STRATEGIC IMPACT

$8.71M 2025-2026 cycle

STRATEGIC IMPACT is a print & mail vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle STRATEGIC IMPACT was paid $8.71M across 49 client committees, of which $1.18M flowed through Independent Expenditures rather than direct committee payments.

Print & Mail ○ 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

$8.71M = $7.52M (Schedule B) + $1.18M (Independent Expenditures)
Schedule B
direct committee payments
$7,523,306 441 rows 86.4%
Independent Expenditures
money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them
$1,182,097 63 rows 13.6%
Activity span ALL TIME
May 6, 2010 → May 26, 2026
spans 16.1 years
Disbursements ALL TIME
441
Schedule B + IE rows
Client committees ALL TIME
49
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
$1.92M 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 2

COWAN, JOHN $170K — · 2 txns DEFENDING AMERICA'S FUTURE $45K — · 3 txns SI STRATEGIC IMPACT
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
COWAN, JOHN
GA · House REP
$169,962 2
DEFENDING AMERICA'S FUTURE
C00829432
$44,727
IE $44,702 · SB $25
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VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 6 months · top 8

COWAN, JOHN $1.3M — · 6 txns EVANS, JEANNIE $427K Strategy & Research · 7 txns DEFENDING AMERICA'S FUTURE $167K — · 10 txns ECHOLS, MICHAEL CHARLES $55K Print & Mail · 4 txns MACLEOD, SCOTT $32K Strategy & Research · 2 txns COMER, JAMES $11K — · 1 txn GORDON, DEANNA $5K — · 1 txn ALABAMA REPUBLICAN PARTY $4K Digital · 1 txn SI STRATEGIC IMPACT
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
COWAN, JOHN
GA · House REP
$1,303,898 6
EVANS, JEANNIE
IL · Senate REP
$426,561 7
DEFENDING AMERICA'S FUTURE
C00829432
$167,348
IE $167,273 · SB $75
10
ECHOLS, MICHAEL CHARLES
LA · House REP
$54,522 4
MACLEOD, SCOTT
TX · House REP
$31,552 2
COMER, JAMES
KY · House REP
$10,611 1
GORDON, DEANNA
KY · House REP
$5,000 1
ALABAMA REPUBLICAN PARTY
C00044776
$3,722 1
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 12 months · top 8

COWAN, JOHN $1.3M — · 6 txns EVANS, JEANNIE $459K Strategy & Research · 8 txns DEFENDING AMERICA'S FUTURE $167K — · 10 txns MACLEOD, SCOTT $57K Strategy & Research · 5 txns ECHOLS, MICHAEL CHARLES $55K Print & Mail · 4 txns GORDON, DEANNA $36K Strategy & Research · 5 txns COMER, JAMES $11K — · 1 txn ALABAMA REPUBLICAN PARTY $4K Digital · 1 txn SI STRATEGIC IMPACT
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
COWAN, JOHN
GA · House REP
$1,303,898 6
EVANS, JEANNIE
IL · Senate REP
$458,777 8
DEFENDING AMERICA'S FUTURE
C00829432
$167,348
IE $167,273 · SB $75
10
MACLEOD, SCOTT
TX · House REP
$56,918 5
ECHOLS, MICHAEL CHARLES
LA · House REP
$54,522 4
GORDON, DEANNA
KY · House REP
$35,743 5
COMER, JAMES
KY · House REP
$10,611 1
ALABAMA REPUBLICAN PARTY
C00044776
$3,722 1
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 18 months · top 9

