LITTLETON, CO: $41.4M on 111,668 FEC receipts

What $41,428,114 on the Littleton city field covers

$41,428,114 divided by 111,668 is about $371 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 $41,428,114 and 111,668.

Arapahoe County’s Littleton sits on this string as a south-Denver filing city, not as a score of suburb races. 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.

A Littleton total of $41,428,114 does not absorb Denver, Highlands Ranch, or Englewood. Those names are other city strings when filers typed them. State CO stays on the citation so LITTLETON, CO is not merged with Littleton, Massachusetts. The 111,668 lines and the mean near $371 describe this key only.

Littleton is a contributor city, not a Denver recode

The city is the contributor-city value on FEC itemizations. Filers type it. LobbyVault does not geocode Littleton against a municipal boundary file. A work address, a mail drop, or a household in a neighboring place that still typed LITTLETON can sit inside $41,428,114.

Amended reports can raise or lower both $41,428,114 and 111,668. If the live Littleton hub reprints different figures, the newer FEC extract wins.

Not a Denver metro sum

Denver, Boulder, and Colorado Springs keep separate Colorado hubs. Adding them to Littleton would be a recode. This packet publishes LITTLETON, CO only: $41,428,114 and 111,668 lines.

Centennial and Greenwood Village follow the same rule. Quote the two packet facts for this key only.

What $41,428,114 from Littleton omits

Unitemized federal contributions do not appear in $41,428,114. Many small gifts never become Schedule A city rows. Citing $41,428,114 as “all federal money from Littleton” overstates the series.

Colorado state campaigns file under state law. Those receipts are outside $41,428,114 and outside 111,668. Independent expenditures that never appear as contribution itemizations are outside both facts.

ZIP codes under the Littleton city string

The ZIP directory cuts the same FEC itemized series by five-digit contributor ZIP. A Littleton city total of $41,428,114 is not automatically the sum of ZIPs that the postal service assigns to Littleton. Filers can type this city with a ZIP the postal service maps to Highlands Ranch or Englewood, and the reverse.

Do not treat a mean near $371 as proof that Littleton ZIPs are “mid-dollar donor ZIPs.” This packet has no ZIP list and no income field. Littleton will keep attracting queries that treat the city as a proxy for south-metro residents. FEC.gov stores a contributor-city field. $41,428,114 across 111,668 lines is what that field sums to in this aggregate. If the live hub reprints a different pair, the newer FEC extract wins. Open original reports on FEC.gov when a named Littleton receipt matters.

How researchers should use the Littleton hub

Start on the live Littleton city page, then open ZIP pages if a postal cut is the real question. $41,428,114 is the city-string dollar total in this snapshot. 111,668 is the matching line count. Those two numbers move together when FEC.gov amends a receipt. They do not move because a researcher prefers Denver or Highlands Ranch as the “real” south metro. Filers typed LITTLETON. LobbyVault indexed LITTLETON. Arapahoe County, the South Platte, and “the Denver south suburbs” are useful for maps and news copy. They are not FEC dimensions on this hub.

A mean near $371 is only $41,428,114 divided by 111,668. It is not a typical Littleton household gift, not a typical downtown-Littleton gift, and not a typical C-470 corridor gift. Occupation is a different FEC field. Recipient is a different FEC field. Party is a different FEC field. None of those fields are in this packet. Do not infer them from the mean. Do not infer turnout. Do not infer that Littleton is more or less “politically active” than Denver because the line counts differ. Denver is a different city string with its own hub.

Cite the pair in one sentence: contributor city LITTLETON, CO, $41,428,114, 111,668 itemized federal contributions, source FEC.gov via LobbyVault. Keep CO on the citation so the key is not merged with Littleton, Massachusetts. If a later extract on the live hub prints a different pair, discard this snapshot. Original PDFs and electronic filings remain on FEC.gov for any named Littleton receipt that needs a line-by-line check. Colorado non-federal filings never enter either fact. Unitemized federal gifts never enter either fact. Independent expenditures that are not contribution itemizations never enter either fact. That is the full scope of this city page.

Questions

What is Littleton’s federal contribution total on LobbyVault?

Itemized FEC.gov receipts listing contributor city LITTLETON, CO total $41,428,114 across 111,668 contributions. That pair is a city-string roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of Littleton residents. Unitemized gifts sit outside both figures.

How should I read Littleton’s 111,668 contributions?

LobbyVault counts 111,668 itemized lines for LITTLETON, CO. 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 $41,428,114.

Does Littleton’s total include Denver or Highlands Ranch?

Only if the filer typed LITTLETON. Denver, Highlands Ranch, and Englewood are separate city strings when they appear that way on the receipt. $41,428,114 is the LITTLETON, CO match. The 111,668 lines follow the same rule. Metro labels are not an FEC dimension on this hub.

Where do the Littleton facts come from?

Both facts come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $41,428,114 and 111,668 lines. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Colorado non-federal filings are outside the pair. If a later extract disagrees, the Commission’s filing controls. The mean of about $371 is arithmetic from those two packet numbers.