USA Today

$300K 2025-2026 cycle

USA Today is a political services vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle USA Today was paid $300K across 3 client committees, of which $300K flowed through Independent Expenditures rather than direct committee payments.

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Part I Identity

Stable facts about this entity. These figures do not change as you adjust the timeframe in Part II.

Source split

$303K = $4K (Schedule B) + $300K (Independent Expenditures)
Schedule B
direct committee payments
$3,873 4 rows 1.3%
Independent Expenditures
money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them
$299,564 5 rows 98.7%
Activity span ALL TIME
Jan 14, 2010 → May 31, 2026
spans 16.4 years
Disbursements ALL TIME
4
Schedule B + IE rows
Client committees ALL TIME
3
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.

Jun 2025 May 2026
$4K 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 3 months · top 2

PETERS, JOHN $1K — · 1 txn TEXAS MEDICAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL A… $716 — · 1 txn UT USA Today
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
PETERS, JOHN
FL · House REP
$1,013 1
TEXAS MEDICAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
00015658
$716 1
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 6 months · top 3

PETERS, JOHN $2K — · 2 txns REPUBLICAN STATE COMMITTEE OF DELAWARE $1K — · 1 txn TEXAS MEDICAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL A… $716 — · 1 txn UT USA Today
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
PETERS, JOHN
FL · House REP
$2,000 2
REPUBLICAN STATE COMMITTEE OF DELAWARE
C00172510
$1,157 1
TEXAS MEDICAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
00015658
$716 1
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 12 months · top 3

PETERS, JOHN $2K — · 2 txns REPUBLICAN STATE COMMITTEE OF DELAWARE $1K — · 1 txn TEXAS MEDICAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL A… $716 — · 1 txn UT USA Today
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
PETERS, JOHN
FL · House REP
$2,000 2
REPUBLICAN STATE COMMITTEE OF DELAWARE
C00172510
$1,157 1
TEXAS MEDICAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
00015658
$716 1
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 18 months · top 3

PETERS, JOHN $2K — · 2 txns REPUBLICAN STATE COMMITTEE OF DELAWARE $1K — · 1 txn TEXAS MEDICAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL A… $716 — · 1 txn UT USA Today
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
PETERS, JOHN
FL · House REP
$2,000 2
REPUBLICAN STATE COMMITTEE OF DELAWARE
C00172510
$1,157 1
TEXAS MEDICAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
00015658
$716 1
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 24 months · top 3

PETERS, JOHN $2K — · 2 txns REPUBLICAN STATE COMMITTEE OF DELAWARE $1K — · 1 txn TEXAS MEDICAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL A… $716 — · 1 txn UT USA Today
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
PETERS, JOHN
FL · House REP
$2,000 2
REPUBLICAN STATE COMMITTEE OF DELAWARE
C00172510
$1,157 1
TEXAS MEDICAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
00015658
$716 1

By party

Revenue by party

100% R
D · 0%
R · 100%
PartyAmount%
Democratic $0 0.00%
Republican $244,770 81.51%
Non-partisan $55,510 18.49%

Part III Reference tables

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

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Cycle-over-cycle trajectory

2026 Q2 2026 (2026 cycle): $4K Q2 $4K

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Per-quarter totals
Year Q Cycle Total Txns Top buyer · share Top category · share Cum. (cycle) YoY %
2026 Q2 2026 $4K 4 PETERS, JOHN 52% $4K
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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
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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
0
Repeat clients 2 cycles
$0 · 0% of revenue
3
One-time clients 1 cycle
$3,873 · 100% 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
FL
$2,000 51.6% 1
DE
$1,157 29.9% 1
TX
$716 18.5% 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 2026-04-08 REPUBLICAN STATE COMMITTEE OF DELAWARE NON FEA PRINT ADVERTISING $1,157
Largest all-time 2026-05-06 PETERS, JOHN DIGITAL ADVERTISING $1,013
Largest all-time 2026-04-02 PETERS, JOHN DIGITAL ADVERTISING $987
Largest all-time 2026-05-11 TEXAS MEDICAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Jamie Haynes - STATE HOUSE/086 inkind for newspaper ads in support of Jamie Haynes for HD 86 $716
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