THE VALENTINE GROUP

$2.66M 2025-2026 cycle

THE VALENTINE GROUP is a digital vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle THE VALENTINE GROUP was paid $2.66M across 3 client committees, of which $1.56M flowed through Independent Expenditures rather than direct committee payments.

Digital ○ Slowing (~5mo since last)
Limited recent activity. Most recent disbursement to this vendor was 5 months ago (Feb 13, 2026). 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

$2.66M = $1.10M (Schedule B) + $1.56M (Independent Expenditures)
Schedule B
direct committee payments
$1,100,287 17 rows 41.4%
Independent Expenditures
money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them
$1,559,671 46 rows 58.6%
Activity span ALL TIME
Jun 14, 2022 → Feb 13, 2026
spans 3.7 years
Disbursements ALL TIME
17
Schedule B + IE rows
Client committees ALL TIME
3
distinct payers

Part II Activity in selected window

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Spend trajectory

Monthly spend to this vendor over the last 12 months.

Oct 2023 Sep 2024
$100K 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

SPECIAL OPERATIONS FOR AMERICA $65K — · 3 txns TV THE VALENTINE GROUP
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
SPECIAL OPERATIONS FOR AMERICA
C00523241
$65,000
IE $65,000
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VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 12 months · top 1

SPECIAL OPERATIONS FOR AMERICA $105K — · 5 txns TV THE VALENTINE GROUP
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
SPECIAL OPERATIONS FOR AMERICA
C00523241
$105,000
IE $105,000
5
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 18 months · top 1

SPECIAL OPERATIONS FOR AMERICA $105K — · 5 txns TV THE VALENTINE GROUP
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
SPECIAL OPERATIONS FOR AMERICA
C00523241
$105,000
IE $105,000
5
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 24 months · top 3

SPECIAL OPERATIONS FOR AMERICA $458K — · 14 txns SEAL PAC USA $205K Digital · 4 txns SEAL PAC SUPPORTING ELECTING AMERICAN… $120K — · 4 txns TV THE VALENTINE GROUP
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
SPECIAL OPERATIONS FOR AMERICA
C00523241
$458,333
IE $458,333
14
SEAL PAC USA
C00722025
$205,000
IE $105,000 · SB $100,000
4
SEAL PAC SUPPORTING ELECTING AMERICAN LEADERS PAC
C00570226
$119,500
IE $119,500
4

By party

Revenue by party

100% R
D · 0%
R · 100%
PartyAmount%
Democratic $0 0.00%
Republican $2,659,959 100.00%
Non-partisan $0 0.00%

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

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THE VALENTINE GROUP SPECIAL OPERATIONS FOR AMER… $65K Laurie Buckhout (support) $65K Total in: $65K Total out: $65K
THE VALENTINE GROUP SPECIAL OPERATIONS FOR AMER… $105K Laurie Buckhout (support) $65K Matthew Robert Van Epps (su… $40K Total in: $105K Total out: $105K
THE VALENTINE GROUP SPECIAL OPERATIONS FOR AMER… $105K Laurie Buckhout (support) $65K Matthew Robert Van Epps (su… $40K Total in: $105K Total out: $105K
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Cycle-over-cycle trajectory

20222024 Q2 2022 (2022 cycle): $165KQ3 2022 (2022 cycle): $313KQ4 2022 (2022 cycle): $522KQ3 2024 (2024 cycle): $100K Q2Q4Q3 $522K

current cycle earlier election cycle off-cycle year quarterly · 2 years

Per-quarter totals
Year Q Cycle Total Txns Top buyer · share Top category · share Cum. (cycle) YoY %
2022 Q2 2022 $165K 2 O'DEA, JOSEPH MATTHEW 94% Digital 100% $165K
2022 Q3 2022 $313K 8 O'DEA, JOSEPH MATTHEW 85% Digital 100% $479K
2022 Q4 2022 $522K 6 O'DEA, JOSEPH MATTHEW 100% Digital 100% $1M
2024 Q3 2024 $100K 1 SEAL PAC USA 100% Digital 100% $100K -68%
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Revenue by service category

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Revenue by service category

last 24 months · hover bars for cycle context
Digital — cycle-to-date Total: $1.1M across 17 disbursements (avg $65K/check) Top buyer: O'DEA, JOSEPH MATTHEW (86% of category) Last paid: 22mo ago · +10% vs prior cycle Digital $100K
Per-category breakdown · cycle-to-date
Category Total spend Txns Avg check % of total Top buyer · share Last paid
Digital $1,100,287 17 $65K 100.0% O'DEA, JOSEPH MATTHEW 86% 22mo ago
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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
1
Repeat clients 2 cycles
$130,200 · 12% of revenue
2
One-time clients 1 cycle
$970,087 · 88% of revenue
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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
CO
$944,478 85.8% 1
GA
$130,200 11.8% 1
NY
$25,609 2.3% 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 2022-11-04 O'DEA, JOSEPH MATTHEW Digital DIGITAL CONSULTING $176,718
Largest all-time 2022-06-30 O'DEA, JOSEPH MATTHEW Digital ONLINE ADVERTISING $155,359
Largest all-time 2022-09-08 O'DEA, JOSEPH MATTHEW Digital ONLINE ADVERTISING $150,000
Largest all-time 2024-09-24 SEAL PAC USA Digital PAC DIGITAL ADVERTISING $100,000
Largest all-time 2022-10-03 O'DEA, JOSEPH MATTHEW Digital DIGITAL ADVERTISING $90,394
Recent 2022-11-02 O'DEA, JOSEPH MATTHEW Digital DIGITAL CONSULTING $79,105
Recent 2022-11-09 O'DEA, JOSEPH MATTHEW Digital DIGITAL CONSULTING $77,375
Recent 2022-11-29 O'DEA, JOSEPH MATTHEW Digital DIGITAL CONSULTING $75,122
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