THE POLITICS COMPANY INC
$714K
2025-2026 cycle
THE POLITICS COMPANY INC is a strategy & research vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle THE POLITICS COMPANY INC was paid $714K across 14 client committees, of which $269K 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
$714K
=
$444K
(Schedule B)
+
$269K
(Independent Expenditures)
| Schedule B direct committee payments |
$444,352 | 78 rows | 62.3% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$269,330 | 11 rows | 37.7% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- Jan 3, 2018 → Jun 4, 2026
- spans 8.4 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 78
- Schedule B + IE rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 14
- 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
$61K
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.
No buyer activity in this window.
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 3 months · top 5
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| MORE JOBS, LESS GOVERNMENT C00693838 |
$154,017 IE $154,017 |
5 |
| LEADERSHIP IN ACTION C00764209 |
$35,657 IE $35,657 |
3 |
| MAKE MONTANA GREAT C00871012 |
$25,000 IE $25,000 |
1 |
| WESTBY, JEREMY MN · House REP |
$8,000 | 1 |
| LOCKLIN, NICOLE FL · House DEM |
$2,076 | 1 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 6 months · top 5
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| MORE JOBS, LESS GOVERNMENT C00693838 |
$190,874 IE $190,874 |
6 |
| LEADERSHIP IN ACTION C00764209 |
$56,367 IE $53,457 · SB $2,910 |
7 |
| LOCKLIN, NICOLE FL · House DEM |
$30,271 | 4 |
| MAKE MONTANA GREAT C00871012 |
$25,000 IE $25,000 |
1 |
| WESTBY, JEREMY MN · House REP |
$8,000 | 1 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 12 months · top 6
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| MORE JOBS, LESS GOVERNMENT C00693838 |
$190,874 IE $190,874 |
6 |
| LEADERSHIP IN ACTION C00764209 |
$56,367 IE $53,457 · SB $2,910 |
7 |
| LOCKLIN, NICOLE FL · House DEM |
$30,271 | 4 |
| MAKE MONTANA GREAT C00871012 |
$25,000 IE $25,000 |
1 |
| HANN, DAVID W MN · Senate REP |
$20,000 | 1 |
| WESTBY, JEREMY MN · House REP |
$8,000 | 1 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 18 months · top 7
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| MORE JOBS, LESS GOVERNMENT C00693838 |
$190,874 IE $190,874 |
6 |
| LEADERSHIP IN ACTION C00764209 |
$56,367 IE $53,457 · SB $2,910 |
7 |
| LOCKLIN, NICOLE FL · House DEM |
$30,271 | 4 |
| MAKE MONTANA GREAT C00871012 |
$25,000 IE $25,000 |
1 |
| FORD, JUSTIN IL · House DEM |
$20,000 | 1 |
| HANN, DAVID W MN · Senate REP |
$20,000 | 1 |
| WESTBY, JEREMY MN · House REP |
$8,000 | 1 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 24 months · top 7
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| MORE JOBS, LESS GOVERNMENT C00693838 |
$190,874 IE $190,874 |
6 |
| LEADERSHIP IN ACTION C00764209 |
$56,367 IE $53,457 · SB $2,910 |
7 |
| LOCKLIN, NICOLE FL · House DEM |
$30,271 | 4 |
| MAKE MONTANA GREAT C00871012 |
$25,000 IE $25,000 |
1 |
| FORD, JUSTIN IL · House DEM |
$20,000 | 1 |
| HANN, DAVID W MN · Senate REP |
$20,000 | 1 |
| WESTBY, JEREMY MN · House REP |
$8,000 | 1 |
By party
Revenue by party
D · 93%
R · 7%
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $664,037 | 93.04% |
| Republican | $49,645 | 6.96% |
| Non-partisan | $0 | 0.00% |
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 · 8 years
Per-quarter totals
| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Q1 | 2018 | $49K | 5 | COMMITTEE TO ELECT HP 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $49K | — |
| 2018 | Q2 | 2018 | $11K | 3 | MOHAN, RADHAKRISHNA 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $60K | — |
| 2018 | Q3 | 2018 | $5K | 1 | COMMITTEE TO ELECT JAMIE SC… 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $65K | — |
| 2018 | Q4 | 2018 | $2K | 1 | COMMITTEE TO ELECT JAMIE SC… 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $67K | — |
