SAPPHIRE STRATEGIES

$70.72M 2025-2026 cycle

SAPPHIRE STRATEGIES is a digital vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle SAPPHIRE STRATEGIES was paid $70.72M across 59 client committees, of which $420K flowed through Independent Expenditures rather than direct committee payments.

Digital ● Recent

Part I Identity

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

Source split

$70.72M = $70.30M (Schedule B) + $420K (Independent Expenditures)
Schedule B
direct committee payments
$70,301,285 2,090 rows 99.4%
Independent Expenditures
money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them
$419,758 10 rows 0.6%
Activity span ALL TIME
Jan 8, 2019 → Jul 29, 2026
spans 7.6 years
Disbursements ALL TIME
2,090
Schedule B + IE rows
Client committees ALL TIME
59
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.

Aug 2025 Jul 2026
$12.01M 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 10

HMP $266K — · 2 txns NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC TRAINING COMMITTE… $173K — · 1 txn EMILYS LIST $171K — · 5 txns DELBENE, SUZAN K $149K — · 4 txns JEFFRIES, HAKEEM $120K — · 3 txns DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY FUND $53K — · 3 txns KHANNA, ROHIT $20K — · 1 txn NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIE… $10K — · 1 txn ASPIRE PAC $6K — · 1 txn SMEAD, JOSH $4K — · 1 txn SS SAPPHIRE STRATEGIES
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
HMP
C00495028
$265,522 2
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC TRAINING COMMITTEE (NDTC)
C00603084
$172,500 1
EMILYS LIST
C00193433
$170,961 5
DELBENE, SUZAN K
WA · House DEM
$148,945 4
JEFFRIES, HAKEEM
NY · House DEM
$120,324 3
DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY FUND
C00844720
$52,558 3
KHANNA, ROHIT
CA · House DEM
$20,246 1
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS OF U.S.A. POLITICAL FUND (LETTER CARRIER POLITICAL FUND)
C00023580
$10,000 1
ASPIRE PAC
C00506907
$6,000 1
SMEAD, JOSH
MO · House DEM
$3,600 1
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 6 months · top 10

HMP $1.37M — · 9 txns EMILYS LIST $754K Digital · 16 txns NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC TRAINING COMMITTE… $737K — · 10 txns JEFFRIES, HAKEEM $536K Digital · 10 txns DELBENE, SUZAN K $292K Digital · 12 txns WOOD, JORDAN $234K Digital · 4 txns KHANNA, ROHIT $223K Digital · 7 txns DSI $152K Digital · 4 txns DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY FUND $142K — · 12 txns PAC TO THE FUTURE $119K — · 6 txns SS SAPPHIRE STRATEGIES
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
HMP
C00495028
$1,368,132 9
EMILYS LIST
C00193433
$754,061 16
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC TRAINING COMMITTEE (NDTC)
C00603084
$736,500 10
JEFFRIES, HAKEEM
NY · House DEM
$535,937 10
DELBENE, SUZAN K
WA · House DEM
$291,677 12
WOOD, JORDAN
ME · Senate DEM
$234,300 4
KHANNA, ROHIT
CA · House DEM
$223,446 7
DSI
C00745786
$152,000 4
DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY FUND
C00844720
$141,998 12
PAC TO THE FUTURE
C00344234
$118,500 6
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 12 months · top 10

HMP $2.55M Digital · 19 txns NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC TRAINING COMMITTE… $1.52M Digital · 27 txns JEFFRIES, HAKEEM $1.48M Digital · 26 txns EMILYS LIST $1.27M Digital · 31 txns WOOD, JORDAN $1.2M Digital · 15 txns DELBENE, SUZAN K $500K Digital · 23 txns KHANNA, ROHIT $436K Digital · 15 txns DSI $380K Digital · 10 txns DEMOCRATS WHO WIN $380K Digital · 10 txns DCCC $345K Digital · 7 txns SS SAPPHIRE STRATEGIES
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
HMP
C00495028
$2,545,495 19
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC TRAINING COMMITTEE (NDTC)
C00603084
$1,521,700 27
JEFFRIES, HAKEEM
NY · House DEM
$1,480,813 26
EMILYS LIST
C00193433
$1,270,061 31
WOOD, JORDAN
ME · Senate DEM
$1,201,390 15
DELBENE, SUZAN K
WA · House DEM
$500,257 23
KHANNA, ROHIT
CA · House DEM
$435,892 15
DSI
C00745786
$380,000 10
DEMOCRATS WHO WIN
C00853481
$380,000 10
DCCC
C00000935
$345,000 7
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 18 months · top 10

NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC TRAINING COMMITTE… $3.13M Digital · 46 txns HMP $2.68M Digital · 22 txns JEFFRIES, HAKEEM $2.5M Digital · 48 txns WOOD, JORDAN $2.47M Digital · 26 txns EMILYS LIST $1.6M Digital · 45 txns KHANNA, ROHIT $1.02M Digital · 24 txns DCCC $995K Digital · 16 txns DELBENE, SUZAN K $735K Digital · 41 txns DEMOCRATS WHO WIN $575K Digital · 16 txns DSI $570K Digital · 15 txns SS SAPPHIRE STRATEGIES
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC TRAINING COMMITTEE (NDTC)
C00603084
$3,129,549 46
HMP
C00495028
$2,680,069 22
JEFFRIES, HAKEEM
NY · House DEM
$2,496,046 48
WOOD, JORDAN
ME · Senate DEM
$2,468,703 26
EMILYS LIST
C00193433
$1,599,695 45
KHANNA, ROHIT
CA · House DEM
$1,015,131 24
DCCC
C00000935
$995,000 16
DELBENE, SUZAN K
WA · House DEM
$734,562 41
DEMOCRATS WHO WIN
C00853481
$575,000 16
DSI
C00745786
$570,000 15
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 24 months · top 10

HMP $5.48M Digital · 29 txns NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC TRAINING COMMITTE… $4.34M Digital · 63 txns JEFFRIES, HAKEEM $3.43M Digital · 66 txns WOOD, JORDAN $2.47M Digital · 26 txns EMILYS LIST $2.06M Digital · 60 txns KHANNA, ROHIT $1.23M Digital · 32 txns DCCC $1.07M Digital · 22 txns PAC TO THE FUTURE $1.03M Digital · 44 txns PELOSI, NANCY $869K Digital · 34 txns DELBENE, SUZAN K $852K Digital · 55 txns SS SAPPHIRE STRATEGIES
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
HMP
C00495028
$5,484,913 29
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC TRAINING COMMITTEE (NDTC)
C00603084
$4,337,549 63
JEFFRIES, HAKEEM
NY · House DEM
$3,428,791 66
WOOD, JORDAN
ME · Senate DEM
$2,468,703 26
EMILYS LIST
C00193433
$2,061,945 60
KHANNA, ROHIT
CA · House DEM
$1,234,973 32
DCCC
C00000935
$1,070,000 22
PAC TO THE FUTURE
C00344234
$1,026,749 44
PELOSI, NANCY
CA · House DEM
$869,000 34
DELBENE, SUZAN K
WA · House DEM
$852,437 55

By party

Revenue by party

100% D
D · 100%
R · 0%
PartyAmount%
Democratic $50,207,983 70.99%
Republican $0 0.00%
Non-partisan $20,513,060 29.01%

Part III Reference tables

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

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People at this agency 0 buyers · 4 leadership

Clayton Herbst Founder Rogelio Rodriguez Kansas City Division Direct… Beth Newman St. Louis Division Director Chlo Ray Managing Partner SS SAPPHIRE STRATEGIES

Leadership 4

Founders, partners, chiefs — for strategic / partnership conversations.

