VANGUARD FIELD STRATEGIES
$20.34M
2025-2026 cycle
VANGUARD FIELD STRATEGIES is a strategy & research vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle VANGUARD FIELD STRATEGIES was paid $20.34M across 53 client committees, of which $2.32M 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
$20.34M
=
$18.03M
(Schedule B)
+
$2.32M
(Independent Expenditures)
| Schedule B direct committee payments |
$18,025,958 | 130 rows | 88.6% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$2,316,630 | 33 rows | 11.4% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- Jan 3, 2018 → Jan 26, 2026
- spans 8.1 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 130
- Schedule B + IE rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 53
- 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.
Feb 2025
Jan 2026
$429K
across 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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VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 6 months · top 3
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| WAMBSGANSS LEIGH 00089820 |
$165,750 | 3 |
| TEXAS SENATE LEADERSHIP FUND 00088960 |
$45,750 | 1 |
| BLAYLOCK ALAN J MR 00090243 |
$44,875 | 1 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 12 months · top 3
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| WAMBSGANSS LEIGH 00089820 |
$210,750 | 4 |
| TEXAS SENATE LEADERSHIP FUND 00088960 |
$119,990 | 3 |
| BLAYLOCK ALAN J MR 00090243 |
$44,875 | 1 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 18 months · top 4
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| WAMBSGANSS LEIGH 00089820 |
$210,750 | 4 |
| TEXAS SENATE LEADERSHIP FUND 00088960 |
$119,990 | 3 |
| PATRIOT MOBILE ACTION 00086595 |
$53,838 | 1 |
| BLAYLOCK ALAN J MR 00090243 |
$44,875 | 1 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 24 months · top 6
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| WAMBSGANSS LEIGH 00089820 |
$210,750 | 4 |
| TEXAS SENATE LEADERSHIP FUND 00088960 |
$119,990 | 3 |
| PATRIOT MOBILE ACTION 00086595 |
$53,838 | 1 |
| BLAYLOCK ALAN J MR 00090243 |
$44,875 | 1 |
| ONDER JR, ROBERT FRANK MO · House REP |
$9,905 | 1 |
| PARKINSON, SCOTT THOMAS VA · Senate REP |
$2,000 | 1 |
By party
Revenue by party
D · 0%
R · 100%
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $0 | 0.00% |
| Republican | $3,341,365 | 16.43% |
| Non-partisan | $17,001,222 | 83.57% |
Part III Reference tables
Full all-time and cycle-to-date data.
Cycle-over-cycle trajectory
current cycle earlier election cycle off-cycle year quarterly · 9 years
Per-quarter totals
| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Q1 | 2018 | $225K | 4 | C00661165 89% | Strategy & Research 100% | $225K | — |
| 2018 | Q2 | 2018 | $169K | 5 | C00666966 57% | Strategy & Research 100% | $394K | — |
| 2018 | Q3 | 2018 | $50K | 2 | CRUZ, RAFAEL EDWARD TED 90% | Strategy & Research 100% | $444K | — |
| 2018 | Q4 | 2018 | $305K | 4 | NRSC 78% | Strategy & Research 100% | $748K | — |
| 2019 | Q3 | 2018 | $638 | 1 | FRIENDS OF ANNA ALLRED 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $749K | — |
| 2019 | Q4 | 2018 | $45K | 2 | ENERGIZE THE EXPO PAC DISSO… 89% | Strategy & Research 100% | $794K | — |
| 2020 | Q1 | 2020 | $10K | 1 | JAYMAC FOR CONGRESS 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $10K | -96% |
| 2020 | Q2 | 2020 | $32K | 2 | JAYMAC FOR CONGRESS 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $42K | -81% |
| 2020 | Q3 | 2020 | $423K | 8 | FLORES PETER P HONORABLE PE… 53% | Strategy & Research 100% | $465K | +755% |
| 2020 | Q4 | 2020 | $241K | 9 | FLORES PETER P HONORABLE PE… 43% | Strategy & Research 100% | $707K | -21% |
| 2021 | Q2 | 2020 | $90K | 1 | SAVE AUSTIN NOW PAC 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $797K | — |
