RELEASE NOTES

What's new on OpenPolitical

Every shipped change with the reason it matters to your work. 26 entries total.

3 days ago

Fresh Texas data landed: 2 days closer to today

What's new

Tonight's Texas refresh pulled the current bulk dump and merged it into the platform. 481 new expenditures ($2.7M in spend activity not previously captured) and 1 new contributions ($5K in donor activity). Coverage of Texas expenditure data freshened from 2024-07-10 through 2026-09-02 — a 2-day jump on the most-recent activity visible in the platform.

Why it matters to you

Every campaign-tech-stack visualization for Texas filtered by "last 90 days" just gained back its near-real-time edge. Texas campaigns that hired a new vendor in the last week now show up correctly on their tech-stack spider.

Try it

/research?jurisdiction=state-TX or any Texas campaign profile.

  • TX refresh
  • data freshness
  • weekly ingest
3 days ago

Fresh federal spending data landed

What's new

This week's FEC bulk ingest merged 7,091 new federal disbursement rows ($24.6M in spend activity) into the platform. Federal Schedule B coverage now runs through 9201-10-02.

Why it matters to you

Vendor profiles, filer pages, and /research reflect the most recent FEC bulk publication - the weekly cadence keeps the trailing edge days, not months, behind the filings.

Try it

/research with a recent date filter, or any active vendor profile.

  • FEC
  • ingest
  • data freshness
3 days ago

Fresh California data landed

What's new

Tonight's California refresh pulled the current bulk dump and merged it into the platform. 3,297 new expenditures ($16.0M in spend activity not previously captured) and 5,227 new contributions ($27.7M in donor activity). Coverage of California expenditure data refreshed through 2026-09-10.

Why it matters to you

Every campaign-tech-stack visualization for California filtered by "last 90 days" just gained back its near-real-time edge. California campaigns that hired a new vendor in the last week now show up correctly on their tech-stack spider.

Try it

/research?jurisdiction=state-CA or any California campaign profile.

  • CA refresh
  • data freshness
  • weekly ingest
1w ago

Fresh Texas data landed: 4 days closer to today

What's new

Tonight's Texas refresh pulled the current bulk dump and merged it into the platform. 1,497 new expenditures ($2.8M in spend activity not previously captured) and 0 new contributions ($0 in donor activity). Coverage of Texas expenditure data freshened from 2025-02-28 through 2026-08-31 — a 4-day jump on the most-recent activity visible in the platform.

Why it matters to you

Every campaign-tech-stack visualization for Texas filtered by "last 90 days" just gained back its near-real-time edge. Texas campaigns that hired a new vendor in the last week now show up correctly on their tech-stack spider.

Try it

/research?jurisdiction=state-TX or any Texas campaign profile.

  • TX refresh
  • data freshness
  • weekly ingest
1w ago

Fresh federal spending data landed

What's new

This week's FEC bulk ingest merged 38,455 new federal disbursement rows ($151.5M in spend activity) into the platform. Federal Schedule B coverage now runs through 9201-10-02.

Why it matters to you

Vendor profiles, filer pages, and /research reflect the most recent FEC bulk publication - the weekly cadence keeps the trailing edge days, not months, behind the filings.

Try it

/research with a recent date filter, or any active vendor profile.

  • FEC
  • ingest
  • data freshness
1w ago

Fresh California data landed

What's new

Tonight's California refresh pulled the current bulk dump and merged it into the platform. 820 new expenditures ($10.6M in spend activity not previously captured) and 1,571 new contributions ($15.7M in donor activity). Coverage of California expenditure data refreshed through 2026-09-02.

Why it matters to you

Every campaign-tech-stack visualization for California filtered by "last 90 days" just gained back its near-real-time edge. California campaigns that hired a new vendor in the last week now show up correctly on their tech-stack spider.

Try it

/research?jurisdiction=state-CA or any California campaign profile.

  • CA refresh
  • data freshness
  • weekly ingest
2w ago

Fresh Texas data landed: 8 days closer to today

What's new

Tonight's Texas refresh pulled the current bulk dump and merged it into the platform. 371 new expenditures ($251K in spend activity not previously captured) and 0 new contributions ($0 in donor activity). Coverage of Texas expenditure data freshened from 2025-12-29 through 2026-08-27 — a 8-day jump on the most-recent activity visible in the platform.