Clayton Herbst agency site

Founder

Email [email protected] +3 guess
Rogelio Rodriguez agency site

Kansas City Division Director

Beth Newman agency site

St. Louis Division Director

Email [email protected] +3 guess
LinkedIn not found
Chlo Ray agency site

Managing Partner

Email [email protected] +3 guess
LinkedIn not found

www.sapphirestrategies.org · LinkedIn company page · updated 4mo ago

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Money flow through this vendor

Money flow through this vendor

top payers (left) → broadcast stations clients buy from (right)

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Money flowed in during the last 3 months, but no itemized outflow is on the public record for this window.

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Money flowed in during the last 12 months, but no itemized outflow is on the public record for this window.

Money flowed in during the last 18 months, but no itemized outflow is on the public record for this window.

SAPPHIRE STRATEGIES HMP $5.48M NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC TRAININ… $4.34M JEFFRIES, HAKEEM $3.43M WOOD, JORDAN $2.47M EMILYS LIST $2.06M KHANNA, ROHIT $1.23M DCCC $1.07M PAC TO THE FUTURE $1.03M PELOSI, NANCY $869K DELBENE, SUZAN K $852K KING-TV (Seattle) $26 Total in: $22.84M Total out: $26

Where their ad buys point

IE payers (left) → races the buys targeted (right) · independent-expenditure filings only

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Outflow is on record for the last 24 months, but no itemized payers are.

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Cycle-over-cycle trajectory

20192020202120222023202420252026 Q1 2019 (2020 cycle): $318KQ2 2019 (2020 cycle): $1.48MQ3 2019 (2020 cycle): $2.1MQ4 2019 (2020 cycle): $946KQ1 2020 (2020 cycle): $1.67MQ2 2020 (2020 cycle): $3.64MQ3 2020 (2020 cycle): $2.66MQ4 2020 (2020 cycle): $3.45MQ1 2021 (2022 cycle): $3.1MQ2 2021 (2022 cycle): $1.95MQ3 2021 (2022 cycle): $607KQ4 2021 (2022 cycle): $1.43MQ1 2022 (2022 cycle): $1.9MQ2 2022 (2022 cycle): $1.59MQ3 2022 (2022 cycle): $1.55MQ4 2022 (2022 cycle): $822KQ1 2023 (2024 cycle): $983KQ2 2023 (2024 cycle): $970KQ3 2023 (2024 cycle): $1.04MQ4 2023 (2024 cycle): $2.47MQ1 2024 (2024 cycle): $2.54MQ2 2024 (2024 cycle): $2.71MQ3 2024 (2024 cycle): $5.73MQ4 2024 (2024 cycle): $4.55MQ1 2025 (2026 cycle): $2.87MQ2 2025 (2026 cycle): $3MQ3 2025 (2026 cycle): $4.08MQ4 2025 (2026 cycle): $3.04MQ1 2026 (2026 cycle): $3.27MQ2 2026 (2026 cycle): $3.63MQ3 2026 (2026 cycle): $201K Q1Q3Q1Q3Q1Q3Q1Q3Q1Q3Q1Q3Q1Q3Q1Q3 $5.73M

