THE GOBER GROUP PLLC

$5.85M 2025-2026 cycle

THE GOBER GROUP PLLC is a legal & compliance vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle THE GOBER GROUP PLLC was paid $5.85M across 305 client committees, of which $6K flowed through Independent Expenditures rather than direct committee payments.

Legal & Compliance ○ Slowing (~5mo since last)
Limited recent activity. Most recent disbursement to this vendor was 5 months ago (Dec 31, 2025). Charts below reflect cycle-to-date totals; the recent windows may be sparse.

Part I Identity

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

Source split

$5.85M = $5.85M (Schedule B) + $6K (Independent Expenditures)
Schedule B
direct committee payments		 $5,848,743 2,646 rows 99.9%
Independent Expenditures
money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them		 $5,540 2 rows 0.1%
Activity span ALL TIME
Jan 31, 2016 → Dec 31, 2025
spans 9.9 years
Disbursements ALL TIME
2,646
Schedule B + IE rows
Client committees ALL TIME
305
distinct payers

Part II Activity in selected window

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Spend trajectory

Monthly spend to this vendor over the last 12 months.

Jan 2025 Dec 2025
$264K 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 6 months · top 1

FOUNDING PRINCIPLES $8K Legal & Compliance · 3 txns TG THE GOBER GROUP PLLC
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
FOUNDING PRINCIPLES
C00854190
 $7,620 3
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VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 12 months · top 5

PAXTON JR W KENNETH HONORABLE KEN $26K Legal & Compliance · 1 txn FOUNDING PRINCIPLES $8K Legal & Compliance · 3 txns GOLDEN STATE WATCHDOG PAC $910 Legal & Compliance · 1 txn AMERICAN FREEDOM PAC (AFPAC) $780 Legal & Compliance · 1 txn HELPING EXCEPTIONAL LEADERS ORGANIZE … $200 Legal & Compliance · 1 txn TG THE GOBER GROUP PLLC
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
PAXTON JR W KENNETH HONORABLE KEN
00051407
 $25,992 1
FOUNDING PRINCIPLES
C00854190
 $7,620 3
GOLDEN STATE WATCHDOG PAC
C00838219
 $910 1
AMERICAN FREEDOM PAC (AFPAC)
C00877753
 $780 1
HELPING EXCEPTIONAL LEADERS ORGANIZE PAC (HELO PAC)
C00820100
 $200 1
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VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 18 months · top 10

AMERICA PAC $141K Legal & Compliance · 2 txns PAXTON JR W KENNETH HONORABLE KEN $87K Legal & Compliance · 2 txns CRUZ, RAFAEL EDWARD TED $29K Legal & Compliance · 2 txns HUNT, WESLEY $26K Legal & Compliance · 1 txn RECLAIM MAINE $8K Legal & Compliance · 1 txn FOUNDING PRINCIPLES $8K Legal & Compliance · 3 txns COALITION POR FOR TEXAS PAC $6K Legal & Compliance · 4 txns DEAYALA EMILIO F HONORABLE MANO $4K Legal & Compliance · 2 txns VALOR AMERICA $3K Legal & Compliance · 1 txn CONSERVATIVES FOR AMERICA PAC $3K Legal & Compliance · 1 txn TG THE GOBER GROUP PLLC
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
AMERICA PAC
C00879510
 $141,431 2
PAXTON JR W KENNETH HONORABLE KEN
00051407
 $87,169 2
CRUZ, RAFAEL EDWARD TED
TX · Senate REP
 $29,261 2
HUNT, WESLEY
TX · Senate REP
 $25,830 1
RECLAIM MAINE
C00887851
 $7,691 1
FOUNDING PRINCIPLES
C00854190
 $7,620 3
COALITION POR FOR TEXAS PAC
00085824
 $6,313 4
DEAYALA EMILIO F HONORABLE MANO
00067768
 $3,850 2
VALOR AMERICA
C00625566
 $3,156 1
CONSERVATIVES FOR AMERICA PAC
C00893263
 $3,000 1
View all buyers in research · last 18 mo →
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 24 months · top 10

