CENTERBOOK, CT

Two lines produce $50,015,477

$50,015,477 divided by 2 is about $25,007,739 per itemized line. That mean is arithmetic from the two packet facts. FEC.gov does not publish a median, a unique-donor count, or a party split on this city aggregate. LobbyVault reports $50,015,477 and 2.

CENTERBOOK is the city string as stored on the receipts. The packet does not recode it to Centerbrook, Essex, or Old Saybrook. A two-line book that still reaches $50,015,477 is a shape fact: one or two large itemizations dominate the dollar total. 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.

A CENTERBOOK total of $50,015,477 does not absorb Essex, Old Saybrook, or Ivoryton. Those names are other city strings when filers typed them. State CT stays on the citation. The 2 lines and the mean near $25,007,739 describe this key only.

CENTERBOOK is a typed city, not a map correction

The city is the contributor-city value on FEC itemizations. Filers type it. LobbyVault does not geocode CENTERBOOK against a municipal boundary file or correct a likely misspelling. A committee street that typed CENTERBOOK sits inside $50,015,477 even if postal maps use Centerbrook.

Amended reports can raise or lower both $50,015,477 and 2. If the live CENTERBOOK hub reprints different figures, the newer FEC extract wins.

Questions

What is CENTERBOOK’s federal contribution total on LobbyVault?

Itemized FEC.gov receipts listing contributor city CENTERBOOK, CT total $50,015,477 across 2 contributions. That pair is a city-string roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of a Connecticut village. Unitemized gifts sit outside both figures.

Why are there only 2 contributions for CENTERBOOK?

LobbyVault counts 2 itemized lines for CENTERBOOK, CT against $50,015,477. That is a line count as stored, not a headcount of unique people. A two-line file can still reach a large dollar total when the itemizations are large. This packet publishes no unique-donor figure. The matching dollar total is $50,015,477.

Is CENTERBOOK the same as Centerbrook?

This hub is the city string CENTERBOOK, CT as typed on the receipts. LobbyVault does not recode it to Centerbrook, Essex, or Old Saybrook. $50,015,477 is the CENTERBOOK, CT match. The 2 lines follow the same rule. Spelling corrections are not an FEC dimension on this hub.

Where do the CENTERBOOK facts come from?

Both facts come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $50,015,477 and 2 lines. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Connecticut non-federal filings are outside the pair. If a later extract disagrees, the Commission’s filing controls. The mean of about $25,007,739 is arithmetic from those two packet numbers.