Santa Maria Sun

2025-2026 cycle

Santa Maria Sun is a political services vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle Santa Maria Sun was paid — across 10 client committees.

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
Disbursements ALL TIME
18
Schedule B rows
Client committees ALL TIME
10
distinct payers

Part II Activity in selected window

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Spend trajectory

Monthly spend to this vendor over the last 12 months.

Jun 2025 May 2026
$1K 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.

No buyer activity in this window.

VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 3 months · top 1

ADAMS 2026; RETAIN JUDGE TOM $1K Digital · 1 txn SM Santa Maria Sun
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
ADAMS 2026; RETAIN JUDGE TOM
1489335
$1,480 1
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 6 months · top 1

ADAMS 2026; RETAIN JUDGE TOM $1K Digital · 1 txn SM Santa Maria Sun
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
ADAMS 2026; RETAIN JUDGE TOM
1489335
$1,480 1
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 12 months · top 1

ADAMS 2026; RETAIN JUDGE TOM $1K Digital · 1 txn SM Santa Maria Sun
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
ADAMS 2026; RETAIN JUDGE TOM
1489335
$1,480 1
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 18 months · top 1

ADAMS 2026; RETAIN JUDGE TOM $1K Digital · 1 txn SM Santa Maria Sun
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
ADAMS 2026; RETAIN JUDGE TOM
1489335
$1,480 1
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 24 months · top 2

ADAMS 2026; RETAIN JUDGE TOM $1K Digital · 1 txn LIMON FOR SENATE 2024 $414 Digital · 1 txn SM Santa Maria Sun
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
ADAMS 2026; RETAIN JUDGE TOM
1489335
$1,480 1
LIMON FOR SENATE 2024
1434494
$414 1

By party

Revenue by party

100% R
D · 0%
R · 100%
PartyAmount%
Democratic $0 0.00%
Republican $0 10.78%
Non-partisan $0 89.22%

Part III Reference tables

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

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Cycle-over-cycle trajectory

2020202220242026 Q4 2020 (2020 cycle): $1KQ4 2022 (2022 cycle): $3KQ4 2024 (2024 cycle): $414Q2 2026 (2026 cycle): $1K Q4Q4Q2 $3K

current cycle earlier election cycle off-cycle year quarterly · 4 years

Per-quarter totals
Year Q Cycle Total Txns Top buyer · share Top category · share Cum. (cycle) YoY %
2020 Q4 2020 $1K 1 ANDY CALDWELL FOR CONGRESS 100% Print & Mail 100% $1K
2022 Q4 2022 $3K 5 494306 100% Print & Mail 100% $3K +212%
2024 Q4 2024 $414 1 LIMON FOR SENATE 2024 100% Digital 100% $414 -87%
2026 Q2 2026 $1K 1 ADAMS 2026; RETAIN JUDGE TOM 100% Digital 100% $1K
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Revenue by service category

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Revenue by service category

last 3 months · hover bars for cycle context
Digital — cycle-to-date Total: $2K across 2 disbursements (avg $947/check) Top buyer: ADAMS 2026; RETAIN JUDGE TOM (78% of category) Last paid: 2mo ago · +357% vs prior cycle Digital $1K

Revenue by service category

last 6 months · hover bars for cycle context
Digital — cycle-to-date Total: $2K across 2 disbursements (avg $947/check) Top buyer: ADAMS 2026; RETAIN JUDGE TOM (78% of category) Last paid: 2mo ago · +357% vs prior cycle Digital $1K

Revenue by service category

last 12 months · hover bars for cycle context
Digital — cycle-to-date Total: $2K across 2 disbursements (avg $947/check) Top buyer: ADAMS 2026; RETAIN JUDGE TOM (78% of category) Last paid: 2mo ago · +357% vs prior cycle Digital $1K

Revenue by service category

last 18 months · hover bars for cycle context
Digital — cycle-to-date Total: $2K across 2 disbursements (avg $947/check) Top buyer: ADAMS 2026; RETAIN JUDGE TOM (78% of category) Last paid: 2mo ago · +357% vs prior cycle Digital $1K

Revenue by service category

last 24 months · hover bars for cycle context
Digital — cycle-to-date Total: $2K across 2 disbursements (avg $947/check) Top buyer: ADAMS 2026; RETAIN JUDGE TOM (78% of category) Last paid: 2mo ago · +357% vs prior cycle Digital $2K
Per-category breakdown · cycle-to-date
Category Total spend Txns Avg check % of total Top buyer · share Last paid
Print & Mail $4,227 6 $705 44.4% 494306 76% 3y ago
Other / Unclassified $2,505 5 $501 26.3% ACHADJIAN FOR ASSEMBLY 2014… 36% 11y ago
Digital $1,894 2 $947 19.9% ADAMS 2026; RETAIN JUDGE TOM 78% 2mo ago
Media $898 5 $180 9.4% 960382 63% 14y ago
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Client retention

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

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Anchor clients 3+ cycles
$0 · 0% of revenue
1
Repeat clients 2 cycles
$330 · 3% of revenue
9
One-time clients 1 cycle
$9,194 · 97% 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
CA
$9,524 100.0% 10
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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 2026-05-21 ADAMS 2026; RETAIN JUDGE TOM Digital Print & Digital $1,480
Largest all-time 2020-10-23 ANDY CALDWELL FOR CONGRESS Print & Mail NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING $1,027
Largest all-time 2014-10-27 ACHADJIAN FOR ASSEMBLY 2014, KATCHO Other / Unclassified $913
Largest all-time 2022-11-03 494306 Print & Mail Print Ads - In-Kind to Yes on 26 No on 27 - Coalition for Safe Responsible Gaming (ID# 1424396) $640
Largest all-time 2022-10-20 494306 Print & Mail Print Ads - In-Kind to Yes on 26 No on 27 - Coalition for Safe Responsible Gaming (ID# 1424396) $640
Recent 2022-10-27 494306 Print & Mail Print Ads - In-Kind to Yes on 26 No on 27 - Coalition for Safe Responsible Gaming (ID# 1424396) $640
Recent 2024-10-28 LIMON FOR SENATE 2024 Digital Digital Ads $414
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