UP ON AIR BUYING
UP ON AIR BUYING is a political services vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle UP ON AIR BUYING was paid $7.15M across 1 client committees, of which $11.46M 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 |
$842,379 | 4 rows | 6.8% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$11,455,519 | 17 rows | 93.2% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- Oct 11, 2019 → May 5, 2026
- spans 6.6 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 4
- Schedule B + IE rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 1
- 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.
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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Top buyers last 3 months · top 2
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| KENTUCKY 4TH PAC C00943753 |
$6,120,000 IE $6,120,000 |
4 |
| AMERICAN VALUES FIRST C00654764 |
$631,175 IE $631,175 |
1 |
Top buyers last 6 months · top 2
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| KENTUCKY 4TH PAC C00943753 |
$9,420,000 IE $9,420,000 |
7 |
| AMERICAN VALUES FIRST C00654764 |
$631,175 IE $631,175 |
1 |
Top buyers last 12 months · top 2
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| KENTUCKY 4TH PAC C00943753 |
$9,420,000 IE $9,420,000 |
7 |
| AMERICAN VALUES FIRST C00654764 |
$631,175 IE $631,175 |
1 |
Top buyers last 18 months · top 2
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| KENTUCKY 4TH PAC C00943753 |
$9,420,000 IE $9,420,000 |
7 |
| AMERICAN VALUES FIRST C00654764 |
$631,175 IE $631,175 |
1 |
Top buyers last 24 months · top 3
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| KENTUCKY 4TH PAC C00943753 |
$9,420,000 IE $9,420,000 |
7 |
| AMERICAN VALUES FIRST C00654764 |
$631,175 IE $631,175 |
1 |
| SPEAK FREE OR DIE PAC C00874503 |
$530,000 IE $530,000 |
2 |
By party
Revenue by party
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $0 | 0.00% |
| Republican | $7,146,723 | 100.00% |
| 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 · 1 year
| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Q2 | 2024 | $842K | 4 | GUNTER, JEFF DR 100% | Media 100% | $842K | — |
Revenue by service category
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| Category | Total spend | Txns | Avg check | % of total | Top buyer · share | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Media | $842,379 | 4 | $211K | 100.0% | GUNTER, JEFF DR 100% | 2y ago |
Client retention
Sticky-relationship signal: how many clients keep coming back across cycles vs one-time buyers.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NV | $842,379 | 100.0% | 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 | 2024-05-08 | GUNTER, JEFF DR | Media | ADVERTISING | $498,538 |
| Largest all-time | 2024-05-21 | GUNTER, JEFF DR | Media | ADVERTISING | $177,363 |
| Largest all-time | 2024-05-14 | GUNTER, JEFF DR | Media | ADVERTISING | $150,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2024-05-14 | GUNTER, JEFF DR | Media | ADVERTISING | $16,478 |