CREATIVE STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS LLC

vendor · #11 of 310 in Pennsylvania · U.S. Senate · 2024all Schedule E rows for this payee on fec.gov ↗
filed asCREATIVE STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS LLC

inferred · rule case/punctuation/suffix normalisation + token-set ≥0.92 (numeric tokens must match); aliases filefec.gov ↗

Paid in this race
$3.6M
1.5% of outside spending
Buys
33
Sep 22, 2023 – Oct 24, 2024
Spenders
3
committees reporting payments
Top medium
digital
72% of dollars

By medium

digitalphonesproduction
digital 72%
$2.6M 30 buys
production 28%
$1.0M 2 buys
phones 0%
$1K 1 buys

Medium is classified from the purpose the spender filed; the FEC does not record which buy placed which ad.

inferred · rule Medium is classified from the purpose string the spender filed on Schedule E, by an ordered keyword table (first match wins, keywords matched at word starts): production: produc, creative, design, videograph, photograph, filming; digital: digital, online, internet, web, social, streaming, email, youtube, facebook, google, meta, gif; radio: radio; tv: tv, television, broadcast, cable, media buy, media placement; mail: mail, postage, postcard, print; phones: phone, text, sms, robocall, call, dial, teleconferenc; consulting: poll, research, consult, strateg, list, targeting, voter file; field: canvass, door, field, gotv; other: no match. The FEC does not record which buy placed which ad.Schedule E fields ↗

Who paid this vendor

Candidates named on the buys

Targeting, not money: the spender declares support or opposition on each Schedule E row; the candidate receives nothing.

for Dave McCormick $2.0Magainst Bob Casey $947Kfor Bob Casey $412Kagainst Dave McCormick $186K

Ads linked to this vendor

6 ads from 1 spender who paid this vendor. The FEC does not record which buy placed which ad; each link below says what it rests on.

inferred6 ads · derived by a stated rule, not on any filing
  • KEYSTONE RENEWAL PAC · ran Sep 25, 2023 – Sep 10, 2024 · Only digital vendor KEYSTONE RENEWAL PAC paid during this ad's run window (ran sep 25, 2023 – sep 10, 2024, counting buys dated up to 7 days before first shown) — inferred, not filed. KEYSTONE RENEWAL PAC reported $2,563,132 in digital buys to CREATIVE STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS LLC; Google ads are digital placements.source ↗
  • KEYSTONE RENEWAL PAC · ran Aug 19, 2024 – Aug 28, 2024 · Only digital vendor KEYSTONE RENEWAL PAC paid during this ad's run window (ran aug 19, 2024 – aug 28, 2024, counting buys dated up to 7 days before first shown) — inferred, not filed. KEYSTONE RENEWAL PAC reported $302,764 in digital buys to CREATIVE STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS LLC; Google ads are digital placements.source ↗
  • KEYSTONE RENEWAL PAC · ran Aug 3, 2024 – Aug 14, 2024 · Only digital vendor KEYSTONE RENEWAL PAC paid during this ad's run window (ran aug 3, 2024 – aug 14, 2024, counting buys dated up to 7 days before first shown) — inferred, not filed. KEYSTONE RENEWAL PAC reported $520,855 in digital buys to CREATIVE STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS LLC; Google ads are digital placements.source ↗
  • KEYSTONE RENEWAL PAC · ran Aug 3, 2024 – Aug 14, 2024 · Only digital vendor KEYSTONE RENEWAL PAC paid during this ad's run window (ran aug 3, 2024 – aug 14, 2024, counting buys dated up to 7 days before first shown) — inferred, not filed. KEYSTONE RENEWAL PAC reported $520,855 in digital buys to CREATIVE STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS LLC; Google ads are digital placements.source ↗
  • KEYSTONE RENEWAL PAC · ran Aug 23, 2024 – Aug 28, 2024 · Only digital vendor KEYSTONE RENEWAL PAC paid during this ad's run window (ran aug 23, 2024 – aug 28, 2024, counting buys dated up to 7 days before first shown) — inferred, not filed. KEYSTONE RENEWAL PAC reported $302,764 in digital buys to CREATIVE STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS LLC; Google ads are digital placements.source ↗
  • KEYSTONE RENEWAL PAC · ran Aug 23, 2024 – Aug 28, 2024 · Only digital vendor KEYSTONE RENEWAL PAC paid during this ad's run window (ran aug 23, 2024 – aug 28, 2024, counting buys dated up to 7 days before first shown) — inferred, not filed. KEYSTONE RENEWAL PAC reported $302,764 in digital buys to CREATIVE STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS LLC; Google ads are digital placements.source ↗

