WASHINGTON, DC

Why a capital city string concentrates federal receipts

The $3,742,866,190 total is every loaded federal itemization whose contributor city is Washington and whose state is DC. Two million four hundred fifty-eight thousand one hundred seventy-three lines feed that sum. LobbyVault does not decide whether an address belongs to a person, a PAC, or a trade association. If the committee typed Washington, DC, the receipt stays here. That rule keeps the hub aligned with the public file instead of a homemade residency test that FEC.gov does not publish on the city column.

National political infrastructure clusters in the District because committees lobby, fundraise, or file from the capital even when donors live in Maryland, Virginia, or another state. Totals can include PAC and joint-fundraising addresses, not only residents. Anyone treating $3,742,866,190 as “what Washingtonians gave” will overstate household activity and understate committee mail-drop traffic. The 2,458,173 line count is likewise a count of disclosed receipts, not a headcount of unique District voters.

Reading 2.46 million DC itemizations

A line count of 2,458,173 shows that the capital total is not a thin stack of mega-transfers. Many records are ordinary individual contributions that list a DC street. Others are committee receipts that happen to share the same city field. The FEC file does not flag resident versus office on the city column, so this hub keeps both. Splitting them would require a second dataset that this packet does not contain.

Nearby Virginia and Maryland cities are stored as their own strings. Arlington, Alexandria, and Bethesda do not roll into this Washington, DC number. If a research question is the National Capital Region, this page is only the District-labeled slice: $3,742,866,190 and 2,458,173 itemizations. Adding suburb hubs is a choice for the reader. It is not a silent merge on this guide.

Questions

How much federal campaign money lists Washington, DC?

Contributor-city itemizations for Washington, DC total $3,742,866,190 across 2,458,173 FEC contribution records. The sum is a federal filing aggregate, not a resident survey and not a combined Maryland–Virginia metro figure.

Are PAC headquarters included in the DC city total?

Yes. If a committee reported Washington, DC on the itemization, the dollars are in the $3,742,866,190 total. PAC and joint-fundraising addresses are part of the city field. The 2,458,173 lines mix individual and committee receipts.

Does this include Arlington or Alexandria?

No. Those cities have their own FEC city strings. This page is only records labeled Washington, DC: $3,742,866,190 and 2,458,173 itemizations. Use the cities index for neighboring labels.

What source backs the Washington donation numbers?

Federal Election Commission contribution filings on FEC.gov, aggregated by contributor city on LobbyVault. Headline facts are $3,742,866,190 and 2,458,173 contributions.