STRATEGIC ADVANCE SERVICES

$64.31M 2025-2026 cycle

STRATEGIC ADVANCE SERVICES is a strategy & research vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle STRATEGIC ADVANCE SERVICES was paid $64.31M across 200 client committees.

Strategy & Research ○ 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.

Activity span ALL TIME
Jan 3, 2017 → Jul 24, 2026
spans 9.6 years
Disbursements ALL TIME
1,355
Schedule B rows
Client committees ALL TIME
200
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
$7.95M 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.

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VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 3 months · top 9

JOHNSON, JAMES MICHAEL $369K — · 2 txns SLF PAC $201K — · 1 txn DEFEND OUR MAJORITY $110K — · 1 txn EMMER MAJORITY BUILDERS $100K — · 1 txn SCALISE, STEVE MR $93K — · 1 txn NRCC $26K — · 2 txns JOHNSON LEADERSHIP FUND $23K — · 1 txn MAJORITY COMMITTEE PAC--MC PAC $20K — · 1 txn HUDSON, RICHARD L. JR. $8K — · 1 txn SA STRATEGIC ADVANCE SERVICES
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
JOHNSON, JAMES MICHAEL
LA · House REP
 $368,986 2
SLF PAC
C00571703
 $201,478 1
DEFEND OUR MAJORITY
C00895821
 $110,249 1
EMMER MAJORITY BUILDERS
C00859058
 $99,578 1
SCALISE, STEVE MR
LA · House REP
 $92,587 1
NRCC
C00075820
 $26,496 2
JOHNSON LEADERSHIP FUND
C00771246
 $23,094 1
MAJORITY COMMITTEE PAC--MC PAC
C00428052
 $20,000 1
HUDSON, RICHARD L. JR.
NC · House REP
 $7,556 1
View all buyers in research · last 3 mo →
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 6 months · top 10

SLF PAC $1.23M Strategy & Research · 8 txns JOHNSON, JAMES MICHAEL $577K Travel & Events · 5 txns SCALISE LEADERSHIP FUND $457K — · 3 txns DEFEND OUR MAJORITY $333K — · 4 txns EMMER MAJORITY BUILDERS $266K — · 3 txns SCALISE, STEVE MR $241K — · 4 txns JOHNSON LEADERSHIP FUND $192K Travel & Events · 4 txns GROW THE MAJORITY CA $102K — · 1 txn NRCC $85K Strategy & Research · 5 txns MAJORITY COMMITTEE PAC--MC PAC $42K — · 2 txns SA STRATEGIC ADVANCE SERVICES
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
SLF PAC
C00571703
 $1,228,691 8
JOHNSON, JAMES MICHAEL
LA · House REP
 $576,898 5
SCALISE LEADERSHIP FUND
C00568162
 $457,480 3
DEFEND OUR MAJORITY
C00895821
 $333,346 4
EMMER MAJORITY BUILDERS
C00859058
 $266,464 3
SCALISE, STEVE MR
LA · House REP
 $241,311 4
JOHNSON LEADERSHIP FUND
C00771246
 $191,656 4
GROW THE MAJORITY CA
C00866491
 $102,082 1
NRCC
C00075820
 $85,205 5
MAJORITY COMMITTEE PAC--MC PAC
C00428052
 $41,754 2
View all buyers in research · last 6 mo →
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 12 months · top 10

SLF PAC $1.92M Strategy & Research · 16 txns SCALISE LEADERSHIP FUND $1.13M Strategy & Research · 9 txns SCALISE, STEVE MR $1.07M Strategy & Research · 10 txns JOHNSON, JAMES MICHAEL $1M Travel & Events · 10 txns EMMER MAJORITY BUILDERS $625K Strategy & Research · 9 txns JOHNSON LEADERSHIP FUND $391K Travel & Events · 9 txns DEFEND OUR MAJORITY $378K Strategy & Research · 5 txns NRCC $165K Strategy & Research · 11 txns AMERICAN REVIVAL PAC $159K Strategy & Research · 5 txns MAJORITY COMMITTEE PAC--MC PAC $117K Strategy & Research · 5 txns SA STRATEGIC ADVANCE SERVICES
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
SLF PAC
C00571703
 $1,923,265 16
SCALISE LEADERSHIP FUND
C00568162
 $1,134,037 9
SCALISE, STEVE MR
LA · House REP
 $1,069,429 10
JOHNSON, JAMES MICHAEL
LA · House REP
 $1,000,229 10
EMMER MAJORITY BUILDERS
C00859058
 $624,661 9
JOHNSON LEADERSHIP FUND
C00771246
 $391,387 9
DEFEND OUR MAJORITY
C00895821
 $378,480 5
NRCC
C00075820
 $164,732 11
AMERICAN REVIVAL PAC
C00639229
 $158,866 5
MAJORITY COMMITTEE PAC--MC PAC
C00428052
 $116,942 5
View all buyers in research · last 12 mo →
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 18 months · top 10

