The Sacramento Bee
The Sacramento Bee is a political services vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle The Sacramento Bee was paid $6.20M across 72 client committees, of which $201K 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
| Schedule B direct committee payments |
$6,001,499 | 759 rows | 96.8% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$201,363 | 15 rows | 3.2% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- Jan 8, 2000 → Apr 10, 2026
- spans 26.3 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 759
- Schedule B + IE rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 72
- distinct payers
Part II Activity in selected window
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Spend trajectory
Monthly spend to this vendor over the last 12 months.
Top buyers
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Top buyers last 3 months · top 2
Top buyers last 6 months · top 3
Top buyers last 12 months · top 4
Top buyers last 18 months · top 9
Top buyers last 24 months · top 10
Table = cycle-to-date totals across all buyers. The fan above filters to the time window you select.
By party
Revenue by party
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $1,356 | 0.02% |
| Republican | $0 | 0.00% |
| Non-partisan | $6,200,951 | 99.98% |
Part III Reference tables
Full all-time and cycle-to-date data. Tables and charts crawlers + AI assistants can read directly.
Money flow through this vendor
Money flow through this vendor
top payers (left) → top revenue categories (right)No activity in the last 1 months.
Cycle-over-cycle trajectory
Cycle-over-cycle trajectory
quarterly · last 6 cycleseven-year cycle (election) odd-year cycle (off-cycle)
Revenue by service category
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No category revenue in this window.
Show as table (cycle-to-date with disbursement counts)
| Category | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| Other / Unclassified | $3,873,556 | 633 |
| Digital | $1,140,405 | 18 |
| Software & Tech | $915,190 | 90 |
| Media | $41,516 | 3 |
| Print & Mail | $30,277 | 4 |
Recent disbursements showing 20 of 759
| Date | Filer | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 2026 | 1460970 | — | $58 |
| Apr 10, 2026 | 1460970 | — | $58 |
| Apr 2, 2026 | 1477774 | — | $47 |
| Apr 2, 2026 | 1477774 | — | $47 |
| Mar 23, 2026 | 1477774 | — | $56 |
| Mar 23, 2026 | 1477774 | — | $56 |
| Mar 13, 2026 | 1460970 | — | $47 |
| Mar 13, 2026 | 1460970 | — | $47 |
| Mar 3, 2026 | 1477774 | — | $47 |
| Mar 3, 2026 | 1477774 | — | $47 |
| Feb 21, 2026 | 1477774 | — | $56 |
| Feb 21, 2026 | 1477774 | — | $56 |
| Feb 9, 2026 | 1460970 | — | $46 |
| Feb 9, 2026 | 1460970 | — | $46 |
| Feb 1, 2026 | 1477774 | — | $47 |
| Feb 1, 2026 | 1477774 | — | $47 |
| Jan 21, 2026 | 1477774 | — | $56 |
| Jan 21, 2026 | 1477774 | — | $56 |
| Jan 4, 2026 | 1460970 | — | $46 |
| Jan 4, 2026 | 1460970 | — | $46 |