Why it matters to you

Every campaign-tech-stack visualization for Texas filtered by "last 90 days" just gained back its near-real-time edge. Texas campaigns that hired a new vendor in the last week now show up correctly on their tech-stack spider.

Try it

/research?jurisdiction=state-TX or any Texas campaign profile.

  • TX refresh
  • data freshness
  • weekly ingest
2w ago

Fresh federal spending data landed

What's new

This week's FEC bulk ingest merged 44,216 new federal disbursement rows ($128.1M in spend activity) into the platform. Federal Schedule B coverage now runs through 9201-10-02.

Why it matters to you

Vendor profiles, filer pages, and /research reflect the most recent FEC bulk publication - the weekly cadence keeps the trailing edge days, not months, behind the filings.

Try it

/research with a recent date filter, or any active vendor profile.

  • FEC
  • ingest
  • data freshness
2w ago

Fresh California data landed

What's new

Tonight's California refresh pulled the current bulk dump and merged it into the platform. 1,528 new expenditures ($59.2M in spend activity not previously captured) and 4,071 new contributions ($144.3M in donor activity). Coverage of California expenditure data refreshed through 2026-08-27.

Why it matters to you

Every campaign-tech-stack visualization for California filtered by "last 90 days" just gained back its near-real-time edge. California campaigns that hired a new vendor in the last week now show up correctly on their tech-stack spider.

Try it

/research?jurisdiction=state-CA or any California campaign profile.

  • CA refresh
  • data freshness
  • weekly ingest
3w ago

Fresh Texas data landed: 15 days closer to today

What's new

Tonight's Texas refresh pulled the current bulk dump and merged it into the platform. 314 new expenditures ($299K in spend activity not previously captured) and 0 new contributions ($0 in donor activity). Coverage of Texas expenditure data freshened from 2026-01-23 through 2026-08-19 — a 15-day jump on the most-recent activity visible in the platform.

Why it matters to you

Every campaign-tech-stack visualization for Texas filtered by "last 90 days" just gained back its near-real-time edge. Texas campaigns that hired a new vendor in the last week now show up correctly on their tech-stack spider.

Try it

/research?jurisdiction=state-TX or any Texas campaign profile.

  • TX refresh
  • data freshness
  • weekly ingest
3w ago

Fresh federal spending data landed

What's new

This week's FEC bulk ingest merged 41,443 new federal disbursement rows ($113.6M in spend activity) into the platform. Federal Schedule B coverage now runs through 9201-10-02.

Why it matters to you

Vendor profiles, filer pages, and /research reflect the most recent FEC bulk publication - the weekly cadence keeps the trailing edge days, not months, behind the filings.

Try it

/research with a recent date filter, or any active vendor profile.

  • FEC
  • ingest
  • data freshness
3w ago

Fresh California data landed

What's new

Tonight's California refresh pulled the current bulk dump and merged it into the platform. 1,728 new expenditures ($11.3M in spend activity not previously captured) and 2,138 new contributions ($23.6M in donor activity). Coverage of California expenditure data refreshed through 2026-08-20.

Why it matters to you

Every campaign-tech-stack visualization for California filtered by "last 90 days" just gained back its near-real-time edge. California campaigns that hired a new vendor in the last week now show up correctly on their tech-stack spider.

Try it

/research?jurisdiction=state-CA or any California campaign profile.

  • CA refresh
  • data freshness
  • weekly ingest
1mo ago

Fresh Texas data landed

What's new

Tonight's Texas refresh pulled the current bulk dump and merged it into the platform. 1,131 new expenditures ($1.4M in spend activity not previously captured) and 0 new contributions ($0 in donor activity). Coverage of Texas expenditure data refreshed through 2026-07-31.

Why it matters to you

Every campaign-tech-stack visualization for Texas filtered by "last 90 days" just gained back its near-real-time edge. Texas campaigns that hired a new vendor in the last week now show up correctly on their tech-stack spider.

Try it

/research?jurisdiction=state-TX or any Texas campaign profile.

