Topeka, KS

Keep the mixed-case Topeka string

The headline pair is $23,094,820 and 75,100 lines. The implied average is about $308. Cite both numbers. Quoting only the dollars drops the line-count shape of the Topeka book.

Shawnee County’s Topeka string is separate from Lawrence, Kansas City, KS, and Wichita on the FEC city key. Filers typed Topeka in the city field. An all-caps TOPEKA row, if it exists, would be a different key. LobbyVault summed rows with this string and state KS. 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.

If a newsroom map paints Topeka together with Lawrence as northeast Kansas money, the FEC file still splits them. This extract’s only city total is $23,094,820 on 75,100 Topeka, KS rows, mean near $308.

Why Topeka on the receipt is not a census of Topeka

Searchers often want “how much did people in Topeka give.” The honest citation is narrower: itemized federal receipts with contributor city Topeka, KS total $23,094,820 across 75,100 contributions. Dropping “itemized” and “contributor city” inflates the claim.

Party is not in this packet. Do not attach a partisan reading to $23,094,820. Occupation and employer may appear on named receipts on the city hub; they are not rolled up here. State-capital geography orients readers; this packet has no employer or office split.

Questions

How much is itemized from contributor city Topeka, KS?

FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor city Topeka, KS total $23,094,820 across 75,100 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 Topeka. Unitemized gifts sit outside it.

Does capitalization matter for Topeka on FEC reports?

This extract is the mixed-case string Topeka with state KS: 75,100 lines and $23,094,820. An all-caps TOPEKA row, if FEC stored it, would be a different city key. Repeat gifts, redesignations, and memo entries can add rows without adding new donors. This packet does not publish a unique-donor figure, so 75,100 should not be quoted as a population.

Does the Topeka total include only residents?

No. The city is the contributor-city value on the FEC itemization. Filers typed Topeka with state KS. Office addresses and mail that list Topeka can be part of $23,094,820 when that is the city string on the receipt. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a residential-only book. The 75,100-line count follows the same rule.

Are Topeka numbers from FEC.gov?

The numbers come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $23,094,820 and 75,100 lines for Topeka, KS. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Unitemized federal gifts and non-federal filings from KS are outside both figures. If a later extract disagrees with this snapshot, the Commission’s filing controls. The mean of about $308 is arithmetic from those two packet facts.