SLF PAC $2.31M Strategy & Research · 20 txns SCALISE LEADERSHIP FUND $1.85M Strategy & Research · 14 txns SCALISE, STEVE MR $1.51M Strategy & Research · 15 txns JOHNSON, JAMES MICHAEL $1.36M Strategy & Research · 15 txns EMMER MAJORITY BUILDERS $1.03M Strategy & Research · 16 txns JOHNSON LEADERSHIP FUND $821K Strategy & Research · 13 txns DEFEND OUR MAJORITY $635K Strategy & Research · 9 txns NRCC $253K Strategy & Research · 17 txns GROW THE MAJORITY CA $247K Strategy & Research · 4 txns AMERICAN REVIVAL PAC $214K Strategy & Research · 9 txns SA STRATEGIC ADVANCE SERVICES
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
SLF PAC
C00571703
 $2,308,422 20
SCALISE LEADERSHIP FUND
C00568162
 $1,853,143 14
SCALISE, STEVE MR
LA · House REP
 $1,506,486 15
JOHNSON, JAMES MICHAEL
LA · House REP
 $1,360,756 15
EMMER MAJORITY BUILDERS
C00859058
 $1,029,784 16
JOHNSON LEADERSHIP FUND
C00771246
 $821,143 13
DEFEND OUR MAJORITY
C00895821
 $634,608 9
NRCC
C00075820
 $253,069 17
GROW THE MAJORITY CA
C00866491
 $246,714 4
AMERICAN REVIVAL PAC
C00639229
 $214,115 9
View all buyers in research · last 18 mo →
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 24 months · top 10

SCALISE LEADERSHIP FUND $3.39M Strategy & Research · 23 txns JOHNSON, JAMES MICHAEL $2.59M Strategy & Research · 20 txns SLF PAC $2.31M Strategy & Research · 20 txns SCALISE, STEVE MR $1.99M Strategy & Research · 22 txns EMMER MAJORITY BUILDERS $1.28M Strategy & Research · 22 txns JOHNSON LEADERSHIP FUND $1.08M Strategy & Research · 18 txns EMMER, THOMAS EARL JR. $891K Strategy & Research · 4 txns SCALISE LEADERSHIP FUND 2024 $843K Strategy & Research · 8 txns DEFEND OUR MAJORITY $653K Strategy & Research · 10 txns AMERICAN REVIVAL PAC $601K Strategy & Research · 15 txns SA STRATEGIC ADVANCE SERVICES
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
SCALISE LEADERSHIP FUND
C00568162
 $3,389,538 23
JOHNSON, JAMES MICHAEL
LA · House REP
 $2,593,309 20
SLF PAC
C00571703
 $2,308,422 20
SCALISE, STEVE MR
LA · House REP
 $1,993,955 22
EMMER MAJORITY BUILDERS
C00859058
 $1,281,230 22
JOHNSON LEADERSHIP FUND
C00771246
 $1,083,528 18
EMMER, THOMAS EARL JR.
MN · House REP
 $890,766 4
SCALISE LEADERSHIP FUND 2024
C00857144
 $843,407 8
DEFEND OUR MAJORITY
C00895821
 $652,952 10
AMERICAN REVIVAL PAC
C00639229
 $600,812 15
View all buyers in research · last 24 mo →

By party

Revenue by party

100% R
D · 0%
R · 100%
PartyAmount%
Democratic $0 0.00%
Republican $16,405,237 25.51%
Non-partisan $47,905,725 74.49%

