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IRVINE, CA

FEC.gov itemizations listing contributor city IRVINE, CA sum to $63,443,148 across 172,516 contributions. Irvine’s pair sits beside Vienna, Virginia on dollars with a thicker line file. The table is a contributor-city aggregate, not a unique-donor census. Original reports remain on FEC.gov.

Key figures

  • Irvine’s federal itemized city book is $63,443,148 across 172,516 contributions.
  • Cite contributor city with state CA, dollars, and line count together.
  • Neighbor Orange County city strings are not inside this total.
  • Source: FEC.gov aggregates indexed on LobbyVault.

Irvine’s Orange County city book

Divide $63,443,148 by 172,516 and the average itemized line is about $368. That mean is arithmetic. This packet has no median.

Newport Beach, Laguna Beach, Anaheim, and Santa Ana are other Orange County city strings. They are not inside $63,443,148 unless the filer typed IRVINE. Orange County is orientation, not an FEC roll-up.

Office addresses can share the Irvine city field with household streets. Totals can include a PAC or joint-fundraising address when that is what filers typed. The 172,516 lines are receipts, not unique persons.

Irvine, California is not Irvine elsewhere

State CA on the city key is required. Other states have places named Irvine. This book is IRVINE, CA only: $63,443,148 and 172,516 lines.

Do not add Irvine to Newport Beach and call the sum “Orange County.” Recheck both facts on the live hub after a later extract.

Full analysis: IRVINE, CA: $63.4M on 172,516 FEC receipts

Questions

What is Irvine’s federal contribution total on LobbyVault?
Itemized FEC.gov receipts listing contributor city IRVINE, CA total $63,443,148 across 172,516 contributions. That pair is a city-string roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of Irvine residents. Unitemized gifts sit outside both figures.
How should I read Irvine’s 172,516 contributions?
LobbyVault counts 172,516 itemized lines for IRVINE, CA. That is a line count, not a headcount. Repeat gifts and memo entries can add rows without adding donors. This packet publishes no unique-donor figure. The matching dollar total is $63,443,148. This packet does not publish a unique-donor figure, so 172,516 should not be quoted as an Irvine population of donors.
Does Irvine’s total include Newport Beach or Anaheim?
No, unless the filer typed IRVINE. Newport Beach and Anaheim are separate city strings. $63,443,148 is the IRVINE, CA match. The 172,516 lines follow the same rule. County labels are not an FEC dimension on this hub. Orange County is orientation, not an FEC dimension on this Irvine hub.
Where do the Irvine facts come from?
Both facts come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $63,443,148 and 172,516 lines. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. California non-federal filings are outside the pair. If a later extract disagrees, the Commission’s filing controls. The mean of about $368 is arithmetic from those two packet numbers.

City is the contributor city on FEC itemizations. Totals can include PAC and joint-fundraising addresses, not only residents.

Total Donations

$63,443,148

Contributions

172,516

Top Industry

BENTLEY LABORATORIES INC

Top Industries

BENTLEY LABORATORIES INC
$8K
JOHN D LUSK COMPANY
$8K
FRANK MICHELENA & ASSOCIATES
$7K
GOVERNMENTAL CONSULT
$7K
BAHAN & HANDWEILER
$3K
BUTLER HOMES
$2K
SURGEON
$2K
FLUOR CORP
$2K
THE BALDWIN COMPANY
$2K
REQUESTED
$2K

Donation Trend by Cycle

1980
$76K
1982
$39K
1984
$47K
1986
$35K
1988
$33K
1990
$39K
1992
$61K
1994
$50K
1996
$40K
1998
$28K
2000
$74K
2002
$26K
2004
$48K
2006
$55K
2008
$57K
2010
$53K
2012
$58K
2014
$84K