COWAN, JOHN $1.3M — · 6 txns EVANS, JEANNIE $459K Strategy & Research · 8 txns DEFENDING AMERICA'S FUTURE $167K — · 10 txns MACLEOD, SCOTT $57K Strategy & Research · 5 txns ECHOLS, MICHAEL CHARLES $55K Print & Mail · 4 txns COMER, JAMES $38K Print & Mail · 2 txns GORDON, DEANNA $36K Strategy & Research · 5 txns ALABAMA REPUBLICAN PARTY $5K Digital · 2 txns EVANS, JERRY $2K Strategy & Research · 1 txn SI STRATEGIC IMPACT
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
COWAN, JOHN
GA · House REP
$1,303,898 6
EVANS, JEANNIE
IL · Senate REP
$458,777 8
DEFENDING AMERICA'S FUTURE
C00829432
$167,348
IE $167,273 · SB $75
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MACLEOD, SCOTT
TX · House REP
$56,918 5
ECHOLS, MICHAEL CHARLES
LA · House REP
$54,522 4
COMER, JAMES
KY · House REP
$37,640 2
GORDON, DEANNA
KY · House REP
$35,743 5
ALABAMA REPUBLICAN PARTY
C00044776
$4,908 2
EVANS, JERRY
IL · House REP
$2,149 1
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 24 months · top 10

COWAN, JOHN $1.3M — · 6 txns EVANS, JEANNIE $459K Strategy & Research · 8 txns COMER, JAMES $403K Print & Mail · 4 txns NEWHOUSE, DAN $203K Print & Mail · 5 txns DEFENDING AMERICA'S FUTURE $167K — · 10 txns MERCURI, ROBERT W $105K Print & Mail · 8 txns EVANS, JERRY $87K Print & Mail · 11 txns DOBSON, CAROLEENE $70K Print & Mail · 7 txns ROB MERCURI VICTORY COMMITTEE $68K Print & Mail · 5 txns MACLEOD, SCOTT $57K Strategy & Research · 5 txns SI STRATEGIC IMPACT
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
COWAN, JOHN
GA · House REP
$1,303,898 6
EVANS, JEANNIE
IL · Senate REP
$458,777 8
COMER, JAMES
KY · House REP
$402,579 4
NEWHOUSE, DAN
WA · House REP
$203,270 5
DEFENDING AMERICA'S FUTURE
C00829432
$167,348
IE $167,273 · SB $75
10
MERCURI, ROBERT W
PA · House REP
$105,343 8
EVANS, JERRY
IL · House REP
$87,427 11
DOBSON, CAROLEENE
AL · House REP
$69,885 7
ROB MERCURI VICTORY COMMITTEE
C00877779
$68,322 5
MACLEOD, SCOTT
TX · House REP
$56,918 5

By party

Revenue by party

99% R
D · 1%
R · 99%
PartyAmount%
Democratic $102,199 1.17%
Republican $8,334,119 95.74%
Non-partisan $269,085 3.09%

Part III Reference tables

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

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Money flow through this vendor

Where their ad buys point

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

No activity in the last 1 months.

STRATEGIC IMPACT DEFENDING AMERICA'S FUTURE $45K Rhett Marques (support) $45K Total in: $45K Total out: $45K
STRATEGIC IMPACT DEFENDING AMERICA'S FUTURE $167K Rhett Marques (support) $167K Total in: $167K Total out: $167K
STRATEGIC IMPACT DEFENDING AMERICA'S FUTURE $167K Rhett Marques (support) $167K Total in: $167K Total out: $167K
STRATEGIC IMPACT DEFENDING AMERICA'S FUTURE $167K Rhett Marques (support) $167K Total in: $167K Total out: $167K
STRATEGIC IMPACT DEFENDING AMERICA'S FUTURE $167K Rhett Marques (support) $167K Total in: $167K Total out: $167K
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Cycle-over-cycle trajectory

