TUCSON, AZ: $124.4M on 543,209 FEC receipts

What $124,398,086 on the Tucson city field covers

$124,398,086 divided by 543,209 is about $229 per itemized line. That mean is arithmetic from the two packet facts. FEC.gov does not publish a median, a unique-donor count, or a party split on this city aggregate. LobbyVault reports $124,398,086 and 543,209.

Southern Arizona’s Tucson string is a high-line-count book in this extract. Desert 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.

If a newsroom map paints Tucson together with Oro Valley and Marana, the FEC file still splits them. Green Valley too. This extract’s only city total is $124,398,086 on 543,209 TUCSON, AZ rows, mean near $229.

Tucson is a contributor city, not a residency audit

The city is the contributor-city value on FEC itemizations. Filers type it. LobbyVault does not geocode Tucson against a municipal boundary file. A work address, a mail drop, or a household in a neighboring place that still typed TUCSON can sit inside $124,398,086.

Amended reports can raise or lower both $124,398,086 and 543,209. If the live Tucson hub reprints different figures, the newer FEC extract wins.

Tucson’s high line count

Tucson is a volume book on this extract: 543,209 lines produce $124,398,086, a mean near $229. Many itemized rows, smaller average line. Volume is not the same as unique people.

Do not convert that shape into a story about Tucson culture. FEC.gov did not interview anyone. It stored city, dollars, and a line count.

Postal confusion with Oro Valley, Marana, or Green Valley is why the city field is a poor residency proxy. $124,398,086 counts rows that stored TUCSON, AZ in state AZ. 543,209 lines. About $229 each. Neighbor names need their own hubs.

What $124,398,086 from Tucson omits

Unitemized federal contributions do not appear in $124,398,086. Many small gifts never become Schedule A city rows. Citing $124,398,086 as “all federal money from Tucson” overstates the series.

LobbyVault does not impute missing city strings. Blank or nonstandard city values are not silently folded into Tucson.

ZIP codes under the Tucson city string

The ZIP directory cuts the same FEC itemized series by five-digit contributor ZIP. A Tucson city total of $124,398,086 is not automatically the sum of ZIPs that the postal service assigns to Tucson. Filers can type this city with a ZIP the postal service maps elsewhere, and the reverse.

Do not treat a high mean as proof that Tucson ZIPs are “wealthy donor ZIPs.” This packet has no ZIP list and no income field.

Tucson will keep attracting “how much did Tucson give” queries because searchers use city as a proxy for residents. FEC.gov does not use city that way. It stores a contributor-city field. $124,398,086 across 543,209 lines is what that field sums to in this aggregate. A mean near $229 follows from division. Unique donors are not in the packet. Party is not in the packet. Use the all-cities directory only to compare other strings on the same series. Use ZIP pages for a different field. If the live hub reprints a different $124,398,086 or 543,209, the newer FEC extract wins and this snapshot is stale.

How to cite Tucson without inflating the city

The accurate sentence is: itemized federal receipts with contributor city TUCSON, AZ total $124,398,086 across 543,209 contributions, according to FEC.gov aggregates indexed on LobbyVault. Shorthand such as “Tucson donated $124,398,086” drops the itemized-only limit and the contributor-city definition.

No motive is attached to the Tucson city field. FEC.gov stored a string. LobbyVault summed it. That is the whole method on this page.

Tucson’s 543,209 itemized lines are the volume signature of this city key: many receipts, a mean near $229. That is a long line list with a lower average than concentration city books. Volume is not unique people. Pima County geography orients a map. Oro Valley, Marana, and Green Valley are separate strings if typed that way. Arizona state campaigns sit outside $124,398,086. Do not treat the low mean as a finding about Tucson incomes; this packet has no income field. It means the average itemized row is smaller than on a concentration city book. Scottsdale is a different Arizona key. Keep the two books apart. Cite $124,398,086 and 543,209 from FEC.gov aggregates indexed on LobbyVault.

Questions

How much is itemized from contributor city Tucson?

FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor city TUCSON, AZ total $124,398,086 across 543,209 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 Tucson. Unitemized gifts sit outside it.

What does the Tucson contribution count mean?

LobbyVault counts 543,209 itemized contributions for TUCSON, AZ. 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 543,209 should not be quoted as a population. The matching dollar total on the same extract is $124,398,086.

Can committee addresses appear in the Tucson city total?

No. The city is the contributor-city value on the FEC itemization. Filers typed TUCSON with state AZ. Office addresses and mail that list Tucson can be part of $124,398,086 when that is the city string on the receipt. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a residential-only book. The 543,209-line count follows the same rule.

Are Tucson numbers from FEC.gov?

The numbers come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $124,398,086 and 543,209 lines for TUCSON, AZ. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Unitemized federal gifts and non-federal filings from AZ are outside both figures. If a later extract disagrees with this snapshot, the Commission’s filing controls. The mean of about $229 is arithmetic from those two packet facts.