# Avoq The Democratic-establishment lobbying-and-comms shop — **~#28 in 2025 ($18.69M)**. Lineage: Elmendorf Ryan (Steve Elmendorf, ex-Gephardt; Jimmy Ryan, ex-Reid) became Subject Matter in 2015, merged with comms firm Kivvit in 2023, and rebranded **Avoq** in January 2024. The vault's canonical page for the Subject Matter lineage — do not create a separate Subject Matter page. Part of the [[Lobbying Hub]] 2025 top-50 census (Tranche 1B, ranks 21–50; rank approximate — OpenSecrets publishes exact ranks only for the top 20). *Status: stub — expand with clients, revolving-door personnel, FARA check, and revenue history.* ## See also [[Lobbying Hub]] · [[Lobbying]] · [[Revolving Door]]