Paul Seo

$381K 2025-2026 cycle

Paul Seo is a political services vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle Paul Seo was paid $381K across 4 client committees.

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Part I Identity

Stable facts about this entity. These figures do not change as you adjust the timeframe in Part II.

Activity span ALL TIME
Jun 30, 2025 → May 14, 2026
spans 10 months
Disbursements ALL TIME
14
Schedule B rows
Client committees ALL TIME
4
distinct payers

Part II Activity in selected window

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Spend trajectory

Monthly spend to this vendor over the last 12 months.

Jun 2025 May 2026
$381K across 12 months
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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.

VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 1 months · top 2

ADVANCE CALIFORNIA, SPONSORED BY CALI… $307K Print & Mail · 5 txns ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER LEADERSHIP PAC… $36K Print & Mail · 4 txns PS Paul Seo
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
ADVANCE CALIFORNIA, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA APARTMENT ASSOCIATION
1490343
 $307,187 5
ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER LEADERSHIP PAC (API LEADERSHIP PAC)
1410185
 $36,161 4
View all buyers in research · last 1 mo →
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 3 months · top 2

ADVANCE CALIFORNIA, SPONSORED BY CALI… $307K Print & Mail · 5 txns ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER LEADERSHIP PAC… $72K Print & Mail · 7 txns PS Paul Seo
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
ADVANCE CALIFORNIA, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA APARTMENT ASSOCIATION
1490343
 $307,187 5
ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER LEADERSHIP PAC (API LEADERSHIP PAC)
1410185
 $72,274 7
View all buyers in research · last 3 mo →
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 6 months · top 3

ADVANCE CALIFORNIA, SPONSORED BY CALI… $307K Print & Mail · 5 txns ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER LEADERSHIP PAC… $72K Print & Mail · 7 txns 870598 $2K Other / Unclassified · 1 txn PS Paul Seo
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
ADVANCE CALIFORNIA, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA APARTMENT ASSOCIATION
1490343
 $307,187 5
ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER LEADERSHIP PAC (API LEADERSHIP PAC)
1410185
 $72,274 7
870598
870598
 $1,500 1
View all buyers in research · last 6 mo →
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 12 months · top 4

ADVANCE CALIFORNIA, SPONSORED BY CALI… $307K Print & Mail · 5 txns ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER LEADERSHIP PAC… $72K Print & Mail · 7 txns 870598 $2K Other / Unclassified · 1 txn 741666 $-425 Fundraising · 1 txn PS Paul Seo
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
ADVANCE CALIFORNIA, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA APARTMENT ASSOCIATION
1490343
 $307,187 5
ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER LEADERSHIP PAC (API LEADERSHIP PAC)
1410185
 $72,274 7
870598
870598
 $1,500 1
741666
741666
 -$425 1
View all buyers in research · last 12 mo →
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 18 months · top 4

ADVANCE CALIFORNIA, SPONSORED BY CALI… $307K Print & Mail · 5 txns ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER LEADERSHIP PAC… $72K Print & Mail · 7 txns 870598 $2K Other / Unclassified · 1 txn 741666 $-425 Fundraising · 1 txn PS Paul Seo
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
ADVANCE CALIFORNIA, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA APARTMENT ASSOCIATION
1490343
 $307,187 5
ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER LEADERSHIP PAC (API LEADERSHIP PAC)
1410185
 $72,274 7
870598
870598
 $1,500 1
741666
741666
 -$425 1
View all buyers in research · last 18 mo →
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 24 months · top 4

ADVANCE CALIFORNIA, SPONSORED BY CALI… $307K Print & Mail · 5 txns ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER LEADERSHIP PAC… $72K Print & Mail · 7 txns 870598 $2K Other / Unclassified · 1 txn 741666 $-425 Fundraising · 1 txn PS Paul Seo
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
ADVANCE CALIFORNIA, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA APARTMENT ASSOCIATION
1490343
 $307,187 5
ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER LEADERSHIP PAC (API LEADERSHIP PAC)
1410185
 $72,274 7
870598
870598
 $1,500 1
741666
741666
 -$425 1
View all buyers in research · last 24 mo →

By party

PartyAmount%
Democratic $0 0.00%
Republican $0 0.00%
Non-partisan $380,962 100.00%

Part III Reference tables

Full all-time and cycle-to-date data.

