Newsom for California Governor 2018
Newsom for California Governor 2018 is a political services vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle Newsom for California Governor 2018 was paid $60.45M across 29 client committees, of which $13.07M 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 |
$47,382,075 | 225,254 rows | 78.4% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$13,066,062 | 842 rows | 21.6% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- Dec 11, 2012 → Oct 27, 2022
- spans 9.9 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 225,254
- Schedule B + IE rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 29
- 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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By party
Revenue by party
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $21,163 | 0.04% |
| Republican | $0 | 0.00% |
| Non-partisan | $60,426,974 | 99.96% |
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 · 3 years
| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Q1 | 2016 | $2.48M | 35509 | NEWSOM FOR CALIFORNIA GOVER… 53% | Fundraising 87% | $2.48M | — |
| 2017 | Q2 | 2016 | $2.96M | 31671 | ACTBLUE CALIFORNIA 53% | Fundraising 89% | $5.44M | — |
| 2017 | Q3 | 2016 | $2.12M | 19286 | NEWSOM FOR CALIFORNIA GOVER… 78% | Fundraising 92% | $7.56M | — |
| 2017 | Q4 | 2016 | $2.51M | 19116 | ACTBLUE CALIFORNIA 54% | Fundraising 70% | $10M | — |
| 2018 | Q1 | 2018 | $3.2M | 20607 | NEWSOM FOR CALIFORNIA GOVER… 63% | Fundraising 78% | $3.2M | — |
| 2018 | Q2 | 2018 | $12M | 13677 | NEWSOM FOR CALIFORNIA GOVER… 97% | Media 30% | $15M | — |
| 2018 | Q3 | 2018 | $6.28M | 11561 | NEWSOM FOR CALIFORNIA GOVER… 90% | Other / Unclassified 54% | $22M | — |
| 2018 | Q4 | 2018 | $5.47M | 3972 | NEWSOM FOR CALIFORNIA GOVER… 56% | Media 42% | $27M | — |
| 2019 | Q1 | 2018 | $613K | 3686 | NEWSOM FOR CALIFORNIA GOVER… 100% | Fundraising 89% | $28M | -75% |
Revenue by service category
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| Category | Total spend | Txns | Avg check | % of total | Top buyer · share | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fundraising | $24,059,760 | 224,128 | $107 | 50.8% | ACTBLUE CALIFORNIA 54% | 7y ago |
| Other / Unclassified | $12,101,471 | 885 | $14K | 25.6% | NEWSOM FOR CALIFORNIA GOVER… 97% | 7y ago |
| Media | $6,454,356 | 54 | $120K | 13.6% | NEWSOM FOR CALIFORNIA GOVER… 56% | 7y ago |
| Contributions & Transfers | $3,113,441 | 50 | $62K | 6.6% | NEWSOM FOR CALIFORNIA GOVER… 99% | 7y ago |
| Print & Mail | $1,095,161 | 22 | $50K | 2.3% | NEWSOM FOR CALIFORNIA GOVER… 99% | 7y ago |
| Admin & Office | $204,280 | 3 | $68K | 0.4% | NEWSOM FOR CALIFORNIA GOVER… 100% | 7y ago |
| Strategy & Research | $140,070 | 8 | $18K | 0.3% | NEWSOM FOR CALIFORNIA GOVER… 100% | 8y ago |
| Travel & Events | $121,848 | 80 | $2K | 0.3% | NEWSOM FOR CALIFORNIA GOVER… 100% | 7y ago |
| Legal & Compliance | $44,210 | 5 | $9K | 0.1% | NEWSOM FOR CALIFORNIA GOVER… 100% | 7y ago |
| Wages & Payroll | $4,190 | 4 | $1K | 0.0% | NEWSOM FOR CALIFORNIA GOVER… 100% | 7y ago |
| Software & Tech | $2,408 | 4 | $602 | 0.0% | NEWSOM FOR CALIFORNIA GOVER… 58% | 7y ago |
| Digital | $1,600 | 4 | $400 | 0.0% | HER TIME PAC 47% | 7y ago |
| Field & Voter Contact | $861 | 7 | $123 | 0.0% | NEWSOM FOR CALIFORNIA GOVER… 91% | 8y ago |
Client retention
Sticky-relationship signal: how many clients keep coming back across cycles vs one-time buyers.
| Client | Cycles | All-time spend | Txns | First paid | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEWSOM FOR CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR 2018 | 3 | $31,260,036 | 92,841 | 2015-02-12 | 2019-01-31 |
| ACTBLUE CALIFORNIA | 3 | $12,884,723 | 132,378 | 2015-01-25 | 2018-04-15 |
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 | $47,381,325 | 100.0% | 28 | |
| DC | $750 | 0.0% | 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 | 2018-05-30 | NEWSOM FOR CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR 2018 | Contributions & Transfers | Transfer to Affiliated Committee | $2,797,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2018-10-15 | 902202 | Media | TV Production/Cable Buy | $1,575,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2018-05-11 | NEWSOM FOR CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR 2018 | Media | TEL / CNS | $1,239,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2018-05-15 | NEWSOM FOR CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR 2018 | Media | TEL / CNS | $1,000,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2018-05-18 | NEWSOM FOR CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR 2018 | Media | TEL / CNS | $885,000 |
| Recent | 2019-01-31 | NEWSOM FOR CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR 2018 | Fundraising | Earmarked Contribution from: ADDARIO, LISA | $500 |
| Recent | 2019-01-31 | NEWSOM FOR CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR 2018 | Fundraising | Earmarked Contribution from: PIKE, NANCY | $50 |
| Recent | 2019-01-31 | NEWSOM FOR CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR 2018 | Fundraising | Earmarked Contribution from: LORING, NATHAN | $25 |
| Recent | 2019-01-31 | NEWSOM FOR CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR 2018 | Fundraising | Earmarked Contribution from: FERMOILE, MARIA | $25 |
| Recent | 2019-01-31 | NEWSOM FOR CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR 2018 | Fundraising | Earmarked Contribution from: SOTELO, VERONICA | $10 |