AMERICA PAC $822K Legal & Compliance · 9 txns CRUZ, RAFAEL EDWARD TED $96K Legal & Compliance · 8 txns PAXTON JR W KENNETH HONORABLE KEN $93K Legal & Compliance · 3 txns HUNT, WESLEY $34K Legal & Compliance · 7 txns TRUTH AND COURAGE PAC $26K Legal & Compliance · 7 txns ROY, CHIP $11K Legal & Compliance · 4 txns RECLAIM MAINE $11K Legal & Compliance · 2 txns PAXTON ANGELA HONORABLE $9K Legal & Compliance · 4 txns DEAYALA EMILIO F HONORABLE MANO $8K Legal & Compliance · 5 txns FOUNDING PRINCIPLES $8K Legal & Compliance · 3 txns TG THE GOBER GROUP PLLC
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
AMERICA PAC
C00879510
 $821,808 9
CRUZ, RAFAEL EDWARD TED
TX · Senate REP
 $96,370 8
PAXTON JR W KENNETH HONORABLE KEN
00051407
 $93,011 3
HUNT, WESLEY
TX · Senate REP
 $33,605 7
TRUTH AND COURAGE PAC
C00796045
 $25,642 7
ROY, CHIP
TX · House REP
 $11,331 4
RECLAIM MAINE
C00887851
 $10,691 2
PAXTON ANGELA HONORABLE
00081932
 $9,249 4
DEAYALA EMILIO F HONORABLE MANO
00067768
 $8,292 5
FOUNDING PRINCIPLES
C00854190
 $7,620 3
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By party

Revenue by party

99% R
D · 1%
R · 99%
PartyAmount%
Democratic $44,377 0.76%
Republican $3,529,113 60.28%
Non-partisan $2,280,793 38.96%

Part III Reference tables

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

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Cycle-over-cycle trajectory

201720182019202020212022202320242025 Q1 2017 (2016 cycle): $23KQ1 2017 (2018 cycle): $50KQ2 2017 (2016 cycle): $65KQ2 2017 (2018 cycle): $69KQ3 2017 (2016 cycle): $21KQ3 2017 (2018 cycle): $52KQ4 2017 (2016 cycle): $18KQ4 2017 (2018 cycle): $87KQ1 2018 (2018 cycle): $104KQ2 2018 (2018 cycle): $127KQ3 2018 (2018 cycle): $117KQ4 2018 (2018 cycle): $145KQ1 2019 (2018 cycle): $11KQ1 2019 (2020 cycle): $40KQ2 2019 (2018 cycle): $5KQ2 2019 (2020 cycle): $84KQ3 2019 (2018 cycle): $6KQ3 2019 (2020 cycle): $110KQ4 2019 (2018 cycle): $9KQ4 2019 (2020 cycle): $73KQ1 2020 (2020 cycle): $143KQ2 2020 (2020 cycle): $227KQ3 2020 (2020 cycle): $159KQ4 2020 (2020 cycle): $145KQ1 2021 (2020 cycle): $10KQ1 2021 (2022 cycle): $27KQ2 2021 (2020 cycle): $9KQ2 2021 (2022 cycle): $175KQ3 2021 (2020 cycle): $26KQ3 2021 (2022 cycle): $317KQ4 2021 (2020 cycle): $28KQ4 2021 (2022 cycle): $167KQ1 2022 (2022 cycle): $217KQ2 2022 (2022 cycle): $355KQ3 2022 (2022 cycle): $208KQ4 2022 (2022 cycle): $211KQ1 2023 (2022 cycle): $16KQ1 2023 (2024 cycle): $114KQ2 2023 (2022 cycle): $126KQ2 2023 (2024 cycle): $88KQ3 2023 (2022 cycle): $41KQ3 2023 (2024 cycle): $88KQ4 2023 (2022 cycle): $31KQ4 2023 (2024 cycle): $77KQ1 2024 (2024 cycle): $212KQ2 2024 (2024 cycle): $144KQ3 2024 (2024 cycle): $228KQ4 2024 (2024 cycle): $713KQ1 2025 (2024 cycle): $3KQ1 2025 (2026 cycle): $180KQ2 2025 (2024 cycle): $6KQ2 2025 (2026 cycle): $41KQ3 2025 (2024 cycle): $26KQ3 2025 (2026 cycle): $200Q4 2025 (2026 cycle): $8K Q1Q2Q3Q4Q1Q3Q1Q2Q3Q4Q1Q3Q1Q2Q3Q4Q1Q3Q1Q2Q3Q4Q1Q3Q1Q2Q3Q4 $713K

