TUSK DIGITAL

$23.20M 2025-2026 cycle

TUSK DIGITAL is a digital vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle TUSK DIGITAL was paid $23.20M across 7 client committees, of which $15.33M flowed through Independent Expenditures rather than direct committee payments.

Digital ○ Dormant (66mo since last)
Limited recent activity. Most recent disbursement to this vendor was 5+ years ago (Feb 18, 2021). 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

$23.20M = $7.87M (Schedule B) + $15.33M (Independent Expenditures)
Schedule B
direct committee payments
$7,870,912 125 rows 33.9%
Independent Expenditures
money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them
$15,331,787 76 rows 66.1%
Activity span ALL TIME
Jun 16, 2014 → Feb 18, 2021
spans 6.7 years
Disbursements ALL TIME
125
Schedule B + IE rows
Client committees ALL TIME
7
distinct payers

Part II Activity in selected window

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Spend trajectory

Monthly spend to this vendor over the last 12 months.

Mar 2020 Feb 2021
$7.62M across 12 months
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Top buyers

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By party

Revenue by party

96% D
D · 96%
R · 4%
PartyAmount%
Democratic $21,978,037 94.72%
Republican $971,413 4.19%
Non-partisan $253,249 1.09%

Part III Reference tables

Full all-time and cycle-to-date data.

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Cycle-over-cycle trajectory

20172018201920202021 Q1 2017 (2018 cycle): $324Q2 2017 (2018 cycle): $30KQ3 2017 (2018 cycle): $44KQ4 2017 (2016 cycle): $1KQ4 2017 (2018 cycle): $6KQ1 2018 (2018 cycle): $20KQ2 2018 (2018 cycle): $3KQ3 2018 (2018 cycle): $4KQ1 2019 (2018 cycle): $704Q1 2019 (2020 cycle): $7KQ2 2019 (2018 cycle): $465Q2 2019 (2020 cycle): $1KQ3 2019 (2020 cycle): $31KQ4 2019 (2020 cycle): $50KQ1 2020 (2020 cycle): $135KQ2 2020 (2020 cycle): $1.21MQ3 2020 (2020 cycle): $2.74MQ4 2020 (2020 cycle): $1.98MQ4 2020 (2022 cycle): $901KQ1 2021 (2022 cycle): $698K Q1Q3Q4Q2Q1Q2Q3Q1Q3Q4Q1 $2.74M

current cycle earlier election cycle off-cycle year quarterly · 5 years

Per-quarter totals
Year Q Cycle Total Txns Top buyer · share Top category · share Cum. (cycle) YoY %
2017 Q1 2018 $324 1 COLORADO REPUBLICAN COMMITT… 100% Digital 100% $324
2017 Q2 2018 $30K 3 CARLY FOR AMERICA 100% Digital 100% $30K
2017 Q3 2018 $44K 4 CARLY FOR AMERICA 100% Digital 100% $74K
2017 Q4 2016 $1K 3 MEGAPHONE 100% Digital 100% $1K
2017 Q4 2018 $6K 2 COLORADO REPUBLICAN COMMITT… 71% Digital 100% $80K
2018 Q1 2018 $20K 9 MEGAPHONE 26% Digital 100% $100K
2018 Q2 2018 $3K 8 MEGAPHONE 38% Digital 100% $103K
2018 Q3 2018 $4K 9 MEGAPHONE 27% Digital 100% $107K
2019 Q1 2018 $704 2 MEGAPHONE 100% Digital 100% $108K
2019 Q1 2020 $7K 6 COLORADO REPUBLICAN COMMITT… 75% Digital 100% $7K +2000%
2019 Q2 2018 $465 1 MEGAPHONE 100% Digital 100% $109K
2019 Q2 2020 $1K 2 COLORADO REPUBLICAN COMMITT… 57% Digital 100% $8K -96%
2019 Q3 2020 $31K 2 MEGAPHONE 99% Digital 100% $39K -29%
2019 Q4 2020 $50K 2 THE LINCOLN PROJECT 100% Digital 100% $89K +788%
2020 Q1 2020 $135K 5 THE LINCOLN PROJECT 100% Digital 100% $224K +561%
2020 Q2 2020 $1.21M 16 THE LINCOLN PROJECT 78% Digital 100% $1.44M +38073%
2020 Q3 2020 $2.74M 24 THE LINCOLN PROJECT 100% Digital 100% $4.18M +69801%
2020 Q4 2020 $1.98M 13 THE LINCOLN PROJECT 100% Digital 100% $6.16M
2020 Q4 2022 $901K 2 THE LINCOLN PROJECT 100% Digital 100% $901K
2021 Q1 2022 $698K 11 THE LINCOLN PROJECT 100% Digital 100% $1.6M +10168%
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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
Digital $7,870,912 125 $63K 100.0% THE LINCOLN PROJECT 95% 5y 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
$0 · 0% of revenue
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Repeat clients 2 cycles
$7,862,397 · 100% of revenue
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One-time clients 1 cycle
$8,515 · 0% 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
TX
$7,773,353 98.8% 3
VA
$75,922 1.0% 1
CO
$13,123 0.2% 1
UT
$8,515 0.1% 2
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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 2020-12-21 THE LINCOLN PROJECT Digital POLITICAL STRATEGY CONSULTING $900,000
Largest all-time 2020-12-16 THE LINCOLN PROJECT Digital DIGITAL CONSULTING AND ADVERTISING $543,094
Largest all-time 2020-09-11 THE LINCOLN PROJECT Digital RESEARCH SERVICES $440,000
Largest all-time 2020-10-23 THE LINCOLN PROJECT Digital DIGITAL ADVERTISING $365,515
Largest all-time 2020-08-13 THE LINCOLN PROJECT Digital DIGITAL ADVERTISING $350,330
Largest this cycle 2021-01-11 THE LINCOLN PROJECT Digital DIGITAL ADVERTISING $300,000
Largest this cycle 2021-02-18 THE LINCOLN PROJECT Digital DIGITAL CONSULTING $109,412
Largest this cycle 2021-01-26 THE LINCOLN PROJECT Digital DIGITAL CONSULTING $106,603
Largest this cycle 2021-02-17 THE LINCOLN PROJECT Digital DIGITAL CONSULTING $41,550
Recent 2021-02-18 THE LINCOLN PROJECT Digital DIGITAL CONSULTING $41,550
Recent 2021-01-26 THE LINCOLN PROJECT Digital DIGITAL CONSULTING $24,189
Recent 2021-02-03 THE LINCOLN PROJECT Digital DIGITAL CONSULTING $717
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