  • TX refresh
  • data freshness
  • weekly ingest
1mo ago

Fresh California data landed

What's new

Tonight's California refresh pulled the current bulk dump and merged it into the platform. 1,040 new expenditures ($12.0M in spend activity not previously captured) and 1,078 new contributions ($3.2M in donor activity). Coverage of California expenditure data refreshed through 2026-08-14.

Why it matters to you

Every campaign-tech-stack visualization for California filtered by "last 90 days" just gained back its near-real-time edge. California campaigns that hired a new vendor in the last week now show up correctly on their tech-stack spider.

Try it

/research?jurisdiction=state-CA or any California campaign profile.

  • CA refresh
  • data freshness
  • weekly ingest
1mo ago

Fresh Texas data landed: 7 days closer to today

What's new

Tonight's Texas refresh pulled the current bulk dump and merged it into the platform. 1,561 new expenditures ($2.9M in spend activity not previously captured) and 54 new contributions ($2K in donor activity). Coverage of Texas expenditure data freshened from 2026-01-01 through 2026-08-04 — a 7-day jump on the most-recent activity visible in the platform.

Why it matters to you

Every campaign-tech-stack visualization for Texas filtered by "last 90 days" just gained back its near-real-time edge. Texas campaigns that hired a new vendor in the last week now show up correctly on their tech-stack spider.

Try it

/research?jurisdiction=state-TX or any Texas campaign profile.

  • TX refresh
  • data freshness
  • weekly ingest
1mo ago

Fresh federal spending data landed

What's new

This week's FEC bulk ingest merged 73,852 new federal disbursement rows ($254.0M in spend activity) into the platform. Federal Schedule B coverage now runs through 9201-10-02.

Why it matters to you

Vendor profiles, filer pages, and /research reflect the most recent FEC bulk publication - the weekly cadence keeps the trailing edge days, not months, behind the filings.

Try it

/research with a recent date filter, or any active vendor profile.

  • FEC
  • ingest
  • data freshness
1mo ago

Fresh California data landed

What's new

Tonight's California refresh pulled the current bulk dump and merged it into the platform. 2,213 new expenditures ($14.6M in spend activity not previously captured) and 35,984 new contributions ($7.4M in donor activity). Coverage of California expenditure data refreshed through 2026-08-07.

Why it matters to you

Every campaign-tech-stack visualization for California filtered by "last 90 days" just gained back its near-real-time edge. California campaigns that hired a new vendor in the last week now show up correctly on their tech-stack spider.

Try it

/research?jurisdiction=state-CA or any California campaign profile.

  • CA refresh
  • data freshness
  • weekly ingest
2mo ago

Fresh Texas data landed: 6 days closer to today

What's new

Tonight's Texas refresh pulled the current bulk dump and merged it into the platform. 687 new expenditures ($330K in spend activity not previously captured) and 0 new contributions ($0 in donor activity). Coverage of Texas expenditure data freshened from 2025-01-23 through 2026-07-28 — a 6-day jump on the most-recent activity visible in the platform.

Why it matters to you

Every campaign-tech-stack visualization for Texas filtered by "last 90 days" just gained back its near-real-time edge. Texas campaigns that hired a new vendor in the last week now show up correctly on their tech-stack spider.

Try it

/research?jurisdiction=state-TX or any Texas campaign profile.

  • TX refresh
  • data freshness
  • weekly ingest
2mo ago

Fresh federal spending data landed

What's new

This week's FEC bulk ingest merged 28,052 new federal disbursement rows ($113.2M in spend activity) into the platform. Federal Schedule B coverage now runs through 9201-10-02.

Why it matters to you

Vendor profiles, filer pages, and /research reflect the most recent FEC bulk publication - the weekly cadence keeps the trailing edge days, not months, behind the filings.

Try it

/research with a recent date filter, or any active vendor profile.

  • FEC
  • ingest
  • data freshness
2mo ago

Fresh Texas data landed: 5 days closer to today

What's new

Tonight's Texas refresh pulled the current bulk dump and merged it into the platform. 1,709 new expenditures ($814K in spend activity not previously captured) and 42 new contributions ($2K in donor activity). Coverage of Texas expenditure data freshened from 2024-02-25 through 2026-07-22 — a 5-day jump on the most-recent activity visible in the platform.

