PIERCE COMMUNICATIONS
PIERCE COMMUNICATIONS is a strategy & research vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle PIERCE COMMUNICATIONS was paid $808K across 3 client committees, of which $145K 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 |
$662,784 | 14 rows | 82.1% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$144,774 | 4 rows | 17.9% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- Nov 1, 2012 → Feb 16, 2026
- spans 13.3 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 14
- Schedule B + IE rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 3
- distinct payers
Part II Activity in selected window
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| SMITH, KEVIN KY · House REP |
$1,335 | 1 |
Top buyers last 12 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| SMITH, KEVIN KY · House REP |
$1,335 | 1 |
Top buyers last 18 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| SMITH, KEVIN KY · House REP |
$1,335 | 1 |
Top buyers last 24 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| SMITH, KEVIN KY · House REP |
$1,335 | 1 |
By party
Revenue by party
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $0 | 0.00% |
| Republican | $807,558 | 100.00% |
| Non-partisan | $0 | 0.00% |
Part III Reference tables
Full all-time and cycle-to-date data.
Cycle-over-cycle trajectory
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| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Q4 | 2018 | $3K | 1 | STARK COUNTY REPUBLICAN PAR… 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $3K | — |
| 2021 | Q2 | 2022 | $170K | 4 | TOM FOR OHIO 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $170K | — |
| 2021 | Q3 | 2022 | $489K | 8 | TOM FOR OHIO 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $658K | — |
| 2026 | Q1 | 2026 | $1K | 1 | SMITH, KEVIN 100% | — | $1K | — |
Revenue by service category
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| Category | Total spend | Txns | Avg check | % of total | Top buyer · share | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strategy & Research | $661,449 | 13 | $51K | 100.0% | TOM FOR OHIO 100% | 4y 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OH | $661,449 | 99.8% | 2 | |
| KY | $1,335 | 0.2% | 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 | 2021-07-22 | TOM FOR OHIO | Strategy & Research | MEDIA | $100,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2021-07-08 | TOM FOR OHIO | Strategy & Research | STRATEGY CONSULTING | $100,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2021-07-12 | TOM FOR OHIO | Strategy & Research | STRATEGY & MEDIA | $100,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2021-06-16 | TOM FOR OHIO | Strategy & Research | STRATEGY CONSULTRING | $75,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2021-07-06 | TOM FOR OHIO | Strategy & Research | STRATEGY CONSULTING | $75,000 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-02-16 | SMITH, KEVIN | — | VIDEO PRODUCTION SERVICES | $1,335 |
| Recent | 2021-07-27 | TOM FOR OHIO | Strategy & Research | MEDIA | $70,000 |
| Recent | 2021-08-06 | TOM FOR OHIO | Strategy & Research | MEDIA | $17,740 |
| Recent | 2021-07-27 | TOM FOR OHIO | Strategy & Research | MEDIA | $10,000 |