RPM ITALIAN

$228K 2025-2026 cycle

RPM ITALIAN is a travel & events vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle RPM ITALIAN was paid $228K across 87 client committees.

Travel & Events ○ Slowing (~3mo since last)

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
Jan 3, 2017 → Mar 12, 2026
spans 9.2 years
Disbursements ALL TIME
215
Schedule B rows
Client committees ALL TIME
87
distinct payers

Part II Activity in selected window

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Spend trajectory

Monthly spend to this vendor over the last 12 months.

Apr 2025 Mar 2026
$46K 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 3 months · top 2

ELLZEY, JOHN KEVIN SR. $5K Travel & Events · 1 txn KENNEDY, TIMOTHY $3K Travel & Events · 1 txn RI RPM ITALIAN
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
ELLZEY, JOHN KEVIN SR.
TX · House REP
$5,000 1
KENNEDY, TIMOTHY
NY · House DEM
$2,735 1
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 6 months · top 10

ELLZEY, JOHN KEVIN SR. $5K Travel & Events · 1 txn KENNEDY, TIMOTHY $3K Travel & Events · 2 txns GILLEN, LAURA $2K Travel & Events · 2 txns AMO, GABRIEL F $2K Fundraising · 1 txn 890906 $2K Travel & Events · 1 txn ELECTING REPUBLICANS INDIANA PAC $1K Travel & Events · 1 txn BICE, STEPHANIE $1K Travel & Events · 1 txn I GOT YOUR BACK PAC $1K Travel & Events · 1 txn BELL, WESLEY $900 Travel & Events · 5 txns WESTERMAN, BRUCE $613 Travel & Events · 1 txn RI RPM ITALIAN
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
ELLZEY, JOHN KEVIN SR.
TX · House REP
$5,000 1
KENNEDY, TIMOTHY
NY · House DEM
$3,360 2
GILLEN, LAURA
NY · House DEM
$2,056 2
AMO, GABRIEL F
RI · House DEM
$1,689 1
890906
890906
$1,602 1
ELECTING REPUBLICANS INDIANA PAC
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$1,317 1
BICE, STEPHANIE
OK · House REP
$1,275 1
I GOT YOUR BACK PAC
C00633156
$1,000 1
BELL, WESLEY
MO · House DEM
$900 5
WESTERMAN, BRUCE
AR · House REP
$613 1
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 12 months · top 10

ELLZEY, JOHN KEVIN SR. $19K Travel & Events · 3 txns KENNEDY, TIMOTHY $3K Travel & Events · 2 txns TONKO, PAUL DAVID $3K Fundraising · 2 txns STEUBE, GREG $2K Travel & Events · 2 txns AMO, GABRIEL F $2K Fundraising · 2 txns GILLEN, LAURA $2K Travel & Events · 2 txns I GOT YOUR BACK PAC $2K Travel & Events · 2 txns 890906 $2K Travel & Events · 1 txn ELECTING REPUBLICANS INDIANA PAC $1K Travel & Events · 1 txn BICE, STEPHANIE $1K Travel & Events · 1 txn RI RPM ITALIAN
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
ELLZEY, JOHN KEVIN SR.
TX · House REP
$18,859 3
KENNEDY, TIMOTHY
NY · House DEM
$3,360 2
TONKO, PAUL DAVID
NY · House DEM
$3,292 2
STEUBE, GREG
FL · House REP
$2,355 2
AMO, GABRIEL F
RI · House DEM
$2,064 2
GILLEN, LAURA
NY · House DEM
$2,056 2
I GOT YOUR BACK PAC
C00633156
$2,050 2
890906
890906
$1,602 1
ELECTING REPUBLICANS INDIANA PAC
C00816389
$1,317 1
BICE, STEPHANIE
OK · House REP
$1,275 1
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 18 months · top 10

ELLZEY, JOHN KEVIN SR. $21K Travel & Events · 4 txns CANTWELL, MARIA $4K Travel & Events · 2 txns AMO, GABRIEL F $4K Fundraising · 3 txns KENNEDY, TIMOTHY $3K Travel & Events · 2 txns TONKO, PAUL DAVID $3K Fundraising · 2 txns FRY, RUSSELL $3K Travel & Events · 3 txns STEUBE, GREG $2K Travel & Events · 2 txns GILLEN, LAURA $2K Travel & Events · 2 txns I GOT YOUR BACK PAC $2K Travel & Events · 2 txns ARENHOLZ, ASHLEY HINSON $2K Travel & Events · 1 txn RI RPM ITALIAN
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
ELLZEY, JOHN KEVIN SR.
TX · House REP
$20,609 4
CANTWELL, MARIA
WA · Senate DEM
$4,394 2
AMO, GABRIEL F
RI · House DEM
$3,705 3
KENNEDY, TIMOTHY
NY · House DEM
$3,360 2
TONKO, PAUL DAVID
NY · House DEM
$3,292 2
FRY, RUSSELL
SC · House REP
$2,748 3
STEUBE, GREG
FL · House REP
$2,355 2
GILLEN, LAURA
NY · House DEM
$2,056 2
I GOT YOUR BACK PAC
C00633156
$2,050 2
ARENHOLZ, ASHLEY HINSON
IA · Senate REP
$1,802 1
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 24 months · top 10