2017201820192020202120222023202420252026 Q1 2017 (2018 cycle): $23KQ2 2017 (2018 cycle): $19KQ3 2017 (2018 cycle): $12KQ4 2017 (2018 cycle): $46KQ1 2018 (2018 cycle): $51KQ2 2018 (2018 cycle): $176KQ3 2018 (2018 cycle): $263KQ4 2018 (2018 cycle): $402KQ1 2019 (2020 cycle): $553Q2 2019 (2020 cycle): $74KQ3 2019 (2020 cycle): $58KQ4 2019 (2020 cycle): $15KQ1 2020 (2020 cycle): $190KQ2 2020 (2020 cycle): $26KQ3 2020 (2020 cycle): $23KQ4 2020 (2020 cycle): $137KQ1 2021 (2022 cycle): $18KQ2 2021 (2022 cycle): $21KQ3 2021 (2022 cycle): $54KQ4 2021 (2022 cycle): $63KQ1 2022 (2022 cycle): $364KQ2 2022 (2022 cycle): $777KQ3 2022 (2022 cycle): $259KQ4 2022 (2022 cycle): $464KQ4 2022 (2024 cycle): $18KQ1 2023 (2024 cycle): $14KQ2 2023 (2024 cycle): $76KQ3 2023 (2024 cycle): $12KQ4 2023 (2024 cycle): $58KQ1 2024 (2024 cycle): $505KQ2 2024 (2024 cycle): $171KQ3 2024 (2024 cycle): $299KQ4 2024 (2024 cycle): $881KQ1 2025 (2026 cycle): $29KQ2 2025 (2026 cycle): $1KQ3 2025 (2026 cycle): $5KQ4 2025 (2026 cycle): $38KQ1 2026 (2026 cycle): $575KQ2 2026 (2026 cycle): $1.31M Q1Q3Q1Q3Q1Q3Q1Q3Q1Q3Q1Q3Q4Q2Q4Q2Q4Q2Q4Q2 $1.31M

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 $23K 2 KEITH GRAWERT FOR CONGRESS 100% Print & Mail 100% $23K
2017 Q2 2018 $19K 2 KEITH GRAWERT FOR CONGRESS 60% Print & Mail 100% $42K
2017 Q3 2018 $12K 4 BARR, GARLAND ANDY 44% Print & Mail 100% $53K
2017 Q4 2018 $46K 8 LAMB, JONATHAN M. 66% Print & Mail 100% $99K
2018 Q1 2018 $51K 7 MALEK, LUCAS TODD 53% Print & Mail 100% $150K
2018 Q2 2018 $176K 16 BALDERSON, WILLIAM TROY 53% Print & Mail 100% $327K
2018 Q3 2018 $263K 8 BALDERSON, WILLIAM TROY 77% Print & Mail 100% $589K
2018 Q4 2018 $402K 15 COMER, JAMES 71% Print & Mail 100% $992K
2019 Q1 2020 $553 1 RIDENHOUR FOR CONGRESS 100% Print & Mail 100% $553 -98%
2019 Q2 2020 $74K 10 RIDENHOUR FOR CONGRESS 64% Print & Mail 100% $75K +293%
2019 Q3 2020 $58K 9 MERRILL, JOHN H 55% Print & Mail 100% $133K +395%
2019 Q4 2020 $15K 4 CARL, JERRY LEE, JR 100% Print & Mail 100% $149K -66%
2020 Q1 2020 $190K 8 CARL, JERRY LEE, JR 79% Print & Mail 100% $338K +271%
2020 Q2 2020 $26K 6 CARL, JERRY LEE, JR 31% Print & Mail 100% $364K -85%
2020 Q3 2020 $23K 3 CARL, JERRY LEE, JR 100% Print & Mail 100% $387K -91%
2020 Q4 2020 $137K 8 WESTERMAN, BRUCE 59% Print & Mail 100% $524K -66%
2021 Q1 2022 $18K 6 CONSERVATIVE AMERICAN REPUB… 50% Print & Mail 100% $18K +3186%
2021 Q2 2022 $21K 8 CONSERVATIVE AMERICAN REPUB… 44% Print & Mail 100% $39K -72%
2021 Q3 2022 $54K 9 TOM FOR OHIO 44% Print & Mail 100% $93K -7%
2021 Q4 2022 $63K 11 DURANT FOR SENATE 50% Print & Mail 100% $156K +309%
2022 Q1 2022 $364K 25 MARC MCMAIN FOR CONGRESS, I… 41% Print & Mail 100% $520K +92%
2022 Q2 2022 $777K 39 CASEY FOR CONGRESS 47% Print & Mail 100% $1.3M +2901%
2022 Q3 2022 $259K 29 NEWHOUSE, DAN 43% Print & Mail 100% $1.56M +1025%
2022 Q4 2022 $464K 22 DEGROOT FOR CONGRESS 40% Print & Mail 100% $2.02M +239%
2022 Q4 2024 $18K 1 DEGROOT FOR CONGRESS 100% Print & Mail 100% $18K
2023 Q1 2024 $14K 3 COMER, JAMES 48% Print & Mail 100% $31K -25%
2023 Q2 2024 $76K 3 KEEPING AMERICA STRONG PAC 72% Print & Mail 100% $107K +269%
2023 Q3 2024 $12K 2 CARL, JERRY LEE, JR 100% Print & Mail 100% $119K -78%
2023 Q4 2024 $58K 11 CONSERVATIVE AMERICAN REPUB… 28% Print & Mail 100% $178K -8%
2024 Q1 2024 $505K 50 CARL, JERRY LEE, JR 24% Print & Mail 100% $682K +39%
2024 Q2 2024 $171K 19 DOBSON, CAROLEENE 29% Print & Mail 100% $853K -78%
2024 Q3 2024 $299K 21 NEWHOUSE, DAN 54% Print & Mail 100% $1.15M +16%
2024 Q4 2024 $881K 33 COMER, JAMES 41% Print & Mail 100% $2.03M +90%
2025 Q1 2026 $29K 2 COMER, JAMES 93% Print & Mail 93% $29K +116%
2025 Q2 2026 $1K 1 ALABAMA REPUBLICAN PARTY 100% Digital 100% $30K -98%
2025 Q3 2026 $5K 1 GORDON, DEANNA 100% Strategy & Research 100% $35K -58%
2025 Q4 2026 $38K 4 GORDON, DEANNA 67% Strategy & Research 100% $74K -34%
2026 Q1 2026 $575K 19 EVANS, JEANNIE 80% Strategy & Research 39% $649K +14%
2026 Q2 2026 $1.31M 9 COWAN, JOHN 99% $1.95M +663%
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Revenue by service category

