BETHLEHEM, PA

Bethlehem between thin and thick books

Forty-seven thousand eight hundred twenty-eight lines produce $38,223,040. Divide the pair and the mean itemized line is about $799. Murrysville, Pennsylvania, on a nearby dollar total, carries 10,835 lines. Bethlehem is the thicker of those two Pennsylvania files. Allentown and Easton are other Lehigh Valley city strings. They are not inside $38,223,040 unless the filer typed BETHLEHEM.

Northampton County and Lehigh County are orientation, not an FEC roll-up. $38,223,040 is the BETHLEHEM match only.

Not a Valley-wide recode

Adding Allentown or Easton to Bethlehem would mix keys. This packet publishes BETHLEHEM, PA only: $38,223,040 and 47,828 lines.

Office addresses can share the city field with household streets. A PAC or joint-fundraising address counts when that is what the filer typed. The 47,828 lines are receipts, not unique persons. Recheck both facts on the live hub after a later extract.

Questions

What is Bethlehem’s federal contribution total on LobbyVault?

Itemized FEC.gov receipts listing contributor city BETHLEHEM, PA total $38,223,040 across 47,828 contributions. That pair is a city-string roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of Bethlehem residents. Unitemized gifts sit outside both figures.

How should I read Bethlehem’s 47,828 contributions?

LobbyVault counts 47,828 itemized lines for BETHLEHEM, PA. That is a line count, not a headcount of unique people. Repeat gifts and memo entries can add rows without adding donors. This packet publishes no unique-donor figure. The matching dollar total is $38,223,040.

Does Bethlehem’s total include Allentown or Easton?

Only if the filer typed BETHLEHEM. Allentown and Easton are separate city strings when they appear that way on the receipt. $38,223,040 is the BETHLEHEM, PA match. The 47,828 lines follow the same rule. Valley and county labels are not an FEC dimension on this hub.

Where do the Bethlehem facts come from?

Both facts come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $38,223,040 and 47,828 lines. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Pennsylvania non-federal filings are outside the pair. If a later extract disagrees, the Commission’s filing controls.