ELLZEY, JOHN KEVIN SR. $27K Travel & Events · 5 txns CANTWELL, MARIA $4K Travel & Events · 2 txns AMO, GABRIEL F $4K Fundraising · 4 txns KENNEDY, TIMOTHY $3K Travel & Events · 2 txns TONKO, PAUL DAVID $3K Fundraising · 2 txns SMUCKER, LLOYD K. $3K Travel & Events · 1 txn DEMOCRATS RESHAPING AMERICA (DREAMPAC) $3K Travel & Events · 1 txn FRY, RUSSELL $3K Travel & Events · 3 txns STEUBE, GREG $2K Travel & Events · 2 txns GILLEN, LAURA $2K Travel & Events · 2 txns RI RPM ITALIAN
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
ELLZEY, JOHN KEVIN SR.
TX · House REP
$26,782 5
CANTWELL, MARIA
WA · Senate DEM
$4,394 2
AMO, GABRIEL F
RI · House DEM
$4,080 4
KENNEDY, TIMOTHY
NY · House DEM
$3,360 2
TONKO, PAUL DAVID
NY · House DEM
$3,292 2
SMUCKER, LLOYD K.
PA · House REP
$3,086 1
DEMOCRATS RESHAPING AMERICA (DREAMPAC)
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$3,074 1
FRY, RUSSELL
SC · House REP
$2,748 3
STEUBE, GREG
FL · House REP
$2,355 2
GILLEN, LAURA
NY · House DEM
$2,056 2

By party

Revenue by party

67% R
D · 33%
R · 67%
PartyAmount%
Democratic $57,218 25.10%
Republican $116,358 51.05%
Non-partisan $54,368 23.85%

Part III Reference tables

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

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Cycle-over-cycle trajectory

2017201820192020202120222023202420252026 Q1 2017 (2018 cycle): $3KQ2 2017 (2016 cycle): $109Q2 2017 (2018 cycle): $1KQ3 2017 (2018 cycle): $993Q4 2017 (2018 cycle): $7KQ1 2018 (2018 cycle): $2KQ2 2018 (2018 cycle): $7KQ3 2018 (2018 cycle): $10KQ4 2018 (2018 cycle): $1KQ1 2019 (2020 cycle): $4KQ2 2019 (2020 cycle): $4KQ3 2019 (2020 cycle): $300Q4 2019 (2020 cycle): $6KQ1 2020 (2020 cycle): $6KQ4 2020 (2020 cycle): $550Q3 2021 (2022 cycle): $9KQ4 2021 (2022 cycle): $11KQ1 2022 (2022 cycle): $5KQ2 2022 (2022 cycle): $13KQ3 2022 (2022 cycle): $5KQ4 2022 (2022 cycle): $294Q1 2023 (2024 cycle): $7KQ2 2023 (2024 cycle): $16KQ3 2023 (2024 cycle): $2KQ4 2023 (2022 cycle): $247Q4 2023 (2024 cycle): $12KQ1 2024 (2024 cycle): $12KQ2 2024 (2024 cycle): $17KQ3 2024 (2024 cycle): $6KQ4 2024 (2024 cycle): $6KQ1 2025 (2026 cycle): $7KQ2 2025 (2026 cycle): $19KQ3 2025 (2024 cycle): $252Q3 2025 (2026 cycle): $7KQ4 2025 (2026 cycle): $6KQ1 2026 (2026 cycle): $13K Q1Q2Q4Q2Q4Q2Q4Q4Q4Q2Q4Q2Q4Q1Q3Q1Q3Q4Q1 $19K