Part III Reference tables

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

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Cycle-over-cycle trajectory

2017201820192020202120222023202420252026 Q1 2017 (2018 cycle): $1.13MQ2 2017 (2018 cycle): $1.48MQ3 2017 (2018 cycle): $1.11MQ4 2017 (2018 cycle): $1.68MQ1 2018 (2018 cycle): $1.13MQ2 2018 (2018 cycle): $1.46MQ3 2018 (2018 cycle): $1.98MQ4 2018 (2018 cycle): $2.08MQ1 2019 (2020 cycle): $497KQ2 2019 (2020 cycle): $532KQ3 2019 (2020 cycle): $1MQ4 2019 (2020 cycle): $641KQ1 2020 (2020 cycle): $546KQ2 2020 (2020 cycle): $272KQ3 2020 (2020 cycle): $885KQ4 2020 (2020 cycle): $984KQ1 2021 (2022 cycle): $1.08MQ2 2021 (2022 cycle): $1.74MQ3 2021 (2022 cycle): $1.36MQ4 2021 (2022 cycle): $1.35MQ1 2022 (2022 cycle): $1.03MQ2 2022 (2022 cycle): $2.21MQ3 2022 (2022 cycle): $3.95MQ4 2022 (2022 cycle): $3.29MQ1 2023 (2024 cycle): $2.43MQ2 2023 (2024 cycle): $2.19MQ3 2023 (2024 cycle): $2.79MQ4 2023 (2024 cycle): $1.68MQ1 2024 (2024 cycle): $1.58MQ2 2024 (2024 cycle): $1.56MQ3 2024 (2024 cycle): $3.89MQ4 2024 (2024 cycle): $2.77MQ1 2025 (2026 cycle): $1.52MQ2 2025 (2026 cycle): $1.81MQ3 2025 (2026 cycle): $1.84MQ4 2025 (2026 cycle): $1.77MQ1 2026 (2026 cycle): $2.18MQ2 2026 (2026 cycle): $2.67MQ3 2026 (2026 cycle): $194K Q1Q3Q1Q3Q1Q3Q1Q3Q1Q3Q1Q3Q1Q3Q1Q3Q1Q3Q1Q3 $3.95M

current cycle earlier election cycle off-cycle year quarterly · 10 years

Per-quarter totals
Year Q Cycle Total Txns Top buyer · share Top category · share Cum. (cycle) YoY %
2017 Q1 2018 $1.13M 48 TEAM RYAN 49% Strategy & Research 100% $1.13M —
2017 Q2 2018 $1.48M 39 TEAM RYAN 68% Strategy & Research 100% $2.61M —
2017 Q3 2018 $1.11M 44 TEAM RYAN 59% Strategy & Research 100% $3.72M —
2017 Q4 2018 $1.68M 44 TEAM RYAN 58% Strategy & Research 100% $5.39M —
2018 Q1 2018 $1.13M 42 TEAM RYAN 43% Strategy & Research 100% $6.53M —
2018 Q2 2018 $1.46M 64 TEAM RYAN 48% Strategy & Research 100% $7.98M —
2018 Q3 2018 $1.98M 73 TEAM RYAN 33% Strategy & Research 100% $9.96M —
2018 Q4 2018 $2.08M 90 PROTECT THE HOUSE 26% Strategy & Research 100% $12M —
2019 Q1 2020 $497K 19 MCCARTHY VICTORY FUND 38% Strategy & Research 100% $497K -56%
2019 Q2 2020 $532K 24 SCALISE LEADERSHIP FUND 43% Strategy & Research 100% $1.03M -64%
2019 Q3 2020 $1M 38 MCCARTHY VICTORY FUND 42% Strategy & Research 100% $2.03M -10%
2019 Q4 2020 $641K 37 SCALISE LEADERSHIP FUND 53% Strategy & Research 100% $2.68M -62%
2020 Q1 2020 $546K 25 MCCARTHY VICTORY FUND 45% Strategy & Research 100% $3.22M -52%
2020 Q2 2020 $272K 19 SCALISE LEADERSHIP FUND 51% Strategy & Research 100% $3.49M -81%
2020 Q3 2020 $885K 23 MCCARTHY VICTORY FUND 53% Strategy & Research 100% $4.38M -55%
2020 Q4 2020 $984K 28 SCALISE LEADERSHIP FUND 76% Strategy & Research 100% $5.36M -53%
2021 Q1 2022 $1.08M 26 TAKE BACK THE HOUSE 2022 42% Strategy & Research 100% $1.08M +118%
2021 Q2 2022 $1.74M 25 TAKE BACK THE HOUSE 2022 41% Strategy & Research 100% $2.83M +227%
2021 Q3 2022 $1.36M 30 MCCARTHY VICTORY FUND 32% Strategy & Research 100% $4.18M +35%
2021 Q4 2022 $1.35M 27 TAKE BACK THE HOUSE 2022 42% Strategy & Research 100% $5.54M +111%
2022 Q1 2022 $1.03M 23 MCCARTHY VICTORY FUND 39% Strategy & Research 100% $6.57M +89%
2022 Q2 2022 $2.21M 22 TAKE BACK THE HOUSE 2022 49% Strategy & Research 100% $8.78M +711%
2022 Q3 2022 $3.95M 30 TAKE BACK THE HOUSE 2022 50% Strategy & Research 100% $13M +347%
2022 Q4 2022 $3.29M 54 TAKE BACK THE HOUSE 2022 45% Strategy & Research 100% $16M +235%
2023 Q1 2024 $2.43M 31 MCCARTHY, KEVIN 27% Strategy & Research 100% $2.43M +124%
2023 Q2 2024 $2.19M 31 PROTECT THE HOUSE 2024 50% Strategy & Research 100% $4.62M +26%
2023 Q3 2024 $2.79M 38 PROTECT THE HOUSE 2024 39% Strategy & Research 100% $7.41M +106%
2023 Q4 2024 $1.68M 35 SCALISE LEADERSHIP FUND 26% Strategy & Research 100% $9.1M +24%
2024 Q1 2024 $1.58M 26 JOHNSON LEADERSHIP FUND 42% Strategy & Research 100% $11M +53%
2024 Q2 2024 $1.56M 31 SCALISE LEADERSHIP FUND 31% Strategy & Research 100% $12M -29%
2024 Q3 2024 $3.89M 38 JOHNSON, JAMES MICHAEL 27% Strategy & Research 100% $16M -2%
2024 Q4 2024 $2.77M 38 SCALISE LEADERSHIP FUND 36% Strategy & Research 100% $19M -16%
2025 Q1 2026 $1.52M 29 SCALISE, STEVE MR 23% Strategy & Research 100% $1.52M -38%
2025 Q2 2026 $1.81M 27 SCALISE LEADERSHIP FUND 23% Strategy & Research 100% $3.33M -17%
2025 Q3 2026 $1.84M 31 SCALISE LEADERSHIP FUND 22% Strategy & Research 100% $5.17M -34%
2025 Q4 2026 $1.77M 30 SLF PAC 25% Strategy & Research 100% $6.94M +5%
2026 Q1 2026 $2.18M 34 SLF PAC 19% Strategy & Research 27% $9.12M +38%
2026 Q2 2026 $2.67M 35 SLF PAC 40% — $12M +72%
2026 Q3 2026 $194K 2 JOHNSON, JAMES MICHAEL 91% — $12M -95%
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Revenue by service category

