THE POLITICAL GROUP
$1.08M
2025-2026 cycle
THE POLITICAL GROUP is a strategy & research vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle THE POLITICAL GROUP was paid $1.08M across 41 client committees, of which $400K 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
$1.08M
=
$680K
(Schedule B)
+
$400K
(Independent Expenditures)
| Schedule B direct committee payments |
$680,106 | 78 rows | 63.0% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$399,790 | 24 rows | 37.0% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- Aug 10, 2012 → Jun 29, 2026
- spans 13.9 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 78
- Schedule B + IE rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 41
- 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.
Jul 2025
Jun 2026
$116K
across 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.
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 1 months · top 1
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| BALDERAS FLORES MARISA C HONORABLE 00085787 |
$3,500 | 1 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 3 months · top 2
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| MOORE, BLAKE UT · House REP |
$35,118 | 3 |
| BALDERAS FLORES MARISA C HONORABLE 00085787 |
$3,500 | 1 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 6 months · top 3
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| BALDERAS FLORES MARISA C HONORABLE 00085787 |
$61,082 | 2 |
| MOORE, BLAKE UT · House REP |
$35,118 | 3 |
| WHITLOW, STUART NORMAN MR. TX · House DEM |
$11,921 | 2 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 12 months · top 5
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| BALDERAS FLORES MARISA C HONORABLE 00085787 |
$61,082 | 2 |
| MOORE, BLAKE UT · House REP |
$35,118 | 3 |
| WHITLOW, STUART NORMAN MR. TX · House DEM |
$11,921 | 2 |
| SRIVASTAVA SANDEEP 00089720 |
$7,930 | 1 |
| CHILDS STACI D HONORABLE 00086453 |
$375 | 1 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 18 months · top 6
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| BALDERAS FLORES MARISA C HONORABLE 00085787 |
$61,082 | 2 |
| MOORE, BLAKE UT · House REP |
$35,118 | 3 |
| WHITLOW, STUART NORMAN MR. TX · House DEM |
$11,921 | 2 |
| BAJWA FOR STATE ASSEMBLY 2020; VIPAN 1419500 |
$10,106 | 1 |
| SRIVASTAVA SANDEEP 00089720 |
$7,930 | 1 |
| CHILDS STACI D HONORABLE 00086453 |
$375 | 1 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 24 months · top 7
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| BALDERAS FLORES MARISA C HONORABLE 00085787 |
$61,082 | 2 |
| MOORE, BLAKE UT · House REP |
$35,118 | 3 |
| WHITLOW, STUART NORMAN MR. TX · House DEM |
$11,921 | 2 |
| BAJWA FOR STATE ASSEMBLY 2020; VIPAN 1419500 |
$10,106 | 1 |
| SRIVASTAVA SANDEEP 00089720 |
$7,930 | 1 |
| AARON 4 FL 6 C00893289 |
$2,500 | 1 |
| CHILDS STACI D HONORABLE 00086453 |
$375 | 1 |
By party
Revenue by party
D · 21%
R · 79%
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $124,373 | 11.52% |
| Republican | $468,511 | 43.38% |
| Non-partisan | $487,012 | 45.10% |
Part III Reference tables
Full all-time and cycle-to-date data.