Top Donors

Top individual donors in IRVINE, CA, ranked by total donated.
#NameTotalContributionsEmployerCycles
1LUSK, JOHN D$8,2005JOHN D LUSK COMPANY1980
2MICHELENA, FRANK$6,75010FRANK MICHELENA & ASSOCIATES1980
3MICHELENA, FRANK G$6,5009GOVERNMENTAL CONSULT1980
4BENTLEY, DONALD JAMES MR$5,0001BENTLEY LABORATORIES INC1980
5FLUOUR, J ROBERT MRS$5,00011980
6BENTLEY, D J MR$3,2504BENTLEY LABORATORIES INC1980
7HERBERT, GAVIN$3,00031980
8HANDWEILER, MARTIN C$2,5003BAHAN & HANDWEILER1980
9BUTLER, MERRILL$2,1254BUTLER HOMES1980
10FLUOR, J R MR$2,0002FLUOR CORP1980
11AHMANSON, HOWARD$2,00011980
12BALDWIN, JAMES P$1,7004THE BALDWIN COMPANY1980
13CONNOLLY, JOHN E DR$1,2502SURGEON1980
14HERBERT, GAVIN S MR$1,0001ALLERGAN PHARMACEUTICALS1980
15HUMBERT, RICHARD B MR$1,0001REQUESTED1980
16BUTLER, MERRILL JR MR$1,00011980
17COLTON, MARY MCLUHAN$1,0001M C MCLUHAN ASSOC1980
18JORGENSEN, ALFRED W MR$1,0001LOWRY & ASSOCIATES1980
19CONNOLLY, JOHN E$1,0001SURGEON, EDUCATOR1980
20FLOUR, J R$1,0001FLOUR CORPORATION1980
21ERNAST, MONCRIEF P$1,00011980
22EHRHART, GEORGE W$1,0002.1980
23CAFFEY, BENJAMIN F$1,0001FLUOR ARABIA1980
24CAFFEY, BENJAMIN$1,0001VP & PRES, FLOUR ARABIA1980
25LEE, C M DR$1,0001SELF-EMPLOYED1980
26LEX, BURTON L$1,0002BECHTEL POWER CORPORATION1980
27BRINDERSON, GARY$1,0001OWNER CONSTRUCTION1980
28MAC PHERSON, J M$1,0001AUTO DEALER1980
29BINSWANGER, EVELYN$1,00011980
30BELT, BOYCE T JR$1,0001MOBILE FINANCIAL INC1980
31MITCHELL, PHYLLIS$1,00011980
32MONCRIEF, ERNEST$1,00011980
33AHMANSON, HOWARD F JR$1,0001BUSINESS EXEC1980
34AHMANSON, HOWARD F$1,0001PHIL FURSTWELVE1980
35MURPHY, PETER T$8483FLUOR ENGINEERS & CONSTRUCTION1980
36FLINTON, RICHARD A$8002SR MGR FLD CONSTRUCTION1980
37CASSIBA, JOHN J$8002ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT1980
38CONNOLLY, JOHN F MR$7501SURGEON1980
39HOON, H D$6002BUILDER1980
40BEESON, DONALD M$5501OCCIDENTAL RESEARCH CORP1980
41MICHELENA, FRANK (IK)$53311980
42HUMBERT, RICHARD B$5001FLUOR CORPORATION1980
43MYRICK, JOHN E$50011980
44AUBREY, R J MR$5001SECURITY HOUSING CO1980
45MCDONALD, BRIAN$50011980
46MAYO, CAROLINE$5001FOUNTAIN VALLEY SCHOOL DIST1980
47BOATMAN, RICHARD C$5001REQUESTED1980
48LETTERMAN, BRYCE L$5001LETTERMAN TRANSACTION SERVICES1980
49BUTLER, MERRILL MR$5001BUTLER HOUSING1980
50HUBBERT, ROBERT C$5001HUBBERT ADVERTISING1980

Top Recipients

Top political committees that received donations from IRVINE, CA.
#CommitteeTotal Received
1AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTIONC00687103$100,000
2ROHRABACHER FOR CONGRESSC00224691$36,300
3REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEEC00003418$35,621
4ACTBLUEC00401224$32,023
5CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN PARTY FEDERAL ACCT.C00140590$30,500
6CALVERT VICTORY FUNDC00699553$30,400
7ALLERGAN INC POLITICAL ACTION COMM FOR EMPLOYEES (APACE)C00292102$30,000
8WOMEN SPEAK OUT PACC00530766$30,000
9REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE - CONTRIBUTIONS (AKA REPUBLICAN NATIONAL FINANCE COMMITTEEC00003376$28,500
10FLUOR CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (FLUOR PAC)C00034132$25,336
11RESTORE OUR FUTURE, INC.C00490045$25,000
12TAKE BACK THE HOUSE 2020C00695585$25,000
13NRSCC00027466$20,640
14TAKE BACK THE HOUSE 2022C00766782$20,000
15SCOTT WALKER INCC00580480$16,200