SAPPHIRE STRATEGIES

$69.07M 2025-2026 cycle

SAPPHIRE STRATEGIES is a digital vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle SAPPHIRE STRATEGIES was paid $69.07M across 58 client committees, of which $420K flowed through Independent Expenditures rather than direct committee payments.

Digital ○ Slowing (~2mo since last)

Part I Identity

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

Source split

$69.07M = $68.65M (Schedule B) + $420K (Independent Expenditures)
Schedule B
direct committee payments
$68,647,305 2,043 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 → May 28, 2026
spans 7.4 years
Disbursements ALL TIME
2,043
Schedule B + IE rows
Client committees ALL TIME
58
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.

Jun 2025 May 2026
$13.23M 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 9

HMP $286K — · 2 txns EMILYS LIST $222K — · 3 txns NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC TRAINING COMMITTE… $158K — · 3 txns JEFFRIES, HAKEEM $139K — · 3 txns WOOD, JORDAN $89K — · 1 txn DSI $38K — · 1 txn DEMOCRATS WHO WIN $38K — · 1 txn PAC TO THE FUTURE $35K — · 3 txns NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIE… $10K — · 1 txn SS SAPPHIRE STRATEGIES
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
HMP
C00495028
$285,710 2
EMILYS LIST
C00193433
$221,900 3
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC TRAINING COMMITTEE (NDTC)
C00603084
$158,000 3
JEFFRIES, HAKEEM
NY · House DEM
$138,867 3
WOOD, JORDAN
ME · Senate DEM
$88,600 1
DSI
C00745786
$38,000 1
DEMOCRATS WHO WIN
C00853481
$38,000 1
PAC TO THE FUTURE
C00344234
$34,500 3
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS OF U.S.A. POLITICAL FUND (LETTER CARRIER POLITICAL FUND)
C00023580
$10,000 1
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 6 months · top 10

HMP $1.4M Digital · 8 txns EMILYS LIST $703K Digital · 13 txns JEFFRIES, HAKEEM $622K Digital · 12 txns NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC TRAINING COMMITTE… $612K Digital · 10 txns WOOD, JORDAN $234K Digital · 4 txns KHANNA, ROHIT $223K Digital · 6 txns DEMOCRATS WHO WIN $152K Digital · 4 txns PAC TO THE FUTURE $139K Digital · 8 txns DSI $114K Digital · 3 txns DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY FUND $61K — · 7 txns SS SAPPHIRE STRATEGIES
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
HMP
C00495028
$1,402,610 8
EMILYS LIST
C00193433
$702,700 13
JEFFRIES, HAKEEM
NY · House DEM
$621,538 12
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC TRAINING COMMITTEE (NDTC)
C00603084
$612,000 10
WOOD, JORDAN
ME · Senate DEM
$234,300 4
KHANNA, ROHIT
CA · House DEM
$223,199 6
DEMOCRATS WHO WIN
C00853481
$152,000 4
PAC TO THE FUTURE
C00344234
$138,749 8
DSI
C00745786
$114,000 3
DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY FUND
C00844720
$60,959 7
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 12 months · top 10

HMP $2.32M Digital · 18 txns JEFFRIES, HAKEEM $1.56M Digital · 27 txns WOOD, JORDAN $1.44M Digital · 17 txns NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC TRAINING COMMITTE… $1.3M Digital · 27 txns EMILYS LIST $1.03M Digital · 27 txns DEMOCRATS WHO WIN $385K Digital · 11 txns KHANNA, ROHIT $381K Digital · 14 txns DSI $380K Digital · 10 txns DCCC $370K Digital · 9 txns DELBENE, SUZAN K $279K Digital · 17 txns SS SAPPHIRE STRATEGIES
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
HMP
C00495028
$2,318,942 18
JEFFRIES, HAKEEM
NY · House DEM
$1,559,092 27
WOOD, JORDAN
ME · Senate DEM
$1,436,290 17
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC TRAINING COMMITTEE (NDTC)
C00603084
$1,304,200 27
EMILYS LIST
C00193433
$1,033,200 27
DEMOCRATS WHO WIN
C00853481
$385,000 11
KHANNA, ROHIT
CA · House DEM
$380,819 14
DSI
C00745786
$380,000 10
DCCC
C00000935
$370,000 9
DELBENE, SUZAN K
WA · House DEM
$278,732 17
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 18 months · top 10

NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC TRAINING COMMITTE… $3M Digital · 46 txns JEFFRIES, HAKEEM $2.99M Digital · 52 txns WOOD, JORDAN $2.47M Digital · 26 txns HMP $2.41M Digital · 20 txns EMILYS LIST $1.35M Digital · 41 txns KHANNA, ROHIT $1.02M Digital · 26 txns DCCC $1.02M Digital · 18 txns DEMOCRATS WHO WIN $613K Digital · 17 txns DSI $570K Digital · 15 txns DELBENE, SUZAN K $499K Digital · 34 txns SS SAPPHIRE STRATEGIES
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC TRAINING COMMITTEE (NDTC)
C00603084
$3,002,049 46
JEFFRIES, HAKEEM
NY · House DEM
$2,989,271 52
WOOD, JORDAN
ME · Senate DEM
$2,468,703 26
HMP
C00495028
$2,414,547 20
EMILYS LIST
C00193433
$1,352,584 41
KHANNA, ROHIT
CA · House DEM
$1,020,110 26
DCCC
C00000935
$1,020,000 18
DEMOCRATS WHO WIN
C00853481
$613,000 17
DSI
C00745786
$570,000 15
DELBENE, SUZAN K
WA · House DEM
$499,350 34
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 24 months · top 10

