SARATOGA, CA: $30.4M on 70,916 FEC receipts

West Valley city string

Seventy thousand nine hundred sixteen lines produce $30,375,991. Divide the pair and the mean itemized line is about $428. That mean is arithmetic from the two packet facts. FEC.gov does not publish a median on this city aggregate.

Los Gatos, Cupertino, and San Jose keep separate California hubs. They are not inside $30,375,991 unless the filer typed SARATOGA. Santa Clara County is orientation, not an FEC roll-up.

California, not New York

Saratoga Springs, NY is a different city key. This packet publishes SARATOGA, CA only: $30,375,991 and 70,916 lines. Folding the two names would be a recode.

Recheck both facts on the live hub if a later extract lands. Cite CA with the city name every time.

City field versus postal map

FEC.gov stores whatever city appeared on the itemized receipt. SARATOGA plus CA is the match. Recoding into a Census place or a Silicon Valley label is a different dataset.

ZIP pages cut the same federal series by postal code. Summing West Valley ZIPs can diverge from $30,375,991 when some receipts used Los Gatos or Cupertino as the city. The 70,916-line count follows the city field.

Limits of the Saratoga aggregate

California state campaigns file under state law. Those receipts are outside $30,375,991 and outside 70,916. Unitemized federal gifts are omitted. Independent expenditures that never appear as contribution itemizations are outside both facts.

Nothing here estimates how Saratoga voted. Occupation and recipient live on other FEC fields. Use the city table, then ZIP pages, then the cities index.

Citing SARATOGA, CA

Name FEC.gov, name contributor city with CA, and print $30,375,991 with 70,916 together. Dropping the state invites confusion with Saratoga Springs.

Office addresses can share the Saratoga city field with household streets. Totals can include a PAC or joint-fundraising address when that is what filers typed. The 70,916 lines are receipts, not unique persons. If the live hub disagrees with this snapshot, trust the hub. Open original reports on FEC.gov when a named Saratoga receipt matters.

How researchers should use the Saratoga hub

Start on the live Saratoga city page, then open ZIP pages if a postal cut is the real question. $30,375,991 is the city-string dollar total in this snapshot. 70,916 is the matching line count. Those two numbers move together when FEC.gov amends a receipt. They do not move because a researcher prefers Los Gatos as the “real” West Valley. Filers typed SARATOGA with CA. LobbyVault indexed that pair.

A mean near $428 is only $30,375,991 divided by 70,916. Occupation, recipient, and party are different FEC fields. None of those fields are in this packet. Cite the pair: contributor city SARATOGA, CA, $30,375,991, 70,916 itemized federal contributions, source FEC.gov via LobbyVault. California non-federal filings never enter either fact.

Los Gatos, Monte Sereno, and Cupertino share the West Valley without sharing this city key. $30,375,991 is SARATOGA plus CA. 70,916 is the matching line count. Saratoga Springs, New York is a different name and state. Print CA every time.

The mean near $428 is division, not a typical West Valley gift. Silicon Valley is not an FEC field. California non-federal filings stay outside. Cite SARATOGA, CA with both packet facts. Recheck the live hub. Original reports remain on FEC.gov.

Print CA in every Saratoga citation. $30,375,991 and 70,916 are the California key. Saratoga Springs, NY is out. Los Gatos is out unless a filer typed SARATOGA. The mean near $428 is division. Santa Clara County is orientation. California state filings stay outside. Cite both packet facts. Recheck the live hub. Unitemized federal gifts never enter either fact.

Keep SARATOGA, CA, $30,375,991, and 70,916 in one citation. Print CA so Saratoga Springs cannot be confused with this hub. The mean near $428 is those two numbers divided. Los Gatos remains a separate string. Cupertino remains a separate string. California non-federal filings remain outside. Unitemized federal gifts remain outside. Independent expenditures that are not contribution itemizations remain outside. Start on the live city page. Open ZIP pages for a postal cut. Open FEC.gov for a named Saratoga receipt.

Santa Clara County is orientation only. $30,375,991 and 70,916 stay on SARATOGA, CA as typed.

Questions

What is Saratoga, CA’s federal contribution total on LobbyVault?

Itemized FEC.gov receipts listing contributor city SARATOGA, CA total $30,375,991 across 70,916 contributions. That pair is a city-string roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of Saratoga residents. Unitemized gifts sit outside both figures.

Is this Saratoga Springs, New York?

No. The packet key is SARATOGA, CA. State CA is required in the citation. $30,375,991 and 70,916 lines are the California match only. A New York Saratoga Springs string is a different city key when filers typed it that way.

Does Saratoga’s total include Los Gatos or Cupertino?

Only if the filer typed SARATOGA. Los Gatos, Cupertino, and San Jose are separate city strings when they appear that way on the receipt. $30,375,991 is the SARATOGA, CA match. The 70,916 lines follow the same rule. Santa Clara County is not an FEC dimension on this hub.

Where do the Saratoga facts come from?

Both facts come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $30,375,991 and 70,916 lines. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. California non-federal filings are outside the pair. If a later extract disagrees, the Commission’s filing controls. The mean of about $428 is arithmetic from those two packet numbers.