POTOMAC WAVES LLC
POTOMAC WAVES LLC is a political services vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle POTOMAC WAVES LLC was paid $12.17M across 15 client committees, of which $625K 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 |
$11,549,765 | 135 rows | 94.9% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$625,201 | 61 rows | 5.1% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- May 25, 2012 → Dec 20, 2024
- spans 12.6 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 135
- Schedule B + IE rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 15
- 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.
No buyer activity in this window.
No buyer activity in this window.
No buyer activity in this window.
No buyer activity in this window.
Top buyers last 18 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| DCCC C00000935 |
$3,500 | 1 |
Top buyers last 24 months · top 3
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| BIDEN, JOSEPH R JR US · President DEM |
$2,352,998 | 15 |
| KAINE, TIMOTHY MICHAEL VA · Senate DEM |
$471,527 | 5 |
| DCCC C00000935 |
$251,063 | 14 |
By party
Revenue by party
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $11,823,221 | 97.11% |
| Republican | $0 | 0.00% |
| Non-partisan | $351,746 | 2.89% |
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 · 8 years
| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Q2 | 2018 | $10K | 1 | DCCC 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $10K | — |
| 2018 | Q2 | 2018 | $28K | 3 | KAINE, TIMOTHY MICHAEL 100% | Media 100% | $38K | — |
| 2018 | Q3 | 2018 | $60K | 1 | KAINE, TIMOTHY MICHAEL 100% | Media 100% | $98K | — |
| 2018 | Q4 | 2018 | $710K | 15 | KAINE, TIMOTHY MICHAEL 59% | Media 100% | $808K | — |
| 2019 | Q1 | 2020 | $4K | 2 | DAVIDS, SHARICE 52% | Print & Mail 52% | $4K | — |
| 2019 | Q3 | 2020 | $21K | 3 | C00706416 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $25K | — |
| 2019 | Q4 | 2020 | $17K | 4 | C00706416 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $42K | — |
| 2020 | Q1 | 2020 | $1.4M | 12 | BLOOMBERG, MICHAEL R. 100% | Print & Mail 72% | $1.44M | — |
| 2020 | Q3 | 2020 | $245K | 4 | OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL COALITI… 84% | Media 100% | $1.69M | +312% |
| 2020 | Q4 | 2020 | $2.35M | 15 | BIDEN, JOSEPH R JR 56% | Media 100% | $4.04M | +232% |
| 2021 | Q1 | 2020 | $419 | 1 | OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL COALITI… 100% | Digital 100% | $4.04M | — |
| 2021 | Q4 | 2022 | $13K | 1 | KELLY, MARK 100% | Media 100% | $13K | -23% |
| 2022 | Q2 | 2022 | $219K | 6 | FETTERMAN, JOHN KARL 60% | Media 60% | $232K | — |
| 2022 | Q3 | 2022 | $1.04M | 11 | FETTERMAN, JOHN KARL 77% | Media 96% | $1.27M | +323% |
| 2022 | Q4 | 2022 | $1.78M | 15 | FETTERMAN, JOHN KARL 80% | Media 97% | $3.05M | -24% |
| 2023 | Q1 | 2024 | $60K | 1 | DCCC 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $60K | — |
| 2023 | Q4 | 2024 | $153K | 1 | BIDEN, JOSEPH R JR 100% | Media 100% | $213K | +1101% |
| 2024 | Q1 | 2024 | $164K | 1 | BIDEN, JOSEPH R JR 100% | Media 100% | $377K | — |
| 2024 | Q2 | 2024 | $253K | 6 | BIDEN, JOSEPH R JR 84% | Media 84% | $630K | +15% |
| 2024 | Q3 | 2024 | $1.76M | 14 | BIDEN, JOSEPH R JR 72% | Media 72% | $2.39M | +70% |
| 2024 | Q4 | 2024 | $1.26M | 18 | BIDEN, JOSEPH R JR 84% | Media 94% | $3.65M | -29% |
Revenue by service category
No category revenue in this window.
No category revenue in this window.
No category revenue in this window.
No category revenue in this window.
| Category | Total spend | Txns | Avg check | % of total | Top buyer · share | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Media | $9,411,522 | 93 | $101K | 81.5% | BIDEN, JOSEPH R JR 44% | 17mo ago |
| Print & Mail | $1,005,793 | 11 | $91K | 8.7% | BLOOMBERG, MICHAEL R. 100% | 6y ago |
| Strategy & Research | $701,498 | 23 | $30K | 6.1% | DCCC 56% | 19mo ago |
| Digital | $405,103 | 4 | $101K | 3.5% | KAINE, TIMOTHY MICHAEL 100% | 20mo ago |
| Other / Unclassified | $25,367 | 2 | $13K | 0.2% | ATKINS BALLOT MEASURE COMMI… 59% | 3y ago |
| Travel & Events | $482 | 2 | $241 | 0.0% | BIDEN, JOSEPH R JR 100% | 22mo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DCCC | 4 | $1,408,589 | 36 | 2017-05-31 | 2024-12-20 |
| SPANBERGER, ABIGAIL | 3 | $206,805 | 8 | 2018-10-15 | 2022-10-24 |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PA | $6,554,619 | 56.8% | 2 | |
| DC | $1,678,909 | 14.5% | 2 | |
| VA | $1,568,937 | 13.6% | 3 | |
| NY | $1,398,703 | 12.1% | 1 | |
| CA | $292,744 | 2.5% | 2 | |
| Unknown | $40,939 | 0.4% | 3 | |
| AZ | $12,717 | 0.1% | 1 | |
| KS | $2,198 | 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 | 2020-10-09 | BIDEN, JOSEPH R JR | Media | MEDIA BUY | $1,000,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2024-09-18 | BIDEN, JOSEPH R JR | Media | MEDIA BUY | $896,964 |
| Largest all-time | 2024-10-04 | BIDEN, JOSEPH R JR | Media | MEDIA BUY & PRODUCTION | $714,333 |
| Largest all-time | 2020-10-15 | DCCC | Media | GENERIC CMTE. MEDIA BUYS | $606,660 |
| Largest all-time | 2022-08-30 | FETTERMAN, JOHN KARL | Media | RADIO ADVERTISING | $434,635 |
| Largest this cycle | 2024-09-23 | KAINE, TIMOTHY MICHAEL | Digital | DIGITAL MEDIA BUY | $367,719 |
| Largest this cycle | 2024-10-15 | BIDEN, JOSEPH R JR | Media | MEDIA BUY | $276,175 |
| Largest this cycle | 2024-07-12 | BIDEN, JOSEPH R JR | Media | MEDIA BUY | $200,000 |
| Recent | 2024-11-13 | KAINE, TIMOTHY MICHAEL | Media | RADIO PRODUCTION | $40,018 |
| Recent | 2024-11-18 | BIDEN, JOSEPH R JR | Media | MEDIA BUY & PRODUCTION | $15,000 |
| Recent | 2024-11-08 | DCCC | Media | GENERIC CMTE. MEDIA SERVICES | $12,000 |
| Recent | 2024-12-20 | DCCC | Media | GENERIC CMTE. MEDIA SERVICES | $3,500 |
| Recent | 2024-11-08 | DCCC | Media | GENERIC CMTE. MEDIA SERVICES | $3,500 |