HMP $5.85M Digital · 30 txns NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC TRAINING COMMITTE… $4.9M Digital · 67 txns JEFFRIES, HAKEEM $3.58M Digital · 67 txns WOOD, JORDAN $2.47M Digital · 26 txns EMILYS LIST $1.86M Digital · 58 txns PAC TO THE FUTURE $1.27M Digital · 46 txns KHANNA, ROHIT $1.19M Digital · 32 txns PELOSI, NANCY $1.16M Digital · 37 txns DCCC $1.09M Digital · 24 txns DSI $898K Digital · 22 txns SS SAPPHIRE STRATEGIES
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
HMP
C00495028
$5,848,614 30
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC TRAINING COMMITTEE (NDTC)
C00603084
$4,898,049 67
JEFFRIES, HAKEEM
NY · House DEM
$3,582,921 67
WOOD, JORDAN
ME · Senate DEM
$2,468,703 26
EMILYS LIST
C00193433
$1,860,084 58
PAC TO THE FUTURE
C00344234
$1,268,749 46
KHANNA, ROHIT
CA · House DEM
$1,189,708 32
PELOSI, NANCY
CA · House DEM
$1,164,000 37
DCCC
C00000935
$1,095,000 24
DSI
C00745786
$898,000 22

By party

Revenue by party

100% D
D · 100%
R · 0%
PartyAmount%
Democratic $49,173,324 71.20%
Republican $0 0.00%
Non-partisan $19,893,739 28.80%

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 2mo 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 $5.85M NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC TRAININ… $4.9M JEFFRIES, HAKEEM $3.58M WOOD, JORDAN $2.47M EMILYS LIST $1.86M PAC TO THE FUTURE $1.27M KHANNA, ROHIT $1.19M PELOSI, NANCY $1.16M DCCC $1.09M DSI $898K KING-TV (Seattle) $26 Total in: $24.27M 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): $2.18M Q1Q3Q1Q3Q1Q3Q1Q3Q1Q3Q1Q3Q1Q3Q1Q2 $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 $2.18M 39 HMP 33% $18M -20%

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: 3mo ago · +210% vs prior cycle Digital $1.55M Fundraising — cycle-to-date Total: $26K across 5 disbursements (avg $5K/check) Top buyer: DELBENE, SUZAN K (93% of category) Last paid: 4mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Fundraising $17K

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: 3mo ago · +210% vs prior cycle Digital $7.01M Fundraising — cycle-to-date Total: $26K across 5 disbursements (avg $5K/check) Top buyer: DELBENE, SUZAN K (93% of category) Last paid: 4mo 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: 3mo ago · +210% vs prior cycle Digital $14.18M Fundraising — cycle-to-date Total: $26K across 5 disbursements (avg $5K/check) Top buyer: DELBENE, SUZAN K (93% of category) Last paid: 4mo 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: 3mo ago · +210% vs prior cycle Digital $24.01M Fundraising — cycle-to-date Total: $26K across 5 disbursements (avg $5K/check) Top buyer: DELBENE, SUZAN K (93% of category) Last paid: 4mo 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% 3mo ago
Fundraising $25,700 5 $5K 0.0% DELBENE, SUZAN K 93% 4mo 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
$34,416,151 · 50% of revenue
18
Repeat clients 2 cycles
$24,638,112 · 36% of revenue
33
One-time clients 1 cycle
$9,593,041 · 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 $10,434,600 149 2019-08-22 2026-05-15
JEFFRIES, HAKEEM 3 $6,667,590 126 2022-12-20 2026-05-21
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 $620,800 64 2021-12-03 2026-03-11
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS OF U.S.A. POLITICAL FUND (LETTER CARRIER POLITICAL FUND) 3 $503,104 54 2021-07-13 2026-05-04
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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
$52,681,317 77.9% 18
TX
$2,874,764 4.3% 3
ME
$2,468,703 3.6% 1
CA
$2,001,166 3.0% 4
IL
$1,933,594 2.9% 2
NM
$1,215,980 1.8% 1
NE
$1,177,188 1.7% 2
AR
$753,854 1.1% 1
FL
$717,916 1.1% 4
WA
$698,795 1.0% 1
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 2026-05-13 HMP LIST ACQUISITION $250,000
Recent 2026-05-28 EMILYS LIST LIST RENTAL $45,000
Recent 2026-05-19 HMP DIGITAL FUNDRAISING SERVICES $35,710
Recent 2026-05-21 JEFFRIES, HAKEEM DIGITAL ACQUISITION $18,367
Recent 2026-05-15 PAC TO THE FUTURE FUNDRAISING CONSULTING SERVICES $15,000
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