current cycle earlier election cycle off-cycle year quarterly · 10 years

Per-quarter totals
Year Q Cycle Total Txns Top buyer · share Top category · share Cum. (cycle) YoY %
2017 Q1 2018 $3K 3 C00476820 70% Travel & Events 100% $3K
2017 Q2 2016 $109 1 JUSTICE EVA GUZMAN FOR SUPR… 100% Travel & Events 100% $109
2017 Q2 2018 $1K 3 MEADOWS, MARK R 71% Travel & Events 100% $4K
2017 Q3 2018 $993 3 SWALWELL, ERIC MICHAEL 75% Travel & Events 100% $5K
2017 Q4 2018 $7K 8 SCOTT, JAMES AUSTIN 51% Travel & Events 100% $11K
2018 Q1 2018 $2K 3 C00580415 54% Travel & Events 100% $13K
2018 Q2 2018 $7K 6 DELBENE, SUZAN K 35% Travel & Events 100% $20K
2018 Q3 2018 $10K 5 C00580415 39% Travel & Events 100% $30K
2018 Q4 2018 $1K 2 BROWN, ANTHONY 68% Travel & Events 100% $31K
2019 Q1 2020 $4K 5 HOEVEN, JOHN 57% Travel & Events 100% $4K +72%
2019 Q2 2020 $4K 4 DENALI LEADERSHIP PAC 63% Travel & Events 100% $8K +227%
2019 Q3 2020 $300 1 HOEVEN, JOHN 100% Travel & Events 100% $9K -70%
2019 Q4 2020 $6K 7 C00552547 35% Travel & Events 100% $15K -10%
2020 Q1 2020 $6K 8 C00670547 45% Travel & Events 100% $21K +294%
2020 Q4 2020 $550 3 DEFEND OUR CONSERVATIVE SEN… 65% Travel & Events 100% $21K -53%
2021 Q3 2022 $9K 10 CRENSHAW, DANIEL 41% Travel & Events 100% $9K +2843%
2021 Q4 2022 $11K 8 PROMOTING OUR REPUBLICAN TE… 58% Travel & Events 100% $20K +76%
2022 Q1 2022 $5K 8 LANKFORD, JAMES PAUL 32% Travel & Events 100% $25K -19%
2022 Q2 2022 $13K 9 LANKFORD, JAMES PAUL 59% Travel & Events 100% $38K
2022 Q3 2022 $5K 6 BUDD, THEODORE P 65% Travel & Events 100% $43K
2022 Q4 2022 $294 1 BUDZINSKI, NIKKI 100% Travel & Events 100% $43K -47%
2023 Q1 2024 $7K 6 CURTIS, JOHN 46% Travel & Events 100% $7K
2023 Q2 2024 $16K 11 BEYOND THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS… 38% Travel & Events 100% $23K
2023 Q3 2024 $2K 4 GIVING WILLINGLY EMPOWERING… 44% Travel & Events 100% $25K -74%
2023 Q4 2022 $247 1 MILLER BEAU A HONORABLE 100% Travel & Events 100% $43K
2023 Q4 2024 $12K 13 EVANS, DWIGHT 30% Travel & Events 100% $37K +13%
2024 Q1 2024 $12K 8 EVANS, DWIGHT 37% Travel & Events 100% $49K +141%
2024 Q2 2024 $17K 11 ELLZEY, JOHN KEVIN SR. 42% Travel & Events 100% $67K +33%
2024 Q3 2024 $6K 7 LEE, MIKE 33% Travel & Events 100% $73K +17%
2024 Q4 2024 $6K 5 SMUCKER, LLOYD K. 51% Travel & Events 100% $79K +1978%
2025 Q1 2026 $7K 5 CANTWELL, MARIA 53% Travel & Events 100% $7K +7%
2025 Q2 2026 $19K 10 ELLZEY, JOHN KEVIN SR. 81% Travel & Events 100% $26K +19%
2025 Q3 2024 $252 4 TEXANS FOR DAN PATRICK 100% Travel & Events 100% $79K
2025 Q3 2026 $7K 6 TONKO, PAUL DAVID 49% Travel & Events 51% $33K +197%
2025 Q4 2026 $6K 8 AMO, GABRIEL F 34% Travel & Events 66% $39K -50%
2026 Q1 2026 $13K 11 ELLZEY, JOHN KEVIN SR. 37% Travel & Events 100% $53K +11%
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Revenue by service category

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Revenue by service category

last 3 months · hover bars for cycle context
Travel & Events — cycle-to-date Total: $223K across 211 disbursements (avg $1K/check) Top buyer: ELLZEY, JOHN KEVIN SR. (14% of category) Last paid: 2mo ago · +182% vs prior cycle Travel & Events $8K

Revenue by service category

last 6 months · hover bars for cycle context
Travel & Events — cycle-to-date Total: $223K across 211 disbursements (avg $1K/check) Top buyer: ELLZEY, JOHN KEVIN SR. (14% of category) Last paid: 2mo ago · +182% vs prior cycle Travel & Events $17K Fundraising — cycle-to-date Total: $5K across 4 disbursements (avg $1K/check) Top buyer: TONKO, PAUL DAVID (61% of category) Last paid: 5mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Fundraising $2K