current cycle earlier election cycle off-cycle year quarterly · 9 years

Per-quarter totals
Year Q Cycle Total Txns Top buyer · share Top category · share Cum. (cycle) YoY %
2017 Q1 2016 $23K 14 FIGHT FOR TOMORROW 48% Legal & Compliance 100% $23K —
2017 Q1 2018 $50K 22 WILLIAMS, ROGER 50% Legal & Compliance 100% $50K —
2017 Q2 2016 $65K 18 MEGAPHONE 61% Legal & Compliance 100% $87K —
2017 Q2 2018 $69K 40 C00569517 42% Legal & Compliance 100% $119K —
2017 Q3 2016 $21K 11 MEGAPHONE 51% Legal & Compliance 100% $108K —
2017 Q3 2018 $52K 32 WILLIAMS, ROGER 26% Legal & Compliance 100% $171K —
2017 Q4 2016 $18K 11 RIO GRANDE VALLEY COMMITTEE… 37% Legal & Compliance 100% $126K —
2017 Q4 2018 $87K 35 C00653634 18% Legal & Compliance 100% $258K —
2018 Q1 2018 $104K 59 SUSANNA FOR STATE REPRESENT… 25% Legal & Compliance 100% $361K —
2018 Q2 2018 $127K 59 CRUZ, RAFAEL EDWARD TED 19% Legal & Compliance 100% $488K —
2018 Q3 2018 $117K 48 CRUZ, RAFAEL EDWARD TED 38% Legal & Compliance 100% $605K —
2018 Q4 2018 $145K 66 CRUZ, RAFAEL EDWARD TED 38% Legal & Compliance 100% $750K —
2019 Q1 2018 $11K 12 MAGEE HOLLY R HONORABLE REN… 22% Legal & Compliance 100% $761K -53%
2019 Q1 2020 $40K 19 CRUZ, RAFAEL EDWARD TED 49% Legal & Compliance 100% $40K -20%
2019 Q2 2018 $5K 7 MCKINNEY TEAM 36% Legal & Compliance 100% $766K -92%
2019 Q2 2020 $84K 32 ENGAGE TEXAS 31% Legal & Compliance 100% $125K +22%
2019 Q3 2018 $6K 9 TEXANS FOR LAWSUIT REFORM P… 36% Legal & Compliance 100% $772K -73%
2019 Q3 2020 $110K 42 C00569517 28% Legal & Compliance 100% $234K +113%
2019 Q4 2018 $9K 10 ENERGIZE THE EXPO PAC DISSO… 33% Legal & Compliance 100% $781K -48%
2019 Q4 2020 $73K 41 ENGAGE TEXAS 38% Legal & Compliance 100% $308K -16%
2020 Q1 2020 $143K 71 ENGAGE TEXAS 39% Legal & Compliance 100% $451K +38%
2020 Q2 2020 $227K 94 C00569517 51% Legal & Compliance 100% $678K +79%
2020 Q3 2020 $159K 67 STANDING WITH CONSERVATIVES 22% Legal & Compliance 100% $837K +36%
2020 Q4 2020 $145K 98 GONZALES, ERNEST ANTHONY TO… 10% Legal & Compliance 100% $982K -0%
2021 Q1 2020 $10K 15 TEXANS FOR LAWSUIT REFORM P… 39% Legal & Compliance 100% $992K -5%
2021 Q1 2022 $27K 36 C00650168 22% Legal & Compliance 100% $27K -32%
2021 Q2 2020 $9K 10 TEXANS FOR LAWSUIT REFORM P… 34% Legal & Compliance 100% $1M +73%
2021 Q2 2022 $175K 84 CRUZ, RAFAEL EDWARD TED 8% Legal & Compliance 100% $202K +108%