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Cycle-over-cycle trajectory

2026 Q1 2026 (2026 cycle): $2KQ2 2026 (2026 cycle): $379K Q1Q2 $379K

current cycle earlier election cycle off-cycle year quarterly · 1 year

Per-quarter totals
Year Q Cycle Total Txns Top buyer · share Top category · share Cum. (cycle) YoY %
2026 Q1 2026 $2K 1 870598 100% Other / Unclassified 100% $2K —
2026 Q2 2026 $379K 12 ADVANCE CALIFORNIA, SPONSOR… 81% Print & Mail 51% $381K —
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Revenue by service category

Revenue by service category

last 1 months · hover bars for cycle context
Print & Mail — cycle-to-date Total: $195K across 4 disbursements (avg $49K/check) Top buyer: ADVANCE CALIFORNIA, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA APARTMENT ASSOCIATION (86% of category) Last paid: 3w ago · no prior-cycle baseline Print & Mail $195K Media — cycle-to-date Total: $143K across 3 disbursements (avg $48K/check) Top buyer: ADVANCE CALIFORNIA, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA APARTMENT ASSOCIATION (86% of category) Last paid: 3w ago · no prior-cycle baseline Media $123K Strategy & Research — cycle-to-date Total: $16K across 1 disbursements (avg $16K/check) Top buyer: ADVANCE CALIFORNIA, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA APARTMENT ASSOCIATION (100% of category) Last paid: 3w ago · no prior-cycle baseline Strategy & Research $16K

Revenue by service category

last 3 months · hover bars for cycle context
Print & Mail — cycle-to-date Total: $195K across 4 disbursements (avg $49K/check) Top buyer: ADVANCE CALIFORNIA, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA APARTMENT ASSOCIATION (86% of category) Last paid: 3w ago · no prior-cycle baseline Print & Mail $195K Media — cycle-to-date Total: $143K across 3 disbursements (avg $48K/check) Top buyer: ADVANCE CALIFORNIA, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA APARTMENT ASSOCIATION (86% of category) Last paid: 3w ago · no prior-cycle baseline Media $143K Digital — cycle-to-date Total: $16K across 2 disbursements (avg $8K/check) Top buyer: ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER LEADERSHIP PAC (API LEADERSHIP PAC) (100% of category) Last paid: 4w ago · no prior-cycle baseline Digital $16K Strategy & Research — cycle-to-date Total: $16K across 1 disbursements (avg $16K/check) Top buyer: ADVANCE CALIFORNIA, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA APARTMENT ASSOCIATION (100% of category) Last paid: 3w ago · no prior-cycle baseline Strategy & Research $16K

Revenue by service category

last 6 months · hover bars for cycle context
Print & Mail — cycle-to-date Total: $195K across 4 disbursements (avg $49K/check) Top buyer: ADVANCE CALIFORNIA, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA APARTMENT ASSOCIATION (86% of category) Last paid: 3w ago · no prior-cycle baseline Print & Mail $195K Media — cycle-to-date Total: $143K across 3 disbursements (avg $48K/check) Top buyer: ADVANCE CALIFORNIA, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA APARTMENT ASSOCIATION (86% of category) Last paid: 3w ago · no prior-cycle baseline Media $143K Digital — cycle-to-date Total: $16K across 2 disbursements (avg $8K/check) Top buyer: ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER LEADERSHIP PAC (API LEADERSHIP PAC) (100% of category) Last paid: 4w ago · no prior-cycle baseline Digital $16K Strategy & Research — cycle-to-date Total: $16K across 1 disbursements (avg $16K/check) Top buyer: ADVANCE CALIFORNIA, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA APARTMENT ASSOCIATION (100% of category) Last paid: 3w ago · no prior-cycle baseline Strategy & Research $16K

Revenue by service category

last 12 months · hover bars for cycle context
Print & Mail — cycle-to-date Total: $195K across 4 disbursements (avg $49K/check) Top buyer: ADVANCE CALIFORNIA, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA APARTMENT ASSOCIATION (86% of category) Last paid: 3w ago · no prior-cycle baseline Print & Mail $195K Media — cycle-to-date Total: $143K across 3 disbursements (avg $48K/check) Top buyer: ADVANCE CALIFORNIA, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA APARTMENT ASSOCIATION (86% of category) Last paid: 3w ago · no prior-cycle baseline Media $143K Digital — cycle-to-date Total: $16K across 2 disbursements (avg $8K/check) Top buyer: ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER LEADERSHIP PAC (API LEADERSHIP PAC) (100% of category) Last paid: 4w ago · no prior-cycle baseline Digital $16K Strategy & Research — cycle-to-date Total: $16K across 1 disbursements (avg $16K/check) Top buyer: ADVANCE CALIFORNIA, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA APARTMENT ASSOCIATION (100% of category) Last paid: 3w ago · no prior-cycle baseline Strategy & Research $16K

