PINPOINT MEDIA

$34.14M 2025-2026 cycle

PINPOINT MEDIA is a media vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle PINPOINT MEDIA was paid $34.14M across 12 client committees, of which $25.33M flowed through Independent Expenditures rather than direct committee payments.

Media ○ Slowing (~4mo since last)
Limited recent activity. Most recent disbursement to this vendor was 4 months ago (Feb 20, 2026). Charts below reflect cycle-to-date totals; the recent windows may be sparse.

Part I Identity

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

Source split

$34.14M = $8.82M (Schedule B) + $25.33M (Independent Expenditures)
Schedule B
direct committee payments
$8,816,450 72 rows 25.8%
Independent Expenditures
money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them
$25,325,613 68 rows 74.2%
Activity span ALL TIME
Oct 28, 2014 → Feb 20, 2026
spans 11.3 years
Disbursements ALL TIME
72
Schedule B + IE rows
Client committees ALL TIME
12
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.

Mar 2025 Feb 2026
$215K 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.

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VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 6 months · top 1

WATKINS NATHAN E MR $215K Media · 1 txn PM PINPOINT MEDIA
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
WATKINS NATHAN E MR
00086233
$215,075 1
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 12 months · top 1

WATKINS NATHAN E MR $215K Media · 1 txn PM PINPOINT MEDIA
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
WATKINS NATHAN E MR
00086233
$215,075 1
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 18 months · top 1

WATKINS NATHAN E MR $215K Media · 1 txn PM PINPOINT MEDIA
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
WATKINS NATHAN E MR
00086233
$215,075 1
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 24 months · top 2

WATKINS NATHAN E MR $215K Media · 1 txn SMITH, ADRIAN $75K Media · 1 txn PM PINPOINT MEDIA
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
WATKINS NATHAN E MR
00086233
$215,075 1
SMITH, ADRIAN
NE · House REP
$74,808 1

By party

Revenue by party

100% R
D · 0%
R · 100%
PartyAmount%
Democratic $1,452 0.00%
Republican $16,576,217 48.55%
Non-partisan $17,564,393 51.45%

Part III Reference tables

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

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Cycle-over-cycle trajectory

20172018202020212022202320242026 Q3 2017 (2018 cycle): $1.62MQ1 2018 (2018 cycle): $10KQ2 2018 (2018 cycle): $1.23MQ3 2018 (2018 cycle): $696KQ4 2018 (2018 cycle): $2.74MQ1 2020 (2020 cycle): $286KQ4 2021 (2022 cycle): $375Q2 2022 (2022 cycle): $863KQ4 2023 (2024 cycle): $51KQ1 2024 (2024 cycle): $803KQ2 2024 (2024 cycle): $223KQ4 2024 (2024 cycle): $75KQ1 2026 (2026 cycle): $215K Q3Q2Q4Q4Q4Q2Q1 $2.74M

current cycle earlier election cycle off-cycle year quarterly · 8 years

Per-quarter totals
Year Q Cycle Total Txns Top buyer · share Top category · share Cum. (cycle) YoY %
2017 Q3 2018 $1.62M 10 STRANGE, LUTHER J III 100% Media 100% $1.62M
2018 Q1 2018 $10K 1 C00651075 100% Media 100% $1.63M
2018 Q2 2018 $1.23M 18 C00651075 78% Media 100% $2.86M
2018 Q3 2018 $696K 6 C00676239 55% Media 100% $3.56M
2018 Q4 2018 $2.74M 13 C00651075 66% Media 100% $6.3M
2020 Q1 2020 $286K 7 C00732347 100% Media 100% $286K +2756%
2021 Q4 2022 $375 1 JOBS FOR OUR FUTURE PAC 100% Media 100% $375
2022 Q2 2022 $863K 1 MCHENRY, PATRICK TIMOTHY 100% Media 100% $863K
2023 Q4 2024 $51K 1 MOORE, TIM 100% Media 100% $51K +13556%
2024 Q1 2024 $803K 10 MOORE, TIM 53% Media 100% $854K
2024 Q2 2024 $223K 2 SMITH, ADRIAN 100% Media 100% $1.08M -74%
2024 Q4 2024 $75K 1 SMITH, ADRIAN 100% Media 100% $1.15M
2026 Q1 2026 $215K 1 WATKINS NATHAN E MR 100% Media 100% $215K -73%
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Revenue by service category

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Revenue by service category

last 6 months · hover bars for cycle context
Media — cycle-to-date Total: $8.82M across 72 disbursements (avg $122K/check) Top buyer: C00651075 (35% of category) Last paid: 3mo ago · +665% vs prior cycle Media $215K

Revenue by service category

last 12 months · hover bars for cycle context
Media — cycle-to-date Total: $8.82M across 72 disbursements (avg $122K/check) Top buyer: C00651075 (35% of category) Last paid: 3mo ago · +665% vs prior cycle Media $215K

Revenue by service category

last 18 months · hover bars for cycle context
Media — cycle-to-date Total: $8.82M across 72 disbursements (avg $122K/check) Top buyer: C00651075 (35% of category) Last paid: 3mo ago · +665% vs prior cycle Media $215K

Revenue by service category

last 24 months · hover bars for cycle context
Media — cycle-to-date Total: $8.82M across 72 disbursements (avg $122K/check) Top buyer: C00651075 (35% of category) Last paid: 3mo ago · +665% vs prior cycle Media $290K
Per-category breakdown · cycle-to-date
Category Total spend Txns Avg check % of total Top buyer · share Last paid
Media $8,816,450 72 $122K 100.0% C00651075 35% 3mo ago
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Client retention

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

0
Anchor clients 3+ cycles
$0 · 0% of revenue
1
Repeat clients 2 cycles
$557,744 · 6% of revenue
11
One-time clients 1 cycle
$8,258,706 · 94% 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
Unknown
$4,320,550 49.0% 4
NC
$1,717,331 19.5% 3
AL
$1,620,333 18.4% 1
NE
$557,744 6.3% 1
DC
$385,042 4.4% 1
TX
$215,075 2.4% 1
MA
$375 0.0% 1
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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 2022-05-12 MCHENRY, PATRICK TIMOTHY Media MEDIA BUY $862,890
Largest all-time 2018-10-26 C00651075 Media PLACED MEDIA $475,723
Largest all-time 2018-10-01 C00676239 Media MEDIA $400,470
Largest all-time 2018-10-11 C00651075 Media PLACED MEDIA $390,541
Largest all-time 2018-10-26 NRSC Media MEDIA PLACEMENT $385,042
Largest this cycle 2026-02-20 WATKINS NATHAN E MR Media CAMPAIGN TELEVISION ADVERTISING $215,075
Recent 2024-05-03 SMITH, ADRIAN Media MEDIA $126,486
Recent 2024-04-26 SMITH, ADRIAN Media MEDIA $96,835
Recent 2024-10-18 SMITH, ADRIAN Media MEDIA ADVERTISING $74,808
Recent 2024-02-28 WALKER, BRADLEY MARK MR. Media ADVERTISING $39,320
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