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Revenue by service category

last 6 months · hover bars for cycle context
Travel & Events — cycle-to-date Total: $565K across 7 disbursements (avg $81K/check) Top buyer: JOHNSON, JAMES MICHAEL (68% of category) Last paid: 5mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Travel & Events $224K Strategy & Research — cycle-to-date Total: $59.81M across 1296 disbursements (avg $46K/check) Top buyer: SCALISE LEADERSHIP FUND (22% of category) Last paid: 5mo ago · +216% vs prior cycle Strategy & Research $190K

Revenue by service category

last 12 months · hover bars for cycle context
Strategy & Research — cycle-to-date Total: $59.81M across 1296 disbursements (avg $46K/check) Top buyer: SCALISE LEADERSHIP FUND (22% of category) Last paid: 5mo ago · +216% vs prior cycle Strategy & Research $2.71M Travel & Events — cycle-to-date Total: $565K across 7 disbursements (avg $81K/check) Top buyer: JOHNSON, JAMES MICHAEL (68% of category) Last paid: 5mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Travel & Events $561K

Revenue by service category

last 18 months · hover bars for cycle context
Strategy & Research — cycle-to-date Total: $59.81M across 1296 disbursements (avg $46K/check) Top buyer: SCALISE LEADERSHIP FUND (22% of category) Last paid: 5mo ago · +216% vs prior cycle Strategy & Research $6.11M Travel & Events — cycle-to-date Total: $565K across 7 disbursements (avg $81K/check) Top buyer: JOHNSON, JAMES MICHAEL (68% of category) Last paid: 5mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Travel & Events $561K

