THOMPSON COMMUNICATIONS

$20.93M 2025-2026 cycle

THOMPSON COMMUNICATIONS is a wages & payroll vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle THOMPSON COMMUNICATIONS was paid $20.93M across 11 client committees, of which $13.38M flowed through Independent Expenditures rather than direct committee payments.

Wages & Payroll ○ Dormant (24mo since last)
Limited recent activity. Most recent disbursement to this vendor was 2+ years ago (Aug 3, 2024). 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

$20.93M = $7.56M (Schedule B) + $13.38M (Independent Expenditures)
Schedule B
direct committee payments
$7,556,976 195 rows 36.1%
Independent Expenditures
money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them
$13,376,547 110 rows 63.9%
Activity span ALL TIME
Feb 16, 2002 → Aug 3, 2024
spans 22.5 years
Disbursements ALL TIME
195
Schedule B + IE rows
Client committees ALL TIME
11
distinct payers

Part II Activity in selected window

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Spend trajectory

Monthly spend to this vendor over the last 12 months.

May 2022 Apr 2023
$2.44M 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 24 months · top 2

NATIONAL INTEREST PAC $468K — · 1 txn MISSOURI CONSERVATIVES FOR CONGRESS P… $69K — · 6 txns TC THOMPSON COMMUNICATIONS
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
NATIONAL INTEREST PAC
C00883207
$467,500
IE $467,500
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MISSOURI CONSERVATIVES FOR CONGRESS PAC
C00874156
$68,711
IE $68,711
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By party

Revenue by party

100% R
D · 0%
R · 100%
PartyAmount%
Democratic $0 0.00%
Republican $15,305,416 73.11%
Non-partisan $5,628,106 26.89%

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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THOMPSON COMMUNICATIONS NATIONAL INTEREST PAC $468K MISSOURI CONSERVATIVES FOR … $69K Kurt Schaefer (support) $501K Robert For Jr. Onder (oppos… $35K Total in: $536K Total out: $536K
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Cycle-over-cycle trajectory

2017201820192020202120222023 Q1 2017 (2018 cycle): $72KQ2 2017 (2018 cycle): $126KQ3 2017 (2018 cycle): $98KQ4 2017 (2018 cycle): $110KQ1 2018 (2018 cycle): $69KQ2 2018 (2018 cycle): $59KQ3 2018 (2018 cycle): $175KQ4 2018 (2018 cycle): $698KQ1 2019 (2020 cycle): $110KQ2 2019 (2020 cycle): $56KQ3 2019 (2020 cycle): $82KQ4 2019 (2020 cycle): $110KQ1 2020 (2020 cycle): $64KQ2 2020 (2020 cycle): $76KQ3 2020 (2020 cycle): $317KQ4 2020 (2020 cycle): $902KQ1 2021 (2022 cycle): $78KQ2 2021 (2022 cycle): $53KQ3 2021 (2022 cycle): $45KQ4 2021 (2022 cycle): $77KQ1 2022 (2022 cycle): $478KQ2 2022 (2022 cycle): $939KQ3 2022 (2022 cycle): $1.6MQ4 2022 (2022 cycle): $253KQ1 2023 (2024 cycle): $13KQ2 2023 (2024 cycle): $8K Q1Q3Q1Q3Q1Q3Q1Q3Q1Q3Q1Q3Q1Q2 $1.6M

