CENTERBOOK, CT: $50.0M on 2 FEC receipts

Two lines produce $50,015,477

$50,015,477 divided by 2 is about $25,007,739 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 $50,015,477 and 2.

CENTERBOOK is the city string as stored on the receipts. The packet does not recode it to Centerbrook, Essex, or Old Saybrook. A two-line book that still reaches $50,015,477 is a shape fact: one or two large itemizations dominate the dollar total. 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 CENTERBOOK total of $50,015,477 does not absorb Essex, Old Saybrook, or Ivoryton. Those names are other city strings when filers typed them. State CT stays on the citation. The 2 lines and the mean near $25,007,739 describe this key only.

CENTERBOOK is a typed city, not a map correction

The city is the contributor-city value on FEC itemizations. Filers type it. LobbyVault does not geocode CENTERBOOK against a municipal boundary file or correct a likely misspelling. A committee street that typed CENTERBOOK sits inside $50,015,477 even if postal maps use Centerbrook.

Amended reports can raise or lower both $50,015,477 and 2. If the live CENTERBOOK hub reprints different figures, the newer FEC extract wins.

Do not read two lines as a Connecticut town story

Stamford carries 149,593 lines on another Connecticut hub. CENTERBOOK’s 2 lines on $50,015,477 are a different shape. That contrast does not rank political intensity. It records how filers filled the city field on two itemized receipts.

Do not convert a mean near $25,007,739 into a story about a village. FEC.gov did not interview anyone. It stored city, dollars, and a line count.

What $50,015,477 from CENTERBOOK omits

Unitemized federal contributions do not appear in $50,015,477. Many small gifts never become Schedule A city rows. Citing $50,015,477 as “all federal money from Centerbrook” overstates the series and recodes the city string.

Connecticut state campaigns file under state law. Those receipts are outside $50,015,477 and outside 2. Independent expenditures that never appear as contribution itemizations are outside both facts. LobbyVault does not impute missing city strings.

How to cite CENTERBOOK, CT

Name FEC.gov, name contributor city CENTERBOOK, CT, and print $50,015,477 with 2 together. Dropping the line count hides that two receipts carry the entire dollar total. Do not silently rewrite the city as Centerbrook in the citation if the hub key is CENTERBOOK.

This string will keep attracting queries because fifty million dollars on two lines looks like a town. FEC.gov stores a contributor-city field. $50,015,477 across 2 lines is what that field sums to in this aggregate. A mean near $25,007,739 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 $50,015,477 or 2, the newer FEC extract wins and this snapshot is stale. Open original reports on FEC.gov when either CENTERBOOK receipt matters.

How researchers should use the CENTERBOOK hub

Start on the live CENTERBOOK city page, then open ZIP pages if a postal cut is the real question. $50,015,477 is the city-string dollar total in this snapshot. 2 is the matching line count. Those two numbers move together when FEC.gov amends a receipt. They do not move because a researcher prefers Centerbrook or Essex as the “correct” spelling. Filers typed CENTERBOOK. LobbyVault indexed CENTERBOOK. The Connecticut River towns, Middlesex County, and “the Shoreline” are useful for maps and news copy. They are not FEC dimensions on this hub.

A mean near $25,007,739 is only $50,015,477 divided by 2. It is not a typical village household gift. On a file of two lines, one or two large itemizations are the entire dollar total. 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 CENTERBOOK is more or less “politically active” than Stamford because the line counts differ. Stamford is a different city string with its own hub.

Cite the pair in one sentence: contributor city CENTERBOOK, CT, $50,015,477, 2 itemized federal contributions, source FEC.gov via LobbyVault. Do not silently rewrite the city as Centerbrook if the hub key is CENTERBOOK. 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 either CENTERBOOK receipt that needs a line-by-line check. Connecticut 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 CENTERBOOK’s federal contribution total on LobbyVault?

Itemized FEC.gov receipts listing contributor city CENTERBOOK, CT total $50,015,477 across 2 contributions. That pair is a city-string roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of a Connecticut village. Unitemized gifts sit outside both figures.

Why are there only 2 contributions for CENTERBOOK?

LobbyVault counts 2 itemized lines for CENTERBOOK, CT against $50,015,477. That is a line count as stored, not a headcount of unique people. A two-line file can still reach a large dollar total when the itemizations are large. This packet publishes no unique-donor figure. The matching dollar total is $50,015,477.

Is CENTERBOOK the same as Centerbrook?

This hub is the city string CENTERBOOK, CT as typed on the receipts. LobbyVault does not recode it to Centerbrook, Essex, or Old Saybrook. $50,015,477 is the CENTERBOOK, CT match. The 2 lines follow the same rule. Spelling corrections are not an FEC dimension on this hub.

Where do the CENTERBOOK facts come from?

Both facts come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $50,015,477 and 2 lines. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Connecticut non-federal filings are outside the pair. If a later extract disagrees, the Commission’s filing controls. The mean of about $25,007,739 is arithmetic from those two packet numbers.