Registered lobbyist

Jonathan Kott

Government post most recently disclosed: Sr. Advisor & Communications Dir., Sen. Joe Manchin; Sr. Advisor & Communications Dir., Sen. Chris Coons; Press Sec., Rep. Brad Ellsworth; Press Sec., Rep. Anthony Weiner; Speechwriter, Sen. Evan Bayh; Public Affrs. Spec., Ofc. of the Director, OPM.

The register gives a lobbyist a separate record at each firm. This person is very likely also listed as Jonathan Kott (Versant Media Group, Inc.), with the same distinctive name at back-to-back firms. The register itself does not confirm these are one person.

Lobby filings
336
Clients
43
Firms
1
Total contributed
$18,000
Contributions
22
Committees
19
Contribution reports
13

Lobby filings counts every filing that names this lobbyist, amendments included. Contributions come from the twice-yearly LD-203 reports, counting the current version of each report once.

Lobbying filings

336 filings, newest first.

Political contributions

22 contributions, newest first.
Recipient or honoreePayeeDateAmount
Joanna Mendoza, D-AZ-06 candidate for Congress in 2026 Paid to MENDOZA FOR CONGRESS Aug 18, 2025 $1,000
Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) Paid to FRIENDS OF MARK WARNER Jan 1, 2025 $1,000
Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH) Paid to MAGGIE FOR NH Dec 24, 2024 $250
JJ Singh Paid to FRIENDS OF JJ SINGH Nov 22, 2024 $500
Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA-10) Paid to SUHAS FOR VIRGINIA Sep 30, 2024 $250
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA-30) Paid to SCHIFF FOR SENATE Jun 27, 2024 $1,000
Tom Suozzi Paid to SUOZZI FOR CONGRESS Dec 27, 2023 $500
Gary Peters Paid to GARY PETERS FOR SENATE Dec 27, 2023 $500
Annie Kuster Paid to KUSTER FOR CONGRESS Dec 20, 2023 $1,000
Jacky Rosen Paid to ROSEN FOR SENATE Sep 19, 2023 $500

Committees given to most

The payees on this lobbyist's current reports, by total given. The payee is stated on the report; the legislator behind a committee is not.

PayeeContributionsTotal
COUNTRY ROADS PAC 2 $5,000
MARTIN HEINRICH 2 $2,000
KUSTER FOR CONGRESS 1 $1,000
MENDOZA FOR CONGRESS 1 $1,000
DSCC 1 $1,000
FRIENDS OF MARK WARNER 1 $1,000
JOE MANCHIN RE-ELECTION 1 $1,000
SCHIFF FOR SENATE 1 $1,000
ACT BLUE 2 $750
SUOZZI FOR CONGRESS 1 $500
ROSEN FOR SENATE 1 $500
DAN GOLDMAN 1 $500
CHRIS COONS 1 $500
ACT BLUE FEDERAL 1 $500
FRIENDS OF JJ SINGH 1 $500

Contribution reports (LD-203)

Every report the register holds. A report replaced by a later version is listed but not counted.

PeriodFiledCountedOfficial report
Year End 2025 Jan 29, 2026 Yes Open
Year End 2025 Jan 29, 2026 Replaced Open
Year End 2025 Jan 29, 2026 Replaced Open
Mid Year 2025 Jul 23, 2025 Yes Open
Year End 2024 Jan 28, 2025 Yes Open
Mid Year 2024 Sep 16, 2024 Yes Open
Year End 2023 Jan 31, 2024 Yes Open
Year End 2023 Jan 31, 2024 Replaced Open
Mid Year 2023 Jul 14, 2023 Yes Open
Year End 2022 Jan 30, 2023 Yes Open
Mid Year 2022, no contributions Jul 20, 2022 Yes Open
Year End 2021 Jan 28, 2022 Yes Open
Mid Year 2021, no contributions Oct 20, 2021 Yes Open

From reports filed under the Lobbying Disclosure Act: LD-2 reports name the lobbyists who worked on each issue, and LD-203 reports list their political contributions twice a year.