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Revenue by service category

last 6 months · hover bars for cycle context
Strategy & Research — cycle-to-date Total: $270K across 13 disbursements (avg $21K/check) Top buyer: EVANS, JEANNIE (67% of category) Last paid: 5mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Strategy & Research $180K Print & Mail — cycle-to-date Total: $5.61M across 408 disbursements (avg $14K/check) Top buyer: COMER, JAMES (15% of category) Last paid: 4mo ago · +177% vs prior cycle Print & Mail $27K Digital — cycle-to-date Total: $5K across 2 disbursements (avg $2K/check) Top buyer: ALABAMA REPUBLICAN PARTY (100% of category) Last paid: 5mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Digital $4K

Revenue by service category

last 12 months · hover bars for cycle context
Strategy & Research — cycle-to-date Total: $270K across 13 disbursements (avg $21K/check) Top buyer: EVANS, JEANNIE (67% of category) Last paid: 5mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Strategy & Research $268K Print & Mail — cycle-to-date Total: $5.61M across 408 disbursements (avg $14K/check) Top buyer: COMER, JAMES (15% of category) Last paid: 4mo ago · +177% vs prior cycle Print & Mail $27K Digital — cycle-to-date Total: $5K across 2 disbursements (avg $2K/check) Top buyer: ALABAMA REPUBLICAN PARTY (100% of category) Last paid: 5mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Digital $4K

Revenue by service category

last 18 months · hover bars for cycle context
Strategy & Research — cycle-to-date Total: $270K across 13 disbursements (avg $21K/check) Top buyer: EVANS, JEANNIE (67% of category) Last paid: 5mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Strategy & Research $270K Print & Mail — cycle-to-date Total: $5.61M across 408 disbursements (avg $14K/check) Top buyer: COMER, JAMES (15% of category) Last paid: 4mo ago · +177% vs prior cycle Print & Mail $54K Digital — cycle-to-date Total: $5K across 2 disbursements (avg $2K/check) Top buyer: ALABAMA REPUBLICAN PARTY (100% of category) Last paid: 5mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Digital $5K

