SADLER STRATEGIC MEDIA, INC.
SADLER STRATEGIC MEDIA, INC. is a media vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle SADLER STRATEGIC MEDIA, INC. was paid $250.41M across 114 client committees, of which $17.42M 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 |
$232,989,083 | 506 rows | 93.0% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$17,416,429 | 64 rows | 7.0% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- Sep 19, 2005 → May 22, 2026
- spans 20.7 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 506
- Schedule B + IE rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 114
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| SAKAKIHARA FOR SENATE 2026; SCOTT 1486040 |
$77,354 | 3 |
Top buyers last 12 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| SAKAKIHARA FOR SENATE 2026; SCOTT 1486040 |
$77,354 | 3 |
Top buyers last 18 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| SAKAKIHARA FOR SENATE 2026; SCOTT 1486040 |
$77,354 | 3 |
Top buyers last 24 months · top 2
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| SAKAKIHARA FOR SENATE 2026; SCOTT 1486040 |
$77,354 | 3 |
| RUBIO FOR SENATE 2024; MARISOL 1461897 |
$4,752 | 2 |
By party
Revenue by party
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $3,459,390 | 1.38% |
| Republican | $0 | 0.00% |
| Non-partisan | $246,946,123 | 98.62% |
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 · 9 years
| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Q1 | 2016 | $172K | 2 | NEWMAN FOR STATE SENATE 2016 54% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $172K | — |
| 2017 | Q1 | 2018 | $155K | 7 | SARA HERNANDEZ FOR CONGRESS 100% | Media 100% | $155K | — |
| 2017 | Q2 | 2016 | $535K | 5 | CALIFORNIA CHARTER SCHOOLS … 96% | Media 100% | $707K | — |
| 2017 | Q3 | 2016 | $10K | 1 | 880212 100% | Media 100% | $717K | — |
| 2018 | Q2 | 2018 | $4.66M | 29 | BECERRA FOR ATTORNEY GENERA… 35% | Media 93% | $4.82M | — |
| 2018 | Q3 | 2018 | $9.75M | 14 | COALITION TO PROTECT LOCAL … 70% | Media 100% | $15M | — |
| 2018 | Q4 | 2018 | $19M | 24 | COALITION TO PROTECT LOCAL … 73% | Media 100% | $33M | — |
| 2019 | Q1 | 2018 | $10K | 1 | YES ON 23 - CALIFORNIANS FO… 100% | Media 100% | $33M | -94% |
| 2019 | Q4 | 2020 | $206K | 2 | CORY 2020 100% | Media 100% | $206K | — |
| 2020 | Q1 | 2020 | $309K | 12 | MITCHELL FOR COUNTY SUPERVI… 31% | Media 65% | $515K | — |
| 2020 | Q3 | 2020 | $14M | 19 | CALIFORNIANS FOR INDEPENDEN… 38% | Media 81% | $14M | +43% |
| 2020 | Q4 | 2020 | $13M | 37 | CALIFORNIANS FOR RESPONSIBL… 56% | Other / Unclassified 60% | $27M | -30% |
| 2021 | Q1 | 2020 | $7K | 1 | MIN FOR STATE SENATE 2020; … 100% | Media 100% | $27M | -30% |
| 2021 | Q2 | 2020 | $20K | 1 | BONTA FOR ASSEMBLY 2021; MIA 100% | Media 100% | $27M | — |
| 2021 | Q3 | 2020 | $4.48M | 3 | NEWSOM; STOP THE REPUBLICAN… 99% | Media 100% | $32M | — |
| 2021 | Q4 | 2022 | $141K | 1 | BLACK LIVES MATTER PAC 100% | Media 100% | $141K | -32% |
| 2022 | Q1 | 2022 | $14K | 1 | HANEY FOR STATE ASSEMBLY 20… 100% | Media 100% | $155K | -96% |
| 2022 | Q2 | 2022 | $5.49M | 44 | LEVINE FOR INSURANCE COMMIS… 20% | Media 80% | $5.65M | — |
| 2022 | Q3 | 2022 | $44M | 10 | YES ON 27 - CALIFORNIANS FO… 96% | Media 96% | $49M | +215% |
| 2022 | Q4 | 2022 | $2.78M | 10 | NEWSOM FOR CALIFORNIA GOVER… 43% | Media 100% | $52M | -79% |
| 2023 | Q4 | 2022 | $45K | 1 | COMMITTEE FOR CALIFORNIA 100% | Media 100% | $52M | — |
| 2025 | Q1 | 2024 | $5K | 2 | RUBIO FOR SENATE 2024; MARI… 100% | Media 100% | $5K | — |
| 2026 | Q2 | 2026 | $77K | 3 | SAKAKIHARA FOR SENATE 2026;… 100% | Digital 100% | $77K | — |
Stations this firm's clients buy from
Stations this firm's clients buy from top 15 + 192 additional stations · $66,639,620 · Los Angeles, CA dominant market
Broadcast stations that committees who pay SADLER STRATEGIC MEDIA, INC. also pay directly on their Schedule B filings. We can't prove SADLER STRATEGIC MEDIA, INC. routed money to these stations, but the concentration signal reveals the market network this firm's clients spend on.