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 %
2019 Q1 2020 $318K 11 PEOPLE FIRST FUTURE 39% Digital 100% $318K
2019 Q2 2020 $1.48M 36 PEOPLE FIRST FUTURE 68% Digital 100% $1.8M
2019 Q3 2020 $2.1M 51 PEOPLE FIRST FUTURE 70% Digital 100% $3.89M
2019 Q4 2020 $946K 40 PAC TO THE FUTURE 50% Digital 100% $4.84M
2020 Q1 2020 $1.67M 47 PELOSI, NANCY 47% Digital 100% $6.51M
2020 Q2 2020 $3.64M 43 PELOSI, NANCY 58% Digital 100% $10M
2020 Q3 2020 $2.66M 59 PELOSI, NANCY 36% Digital 100% $13M
2020 Q4 2020 $3.45M 52 PELOSI, NANCY 40% Digital 100% $16M
2021 Q1 2022 $3.1M 37 PELOSI, NANCY 48% Digital 100% $3.1M +875%
2021 Q2 2022 $1.95M 33 PAC TO THE FUTURE 44% Digital 100% $5.05M +32%
2021 Q3 2022 $607K 46 DCCC 19% Digital 100% $5.65M -71%
2021 Q4 2022 $1.43M 50 PELOSI, NANCY 48% Digital 100% $7.08M +51%
2022 Q1 2022 $1.9M 60 PELOSI, NANCY 37% Digital 100% $8.99M +14%
2022 Q2 2022 $1.59M 66 PELOSI, NANCY 46% Digital 100% $11M -56%
2022 Q3 2022 $1.55M 69 PELOSI, NANCY 39% Digital 100% $12M -42%
2022 Q4 2022 $822K 52 PAC TO THE FUTURE 36% Digital 100% $13M -76%
2023 Q1 2024 $983K 58 JEFFRIES, HAKEEM 33% Digital 100% $983K -68%
2023 Q2 2024 $970K 67 HMP 33% Digital 100% $1.95M -50%
2023 Q3 2024 $1.04M 53 HMP 30% Digital 100% $2.99M +71%
2023 Q4 2024 $2.47M 86 JEFFRIES, HAKEEM 53% Digital 100% $5.46M +73%
2024 Q1 2024 $2.54M 92 HMP 39% Digital 100% $8M +34%
2024 Q2 2024 $2.71M 135 HMP 15% Digital 100% $11M +70%
2024 Q3 2024 $5.73M 155 HMP 25% Digital 100% $16M +271%
2024 Q4 2024 $4.55M 106 HMP 48% Digital 100% $21M +453%
2025 Q1 2026 $2.87M 87 JEFFRIES, HAKEEM 32% Digital 100% $2.87M +192%
2025 Q2 2026 $3M 112 NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC TRAININ… 16% Digital 100% $5.87M +209%
2025 Q3 2026 $4.08M 110 WOOD, JORDAN 19% Digital 84% $9.96M +293%
2025 Q4 2026 $3.04M 106 WOOD, JORDAN 26% Digital 100% $13M +23%
2026 Q1 2026 $3.27M 83 HMP 30% Digital 76% $16M +29%
2026 Q2 2026 $3.63M 81 HMP 27% $20M +34%
2026 Q3 2026 $201K 5 EMILYS LIST 51% $20M -96%

Stations this firm's clients buy from

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Stations this firm's clients buy from top 1 · $26 · Seattle, WA dominant market

Broadcast stations that committees who pay SAPPHIRE STRATEGIES also pay directly on their Schedule B filings. We can't prove SAPPHIRE STRATEGIES 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
KING-TV Seattle, WA NBC $26 1 Jan 2025
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Revenue by service category

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Revenue by service category

last 6 months · hover bars for cycle context
Digital — cycle-to-date Total: $65M across 1959 disbursements (avg $33K/check) Top buyer: PELOSI, NANCY (19% of category) Last paid: 5mo ago · +210% vs prior cycle Digital $350K Fundraising — cycle-to-date Total: $26K across 5 disbursements (avg $5K/check) Top buyer: DELBENE, SUZAN K (93% of category) Last paid: 5mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Fundraising $9K

Revenue by service category

last 12 months · hover bars for cycle context
Digital — cycle-to-date Total: $65M across 1959 disbursements (avg $33K/check) Top buyer: PELOSI, NANCY (19% of category) Last paid: 5mo ago · +210% vs prior cycle Digital $6.17M Fundraising — cycle-to-date Total: $26K across 5 disbursements (avg $5K/check) Top buyer: DELBENE, SUZAN K (93% of category) Last paid: 5mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Fundraising $26K

Revenue by service category

last 18 months · hover bars for cycle context
Digital — cycle-to-date Total: $65M across 1959 disbursements (avg $33K/check) Top buyer: PELOSI, NANCY (19% of category) Last paid: 5mo ago · +210% vs prior cycle Digital $12.95M Fundraising — cycle-to-date Total: $26K across 5 disbursements (avg $5K/check) Top buyer: DELBENE, SUZAN K (93% of category) Last paid: 5mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Fundraising $26K