Revenue by service category

last 24 months · hover bars for cycle context
Print & Mail — cycle-to-date Total: $5.61M across 408 disbursements (avg $14K/check) Top buyer: COMER, JAMES (15% of category) Last paid: 4mo ago · +177% vs prior cycle Print & Mail $1.06M Strategy & Research — cycle-to-date Total: $270K across 13 disbursements (avg $21K/check) Top buyer: EVANS, JEANNIE (67% of category) Last paid: 5mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Strategy & Research $270K Digital — cycle-to-date Total: $5K across 2 disbursements (avg $2K/check) Top buyer: ALABAMA REPUBLICAN PARTY (100% of category) Last paid: 5mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Digital $5K
Per-category breakdown · cycle-to-date
Category Total spend Txns Avg check % of total Top buyer · share Last paid
Print & Mail $5,605,529 408 $14K 95.3% COMER, JAMES 15% 4mo ago
Strategy & Research $270,050 13 $21K 4.6% EVANS, JEANNIE 67% 5mo ago
Digital $4,908 2 $2K 0.1% ALABAMA REPUBLICAN PARTY 100% 5mo ago
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Client retention

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

4
Anchor clients 3+ cycles
$2,178,698 · 29% of revenue
7
Repeat clients 2 cycles
$1,231,867 · 16% of revenue
38
One-time clients 1 cycle
$4,112,742 · 55% of revenue
Top 4 anchor clients · all-time
Client Cycles All-time spend Txns First paid Last paid
COMER, JAMES 5 $848,725 20 2017-07-10 2026-04-24
NEWHOUSE, DAN 3 $514,996 17 2018-05-12 2024-10-25
CARL, JERRY LEE, JR 3 $479,492 49 2019-04-17 2024-05-17
WESTERMAN, BRUCE 4 $335,484 16 2018-04-20 2023-03-01
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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
GA
$1,667,796 23.6% 6
AL
$1,660,673 23.5% 7
KY
$896,365 12.7% 3
WA
$514,996 7.3% 1
VA
$470,390 6.7% 2
OH
$457,823 6.5% 3
NJ
$348,281 4.9% 1
AR
$335,484 4.7% 1
IL
$292,211 4.1% 2
PA
$157,419 2.2% 1
WI
$144,840 2.0% 2
IN
$126,967 1.8% 3
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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 2026-04-20 COWAN, JOHN MEDIA PLACEMENT/PRODUCTION $623,221
Largest all-time 2026-04-02 COWAN, JOHN MEDIA PLACEMENT/PRODUCTION $496,715
Largest all-time 2024-10-15 COMER, JAMES Print & Mail MEDIA BUY/MEDIA PRODUCTION $355,389
Largest all-time 2018-10-18 COMER, JAMES Print & Mail MEDIA BUY $188,400
Largest all-time 2018-07-27 BALDERSON, WILLIAM TROY Print & Mail MEDIA BUY $180,000
Largest this cycle 2026-05-26 COWAN, JOHN MEDIA PLACEMENT/PRODUCTION $159,962
Largest this cycle 2026-03-09 EVANS, JEANNIE PRINTING POSTAGE & TEXTING $89,762
Largest this cycle 2026-03-12 EVANS, JEANNIE PRINTING & POSTAGE $74,762
Recent 2026-04-24 COMER, JAMES PRINTING $10,611
Recent 2026-05-15 COWAN, JOHN MEDIA PLACEMENT/PRODUCTION $10,000
Recent 2026-04-21 DEFENDING AMERICA'S FUTURE E-MERCHANT FEE $25
Recent 2026-04-29 DEFENDING AMERICA'S FUTURE E-MERCHANT FEE $25
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