2021 Q3 2020 $26K 12 MARGINS PAC - TEXAS TERMINA… 22% Legal & Compliance 100% $1.03M +360%
2021 Q3 2022 $317K 128 WEBER, RANDY 6% Legal & Compliance 100% $519K +188%
2021 Q4 2020 $28K 20 PAXTON JR W KENNETH HONORAB… 19% Legal & Compliance 100% $1.05M +193%
2021 Q4 2022 $167K 108 WEBER, RANDY 12% Legal & Compliance 100% $686K +128%
2022 Q1 2022 $217K 87 CRUZ, RAFAEL EDWARD TED 13% Legal & Compliance 100% $904K +52%
2022 Q2 2022 $355K 107 PAXTON JR W KENNETH HONORAB… 25% Legal & Compliance 100% $1.26M +56%
2022 Q3 2022 $208K 92 C00544445 22% Legal & Compliance 100% $1.47M +31%
2022 Q4 2022 $211K 100 HISPANIC LEADERSHIP TRUST 16% Legal & Compliance 100% $1.68M +45%
2023 Q1 2022 $16K 15 SHELLENBERGER FOR GOVERNOR … 56% Legal & Compliance 100% $1.69M +57%
2023 Q1 2024 $114K 84 THE BIPARTISAN NETWORK PAC 25% Legal & Compliance 100% $114K +315%
2023 Q2 2022 $126K 23 PAXTON JR W KENNETH HONORAB… 47% Legal & Compliance 100% $1.82M +1338%
2023 Q2 2024 $88K 83 CRUZ, RAFAEL EDWARD TED 25% Legal & Compliance 100% $202K -50%
2023 Q3 2022 $41K 26 TEXAS FEDERATION FOR CHILDR… 19% Legal & Compliance 100% $1.86M +61%
2023 Q3 2024 $88K 85 THE BIPARTISAN NETWORK PAC 25% Legal & Compliance 100% $290K -72%
2023 Q4 2022 $31K 24 JUDICIAL FAIRNESS PAC 29% Legal & Compliance 100% $1.89M +12%
2023 Q4 2024 $77K 75 CRUZ, RAFAEL EDWARD TED 13% Legal & Compliance 100% $367K -54%
2024 Q1 2024 $212K 99 PAXTON JR W KENNETH HONORAB… 39% Legal & Compliance 100% $580K -2%
2024 Q2 2024 $144K 110 CRUZ, RAFAEL EDWARD TED 13% Legal & Compliance 100% $723K -60%
2024 Q3 2024 $228K 88 AMERICA PAC 69% Legal & Compliance 100% $952K +10%
2024 Q4 2024 $713K 104 AMERICA PAC 73% Legal & Compliance 100% $1.66M +238%
2025 Q1 2024 $3K 6 DEAYALA EMILIO F HONORABLE … 46% Legal & Compliance 100% $1.67M -81%
2025 Q1 2026 $180K 29 AMERICA PAC 79% Legal & Compliance 98% $180K +58%
2025 Q2 2024 $6K 4 COALITION POR FOR TEXAS PAC 100% Legal & Compliance 100% $1.67M -95%
2025 Q2 2026 $41K 7 HUNT, WESLEY 63% Legal & Compliance 100% $221K -54%
2025 Q3 2024 $26K 1 PAXTON JR W KENNETH HONORAB… 100% Legal & Compliance 100% $1.7M -37%
2025 Q3 2026 $200 1 HELPING EXCEPTIONAL LEADERS… 100% Legal & Compliance 100% $221K -100%
2025 Q4 2026 $8K 3 FOUNDING PRINCIPLES 100% Legal & Compliance 100% $229K -90%
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Revenue by service category

