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RALEIGH, NC

FEC.gov itemizations listing contributor city RALEIGH, NC sum to $90,097,051 across 240,299 contributions. Raleigh’s capital-city string is the contributor field, not a Wake County blend with neighboring towns. 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

  • Contributor city RALEIGH, NC sums to $90,097,051 on 240,299 itemized federal receipts.
  • About $375 per line is $90,097,051 divided by 240,299.
  • Raleigh is a city string, not a residency audit.
  • Unitemized gifts and state-office campaigns are outside this total.
  • Source: FEC.gov aggregates indexed on LobbyVault.

How FEC.gov stored RALEIGH as a city

Raleigh’s city-field extract shows $90,097,051 across 240,299 contributions. Treat $375 as a derived average. It is not an FEC-published statistic with its own schedule.

Cite $90,097,051 only as itemized federal receipts tagged RALEIGH, NC. North Carolina’s capital string is not Durham or Chapel Hill. Wake County geography is orientation only. 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.

Annexation stories about Durham, Cary, or Chapel Hill do not rewrite $90,097,051. FEC city strings do not auto-follow city-limit changes. 240,299 contributions tagged RALEIGH, NC stay on this page until a filer types a different city. About $375 per line is still division.

Neighboring labels that are not Raleigh

Neighboring municipalities are not included unless filers typed RALEIGH, NC. Suburb names, county names, and metro nicknames are different keys when they appear as the city field.

Cite the city field, the dollar total, and the line count together. Two of the three is an incomplete citation of RALEIGH, NC.

Full analysis: RALEIGH, NC: $90.1M on 240,299 FEC receipts

Questions

What is the FEC donation total for RALEIGH, NC?
FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor city RALEIGH, NC total $90,097,051 across 240,299 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 Raleigh. Unitemized gifts sit outside it.
Is 240,299 a count of Raleigh donors?
LobbyVault counts 240,299 itemized contributions for RALEIGH, NC. That is a line count, not a headcount of unique people. Repeat gifts, redesignations, and memo entries can add rows without adding new donors. This packet does not publish a unique-donor figure, so 240,299 should not be quoted as a population. The matching dollar total on the same extract is $90,097,051.
Is RALEIGH, NC a residency total?
No. The city is the contributor-city value on the FEC itemization. Filers typed RALEIGH with state NC. Office addresses and mail that list Raleigh can be part of $90,097,051 when that is the city string on the receipt. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a residential-only book. The 240,299-line count follows the same rule.
What is the source for RALEIGH, NC campaign money figures?
The numbers come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $90,097,051 and 240,299 lines for RALEIGH, NC. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Unitemized federal gifts and non-federal filings from NC are outside both figures. If a later extract disagrees with this snapshot, the Commission’s filing controls. The mean of about $375 is arithmetic from those two packet facts.

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

$90,097,051

Contributions

240,299

Top Industry

BUILDING SUPPLY STORE

Top Industries

BUILDING SUPPLY STORE
$8K
REQUESTED
$4K
DAVIDSON & JONES INC
$3K
RETIRED
$3K
A E FINLEY & ASSOC INC
$3K
ATTORNEY
$2K
CAROLINA BUILDERS CORP
$2K
WINN-DIXIE RALEIGH INC
$2K
THE ANGUS BARN
$2K
HOMEMAKER
$2K

Donation Trend by Cycle

1980
$59K
1982
$29K
1984
$80K
1986
$61K
1988
$42K
1990
$44K
1992
$52K
1994
$37K
1996
$60K
1998
$93K
2000
$198K
2002
$70K
2004
$172K
2006
$78K
2008
$128K
2010
$46K
2012
$114K
2014
$61K

