Nexstar
Nexstar is a political services vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle Nexstar was paid $1.87M across 10 client committees, of which $139K 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 |
$1,727,553 | 20 rows | 92.6% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$138,645 | 7 rows | 7.4% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- Jul 11, 2020 → Jan 28, 2026
- spans 5.5 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 20
- Schedule B + IE rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 10
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| WALL KATHALEEN MS KAT 00089780 |
$181,409 | 2 |
Top buyers last 12 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| WALL KATHALEEN MS KAT 00089780 |
$181,409 | 2 |
Top buyers last 18 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| WALL KATHALEEN MS KAT 00089780 |
$181,409 | 2 |
Top buyers last 24 months · top 2
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| WALL KATHALEEN MS KAT 00089780 |
$181,409 | 2 |
| ABOLFAZLI, MARYAM. TN · House DEM |
$16,511 | 4 |
By party
Revenue by party
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $17,836 | 0.96% |
| Republican | $0 | 0.00% |
| Non-partisan | $1,848,362 | 99.04% |
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
| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Q4 | 2020 | $686K | 2 | PROTECT APP-BASED DRIVERS A… 76% | Digital 76% | $686K | — |
| 2021 | Q2 | 2020 | $1K | 2 | TEXAS AFT COMMITTEE ON POLI… 100% | Digital 100% | $687K | — |
| 2022 | Q2 | 2022 | $373K | 1 | YES ON 26, NO ON 27 - COALI… 100% | Media 100% | $373K | — |
| 2022 | Q3 | 2022 | $70K | 4 | STOP YET ANOTHER DANGEROUS … 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $443K | — |
| 2022 | Q4 | 2022 | $391K | 2 | YES ON 26, NO ON 27 - COALI… 90% | Media 90% | $834K | -43% |
| 2023 | Q4 | 2022 | $500 | 1 | LUBBOCK AREA REPUBLICAN WOM… 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $834K | — |
| 2024 | Q1 | 2024 | $8K | 2 | AUSTIN FOR JUDGE 2024; BRIAN 61% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $8K | — |
| 2024 | Q4 | 2024 | $17K | 4 | ABOLFAZLI, MARYAM. 100% | Media 100% | $25K | -96% |
| 2026 | Q1 | 2026 | $181K | 2 | WALL KATHALEEN MS KAT 100% | Media 100% | $181K | +2147% |
Revenue by service category
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| Category | Total spend | Txns | Avg check | % of total | Top buyer · share | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Media | $922,575 | 8 | $115K | 53.4% | YES ON 26, NO ON 27 - COALI… 79% | 4mo ago |
| Digital | $521,071 | 3 | $174K | 30.2% | PROTECT APP-BASED DRIVERS A… 100% | 5y ago |
| Other / Unclassified | $283,907 | 9 | $32K | 16.4% | STOP THE DANGEROUS & COSTLY… 59% | 2y 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 | $1,528,133 | 88.5% | 6 | |
| TX | $182,909 | 10.6% | 3 | |
| TN | $16,511 | 1.0% | 1 |
Notable disbursements
5 largest all-time · 5 largest in the current cycle · 5 most recent. Each row earns its place.