| Station | Market | Network | Total client spend | Buys | Activity window |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KABC-TV | Los Angeles, CA | ABC | $6,825,985 | 29 | May 2022 → Oct 2022 |
| KCBS-TV | Los Angeles, CA | CBS | $4,729,566 | 37 | May 2022 → Oct 2022 |
| KNBC-TV | Los Angeles, CA | NBC | $4,333,441 | 27 | May 2022 → Oct 2022 |
| KGO-TV | San Francisco, CA | ABC | $4,108,379 | 41 | Apr 2022 → Oct 2022 |
| KTLA-TV | Los Angeles, CA | CW | $3,677,440 | 24 | May 2022 → Oct 2022 |
| KCRA-TV | Sacramento, CA | NBC | $3,599,510 | 36 | Apr 2022 → Sep 2022 |
| KTVU-TV | San Francisco, CA | Fox | $3,417,891 | 44 | Apr 2022 → Oct 2022 |
| KTTV-TV | Los Angeles, CA | Fox | $2,744,108 | 24 | May 2022 → Oct 2022 |
| KPIX-TV | San Francisco, CA | CBS | $2,470,014 | 44 | Apr 2022 → Oct 2022 |
| KXTV | Sacramento, CA | NBC | $2,249,214 | 39 | Apr 2022 → Sep 2022 |
| KNTV | San Jose, CA | NBC | $1,954,333 | 43 | Apr 2022 → Oct 2022 |
| KOVR-TV | Sacramento, CA | CBS | $1,803,558 | 36 | Apr 2022 → Sep 2022 |
| KNSD-TV | San Diego, CA | NBC | $1,737,383 | 25 | May 2022 → Sep 2022 |
| KFSN-TV | Fresno, CA | ABC | $1,501,325 | 21 | May 2022 → Sep 2022 |
| KFMB-TV | San Diego, CA | CBS | $1,415,135 | 23 | May 2022 → Sep 2022 |
Revenue by service category
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| Category | Total spend | Txns | Avg check | % of total | Top buyer · share | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Media | $201,611,432 | 432 | $467K | 86.7% | YES ON 27 - CALIFORNIANS FO… 20% | 19mo ago |
| Other / Unclassified | $27,411,209 | 52 | $527K | 11.8% | CALIFORNIANS FOR RESPONSIBL… 36% | 3y ago |
| Travel & Events | $2,652,673 | 8 | $332K | 1.1% | BROWN FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL 100% | 19y ago |
| Digital | $850,384 | 13 | $65K | 0.4% | 850007 90% | 3mo ago |
| Strategy & Research | $12,500 | 1 | $13K | 0.0% | TOM STEYER 2020 100% | 6y 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 741666 | 3 | $716,311 | 8 | 2016-10-21 | 2020-10-19 |
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 | $232,494,998 | 99.8% | 112 | |
| DC | $494,085 | 0.2% | 2 |
Notable disbursements
5 largest all-time · 5 largest in the current cycle · 5 most recent. Each row earns its place.