Revenue by service category

last 18 months · hover bars for cycle context
Print & Mail — cycle-to-date Total: $195K across 4 disbursements (avg $49K/check) Top buyer: ADVANCE CALIFORNIA, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA APARTMENT ASSOCIATION (86% of category) Last paid: 3w ago · no prior-cycle baseline Print & Mail $195K Media — cycle-to-date Total: $143K across 3 disbursements (avg $48K/check) Top buyer: ADVANCE CALIFORNIA, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA APARTMENT ASSOCIATION (86% of category) Last paid: 3w ago · no prior-cycle baseline Media $143K Digital — cycle-to-date Total: $16K across 2 disbursements (avg $8K/check) Top buyer: ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER LEADERSHIP PAC (API LEADERSHIP PAC) (100% of category) Last paid: 4w ago · no prior-cycle baseline Digital $16K Strategy & Research — cycle-to-date Total: $16K across 1 disbursements (avg $16K/check) Top buyer: ADVANCE CALIFORNIA, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA APARTMENT ASSOCIATION (100% of category) Last paid: 3w ago · no prior-cycle baseline Strategy & Research $16K

Revenue by service category

last 24 months · hover bars for cycle context
Print & Mail — cycle-to-date Total: $195K across 4 disbursements (avg $49K/check) Top buyer: ADVANCE CALIFORNIA, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA APARTMENT ASSOCIATION (86% of category) Last paid: 3w ago · no prior-cycle baseline Print & Mail $195K Media — cycle-to-date Total: $143K across 3 disbursements (avg $48K/check) Top buyer: ADVANCE CALIFORNIA, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA APARTMENT ASSOCIATION (86% of category) Last paid: 3w ago · no prior-cycle baseline Media $143K Digital — cycle-to-date Total: $16K across 2 disbursements (avg $8K/check) Top buyer: ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER LEADERSHIP PAC (API LEADERSHIP PAC) (100% of category) Last paid: 4w ago · no prior-cycle baseline Digital $16K Strategy & Research — cycle-to-date Total: $16K across 1 disbursements (avg $16K/check) Top buyer: ADVANCE CALIFORNIA, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA APARTMENT ASSOCIATION (100% of category) Last paid: 3w ago · no prior-cycle baseline Strategy & Research $16K
Per-category breakdown · cycle-to-date
Category Total spend Txns Avg check % of total Top buyer · share Last paid
Print & Mail $195,187 4 $49K 52.6% ADVANCE CALIFORNIA, SPONSOR… 86% 3w ago
Media $142,750 3 $48K 38.5% ADVANCE CALIFORNIA, SPONSOR… 86% 3w ago
Digital $16,114 2 $8K 4.3% ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER LEAD… 100% 4w ago
Strategy & Research $16,000 1 $16K 4.3% ADVANCE CALIFORNIA, SPONSOR… 100% 3w ago
Other / Unclassified $1,500 1 $2K 0.4% 870598 100% 3mo ago
Fundraising -$425 1 $-425 -0.1% 741666 0% 11mo ago
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Client retention

Sticky-relationship signal: how many clients keep coming back across cycles vs one-time buyers.

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Anchor clients 3+ cycles
$0 · 0% of revenue
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Repeat clients 2 cycles
$0 · 0% of revenue
3
One-time clients 1 cycle
$380,962 · 100% of revenue
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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
$380,962 100.0% 3
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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 2026-05-14 ADVANCE CALIFORNIA, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA APARTMENT ASSOCIATION Media Media Buy $122,430
Largest all-time 2026-05-14 ADVANCE CALIFORNIA, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA APARTMENT ASSOCIATION Print & Mail Mailer $118,770
Largest all-time 2026-05-14 ADVANCE CALIFORNIA, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA APARTMENT ASSOCIATION Print & Mail Mailer $49,667
Largest all-time 2026-05-05 ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER LEADERSHIP PAC (API LEADERSHIP PAC) Media Digital Media Buy - Digital Ad 1 - Seo/AD 66 $20,000
Largest all-time 2026-05-14 ADVANCE CALIFORNIA, SPONSORED BY CALIFORNIA APARTMENT ASSOCIATION Strategy & Research Polling $16,000
Recent 2026-05-14 ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER LEADERSHIP PAC (API LEADERSHIP PAC) Print & Mail Printing - Mailer 1 - Seo/AD 66 $14,632
Recent 2026-05-14 ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER LEADERSHIP PAC (API LEADERSHIP PAC) Print & Mail Postage - Mailer 1 - Seo/AD 66 $12,117
Recent 2026-05-14 ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER LEADERSHIP PAC (API LEADERSHIP PAC) — Consulting - Mailer 1 - Seo/AD 66 $7,500
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