| 2019 | Q1 | 2020 | $10K | 1 | EHR FOR CONGRESS 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $10K | — |
| 2019 | Q2 | 2020 | $3K | 6 | EHR FOR CONGRESS 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $13K | — |
| 2019 | Q3 | 2020 | $22K | 8 | GAD, SARAH 90% | Strategy & Research 100% | $35K | — |
| 2019 | Q4 | 2020 | $17K | 6 | EHR FOR CONGRESS 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $52K | — |
| 2020 | Q1 | 2020 | $49K | 12 | EHR FOR CONGRESS 53% | Strategy & Research 100% | $101K | -0% |
| 2020 | Q2 | 2020 | $29K | 7 | EHR FOR CONGRESS 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $130K | +161% |
| 2020 | Q3 | 2020 | $53K | 3 | EHR FOR CONGRESS 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $183K | +1077% |
| 2021 | Q3 | 2022 | $500 | 1 | AYYAS 2022 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $500 | -98% |
| 2021 | Q4 | 2022 | $3K | 3 | AYYAS 2022 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $3K | -82% |
| 2022 | Q1 | 2022 | $50K | 2 | CHRISTIAN, ROBERT FRANKLIN … 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $53K | +1% |
| 2022 | Q2 | 2022 | $6K | 3 | CHRISTIAN, ROBERT FRANKLIN … 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $59K | -81% |
| 2023 | Q1 | 2024 | $15K | 1 | MOORE, MICHAEL B 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $15K | — |
| 2023 | Q2 | 2024 | $16K | 3 | MOORE, MICHAEL B 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $31K | — |
| 2023 | Q3 | 2024 | $23K | 2 | MOORE, MICHAEL B 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $54K | +4465% |
| 2025 | Q2 | 2026 | $20K | 1 | FORD, JUSTIN 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $20K | +21% |
| 2026 | Q1 | 2026 | $47K | 3 | LOCKLIN, NICOLE 57% | Strategy & Research 57% | $67K | — |
| 2026 | Q2 | 2026 | $15K | 6 | WESTBY, JEREMY 55% | — | $81K | — |
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 | $409,805 | 71 | $6K | 100.0% | EHR FOR CONGRESS 34% | 4mo ago |
Client retention
Sticky-relationship signal: how many clients keep coming back across cycles vs one-time buyers.
0
Anchor clients 3+ cycles
$0 · 0% of revenue
0
Repeat clients 2 cycles
$0 · 0% of revenue
14
One-time clients 1 cycle
$444,352 · 100% of revenue
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MD | $140,379 | 31.6% | 1 | |
| GA | $55,500 | 12.5% | 1 | |
| SC | $54,320 | 12.2% | 1 | |
| TX | $49,438 | 11.1% | 1 | |
| IL | $40,000 | 9.0% | 2 | |
| FL | $30,271 | 6.8% | 1 | |
| MN | $28,000 | 6.3% | 2 | |
| VA | $26,450 | 6.0% | 2 | |
| NY | $11,054 | 2.5% | 1 | |
| MO | $6,030 | 1.4% | 1 | |
| MT | $2,910 | 0.7% | 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 | 2022-03-17 | CHRISTIAN, ROBERT FRANKLIN MR. III | Strategy & Research | — | $35,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2026-03-06 | LOCKLIN, NICOLE | Strategy & Research | STRATEGY AND MEDIA CONSULTING | $25,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2018-02-13 | COMMITTEE TO ELECT HP | Strategy & Research | POLITICAL CONSULTIING | $25,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2020-07-20 | EHR FOR CONGRESS | Strategy & Research | GENERAL CAMPAIGN CONSULTING | $25,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2020-07-06 | EHR FOR CONGRESS | Strategy & Research | GENERAL CAMPAIGN CONSULTING | $23,437 |
| Largest this cycle | 2025-05-20 | FORD, JUSTIN | Strategy & Research | KEN RETAINER | $20,000 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-01-14 | HANN, DAVID W | — | STRATEGY CONSULTING | $20,000 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-05-18 | WESTBY, JEREMY | — | STRATEGIC CONSULTING | $8,000 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-06-04 | LOCKLIN, NICOLE | — | MEDIA & CAMPAIGN STRATEGY CONSULTING | $2,076 |
| Recent | 2026-04-17 | LOCKLIN, NICOLE | — | MEDIA & CAMPAIGN STRATEGY CONSULTING | $1,560 |
| Recent | 2026-04-13 | LEADERSHIP IN ACTION | — | LIA FUNDRAISING VENUE AND FOOD | $856 |
| Recent | 2026-04-13 | LEADERSHIP IN ACTION | — | GOOGLE SUBSCRIPTION | $152 |