Spenders in the picture: KEYSTONE RENEWAL PAC. Ad spend is the range Google publishes; the vendor totals above are filed dollars. The two are never added together.

Separately, 3 other ads ran within a week of this vendor being paid for placeable media — 3 by NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL VICTORY FUND. FEC records do not identify which vendor placed them, so they are listed here as a fact about dates, not as this vendor's ads.

Every buy

DateSpenderS/OTargetAmountMediumFiled payee · purposeSource
Oct 24, 2024NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL VICTORY FUNDSDave McCormick$250,000productionCREATIVE STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS LLC · MEDIA PRODUCTION / MEDIA PLACEMENTFEC ↗
Oct 7, 2024NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL VICTORY FUNDSDave McCormick$750,000productionCREATIVE STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS LLC · MEDIA PRODUCTION / MEDIA PLACEMENTFEC ↗
Sep 5, 2024KEYSTONE RENEWAL PACOBob Casey$50,000digitalCREATIVE STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS LLC · EMAILS / SMS MESSAGINGFEC ↗
Sep 5, 2024KEYSTONE RENEWAL PACSDave McCormick$50,000digitalCREATIVE STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS LLC · EMAILS / SMS MESSAGINGFEC ↗
Aug 19, 2024KEYSTONE RENEWAL PACOBob Casey$151,382digitalCREATIVE STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS LLC · EMAILS / SMS MESSAGINGFEC ↗
Aug 19, 2024KEYSTONE RENEWAL PACSBob Casey$151,382digitalCREATIVE STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS LLC · EMAILS / SMS MESSAGINGFEC ↗
Aug 5, 2024KEYSTONE RENEWAL PACOBob Casey$260,428digitalCREATIVE STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS LLC · EMAILS / SMS MESSAGINGFEC ↗
Aug 5, 2024KEYSTONE RENEWAL PACSBob Casey$260,428digitalCREATIVE STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS LLC · EMAILS / SMS MESSAGINGFEC ↗
Jul 2, 2024KEYSTONE RENEWAL PACODave McCormick$185,500digitalCREATIVE STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS LLC · EMAILS / SMS MESSAGINGFEC ↗
Jul 2, 2024KEYSTONE RENEWAL PACSDave McCormick$185,500digitalCREATIVE STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS LLC · EMAILS / SMS MESSAGINGFEC ↗
Jun 14, 2024KEYSTONE RENEWAL PACOBob Casey$84,257digitalCREATIVE STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS LLC · EMAILS / SMS MESSAGINGFEC ↗
Jun 14, 2024KEYSTONE RENEWAL PACSDave McCormick$84,257digitalCREATIVE STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS LLC · EMAILS / SMS MESSAGINGFEC ↗
Jun 4, 2024KEYSTONE RENEWAL PACOBob Casey$50,000digitalCREATIVE STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS LLC · EMAILS / SMS MESSAGINGFEC ↗
Jun 4, 2024KEYSTONE RENEWAL PACSDave McCormick$50,000digitalCREATIVE STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS LLC · EMAILS / SMS MESSAGINGFEC ↗
May 13, 2024KEYSTONE RENEWAL PACOBob Casey$50,000digitalCREATIVE STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS LLC · EMAILS / SMS MESSAGINGFEC ↗
May 13, 2024KEYSTONE RENEWAL PACSDave McCormick$50,000digitalCREATIVE STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS LLC · EMAILS / SMS MESSAGINGFEC ↗
Apr 29, 2024KEYSTONE RENEWAL PACOBob Casey$50,000digitalCREATIVE STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS LLC · EMAILS / SMS MESSAGINGFEC ↗
