LAKE BLUFF, IL

Large dollars on a very thin North Shore file

Twelve thousand six hundred ninety-one lines produce $71,019,928. Divide the pair and the average itemized line is about $5,596. That mean is arithmetic from two packet facts. It is not a typical household gift, and this packet has no size bins to show how much of the total sits in a few large receipts.

Lake Forest is a neighboring North Shore city hub with a different line count. Highland Park, Lake Forest, and Winnetka are other strings. They are not inside $71,019,928 unless the filer typed LAKE BLUFF. Lake County is orientation, not an FEC roll-up.

A PAC or joint-fundraising committee that listed Lake Bluff can dominate a thin file in a way that is invisible without the line count. LobbyVault does not recode those rows. Quote $71,019,928 with 12,691 every time.

Why dropping 12,691 would mislead

Cities with similar dollars on this extract often carry far more lines. Lake Bluff carries 12,691. Publishing the dollars alone makes Lake Bluff look like La Jolla or Pasadena. Publishing both facts shows a concentrated file.

Chicago is a separate hub. Adding Lake Bluff to Chicago or to a “North Shore” sum is a recode this packet does not publish. Recheck $71,019,928 and 12,691 on the live hub after a later extract.

Questions

What does LobbyVault show for Lake Bluff federal contributions?

FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor city LAKE BLUFF, IL total $71,019,928 across 12,691 contributions. That pair is a city-string roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of Lake Bluff residents. Unitemized gifts sit outside it.

Why is Lake Bluff’s line count so small next to $71,019,928?

This extract stores only 12,691 itemized lines behind $71,019,928, a mean near $5,596. That is a thin file compared with cities that post similar dollars on 150,000-plus lines. The packet has no unique-donor figure and no size distribution. Quote both facts; the mean alone is not a typical-gift story.

Does Lake Bluff’s total include Lake Forest or Chicago?

No, unless the filer typed LAKE BLUFF. Lake Forest and Chicago are separate city hubs. $71,019,928 is the LAKE BLUFF, IL match. The 12,691 lines follow the same rule. North Shore and county labels are not FEC dimensions on this page. North Shore and county labels are not FEC dimensions on this Lake Bluff hub.

How current is the $71,019,928 Lake Bluff total?

The numbers come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $71,019,928 and 12,691 lines. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Illinois non-federal filings are outside the pair. If a later extract disagrees, the Commission’s filing controls. The mean of about $5,596 is arithmetic from those two packet facts.