Filed vendor converting committee resources into campaign services and reported electoral communications
Lantern Production Consultants LLC
Lantern Production Consultants LLC is the payee named in Think Big's March 2026 campaign-finance records for production, distribution and operating services. It is a political-services vendor in this evidence chain, distinct from the Tech Coalition's unrelated Lantern signal-sharing programme.
Candidate-specific and operating entries
Seven Schedule E rows in the 20 May 2026 amendment total $787,404.29 and are marked as opposing Alexander Bores in the NY-12 federal primary. The total excludes a separate Jackson-support entry. Nine Schedule B operating rows total $215,037 for polling, research, management and strategy consulting, and media production; their candidate fields are blank. Those operating costs cannot all be attributed to Bores or described as creator fees. Filed disbursement-or-obligation entries also do not independently prove bank settlement or each media placement.
Nine Schedule B line21b entries for polling, research, management/strategy consulting and media production. Candidate fields blank; some rows retain Other2025 labels. These are distinct operating rows that can be combined with Schedule E for a scoped total, but cannot all be attributed to Bores, labelled creator fees or added again to a total already containing them. Financial details: value: 215,037; currency: USD; kind: reported operating disbursements; period: 2026-03-03 to 2026-03-31; May20 amendment
Seven Schedule E rows total $787,404.29, each marked oppose Bores in the NY-12 2026 primary. The form date field is disbursement or obligation; filed expenditures and stated dissemination are established, not independent bank settlement or proof of each placement. Excludes the $277,827.78 Jackson support entry. Financial details: value: 787,404.29; currency: USD; kind: reported independent expenditure, not bank-settlement proof; period: March 2026 period; amendment filed 2026-05-20
Lantern Production Consultants LLC → Think Big March 2026 Bores opposition operation
named vendor for reported production and distribution
Date scope stated in source
The filing identifies Lantern as payee for the seven Bores rows. The descriptions do not identify the actual production staff, publisher, texting platform or subcontractors. This contextual edge carries no additional money.
Opposing intervention: a filed vendor route, then a contract frontier
Ready for independent review. This pass follows one operation: Leading the Future (LTF) → Think Big → Lantern Production Consultants LLC → March 2026 opposition to Alexander Bores in the NY-12 federal primary. It establishes a named vendor and itemized services beyond the existing reported $5,000 creator offer. It does not establish ultimate subcontractors, an original donor's instruction, or the effect of the spending. Public records retrieved September 8, 2026. No messages, paid acquisition or publication.
Seven Schedule E rows total $787,404.29, each marked oppose Bores in the NY-12 2026 primary. The form date field is disbursement or obligation; filed expenditures and stated dissemination are established, not independent bank settlement or proof of each placement. Excludes the $277,827.78 Jackson support entry.
Financial details: value: 787,404.29; currency: USD; kind: reported independent expenditure, not bank-settlement proof; period: March 2026 period; amendment filed 2026-05-20
Nine Schedule B line21b entries for polling, research, management/strategy consulting and media production. Candidate fields blank; some rows retain Other2025 labels. These are distinct operating rows that can be combined with Schedule E for a scoped total, but cannot all be attributed to Bores, labelled creator fees or added again to a total already containing them.
The filing identifies Lantern as payee for the seven Bores rows. The descriptions do not identify the actual production staff, publisher, texting platform or subcontractors. This contextual edge carries no additional money.