Apr 29, 2024KEYSTONE RENEWAL PACSDave McCormick$50,000digitalCREATIVE STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS LLC · EMAILS / SMS MESSAGINGFEC ↗
Apr 24, 2024KEYSTONE RENEWAL PACSDave McCormick$40,000digitalCREATIVE STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS LLC · EMAILS / SMS MESSAGINGFEC ↗
Apr 9, 2024KEYSTONE RENEWAL PACOBob Casey$50,000digitalCREATIVE STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS LLC · EMAILS / SMS MESSAGINGFEC ↗
Apr 9, 2024KEYSTONE RENEWAL PACSDave McCormick$50,000digitalCREATIVE STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS LLC · EMAILS / SMS MESSAGINGFEC ↗
Apr 8, 2024RSLC PACOBob Casey$1,250phonesCREATIVE STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS LLC · TEXT MESSAGESFEC ↗
Mar 19, 2024KEYSTONE RENEWAL PACOBob Casey$50,000digitalCREATIVE STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS LLC · EMAILS / SMS MESSAGINGFEC ↗
Mar 19, 2024KEYSTONE RENEWAL PACSDave McCormick$50,000digitalCREATIVE STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS LLC · EMAILS / SMS MESSAGINGFEC ↗
Feb 6, 2024KEYSTONE RENEWAL PACSDave McCormick$60,000digitalCREATIVE STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS LLC · EMAILS / SMS MESSAGINGFEC ↗
Feb 1, 2024KEYSTONE RENEWAL PACOBob Casey$50,000digitalCREATIVE STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS LLC · EMAILS / SMS MESSAGINGFEC ↗
Feb 1, 2024KEYSTONE RENEWAL PACSDave McCormick$50,000digitalCREATIVE STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS LLC · EMAILS / SMS MESSAGINGFEC ↗
Dec 14, 2023KEYSTONE RENEWAL PACOBob Casey$50,000digitalCREATIVE STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS LLC · EMAILS / SMS MESSAGINGFEC ↗
Dec 14, 2023KEYSTONE RENEWAL PACSDave McCormick$50,000digitalCREATIVE STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS LLC · EMAILS / SMS MESSAGINGFEC ↗
Nov 6, 2023KEYSTONE RENEWAL PACOBob Casey$50,000digitalCREATIVE STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS LLC · EMAILS / SMS MESSAGINGFEC ↗
Nov 6, 2023KEYSTONE RENEWAL PACSDave McCormick$50,000digitalCREATIVE STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS LLC · EMAILS / SMS MESSAGINGFEC ↗
Oct 3, 2023KEYSTONE RENEWAL PACSDave McCormick$100,000digitalCREATIVE STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS LLC · EMAILS / SMS MESSAGINGFEC ↗
Sep 22, 2023KEYSTONE RENEWAL PACSDave McCormick$100,000digitalCREATIVE STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS LLC · EMAILS / SMS MESSAGINGFEC ↗

Every Schedule E independent expenditure names a payee. Payee strings are normalised (case, punctuation, legal suffixes, token order), near-duplicates are folded with a difflib ratio ≥ 0.92 when their numeric tokens match, and hand alias rows from data/hand/<race>/vendor_aliases.json override the rule. Medium is classified from the purpose the spender filed (ordered keyword table in campaign_commons/vendors.py). The FEC does not record which buy placed which ad: vendor ↔ ad links are date-window adjacency (or single-digital-vendor inference) from campaign_commons.ads_enrich, each with its basis, and are only `verified` when a person found a source naming both. Totals are the filed amounts, grouped, never re-estimated.

Money and positions are shown side by side because they are public records about the same person. Proximity is not causation; we make no claim that any contribution produced any action.

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