Top Donors

Top individual donors in RALEIGH, NC, ranked by total donated.
#NameTotalContributionsEmployerCycles
1BENSON, C L MR$8,0008BUILDING SUPPLY STORE1980
2FINLEY, A E MR$3,8507REQUESTED1980
3FINLEY, A E$2,2006A E FINLEY & ASSOC INC1980
4EURE, THAD JR$2,0002THE ANGUS BARN1980
5JONES, RODDY$1,5002DAVIDSON & JONES1980
6HOLDING, LEWIS R$1,5002FIRST-CITIZENS BANK & TRUST CO1980
7JONES, SEBY B$1,2502DAVIDSON & JONES INC1980
8BENSON, C L$1,2002CAROLINA BUILDERS CORP1980
9JONES, ROBERT L$1,0504DAVIDSON & JONES INC1980
10JONES, SEBY MR$1,0001DAVIDSON AND JONES INC1980
11LEITH, MICHAEL J$1,0001LEITH LINCOLN-MERCURY1980
12HINTON, CHARLES L MR$1,00011980
13HINTON, BETSY W MS$1,00011980
14HATCH, MABEL P MRS$1,0002RETIRED1980
15HARRIS, CHARLES C$1,0001RETIRED1980
16HAMLETT, MICHAEL L$1,00011980
17GUDEL, C L$1,0001WINN-DIXIE RALEIGH INC1980
18BEDO, ALFRED$1,00011980
19BEDO, HELEN MRS$1,0001HOUSE WIFE1980
20BENSON, CLIFTON L$1,0001CAROLINA BUILDERS CORP1980
21BENSON, NELL G MRS$1,00011980
22BENSON, NELL MRS$1,0001HOMEMAKER1980
23GREENLEE, JANE G$1,0001PAROLES COMMISSIONER1980
24COTTLE, ORAN J$1,00011980
25MAZO, DAVID R MR$1,0001DAVID M GRIFFITH & ASSOC INC1980
26GADDY, CHARLES W$9503THE GADDY COMPANIES1980
27MANN, MICHAEL B$9001ROBT MORGAN SENATORIAL COMM1980
28KIRBY, ROBERT L$7502N C N B1980
29FALK, DAVID C$7501REAL ESTATE1980
30JONES, ROBERT L MR$7002DAVIDSON & JONES INC1980
31DEMAI, NICK$7002LOBBYIST/BUILDERS PAC1980
32ALLEN, B C JR$7002PERSONAL INVESTOR1980
33GRANBERRY, WILLIAM A$6502AMIC CORP1980
34BONDEP, MURRAY$6501BONDERS INC1980
35ADAMS, J D$6001ADAMS CONCRETE PRODS1980
36GOLD, ARTHUR H DR$5901RETIRED1980
37BODENHEIMER, F P JR MR$5001STOCKTON-WHITE MORTGAGE & LOAN CO1980
38HALL, DAVID E$5001TECHNICIAN1980
39GOODMON, JAMES F$5001WRL TV1980
40BARROW, H SPENCER$5001ATTORNEY1980
41HARMON, A J$5001HARMON DATSUN, INC1980
42GADDY, CHARLES W MR$50011980
43FLATTERY, BRIAN MATHEWS MR$5001ENERGY CONSULTANT1980
44JOHNSON, EARL JR$5001CAROLINA CRANE1980
45HORTON, LARNIE G$50011980
46MILLER, DEBORAH N$50011980
47MITCHELL, D L$5001WINN-DIXIE RALEIGH INC1980
48JONES, SEBY B MR$5001DAVIDSON AND JONES INC1980
49ADAMS, BRENTON$5001ATTORNEY1980
50MAYNARD, JAMES H$5001GOLDEN CORRAL1980

Top Recipients

Top political committees that received donations from RALEIGH, NC.
#CommitteeTotal Received
1ACTBLUEC00401224$238,779
2NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION PAC (RESTAURANT PAC)C00003764$146,000
3DNC SERVICES CORP / DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEEC00010603$67,379
4OBAMA VICTORY FUND 2012C00494740$61,600
5HARRIS VICTORY FUNDC00744946$61,108
6REPUBLICAN PARTY OF FLORIDAC00099259$50,750
7HILLARY VICTORY FUNDC00586537$50,000
8NORTH CAROLINA DEMOCRATIC PARTY - FEDERALC00165688$43,200
9RNC REPUBLICAN NATIONAL STATE ELECTIONS COMMITTEEC60000015$40,000
10DSCCC00042366$39,700
11NATIONAL CONSERVATIVE CLUB (FKA) NATIONAL CONGRESSIONAL CLUBC00119370$36,900
12DNC-NON-FEDERAL INDIVIDUALC60000254$35,000
13PRICE FOR CONGRESSC00195628$34,200
14BOB ETHERIDGE FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEEC00311555$32,450
15GRASSROOTS VICTORY PROJECT 2014C00567529$32,400