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Revenue by service category

last 6 months · hover bars for cycle context
Legal & Compliance — cycle-to-date Total: $5.84M across 2645 disbursements (avg $2K/check) Top buyer: AMERICA PAC (14% of category) Last paid: 5mo ago · +244% vs prior cycle Legal & Compliance $8K

Revenue by service category

last 12 months · hover bars for cycle context
Legal & Compliance — cycle-to-date Total: $5.84M across 2645 disbursements (avg $2K/check) Top buyer: AMERICA PAC (14% of category) Last paid: 5mo ago · +244% vs prior cycle Legal & Compliance $36K

Revenue by service category

last 18 months · hover bars for cycle context
Legal & Compliance — cycle-to-date Total: $5.84M across 2645 disbursements (avg $2K/check) Top buyer: AMERICA PAC (14% of category) Last paid: 5mo ago · +244% vs prior cycle Legal & Compliance $333K Strategy & Research — cycle-to-date Total: $3K across 1 disbursements (avg $3K/check) Top buyer: ZINKE, RYAN K (100% of category) Last paid: 15mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Strategy & Research $3K

Revenue by service category

last 24 months · hover bars for cycle context
Legal & Compliance — cycle-to-date Total: $5.84M across 2645 disbursements (avg $2K/check) Top buyer: AMERICA PAC (14% of category) Last paid: 5mo ago · +244% vs prior cycle Legal & Compliance $1.22M Strategy & Research — cycle-to-date Total: $3K across 1 disbursements (avg $3K/check) Top buyer: ZINKE, RYAN K (100% of category) Last paid: 15mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Strategy & Research $3K
Per-category breakdown · cycle-to-date
Category Total spend Txns Avg check % of total Top buyer · share Last paid
Legal & Compliance $5,837,604 2,645 $2K 100.0% AMERICA PAC 14% 5mo ago
Strategy & Research $2,784 1 $3K 0.0% ZINKE, RYAN K 100% 15mo 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
$2,527,171 · 43% of revenue
67
Repeat clients 2 cycles
$2,197,837 · 38% of revenue
179
One-time clients 1 cycle
$1,123,735 · 19% of revenue
Top 20 anchor clients · all-time
Client Cycles All-time spend Txns First paid Last paid
CRUZ, RAFAEL EDWARD TED 5 $564,798 83 2017-01-03 2025-06-02
PAXTON JR W KENNETH HONORABLE KEN 3 $344,324 22 2020-01-08 2025-07-31
TRUTH AND COURAGE PAC 3 $152,176 33 2022-03-14 2025-01-31
BRAUN, MIKE 4 $143,653 28 2017-12-11 2023-01-08
HUNT, WESLEY 4 $131,124 48 2019-05-13 2025-04-09
ROSENDALE, MATT MR. 4 $96,854 41 2018-10-05 2024-08-27
WILLIAMS, ROGER 4 $86,179 41 2017-02-17 2023-11-08
GONZALES, ERNEST ANTHONY TONY II 4 $70,482 48 2019-11-26 2025-02-27
ROY, CHIP 5 $68,009 47 2018-04-11 2025-05-23
MCKINNEY TEAM 5 $67,427 64 2016-04-04 2025-02-04
TEXANS FOR LAWSUIT REFORM PAC 4 $58,808 48 2019-08-15 2024-05-10
PAXTON ANGELA HONORABLE 3 $47,482 23 2020-02-14 2024-12-19
MCCAUL, MICHAEL 3 $47,007 34 2019-02-08 2024-10-15
AMARILLO MATTERS DISSOLVED 5 $43,272 34 2017-09-05 2024-12-26
HISPANIC LEADERSHIP TRUST 3 $40,074 19 2022-06-14 2025-02-25
MORE JOBS, LESS GOVERNMENT 3 $35,573 27 2019-09-18 2024-01-16
BACON, DONALD J 4 $30,524 10 2018-09-15 2024-06-07
BRADY, KEVIN 4 $30,117 21 2017-02-08 2023-09-08
VAN DUYNE, ELIZABETH ANN 3 $29,860 29 2019-10-02 2024-07-10
COALITION POR FOR TEXAS PAC 3 $28,824 12 2021-09-03 2025-05-06
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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
TX
$4,044,256 72.3% 150
Unknown
$728,639 13.0% 86
MO
$172,809 3.1% 6
IN
$143,653 2.6% 1
MT
$120,129 2.1% 4
CA
$92,674 1.7% 7
DC
$67,429 1.2% 2
KS
$60,298 1.1% 5
VA
$60,103 1.1% 7
MA
$35,573 0.6% 1
TN
$35,000 0.6% 1
VI
$32,051 0.6% 1
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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 2024-11-19 AMERICA PAC Legal & Compliance LEGAL CONSULTING/TRAVEL/FILING FEES $251,745
Largest all-time 2024-11-19 AMERICA PAC Legal & Compliance LEGAL CONSULTING $99,436
Largest all-time 2025-01-08 AMERICA PAC Legal & Compliance LEGAL CONSULTING $91,759
Largest all-time 2024-10-16 AMERICA PAC Legal & Compliance LEGAL CONSULTING/TRAVEL $90,047
Largest all-time 2024-10-22 AMERICA PAC Legal & Compliance LEGAL CONSULTING/TRAVEL $81,751
Largest this cycle 2025-02-03 AMERICA PAC Legal & Compliance LEGAL CONSULTING $49,672
Largest this cycle 2025-04-09 HUNT, WESLEY Legal & Compliance LEGAL CONSULTING SERVICES $25,830
Largest this cycle 2025-03-03 CRUZ, RAFAEL EDWARD TED Legal & Compliance LEGAL CONSULTING $19,213
Largest this cycle 2025-06-02 CRUZ, RAFAEL EDWARD TED Legal & Compliance LEGAL CONSULTING $10,049
Recent 2025-07-31 PAXTON JR W KENNETH HONORABLE KEN Legal & Compliance Legal Services $25,992
Recent 2025-12-31 FOUNDING PRINCIPLES Legal & Compliance IN-KIND - LEGAL SERVICES $3,920
Recent 2025-12-31 FOUNDING PRINCIPLES Legal & Compliance INKIND - LEGAL SERVICES PAID BY THE GOBER GROUP $2,700
Recent 2025-12-31 FOUNDING PRINCIPLES Legal & Compliance INKIND - LEGAL SERVICES PAID BY THE GOBER GROUP $1,000
Recent 2025-07-08 HELPING EXCEPTIONAL LEADERS ORGANIZE PAC (HELO PAC) Legal & Compliance DEBT REPAYMENT: LEGAL CONSULTING $200
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