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MODESTO, CA

FEC.gov itemizations listing contributor city MODESTO, CA sum to $17.9M across 68,291 contributions. Modesto is a Central Valley volume book in Stanislaus County in California’s Central Valley: 68,291 lines against $17.9M produces a mean near $262 from those two packet facts. 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

  • $17,875,908 and 68,291 lines are the MODESTO, CA packet facts.
  • Mean near $262 is arithmetic, not a median resident.
  • Modesto is not Sacramento on the FEC city key.
  • If the live hub disagrees, the newer FEC extract controls.

68,291 lines behind MODESTO's $17.9M

MODESTO shows 68,291 itemizations behind $17,875,908. That is a receipt count, not a unique-person census. A file this long at $17.9M is a high-volume city field: many itemized rows, not a handful of oversized transfers. Volume does not prove small-dollar giving. The implied mean is about $262.

Modesto is a Stanislaus Valley volume field. Stockton is a neighboring San Joaquin string. Sacramento is a different capital-city key, not a parent of MODESTO, CA. 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. Read $17,875,908 as tagged federal receipts, not as what residents of MODESTO gave. The 68,291 lines are disclosed transactions, not unique persons.

If a newsroom map paints MODESTO together with Turlock, Ceres, and Stockton, the FEC file still splits them. This extract’s only city total is $17,875,908 on 68,291 MODESTO, CA rows, mean near $262. Keep the stored spelling MODESTO in the citation.

Why MODESTO on the receipt is not a census

Searchers often want “how much did people in Modesto give.” The honest citation on this page is narrower: itemized federal receipts with contributor city MODESTO, CA total $17,875,908 across 68,291 contributions. Dropping “itemized” and “contributor city” inflates the claim. No. MODESTO, CA is the stored Stanislaus string. Sacramento is a different city key. Turlock is a neighboring string when typed.

Party is not in this packet. Do not attach a partisan reading to $17,875,908. Occupation and employer may appear on named receipts on the city hub; they are not rolled up here. A mean near $262 is arithmetic from the two packet facts, not a typical household gift.

Full analysis: MODESTO, CA: $17.9M on 68,291 FEC receipts

Questions

How much is itemized from contributor city MODESTO, CA?
FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor city MODESTO, CA total $17,875,908 across 68,291 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 Modesto. Unitemized gifts sit outside it. The mean near $262 is arithmetic from those two packet facts.
Is Modesto folded into Sacramento on this extract?
No. MODESTO, CA is the stored Stanislaus string. Sacramento is a different city key. Turlock is a neighboring string when typed. LobbyVault counts 68,291 itemized contributions for MODESTO, CA against $17,875,908. This packet does not publish a unique-donor figure, so 68,291 should not be quoted as a population. Original reports remain on FEC.gov.
Does the Modesto total include only residents?
No. The city is the contributor-city value on the FEC itemization. Filers typed MODESTO with state CA. Office addresses and mail that list Modesto can be part of $17,875,908 when that is the city string on the receipt. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a residential-only book. The 68,291-line count follows the same rule.
Are Modesto numbers from FEC.gov?
The numbers come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $17,875,908 and 68,291 lines for MODESTO, 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.

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

City ties

All data ties →

Total Donations

$17,875,908

Contributions

68,291

Top Industry

E & J GALLO WINERY

Top Industries

E & J GALLO WINERY
$44K
E J GALLO WINERY
$17K
ATTORNEY
$9K
HOUSE WIFE
$7K
.
$3K
HOMEMAKER
$2K
JAMES R CORN ENTERPRISES
$2K
COX INC
$2K
OWNER
$2K
RETIRED
$1K

Donation Trend by Cycle

1980
$110K
1982
$89K
1984
$107K
1986
$100K
1988
$86K
1990
$127K
1992
$121K
1994
$117K
1996
$60K
1998
$54K
2000
$44K
2002
$33K
2004
$70K
2006
$26K
2008
$48K
2010
$74K
2012
$52K
2014
$21K