Cycle-over-cycle trajectory
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 | Q2 | 2018 | $1K | 1 | C00630749 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $1K | — |
| 2017 | Q3 | 2018 | $6K | 1 | C00630749 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $7K | — |
| 2018 | Q1 | 2018 | $16K | 7 | C00631978 65% | Strategy & Research 100% | $24K | — |
| 2018 | Q4 | 2018 | $20K | 5 | C00646372 38% | Strategy & Research 100% | $44K | — |
| 2019 | Q2 | 2018 | $3K | 1 | ATPE DIRECT 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $47K | — |
| 2020 | Q1 | 2020 | $417 | 1 | TEXAS PARENT PAC 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $417 | -97% |
| 2021 | Q1 | 2022 | $9K | 1 | C00769489 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $9K | — |
| 2021 | Q4 | 2020 | $9K | 3 | HON WILLIAM LEE HONORABLE 38% | Strategy & Research 100% | $10K | — |
| 2022 | Q1 | 2022 | $16K | 5 | JONES DENNIS MR 46% | Strategy & Research 100% | $25K | +3805% |
| 2022 | Q2 | 2022 | $75K | 5 | LEE, MIKE 49% | Strategy & Research 100% | $100K | — |
| 2022 | Q3 | 2022 | $113K | 8 | LEE, MIKE 41% | Strategy & Research 100% | $213K | — |
| 2022 | Q4 | 2022 | $163K | 10 | LEE, MIKE 61% | Strategy & Research 100% | $375K | — |
| 2024 | Q1 | 2024 | $6K | 1 | THE CHARLES BUTT PUBLIC EDU… 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $6K | -66% |
| 2024 | Q2 | 2024 | $41K | 6 | C00864538 85% | Strategy & Research 100% | $46K | -46% |
| 2025 | Q1 | 2024 | $10K | 1 | BAJWA FOR STATE ASSEMBLY 20… 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $56K | — |
| 2025 | Q1 | 2026 | $3K | 1 | AARON 4 FL 6 100% | Field & Voter Contact 100% | $3K | — |
| 2025 | Q4 | 2024 | $8K | 2 | SRIVASTAVA SANDEEP 95% | Strategy & Research 100% | $65K | — |
| 2026 | Q1 | 2026 | $70K | 3 | BALDERAS FLORES MARISA C HO… 83% | Field & Voter Contact 10% | $72K | +1146% |
| 2026 | Q2 | 2026 | $74K | 3 | MOORE, BLAKE 95% | — | $146K | +81% |
Revenue by service category
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Per-category breakdown · cycle-to-date
| Category | Total spend | Txns | Avg check | % of total | Top buyer · share | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strategy & Research | $534,367 | 70 | $8K | 98.3% | LEE, MIKE 35% | 6mo ago |
| Field & Voter Contact | $9,421 | 2 | $5K | 1.7% | WHITLOW, STUART NORMAN MR. 73% | 5mo ago |
Client retention
Sticky-relationship signal: how many clients keep coming back across cycles vs one-time buyers.
1
Anchor clients 3+ cycles
$9,317 · 1% of revenue
1
Repeat clients 2 cycles
$92,377 · 14% of revenue
39
One-time clients 1 cycle
$578,413 · 85% of revenue
Top 1 anchor clients · all-time
| Client | Cycles | All-time spend | Txns | First paid | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEXAS PARENT PAC | 3 | $9,317 | 6 | 2020-02-27 | 2024-05-28 |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UT | $277,456 | 40.8% | 2 | |
| TX | $153,174 | 22.5% | 22 | |
| Unknown | $124,979 | 18.4% | 9 | |
| CA | $70,752 | 10.4% | 5 | |
| MO | $34,989 | 5.1% | 1 | |
| MD | $16,255 | 2.4% | 1 | |
| FL | $2,500 | 0.4% | 1 |
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 | 2022-10-27 | LEE, MIKE | Strategy & Research | CAMPAIGN CONSULTING | $63,670 |
| Largest all-time | 2026-02-23 | BALDERAS FLORES MARISA C HONORABLE | — | Design and Printing of Mailers | $57,582 |
| Largest all-time | 2022-06-23 | LEE, MIKE | Strategy & Research | CAMPAIGN CONSULTING | $36,336 |
| Largest all-time | 2026-05-26 | MOORE, BLAKE | — | PHONEBANK | $35,118 |
| Largest all-time | 2026-05-27 | MOORE, BLAKE | — | PHONEBANK | $35,118 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-01-27 | WHITLOW, STUART NORMAN MR. | Field & Voter Contact | PHONE BANKING SERVICES | $6,921 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-02-18 | WHITLOW, STUART NORMAN MR. | — | PHONE BANKING SERVICES | $5,000 |
| Recent | 2026-06-29 | BALDERAS FLORES MARISA C HONORABLE | — | Social Media Management | $3,500 |