Revenue by service category

last 24 months · hover bars for cycle context
Digital — cycle-to-date Total: $65M across 1959 disbursements (avg $33K/check) Top buyer: PELOSI, NANCY (19% of category) Last paid: 5mo ago · +210% vs prior cycle Digital $21.02M Fundraising — cycle-to-date Total: $26K across 5 disbursements (avg $5K/check) Top buyer: DELBENE, SUZAN K (93% of category) Last paid: 5mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Fundraising $26K
Per-category breakdown · cycle-to-date
Category Total spend Txns Avg check % of total Top buyer · share Last paid
Digital $64,998,941 1,959 $33K 100.0% PELOSI, NANCY 19% 5mo ago
Fundraising $25,700 5 $5K 0.0% DELBENE, SUZAN K 93% 5mo 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
$34,600,475 · 49% of revenue
18
Repeat clients 2 cycles
$26,095,115 · 37% of revenue
34
One-time clients 1 cycle
$9,605,695 · 14% of revenue
Top 7 anchor clients · all-time
Client Cycles All-time spend Txns First paid Last paid
PELOSI, NANCY 4 $12,523,120 167 2020-01-24 2026-01-08
PAC TO THE FUTURE 4 $10,482,600 150 2019-08-22 2026-06-01
JEFFRIES, HAKEEM 3 $6,787,914 129 2022-12-20 2026-06-29
KRISHNAMOORTHI, S. RAJA 4 $1,891,153 153 2019-12-02 2025-04-02
DCCC 4 $1,775,784 72 2020-09-25 2025-12-05
ASPIRE PAC 3 $626,800 65 2021-12-03 2026-06-04
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS OF U.S.A. POLITICAL FUND (LETTER CARRIER POLITICAL FUND) 3 $513,104 55 2021-07-13 2026-06-05
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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
DC
$53,978,914 77.9% 18
TX
$2,874,764 4.1% 3
ME
$2,468,703 3.6% 1
CA
$2,066,412 3.0% 4
IL
$1,933,594 2.8% 2
NM
$1,215,980 1.8% 1
NE
$1,177,188 1.7% 2
WA
$973,717 1.4% 1
AR
$753,854 1.1% 1
FL
$721,477 1.0% 4
ND
$563,898 0.8% 1
AZ
$552,214 0.8% 2
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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 2024-11-25 HMP Digital LIST ACQUISITION $1,200,000
Largest all-time 2020-05-28 PELOSI, NANCY Digital LIST ACQUISITION & FUNDRAISING CONSULTING SERVICES $1,116,351
Largest all-time 2020-07-01 PELOSI, NANCY Digital LIST ACQUISITION $881,973
Largest all-time 2024-10-17 HMP Digital LIST ACQUISITION $759,000
Largest all-time 2020-10-05 PELOSI, NANCY Digital DIGITAL ACQUISITION $597,001
Largest this cycle 2025-03-03 NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC TRAINING COMMITTEE (NDTC) Digital FUNDRAISING SERVICES $504,849
Largest this cycle 2025-05-15 KHANNA, ROHIT Digital DIGITAL ACQUISITION $402,250
Largest this cycle 2026-04-10 HMP DIGITAL FUNDRAISING SERVICES $399,382
Largest this cycle 2025-05-09 WOOD, JORDAN Digital DIGITAL FUNDRAISING CONSULTING $332,989
Largest this cycle 2026-02-03 HMP Digital FUNDRAISING CONSULTING SERVICES $300,000
Recent 2026-07-06 DELBENE, SUZAN K LIST ACQUISITION $90,000
Recent 2026-07-13 EMILYS LIST CONSULTING FUNDRAISING $65,000
Recent 2026-07-29 EMILYS LIST CONSULTING FUNDRAISING $20,961
Recent 2026-07-09 EMILYS LIST CONSULTING FUNDRAISING $17,500
Recent 2026-07-01 DELBENE, SUZAN K FUNDRAISING CONSULTING $8,000
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