Revenue by service category

last 12 months · hover bars for cycle context
Travel & Events — cycle-to-date Total: $223K across 211 disbursements (avg $1K/check) Top buyer: ELLZEY, JOHN KEVIN SR. (14% of category) Last paid: 2mo ago · +182% vs prior cycle Travel & Events $36K Fundraising — cycle-to-date Total: $5K across 4 disbursements (avg $1K/check) Top buyer: TONKO, PAUL DAVID (61% of category) Last paid: 5mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Fundraising $5K

Revenue by service category

last 18 months · hover bars for cycle context
Travel & Events — cycle-to-date Total: $223K across 211 disbursements (avg $1K/check) Top buyer: ELLZEY, JOHN KEVIN SR. (14% of category) Last paid: 2mo ago · +182% vs prior cycle Travel & Events $50K Fundraising — cycle-to-date Total: $5K across 4 disbursements (avg $1K/check) Top buyer: TONKO, PAUL DAVID (61% of category) Last paid: 5mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Fundraising $5K

Revenue by service category

last 24 months · hover bars for cycle context
Travel & Events — cycle-to-date Total: $223K across 211 disbursements (avg $1K/check) Top buyer: ELLZEY, JOHN KEVIN SR. (14% of category) Last paid: 2mo ago · +182% vs prior cycle Travel & Events $69K Fundraising — cycle-to-date Total: $5K across 4 disbursements (avg $1K/check) Top buyer: TONKO, PAUL DAVID (61% of category) Last paid: 5mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Fundraising $5K
Per-category breakdown · cycle-to-date
Category Total spend Txns Avg check % of total Top buyer · share Last paid
Travel & Events $222,588 211 $1K 97.7% ELLZEY, JOHN KEVIN SR. 14% 2mo ago
Fundraising $5,357 4 $1K 2.3% TONKO, PAUL DAVID 61% 5mo ago
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Client retention

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

3
Anchor clients 3+ cycles
$11,571 · 5% of revenue
17
Repeat clients 2 cycles
$94,205 · 41% of revenue
66
One-time clients 1 cycle
$122,169 · 54% of revenue
Top 3 anchor clients · all-time
Client Cycles All-time spend Txns First paid Last paid
ARENHOLZ, ASHLEY HINSON 3 $5,212 10 2021-07-20 2025-05-07
MOORE, GWEN S 3 $4,323 6 2019-10-11 2024-03-04
OORAH! POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE 3 $2,035 7 2018-02-09 2025-01-28
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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
TX
$40,731 25.2% 10
CA
$15,598 9.7% 6
Unknown
$13,924 8.6% 6
WA
$12,281 7.6% 4
OK
$11,562 7.2% 3
DC
$11,280 7.0% 7
PA
$11,094 6.9% 2
NY
$9,672 6.0% 6
GA
$9,242 5.7% 3
UT
$9,096 5.6% 2
MD
$8,792 5.4% 3
OH
$8,343 5.2% 4
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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 2025-06-11 ELLZEY, JOHN KEVIN SR. Travel & Events CATERING $9,403
Largest all-time 2022-06-08 LANKFORD, JAMES PAUL Travel & Events CATERING $6,292
Largest all-time 2023-06-29 BEYOND THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS PAC Travel & Events CATERING $6,198
Largest all-time 2021-10-07 PROMOTING OUR REPUBLICAN TEAM PAC Travel & Events RECEPTION FOOD AND BEVERAGE $6,196
Largest all-time 2024-06-12 ELLZEY, JOHN KEVIN SR. Travel & Events CATERING $6,172
Largest this cycle 2026-03-12 ELLZEY, JOHN KEVIN SR. Travel & Events CATERING $5,000
Largest this cycle 2025-06-13 ELLZEY, JOHN KEVIN SR. Travel & Events CATERING $4,456
Largest this cycle 2025-01-08 CANTWELL, MARIA Travel & Events CATERING $3,769
Largest this cycle 2025-09-30 TONKO, PAUL DAVID Fundraising FUNDRAISING CATERING EXPENSE $2,742
Recent 2026-03-11 KENNEDY, TIMOTHY Travel & Events CATERING $2,735
Recent 2026-02-10 890906 Travel & Events Food and Drinks $1,602
Recent 2026-02-06 BICE, STEPHANIE Travel & Events FOOD/BEVERAGE $1,275
Recent 2026-02-24 BELL, WESLEY Travel & Events CATERING $324
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