiQ
MiQ is a political services vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle MiQ was paid $14.97M across 23 client committees, of which $3.55M 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 |
$11,427,461 | 53 rows | 76.3% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$3,545,594 | 172 rows | 23.7% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- Oct 11, 2018 → Apr 15, 2026
- spans 7.5 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 53
- Schedule B + IE rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 23
- 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 12 months · top 3
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| NEWSOM'S BALLOT MEASURE COMMITTEE; GOVERNOR 1380675 |
$947,377 | 4 |
| STOP SACRAMENTO'S POWER GRAB 1483178 |
$928,720 | 2 |
| BARRERA FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION 2026 1478161 |
$8,500 | 1 |
Top buyers last 18 months · top 3
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| STOP SACRAMENTO'S POWER GRAB 1483178 |
$1,925,147 | 5 |
| NEWSOM'S BALLOT MEASURE COMMITTEE; GOVERNOR 1380675 |
$1,424,489 | 7 |
| BARRERA FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION 2026 1478161 |
$8,500 | 1 |
Top buyers last 24 months · top 10
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| STOP SACRAMENTO'S POWER GRAB 1483178 |
$1,925,147 | 5 |
| NEWSOM'S BALLOT MEASURE COMMITTEE; GOVERNOR 1380675 |
$1,424,489 | 7 |
| CALIFORNIANS TO PROTECT AFFORDABLE HOUSING - A COALITION OF HOUSING ADVOCATES, RENTERS, BUSINESSES, TAXPAYERS, AND VETERANS 1462983 |
$736,291 | 2 |
| YES ON 5, CALIFORNIANS FOR SAFE AFFORDABLE COMMUNITIES, SPONSORED BY AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVOCATES, FIREFIGHTERS, BUSINESSES AND WORKERS 1471670 |
$278,152 | 1 |
| SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PARTNERSHIP FOR JOBS (NONPROFIT 501 (C)(6)) 1391049 |
$138,128 | 3 |
| DAVITA PATIENT PROTECTION COMMITTEE 1474269 |
$111,684 | 2 |
| GONZALEZ FOR ASSEMBLY 2024, SPONSORED BY EQUALITY CALIFORNIA AND LGBT (LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL & TRANSGENDER) CAUCUS LEADERSHIP FUND; COMMUNITIES UNITED TO ELECT MARK 1475174 |
$43,388 | 1 |
| UBER INNOVATION BALLOT MEASURE COMMITTEE 1466153 |
$19,496 | 1 |
| BARRERA FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION 2026 1478161 |
$8,500 | 1 |
| SANTA CLARA FORWARD, A COALITION OF HEALTH CARE AND TECHNOLOGY PROVIDERS 1475466 |
$4,436 | 1 |
By party
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $0 | 0.00% |
| Republican | $0 | 0.00% |
| Non-partisan | $14,973,054 | 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 · 8 years
| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Q4 | 2018 | $31K | 1 | NEWSOM FOR CALIFORNIA GOVER… 100% | Digital 100% | $31K | — |
| 2020 | Q1 | 2020 | $74K | 2 | NEWSOM'S BALLOT MEASURE COM… 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $74K | — |
| 2020 | Q4 | 2020 | $2.08M | 1 | YES ON 8 - CALIFORNIANS FOR… 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $2.16M | +6714% |
| 2021 | Q4 | 2020 | $64K | 1 | COURAGE CALIFORNIA ISSUES 100% | Digital 100% | $2.22M | — |
| 2022 | Q2 | 2022 | $170K | 1 | COALITION FOR SAFE, RESPONS… 100% | Media 100% | $170K | — |
| 2022 | Q3 | 2022 | $2.01M | 7 | STOP YET ANOTHER DANGEROUS … 69% | Other / Unclassified 69% | $2.18M | — |
| 2022 | Q4 | 2022 | $730K | 2 | STOP YET ANOTHER DANGEROUS … 97% | Other / Unclassified 97% | $2.91M | -65% |
| 2023 | Q1 | 2022 | $594 | 1 | COMMUNITIES UNITED CA 100% | Digital 100% | $2.91M | — |
| 2024 | Q1 | 2024 | $868K | 7 | NEWSOM'S BALLOT MEASURE COM… 94% | Digital 100% | $868K | — |
| 2024 | Q2 | 2024 | $37K | 1 | CAMPAIGN FOR A SAFE AND HEA… 100% | Media 100% | $905K | -78% |
| 2024 | Q3 | 2024 | $278K | 1 | YES ON 5, CALIFORNIANS FOR … 100% | Digital 100% | $1.18M | -86% |
| 2024 | Q4 | 2024 | $1.72M | 15 | CALIFORNIANS TO PROTECT AFF… 43% | Other / Unclassified 74% | $2.91M | +136% |
| 2025 | Q3 | 2024 | $1.47M | 6 | STOP SACRAMENTO'S POWER GRAB 68% | Other / Unclassified 68% | $4.38M | — |
| 2025 | Q4 | 2024 | $1.88M | 6 | NEWSOM'S BALLOT MEASURE COM… 50% | Other / Unclassified 63% | $6.26M | — |
| 2026 | Q1 | 2026 | $9K | 1 | BARRERA FOR SUPERINTENDENT … 100% | — | $9K | -99% |
Revenue by service category
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| Category | Total spend | Txns | Avg check | % of total | Top buyer · share | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other / Unclassified | $7,717,271 | 24 | $322K | 72.0% | STOP YET ANOTHER DANGEROUS … 27% | 11mo ago |
| Digital | $2,154,024 | 19 | $113K | 20.1% | NEWSOM'S BALLOT MEASURE COM… 60% | 12mo ago |
| Media | $821,793 | 3 | $274K | 7.7% | COALITION FOR SAFE, RESPONS… 95% | 2y ago |
| Admin & Office | $30,556 | 3 | $10K | 0.3% | UBER INNOVATION BALLOT MEAS… 64% | 23mo ago |
Client retention
Sticky-relationship signal: how many clients keep coming back across cycles vs one-time buyers.
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 | $11,427,461 | 100.0% | 23 |
Notable disbursements
5 largest all-time · 5 largest in the current cycle · 5 most recent. Each row earns its place.