Steve Hilton for Governor 2026
Steve Hilton for Governor 2026 is a political services vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle Steve Hilton for Governor 2026 was paid $4.42M across 8 client committees, of which $2.57M 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 |
$1,849,306 | 115 rows | 41.8% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$2,573,781 | 135 rows | 58.2% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- Apr 24, 2025 → Jul 26, 2026
- spans 1.3 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 115
- Schedule B + IE rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 8
- 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.
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 3 months · top 2
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| HILTON FOR GOVERNOR 2026; STEVE 1480425 |
$83,400 IE $39,200 · SB $44,200 |
3 |
| AHRENDTS-COUCH, ANGELA 1491804 |
$39,200 | 1 |
Top buyers last 6 months · top 7
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| HILTON FOR GOVERNOR 2026; STEVE 1480425 |
$2,478,740 IE $1,205,800 · SB $1,272,940 |
133 |
| AHRENDTS-COUCH, ANGELA 1491804 |
$78,400 | 2 |
| GINN, SAMUEL L. 1408681 |
$40,200 | 2 |
| 801777 801777 |
$30,000 | 1 |
| SETTON PISTACHIO OF TERRA BELLA, INC 1491953 |
$25,000 | 1 |
| EUREKA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (FED PAC ID #C00390161) 1400117 |
$10,000 | 1 |
| VALLE 1480245 |
$4,980 | 10 |
Top buyers last 12 months · top 8
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| HILTON FOR GOVERNOR 2026; STEVE 1480425 |
$3,393,725 IE $1,836,399 · SB $1,557,326 |
189 |
| AHRENDTS-COUCH, ANGELA 1491804 |
$78,400 | 2 |
| GINN, SAMUEL L. 1408681 |
$40,200 | 2 |
| COUCH, JENNINGS GREGG 1491880 |
$39,200 | 1 |
| 801777 801777 |
$30,000 | 1 |
| SETTON PISTACHIO OF TERRA BELLA, INC 1491953 |
$25,000 | 1 |
| EUREKA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (FED PAC ID #C00390161) 1400117 |
$10,000 | 1 |
| VALLE 1480245 |
$4,980 | 10 |
Top buyers last 18 months · top 9
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| HILTON FOR GOVERNOR 2026; STEVE 1480425 |
$3,998,307 IE $2,376,781 · SB $1,621,526 |
226 |
| AHRENDTS-COUCH, ANGELA 1491804 |
$78,400 | 2 |
| GINN, SAMUEL L. 1408681 |
$40,200 | 2 |
| COUCH, JENNINGS GREGG 1491880 |
$39,200 | 1 |
| 148425 148425 |
$39,200 IE $39,200 |
1 |
| 801777 801777 |
$30,000 | 1 |
| SETTON PISTACHIO OF TERRA BELLA, INC 1491953 |
$25,000 | 1 |
| EUREKA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (FED PAC ID #C00390161) 1400117 |
$10,000 | 1 |
| VALLE 1480245 |
$4,980 | 10 |
Top buyers last 24 months · top 9
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| HILTON FOR GOVERNOR 2026; STEVE 1480425 |
$3,998,307 IE $2,376,781 · SB $1,621,526 |
226 |
| AHRENDTS-COUCH, ANGELA 1491804 |
$78,400 | 2 |
| GINN, SAMUEL L. 1408681 |
$40,200 | 2 |
| COUCH, JENNINGS GREGG 1491880 |
$39,200 | 1 |
| 148425 148425 |
$39,200 IE $39,200 |
1 |
| 801777 801777 |
$30,000 | 1 |
| SETTON PISTACHIO OF TERRA BELLA, INC 1491953 |
$25,000 | 1 |
| EUREKA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (FED PAC ID #C00390161) 1400117 |
$10,000 | 1 |
| VALLE 1480245 |
$4,980 | 10 |
By party
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $0 | 0.00% |
| Republican | $0 | 0.00% |
| Non-partisan | $4,423,087 | 100.00% |
Part III Reference tables
Full all-time and cycle-to-date data.
Money flow through this vendor
Where their ad buys point
IE payers (left) → races the buys targeted (right) · independent-expenditure filings onlyNo activity in the last 1 months.
Cycle-over-cycle trajectory
current cycle earlier election cycle off-cycle year quarterly · 2 years
| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Q2 | 2024 | $25K | 1 | HILTON FOR GOVERNOR 2026; S… 100% | Contributions & Trans… 100% | $25K | — |
| 2025 | Q3 | 2024 | $39K | 1 | HILTON FOR GOVERNOR 2026; S… 100% | — | $64K | — |
| 2026 | Q1 | 2026 | $334K | 23 | HILTON FOR GOVERNOR 2026; S… 88% | Other / Unclassified 6% | $334K | — |
| 2026 | Q2 | 2026 | $1.37M | 88 | HILTON FOR GOVERNOR 2026; S… 89% | Fundraising 4% | $1.71M | — |
| 2026 | Q3 | 2026 | $78K | 2 | AHRENDTS-COUCH, ANGELA 50% | — | $1.79M | — |
Revenue by service category
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| Category | Total spend | Txns | Avg check | % of total | Top buyer · share | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other / Unclassified | $59,000 | 2 | $30K | 36.1% | HILTON FOR GOVERNOR 2026; S… 100% | 3mo ago |
| Fundraising | $51,760 | 2 | $26K | 31.7% | HILTON FOR GOVERNOR 2026; S… 100% | 4mo ago |
| Contributions & Transfers | $35,000 | 2 | $18K | 21.4% | HILTON FOR GOVERNOR 2026; S… 71% | 3mo ago |
| Travel & Events | $17,478 | 3 | $6K | 10.7% | HILTON FOR GOVERNOR 2026; S… 100% | 4mo ago |
Client retention
Sticky-relationship signal: how many clients keep coming back across cycles vs one-time buyers.
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 | $1,849,306 | 100.0% | 8 |
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 | 2026-05-08 | HILTON FOR GOVERNOR 2026; STEVE | — | — | $39,600 |
| Largest all-time | 2026-06-18 | GINN, SAMUEL L. | — | — | $39,200 |
| Largest all-time | 2026-05-12 | HILTON FOR GOVERNOR 2026; STEVE | — | — | $39,200 |
| Largest all-time | 2026-05-29 | HILTON FOR GOVERNOR 2026; STEVE | — | — | $39,200 |
| Largest all-time | 2025-07-22 | HILTON FOR GOVERNOR 2026; STEVE | — | — | $39,200 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-04-30 | HILTON FOR GOVERNOR 2026; STEVE | — | — | $39,200 |
| Recent | 2026-07-24 | AHRENDTS-COUCH, ANGELA | — | — | $39,200 |
| Recent | 2026-07-26 | HILTON FOR GOVERNOR 2026; STEVE | — | — | $39,200 |
| Recent | 2026-06-28 | HILTON FOR GOVERNOR 2026; STEVE | — | — | $5,000 |
| Recent | 2026-06-25 | VALLE | — | — | $500 |
| Recent | 2026-06-25 | HILTON FOR GOVERNOR 2026; STEVE | — | — | $455 |