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MENLO PARK, CA

FEC.gov itemizations listing contributor city MENLO PARK, CA sum to $85,321,855 across 141,122 contributions. Menlo Park’s Peninsula city field produced $85,321,855 on 141,122 lines, a mean near $605. The table is a contributor-city aggregate, not a unique-donor census and not a party score. Original reports remain on FEC.gov.

Key figures

  • Contributor city MENLO PARK, CA sums to $85,321,855 on 141,122 itemized federal receipts.
  • About $605 per line is $85,321,855 divided by 141,122.
  • Menlo Park is a city string, not a residency audit.
  • Unitemized gifts and state-office campaigns are outside this total.
  • Source: FEC.gov aggregates indexed on LobbyVault.

The MENLO PARK, CA contributor-city book

141,122 itemized contributions produced $85,321,855 under the MENLO PARK, CA city key. About $605 per line follows from division. Repeat givers can lengthen 141,122 without adding new people; this packet has no unique-donor figure.

State CA on the same row keeps MENLO PARK, CA distinct from same-named cities elsewhere. San Mateo County’s Menlo Park string is not Palo Alto or Atherton. Peninsula neighbors keep separate keys. The city total can include a PAC or joint-fundraising committee address when that is the city filers typed. LobbyVault does not recode those rows out of the city string.

Keep Atherton, Palo Alto, and Redwood City off the Menlo Park citation unless the receipt actually stored those cities. $85,321,855 is the MENLO PARK, CA string alone. 141,122 itemized rows and about $605 per row are the shape of that string, not of the metro map.

Volume and average on the Menlo Park book

Menlo Park sits in a mid-range mean band on this extract: about $605 from $85,321,855 divided by 141,122. The pair is a city-field average, not a ranking of political intensity.

The shape is two numbers. $85,321,855 without 141,122 looks like a single pile of money. 141,122 without $85,321,855 looks like a turnout figure. Together they are an itemized city book.

Full analysis: MENLO PARK, CA: $85.3M on 141,122 FEC receipts β†’

Questions

What is the FEC donation total for MENLO PARK, CA?
FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor city MENLO PARK, CA total $85,321,855 across 141,122 contributions in the LobbyVault aggregate. That figure is a city-string roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of people who live in Menlo Park. Unitemized gifts sit outside it.
Is 141,122 a count of Menlo Park donors?
LobbyVault counts 141,122 itemized contributions for MENLO PARK, CA. That is a line count, not a headcount of unique people. Repeat gifts, redesignations, and memo entries can add rows without adding new donors. This packet does not publish a unique-donor figure, so 141,122 should not be quoted as a population. The matching dollar total on the same extract is $85,321,855.
Is MENLO PARK, CA a residency total?
No. The city is the contributor-city value on the FEC itemization. Filers typed MENLO PARK with state CA. Office addresses and mail that list Menlo Park can be part of $85,321,855 when that is the city string on the receipt. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a residential-only book. The 141,122-line count follows the same rule.
What is the source for MENLO PARK, CA campaign money figures?
The numbers come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $85,321,855 and 141,122 lines for MENLO PARK, CA. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Unitemized federal gifts and non-federal filings from CA are outside both figures. If a later extract disagrees with this snapshot, the Commission’s filing controls. The mean of about $605 is arithmetic from those two packet facts.

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

City ties

All data ties β†’

Total Donations

$85,321,855

Contributions

141,122

Top Industry

HILLIARD OIL CO

Top Industries

HILLIARD OIL CO
$12K
INVESTOR
$9K
STUART LEEB CO
$6K
REAL ESTATE
$5K
INDEPENDENT OIL PRODUCER
$4K
RETIRED
$3K
HOMEMAKER
$3K
ENVIROTECH CORP
$3K
PHYSICIAN
$3K
MAYFIELD
$2K

Donation Trend by Cycle

1980
$102K
1982
$64K
1984
$56K
1986
$39K
1988
$66K
1990
$38K
1992
$52K
1994
$37K
1996
$112K
1998
$79K
2000
$103K
2002
$80K
2004
$129K
2006
$132K
2008
$189K
2010
$102K
2012
$272K
2014
$122K