Why it matters to you

Every campaign-tech-stack visualization for Texas filtered by "last 90 days" just gained back its near-real-time edge. Texas campaigns that hired a new vendor in the last week now show up correctly on their tech-stack spider.

Try it

/research?jurisdiction=state-TX or any Texas campaign profile.

  • TX refresh
  • data freshness
  • weekly ingest
2mo ago

Fresh federal spending data landed

What's new

This week's FEC bulk ingest merged 39,639 new federal disbursement rows ($75.7M in spend activity) into the platform. Federal Schedule B coverage now runs through 9201-10-02.

Why it matters to you

Vendor profiles, filer pages, and /research reflect the most recent FEC bulk publication - the weekly cadence keeps the trailing edge days, not months, behind the filings.

Try it

/research with a recent date filter, or any active vendor profile.

  • FEC
  • ingest
  • data freshness
2mo ago

Fresh California data landed

What's new

Tonight's California refresh pulled the current bulk dump and merged it into the platform. 10,057 new expenditures ($84.8M in spend activity not previously captured) and 50,197 new contributions ($36.4M in donor activity). Coverage of California expenditure data refreshed through 2026-07-31.

Why it matters to you

Every campaign-tech-stack visualization for California filtered by "last 90 days" just gained back its near-real-time edge. California campaigns that hired a new vendor in the last week now show up correctly on their tech-stack spider.

Try it

/research?jurisdiction=state-CA or any California campaign profile.

  • CA refresh
  • data freshness
  • weekly ingest
2mo ago

Find your warmest path into any political vendor

What's new

Three connected features: a Prospects view ranking vendors by who is actively placing political ads right now (velocity-ranked, live IE data); connect your own LinkedIn to see your 1st/2nd/3rd-degree paths to the people behind each firm, with one-click contact reveals; and outreach drafting that writes from their real FEC spend - every dollar figure verified against the source before a draft is shown.

Why it matters to you

The full motion in one place: who is buying, who to talk to, how you already know them, and a first draft with receipts. Your network data stays private to you - it is never shown to other users.

Try it

/prospects to build a pipeline; connect LinkedIn in /settings; then open any vendor profile's "Your network" panel.

  • prospects
  • linkedin
  • outreach
  • enrichment
2mo ago

$4.1B of independent expenditures gained their dates

What's new

Buyer rankings on IE-heavy vendor pages changed: 76,848 independent-expenditure records ($4.1B) filed as 24/48-hour notices - the closing-weeks money of every cycle - now carry their FEC dissemination dates instead of being invisible to date-bounded panels.

Why it matters to you

Vendor top-buyer lists, spend trajectories, and recency windows now include the late-cycle surge spending that was silently missing. On the largest IE media buyers this changes who ranks #1.

Try it

/vendors/waterfront-strategies-llc/ - the top-buyers panel now shows the real client ranking.

  • data quality
  • independent expenditures
  • FEC
2mo ago

Fresh Texas data landed: 3 days closer to today

What's new

Tonight's Texas refresh pulled the current bulk dump and merged it into the platform. 295 new expenditures ($169K in spend activity not previously captured) and 0 new contributions ($0 in donor activity). Coverage of Texas expenditure data freshened from 2026-01-02 through 2026-07-17 — a 3-day jump on the most-recent activity visible in the platform.

Why it matters to you

Every campaign-tech-stack visualization for Texas filtered by "last 90 days" just gained back its near-real-time edge. Texas campaigns that hired a new vendor in the last week now show up correctly on their tech-stack spider.

Try it

/research?jurisdiction=state-TX or any Texas campaign profile.

  • TX refresh
  • data freshness
  • weekly ingest
2mo ago

Federal spending refresh: 263,645 new disbursement rows

What's new

The federal Schedule B pipeline ingested the current FEC bulk files: 263,645 new 2026-cycle disbursement rows (+$912M), closing a freshness gap back to March. The weekly ingest is now scheduled, so this stays current automatically.

Why it matters to you

Vendor profiles, filer pages, and /research reflect spending through the latest FEC bulk publication instead of trailing by months.

Try it

/research with a recent date filter, or any active vendor profile.

  • FEC
  • ingest
  • data freshness