Top Donors

Top individual donors in MODESTO, CA, ranked by total donated.
#NameTotalContributionsEmployerCycles
1GALLO, ERNEST$31,70031E & J GALLO WINERY1980
2GALLO, JULIO R$15,8254E J GALLO WINERY1980
3GALLO, ERNEST MR$7,0002E & J GALLO WINERY1980
4GALLO, AMELIA$7,00031980
5DAMRELL, FRANK C JR$6,1507ATTORNEY1980
6GALLO, ALIEEN$5,0001HOUSE WIFE1980
7GALLO, JULIO$5,0001E & J GALLO WINERY1980
8GALLO, ERNEST MRS$2,50011980
9CORN, JAMES R$2,0002JAMES R CORN ENTERPRISES1980
10JAMISON, J J$2,00021980
11GALLO, ROBERT J$1,8252.1980
12BONZI, RUDY$1,8252OWNER1980
13COX, K L MRS$1,0001COX INC1980
14AMASTAGNI, PHILIP$1,0001BUSINESSMAN1980
15FENTON, BOB$1,00011980
16GALLO, AMELIA MRS$1,0001HOMEMAKER1980
17GALLO, JULIO R MR$1,0001GALLO WINERIES1980
18GALLO, ROBERT J MRS$1,0001HOUSE WIFE1980
19JOHNSON, EDWARD MR$1,00011980
20JOHNSON, VELMA MRS$1,00011980
21LIVINGSTON, JAMES P$1,0001NATIONAL MEDICAL OXYGEN CO1980
22COX, K L MR$1,0001COX INC1980
23BRAWLEY, O'DELL V$1,0001RESTAURANT1980
24BURKE, ROBERT L$1,0001RULE ENTERPRISES1980
25CARRADE, ALBERT E$1,00011980
26BONZI, MARY$1,0001HOMEMAKER1980
27BERTOZZI, PETER$1,0001ACCOUNTANT1980
28COLEMAN, J F MR$8251E J GALLO WINERY1980
29FONTANA, FRANK$8251RETIRED1980
30HARRISON, CARTER H$8251REAL ESTATE1980
31INDERBITZEN, T A MR$8251INDERBITZEN FARMS1980
32ISREALS, SIDNEY$8251ATTORNEY1980
33DI MARE, THOMAS$8251.1980
34DAWRELL, FRANK C HON$8251ATTORNEY1980
35LYONS, W J MRS$8251SELF-EMPLOYED1980
36DOTSON, WILLIAM F II$7501CONSTRUCTION1980
37CLARKE, JAMES R$7501AUTO DEALER1980
38BANKS, L J MR$6701RETIRED1980
39KEMPER, FAITH$5001HOUSE WIFE1980
40CLARK, ALBERT$5001ATTORNEY1980
41KEMPER, FAITH CONN MRS$50011980
42BOSIO, RICHARD$5001BOSIO INS AGENCY1980
43BERRIEN, STEPHEN B DR$50011980
44KURITA, KENJI DR$50011980
45BRENNER, CATHERINE$50011980
46FULFORD, J E MR$50011980
47LAND, ROBERT$5002INT'L ASSOC OF MACHINISTS1980
48ERICKSON, DAVID L$5001CONSTRUCTION1980
49EARL, RONALD F$50011980
50DRUMMOND, ALAN J$50021980

Top Recipients

Top political committees that received donations from MODESTO, CA.
#CommitteeTotal Received
1WINREDC00694323$168,332
2MCCONNELL SENATE COMMITTEEC00193342$132,105
3DCCCC00000935$118,805
4TRUMP MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN COMMITTEEC00618371$95,513
5CAMPAIGN AMERICA INCC00088369$94,000
6DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL DINNER COMMITTEEC00000182$55,000
7DSCCC00042366$46,550
8WINE INSTITUTE PACC00065219$43,250
9MIKE THOMPSON FOR CONGRESSC00326363$39,970
10NRSCC00027466$39,589
11REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE - CONTRIBUTIONS (AKA REPUBLICAN NATIONAL FINANCE COMMITTEEC00003376$35,472
12KEVIN MCCARTHY FOR CONGRESSC00420935$32,366
13NANCY PELOSI FOR CONGRESSC00213512$31,775
14ACTBLUEC00401224$29,755
15THOM TILLIS COMMITTEEC00545772$28,850