| 2021 | Q3 | 2020 | $29K | 3 | HARRISON BRIAN E HONORABLE 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $825K | +4364% |
| 2022 | Q1 | 2022 | $318K | 19 | FLORES PETER P HONORABLE PE… 25% | Strategy & Research 100% | $318K | +3083% |
| 2022 | Q2 | 2022 | $898K | 12 | DAVE MCCORMICK FOR US SENATE 76% | Strategy & Research 100% | $1.22M | +2706% |
| 2022 | Q3 | 2022 | $527K | 10 | LAXALT, ADAM 39% | Strategy & Research 100% | $1.74M | +25% |
| 2022 | Q4 | 2022 | $1.21M | 7 | WALKER, HERSCHEL MR. 72% | Strategy & Research 100% | $2.95M | +400% |
| 2023 | Q2 | 2022 | $63K | 4 | PATRIOT MOBILE ACTION 83% | Strategy & Research 100% | $3.01M | -30% |
| 2023 | Q2 | 2024 | $1.21M | 3 | NEVER BACK DOWN INC. 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $1.21M | — |
| 2023 | Q3 | 2024 | $6.97M | 6 | NEVER BACK DOWN INC. 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $8.18M | — |
| 2023 | Q4 | 2022 | $39K | 2 | STUCKY LYNN D HONORABLE 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $3.05M | — |
| 2023 | Q4 | 2024 | $4.25M | 3 | NEVER BACK DOWN INC. 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $12M | — |
| 2024 | Q1 | 2024 | $305K | 6 | VON CANON, FRED 74% | Strategy & Research 100% | $13M | -4% |
| 2024 | Q2 | 2024 | $180K | 6 | HAGENBUCH BRENT HONORABLE 82% | Strategy & Research 100% | $13M | -80% |
| 2024 | Q4 | 2024 | $10K | 1 | ONDER JR, ROBERT FRANK 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $13M | -99% |
| 2025 | Q2 | 2024 | $54K | 1 | PATRIOT MOBILE ACTION 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $13M | -14% |
| 2025 | Q4 | 2024 | $119K | 3 | TEXAS SENATE LEADERSHIP FUND 62% | Strategy & Research 100% | $13M | +206% |
| 2026 | Q1 | 2026 | $256K | 5 | WAMBSGANSS LEIGH 65% | Strategy & Research 100% | $256K | -16% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strategy & Research | $18,025,958 | 130 | $139K | 100.0% | NEVER BACK DOWN INC. 69% | 4mo ago |
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
7
Repeat clients 2 cycles
$1,419,077 · 8% of revenue
46
One-time clients 1 cycle
$16,606,880 · 92% of revenue
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 | $14,565,761 | 81.2% | 27 | |
| FL | $869,802 | 4.9% | 1 | |
| PA | $740,652 | 4.1% | 1 | |
| Unknown | $499,015 | 2.8% | 8 | |
| NV | $383,664 | 2.1% | 3 | |
| DC | $237,000 | 1.3% | 1 | |
| NC | $225,000 | 1.3% | 1 | |
| NY | $160,000 | 0.9% | 1 | |
| MO | $130,680 | 0.7% | 2 | |
| WI | $44,834 | 0.3% | 1 | |
| UT | $42,000 | 0.2% | 1 | |
| MD | $32,050 | 0.2% | 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 | 2023-07-03 | NEVER BACK DOWN INC. | Strategy & Research | CANVASSING/FIELD OPERATIONS | $2,040,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2023-10-26 | NEVER BACK DOWN INC. | Strategy & Research | CANVASSING/FIELD OPERATIONS | $1,471,863 |
| Largest all-time | 2023-09-05 | NEVER BACK DOWN INC. | Strategy & Research | CANVASSING/FIELD OPERATIONS | $1,471,863 |
| Largest all-time | 2023-10-03 | NEVER BACK DOWN INC. | Strategy & Research | CANVASSING/FIELD OPERATIONS | $1,471,863 |
| Largest all-time | 2023-08-02 | NEVER BACK DOWN INC. | Strategy & Research | CANVASSING/FIELD OPERATIONS | $1,400,000 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-01-15 | WAMBSGANSS LEIGH | Strategy & Research | Campaign Walk Program | $60,000 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-01-06 | WAMBSGANSS LEIGH | Strategy & Research | Campaign Walk Program | $60,000 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-01-13 | WAMBSGANSS LEIGH | Strategy & Research | Campaign Walk Program | $45,750 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-01-26 | TEXAS SENATE LEADERSHIP FUND | Strategy & Research | Walk Program | $45,750 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-01-08 | BLAYLOCK ALAN J MR | Strategy & Research | Grassroots Advertising Expense | $44,875 |