Revenue by service category

last 24 months · hover bars for cycle context
Strategy & Research — cycle-to-date Total: $59.81M across 1296 disbursements (avg $46K/check) Top buyer: SCALISE LEADERSHIP FUND (22% of category) Last paid: 5mo ago · +216% vs prior cycle Strategy & Research $12.45M Travel & Events — cycle-to-date Total: $565K across 7 disbursements (avg $81K/check) Top buyer: JOHNSON, JAMES MICHAEL (68% of category) Last paid: 5mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Travel & Events $561K
Per-category breakdown · cycle-to-date
Category Total spend Txns Avg check % of total Top buyer · share Last paid
Strategy & Research $59,813,019 1,296 $46K 99.1% SCALISE LEADERSHIP FUND 22% 5mo ago
Travel & Events $565,438 7 $81K 0.9% JOHNSON, JAMES MICHAEL 68% 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
$30,508,670 · 47% of revenue
26
Repeat clients 2 cycles
$25,393,547 · 39% of revenue
165
One-time clients 1 cycle
$8,408,746 · 13% of revenue
Top 9 anchor clients · all-time
Client Cycles All-time spend Txns First paid Last paid
SCALISE LEADERSHIP FUND 5 $13,569,267 146 2017-01-03 2026-05-11
MCCARTHY VICTORY FUND 4 $7,656,176 114 2017-01-17 2024-07-22
SCALISE, STEVE MR 5 $3,217,297 80 2017-01-04 2026-06-11
MCCARTHY, KEVIN 4 $2,656,725 89 2017-01-27 2023-12-29
NRCC 5 $1,588,403 109 2017-01-24 2026-07-24
MAJORITY COMMITTEE PAC--MC PAC 5 $1,246,648 68 2017-11-02 2026-06-17
THE EYE OF THE TIGER POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE 4 $300,701 9 2018-01-22 2025-09-30
FREEDOM PROJECT; THE 3 $263,927 46 2017-02-20 2021-12-01
MAJORITY IN ACTION 3 $9,525 3 2018-11-21 2023-03-31
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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
$20,251,384 31.6% 11
MD
$19,239,226 30.0% 10
VA
$7,500,668 11.7% 33
WI
$6,120,010 9.6% 6
CA
$3,947,729 6.2% 12
LA
$3,224,920 5.0% 2
GA
$2,024,432 3.2% 13
MN
$1,147,005 1.8% 6
NC
$304,021 0.5% 6
FL
$160,102 0.2% 8
NY
$125,582 0.2% 13
PA
$19,299 0.0% 4
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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 2024-09-24 JOHNSON, JAMES MICHAEL Strategy & Research TRAVEL $864,713
Largest all-time 2022-08-26 TAKE BACK THE HOUSE 2022 Strategy & Research TRAVEL & EVENT SERVICES $690,510
Largest all-time 2022-09-30 TAKE BACK THE HOUSE 2022 Strategy & Research TRAVEL & EVENT SERVICES $669,568
Largest all-time 2024-09-24 EMMER, THOMAS EARL JR. Strategy & Research TRAVEL & EVENT SERVICES $600,832
Largest all-time 2022-09-30 MCCARTHY VICTORY FUND Strategy & Research TRAVEL & EVENT SERVICES $463,036
Largest this cycle 2026-05-15 SLF PAC — ADVANCE SERVICES / TRAVEL / FACILITY RENTAL / FOOD / BEVERAGE / SECURITY SERVICES $461,111
Largest this cycle 2026-04-16 SLF PAC — ADVANCE SERVICES / TRAVEL / FACILITY RENTAL / FOOD / BEVERAGE $389,426
Largest this cycle 2025-11-13 SLF PAC Strategy & Research ADVANCE SERVICES / TRAVEL / EVENT SERVICES $330,701
Largest this cycle 2025-04-07 JOHNSON LEADERSHIP FUND Strategy & Research TRAVEL $279,770
Largest this cycle 2025-08-14 SLF PAC Strategy & Research ADVANCE SERVICES / TRAVEL / EVENT SERVICES $262,500
Recent 2026-07-17 JOHNSON, JAMES MICHAEL — TRAVEL $177,506
Recent 2026-06-30 DEFEND OUR MAJORITY — TRAVEL / FACILITY RENTAL / CATERING / FOOD/BEVERAGE / OFFICE SUPPLIES / TRAVEL CONSULTING SERVICES $110,249
Recent 2026-07-24 NRCC — TRAVEL RESERVATION/BOOKING SVC $16,614
Recent 2026-06-25 NRCC — TRAVEL RESERVATION/BOOKING SVC $9,882
Recent 2026-06-23 HUDSON, RICHARD L. JR. — STRATEGIC CONSULTING $7,556
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