Top Donors

Top individual donors in MENLO PARK, CA, ranked by total donated.
#NameTotalContributionsEmployerCycles
1HILLIARD, H T$12,4004HILLIARD OIL CO1980
2GOODSTEIN, DAVID B$8,4509INVESTOR1980
3FORD, THOMAS$6,5003β€”1980
4LEEB, STUART$5,5003STUART LEEB CO1980
5HILLIARD, BARBARA$5,0001β€”1980
6HILLIARD, H MR$5,0001β€”1980
7CARVER, G W DOUGLAS$3,5004INDEPENDENT OIL PRODUCER1980
8FORD, TOM$2,8003REAL ESTATE1980
9DAVIS, MARGARET$2,6244β€”1980
10MORRIS, MERVIN G$2,5001β€”1980
11CHAMBERS, ROBERT L$2,5004ENVIROTECH CORP1980
12DAVIS, THOMAS J JR$2,2503MAYFIELD1980
13HEWLETT, JAMES$2,0001COMPUTER PROGRAMMER1980
14ANDERSON, CHARLES A$2,0003SRI INTERNATIONAL1980
15KILLION, GEORGE L$1,5002AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES1980
16CRITZER, WILLIAM E$1,5002FREIGHTLINER1980
17JONES, CALVIN$1,2502C JONES ATT AT LAW1980
18BUTCHER, C PRESTON MR$1,0001LINCOLN PROPERTY COMPANY1980
19HAVARD, JANET MRS$1,0001HOMEMAKER1980
20HAVARD, ED MD$1,0001PHYSICIAN1980
21ANDREWS, GEORGE A JR$1,0001PETTY ANDREWS TUFTS & JACKSON1980
22GOODSTEIN, DAVID$1,0001PUBLISHER1980
23HILLIARD, H$1,0001HILLIARD OIL & GAS1980
24MEAGHER, PATRICK J MR$1,0001PRICE WATERHOUSE & CO1980
25FORD, THOMAS W MR$1,0001FORD LAND CO1980
26FARINON, WILLIAM B$1,0001FARINON ELECTRIC1980
27ELSBREE, GENE MR$1,0001REQUESTED1980
28BONINE, MARVIN C MR$1,0001MANAGEMENT1980
29DAVIS, THOMAS J$1,0001MAYFIELD FUND1980
30KAISER, L$1,0001RETIRED1980
31KAISER, LELAND M$1,0001β€”1980
32COLLIER, RUSSELL MR$1,0001REAL ESTATE1980
33LANE, MELVIN B$1,0001LAN PUBLISHING CO1980
34BUTCHER, PRESTON MRS$1,0001HOUSEWIFE1980
35CARVER, G W D$1,0002SELF EMPLOYED1980
36CARVER, G W DOUGHLAS$1,0001IND OIL PRODUCER1980
37LUCAS, WILLIAM D MR$1,0001RETIRED1980
38CARVER, G W DOUGLAS MR$1,0001INVESTMENTS1980
39KILLION, GEORGE L MR$1,0001WORLD AIRWAYS1980
40MATTESON, DUNCAN L MR$8751MATTESON INVESTMENT CORP1980
41DAVIS, PAUL$8743β€”1980
42FERRIS, ROBERT A$8003VICE PRESIDENT1980
43HAVARD, EDWARD MR$7502PHYSICIAN1980
44HAVARD, EDWARD DR$7502PHYSICIAN1980
45DOWNING, LORRAINE C$7501HOMEMAKER1980
46JONES, GEORGE B$7002BECHTEL POWER CORPORATION1980
47JENNINGS, E H MR$6001β€”1980
48ARVANITIDES, N V$6001INTASA INC1980
49COLLIER, RUSSELL$6002β€”1980
50HINER, GERALD$5502INT'L ASSOC OF MACHINISTS1980

Top Recipients

Top political committees that received donations from MENLO PARK, CA.
#CommitteeTotal Received
1ACTBLUEC00401224$300,299
2REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEEC00003418$179,854
3OBAMA VICTORY FUND 2012C00494740$113,100
4SWING LEFTC00632133$100,000
5DNC SERVICES CORP / DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEEC00010603$72,172
6WINREDC00694323$61,614
7DCCCC00000935$59,784
8ANNA ESHOO FOR CONGRESSC00258475$51,350
9DSCCC00042366$49,308
10NRSCC00027466$46,536
11NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL AND REAL ESTATE TECHNOLOGY AND TRANSFORMATION CENTER POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NMHC PAC)C00130773$45,317
12LINCOLN CLUB OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FEDERAL PACC00148882$40,301
13CHARLES SCHWAB CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEC00370114$35,000
14OBAMA FOR AMERICAC00431445$29,950
15FIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE PACC00703975$29,750