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 6 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| BARRERA FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION 2026 1478161 |
$8,500 | 1 |
Top buyers last 12 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 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
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, TEACHERS, NURSES, A… 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 | CALIFORNIA INDIAN TRIBES TO… 100% | Media 100% | $170K | — |
| 2022 | Q3 | 2022 | $2.01M | 7 | NO ON 29: STOP YET ANOTHER … 69% | Other / Unclassified 69% | $2.18M | — |
| 2022 | Q4 | 2022 | $730K | 2 | NO ON 29: STOP YET ANOTHER … 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 | CLEAN AND HEALTHY CALIFORNI… 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 | NO ON PROP 33, CALIFORNIANS… 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% | NO ON 29: STOP YET ANOTHER … 27% | 9mo ago |
| Digital | $2,154,024 | 19 | $113K | 20.1% | NEWSOM'S BALLOT MEASURE COM… 60% | 9mo ago |
| Media | $821,793 | 3 | $274K | 7.7% | CALIFORNIA INDIAN TRIBES TO… 95% | 2y ago |
| Admin & Office | $30,556 | 3 | $10K | 0.3% | UBER INNOVATION BALLOT MEAS… 64% | 21mo 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.