Lobbying

Start Early's latest lobbying report covers Q2 2026, at $70K. The four quarters Q4 2025–Q3 2026 total $210K. Its first report covers Q4 2022; the issues it reports most are Education and Welfare.

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Latest quarter
No record
Q3 2026 · 0 reports
Last 12 months
$210K
Last 4 quarters
vs last quarter
−100.0%
Q3 2026 against the quarter before
First report
Q4 2022
The first quarter a report named it

Lobbying by quarter

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QuarterAmountReports
Q4 2022$70K1
Q1 2023$70K1
Q2 2023$70K1
Q3 2023$70K1
Q4 2023$70K1
Q1 2024$70K1
Q2 2024$70K1
Q3 2024$70K1
Q4 2024$70K1
Q1 2025$70K1
Q2 2025$70K1
Q3 2025$70K1
Q4 2025$70K1
Q1 2026$70K1
Q2 2026$70K1
Q3 2026$00

By issue

  • Education$350K · 15 reports
  • Welfare$350K · 15 reports
  • Taxation$303.3K · 13 reports
  • Health issues$46.7K · 2 reports

An issue's amount splits each report's amount equally over the issues the report lists.

Who was lobbied

  • HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES15 reports
  • SENATE15 reports
  • Treasury, Dept of3 reports

Firms it paid

Firm
Thorn Run Partners$1.1M15 quarters

Former officials lobbying for it

Former position
CATHERINE FINLEYStaff Director, Senate Special Aging Committee; Senior Health Policy Advisor, Sen. Smith; Legislative Asst, Sen. SnoweQ2 2026
JESSIE HOWE BRAIRTONSenior Legislative Asst/Legislative Asst, Rep. Lamar Smith; LC/Asst, Senate Special Aging CommitteeQ2 2026

Lobbying reports

Filed by
07/20for Q2Thorn Run Partners$70K
04/18for Q1Thorn Run Partners$70K
01/19for Q4 2025Thorn Run Partners$70K
25/10/20for Q3 2025Thorn Run Partners$70K
25/07/16for Q2 2025Thorn Run Partners$70K
25/04/17for Q1 2025Thorn Run Partners$70K
25/01/19for Q4 2024Thorn Run Partners$70K
24/10/18for Q3 2024Thorn Run Partners$70K
24/07/19for Q2 2024Thorn Run Partners$70K
24/04/22for Q1 2024Thorn Run Partners$70K
24/01/22for Q4 2023Thorn Run Partners$70K
23/10/17for Q3 2023Thorn Run Partners$70K
23/07/26for Q2 2023Thorn Run Partners$70K
23/07/20for Q2 2023Thorn Run Partners$70K
23/04/20for Q1 2023Thorn Run Partners$70K
23/01/20for Q4 2022Thorn Run Partners$70K