current cycle earlier election cycle off-cycle year quarterly · 7 years

Per-quarter totals
Year Q Cycle Total Txns Top buyer · share Top category · share Cum. (cycle) YoY %
2017 Q1 2018 $72K 3 RELY ON YOUR BELIEFS FUND 76% Wages & Payroll 100% $72K
2017 Q2 2018 $126K 7 MISSOURI FRB PAC 53% Wages & Payroll 100% $198K
2017 Q3 2018 $98K 5 RELY ON YOUR BELIEFS FUND 61% Wages & Payroll 100% $296K
2017 Q4 2018 $110K 6 RELY ON YOUR BELIEFS FUND 67% Wages & Payroll 100% $406K
2018 Q1 2018 $69K 6 RELY ON YOUR BELIEFS FUND 56% Wages & Payroll 86% $475K
2018 Q2 2018 $59K 5 RELY ON YOUR BELIEFS FUND 66% Wages & Payroll 100% $533K
2018 Q3 2018 $175K 8 LUETKEMEYER, W BLAINE 41% Wages & Payroll 100% $709K
2018 Q4 2018 $698K 9 VICKY HARTZLER FOR SENATE 59% Wages & Payroll 100% $1.41M
2019 Q1 2020 $110K 7 RELY ON YOUR BELIEFS FUND 64% Wages & Payroll 100% $110K +52%
2019 Q2 2020 $56K 5 MISSOURI FRB PAC 54% Wages & Payroll 100% $166K -56%
2019 Q3 2020 $82K 7 RELY ON YOUR BELIEFS FUND 63% Wages & Payroll 100% $248K -17%
2019 Q4 2020 $110K 7 RELY ON YOUR BELIEFS FUND 64% Wages & Payroll 100% $357K -1%
2020 Q1 2020 $64K 6 RELY ON YOUR BELIEFS FUND 60% Wages & Payroll 100% $421K -7%
2020 Q2 2020 $76K 6 RELY ON YOUR BELIEFS FUND 51% Wages & Payroll 100% $497K +30%
2020 Q3 2020 $317K 8 SCHWEIKERT, DAVID S. 52% Wages & Payroll 100% $814K +81%
2020 Q4 2020 $902K 14 VICKY HARTZLER FOR SENATE 33% Wages & Payroll 100% $1.72M +29%
2021 Q1 2022 $78K 6 MISSOURI FRB PAC 50% Wages & Payroll 100% $78K -29%
2021 Q2 2022 $53K 4 RELY ON YOUR BELIEFS FUND 58% Wages & Payroll 100% $131K -4%
2021 Q3 2022 $45K 4 MISSOURI FRB PAC 82% Wages & Payroll 100% $177K -44%
2021 Q4 2022 $77K 5 RELY ON YOUR BELIEFS FUND 58% Wages & Payroll 100% $254K -30%
2022 Q1 2022 $478K 11 VICKY HARTZLER FOR SENATE 82% Wages & Payroll 100% $732K +648%
2022 Q2 2022 $939K 20 VICKY HARTZLER FOR SENATE 58% Wages & Payroll 100% $1.67M +1135%
2022 Q3 2022 $1.6M 22 VICKY HARTZLER FOR SENATE 44% Wages & Payroll 100% $3.27M +405%
2022 Q4 2022 $253K 6 LUETKEMEYER, W BLAINE 69% Wages & Payroll 100% $3.53M -72%
2023 Q1 2024 $13K 2 RELY ON YOUR BELIEFS FUND 57% Wages & Payroll 100% $13K -83%
2023 Q2 2024 $8K 1 TERM LIMITS ACTION 100% Wages & Payroll 100% $21K -86%
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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
Wages & Payroll $7,547,103 194 $39K 99.9% VICKY HARTZLER FOR SENATE 31% 3y ago
Other / Unclassified $9,873 1 $10K 0.1% MISSOURI FRB PAC 100% 8y 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
$4,816,463 · 64% of revenue
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Repeat clients 2 cycles
$650,163 · 9% of revenue
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One-time clients 1 cycle
$2,090,350 · 28% of revenue
Top 4 anchor clients · all-time
Client Cycles All-time spend Txns First paid Last paid
VICKY HARTZLER FOR SENATE 3 $2,376,918 14 2018-10-12 2022-07-15
RELY ON YOUR BELIEFS FUND 4 $973,158 57 2017-01-06 2023-01-05
LUETKEMEYER, W BLAINE 3 $764,529 11 2018-08-06 2022-10-31
MISSOURI FRB PAC 4 $701,859 66 2017-02-07 2023-01-23
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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
MO
$4,816,288 63.7% 5
GA
$973,158 12.9% 1
CA
$884,441 11.7% 1
AZ
$476,022 6.3% 1
OK
$232,926 3.1% 1
PA
$169,084 2.2% 1
TX
$5,056 0.1% 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 2002-06-30 STOP THE POLITICIANS Wages & Payroll $583,379
Largest all-time 2022-07-05 VICKY HARTZLER FOR SENATE Wages & Payroll MEDIA BUY-TV, DIGITAL,RADIO,CABLE $398,923
Largest all-time 2022-06-14 VICKY HARTZLER FOR SENATE Wages & Payroll MEDIA BUY ON TV $375,919
Largest all-time 2018-10-25 VICKY HARTZLER FOR SENATE Wages & Payroll MEDIA BUY $326,650
Largest all-time 2022-07-15 VICKY HARTZLER FOR SENATE Wages & Payroll TV MEDIA BUY $305,112
Largest this cycle 2023-01-05 RELY ON YOUR BELIEFS FUND Wages & Payroll PAC FUNDRAISING CONSULTING $7,500
Largest this cycle 2023-04-17 TERM LIMITS ACTION Wages & Payroll PRODUCTION AND MEDIA SERVICES FOR ISSUE AD $7,500
Largest this cycle 2023-01-23 MISSOURI FRB PAC Wages & Payroll GENERAL CONSULTING & COMPLIANCE $5,640
Recent 2022-12-07 RELY ON YOUR BELIEFS FUND Wages & Payroll PAC FUNDRAISING CONSULTING $15,000
Recent 2022-11-21 MISSOURI FRB PAC Wages & Payroll STRATEGIC, MEDIA AND GENERAL CONSULTING $5,779
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