WESTPORT, CT: $38.3M on 76,557 FEC receipts

Westport’s thicker Fairfield book

Seventy-six thousand five hundred fifty-seven lines produce $38,298,451. Divide the pair and the mean itemized line is about $500. Darien is $39,856,288 across 63,222 lines. New Canaan is $39,802,627 across 61,577 lines. Westport has more receipts and a lower mean. Those are three separate city keys. Do not add them.

Fairfield and Norwalk are other Connecticut labels. Fairfield County is orientation, not an FEC roll-up. $38,298,451 is the WESTPORT match only.

Not a shoreline merge

Recoding Westport into a Connecticut shoreline total would mix keys. This packet publishes WESTPORT, CT only: $38,298,451 and 76,557 lines.

Household streets and office addresses can share the city field. Totals can include a PAC or joint-fundraising address when that is what filers typed. The 76,557 lines are receipts, not unique persons. Recheck both facts on the live hub after a later extract.

City field versus ZIP pages

Filers type a city. The Commission stores that string. ZIP pages cut the same federal series by postal code. Summing Westport ZIPs will not automatically equal $38,298,451 if some receipts used another town label.

The 76,557-line count follows the city field, not the postal map and not an employer field.

What this table omits

Connecticut state campaigns file under state law. Those receipts sit outside $38,298,451 and outside 76,557. Unitemized federal gifts are omitted. Independent expenditures that never appear as contribution itemizations are outside both facts.

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

Citing WESTPORT, CT

Name FEC.gov, name contributor city, and print $38,298,451 with 76,557 together. Dropping the line count hides a mean near $500 and a thicker book than Darien or New Canaan.

If the live hub disagrees with this snapshot, trust the hub. Open original reports on FEC.gov when a named Westport receipt matters.

How to use the Westport hub

Start on the live Westport city page. $38,298,451 is the city-string dollar total in this snapshot. 76,557 is the matching line count. Those two numbers move together when FEC.gov amends a receipt. They do not move because a researcher prefers Darien, New Canaan, Fairfield, or Norwalk as the “real” shoreline town. Filers typed WESTPORT. LobbyVault indexed WESTPORT. Fairfield County is useful for maps. It is not an FEC dimension on this hub. A mean near $500 is only $38,298,451 divided by 76,557. It is not a typical Westport household gift. Occupation, recipient, and party live on other FEC fields. None of those fields are in this packet. Do not infer turnout. Darien is $39,856,288 across 63,222 lines. New Canaan is $39,802,627 across 61,577 lines. Westport has more receipts than either. Those are three separate hubs.

Cite the pair in one sentence: contributor city WESTPORT, CT, $38,298,451, 76,557 itemized federal contributions, source FEC.gov via LobbyVault. If a later extract on the live hub prints a different pair, discard this snapshot. Original filings remain on FEC.gov for any named Westport 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. 76,557 is not a unique-donor census. Quote $38,298,451 with 76,557. The live Westport hub is the authority if this snapshot and the hub diverge. ZIP pages split a different field. Do not add Darien or New Canaan dollars to this pair. Keep CT on the key.

Westport’s pair on this extract is $38,298,451 and 76,557 lines, mean near $500. Print both. Darien is $39,856,288 across 63,222 lines. New Canaan is $39,802,627 across 61,577 lines. Westport has more receipts than either. Fairfield and Norwalk remain other Connecticut strings. Fairfield County is orientation. Connecticut state campaigns and unitemized federal gifts sit outside both facts. Repeat givers can inflate 76,557 without adding unique persons. The live Westport FEC page is the authority if this snapshot and the hub diverge. Open FEC.gov for a named receipt. Quote contributor city WESTPORT, CT with both packet numbers. Do not add Darien or New Canaan dollars to Westport’s $38,298,451.

Questions

What does LobbyVault show for Westport federal contributions?

FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor city WESTPORT, CT total $38,298,451 across 76,557 contributions. That pair is a city-string roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of Westport residents. Unitemized gifts sit outside it.

Is 76,557 the number of Westport donors?

No. LobbyVault counts 76,557 itemized contribution lines for WESTPORT, CT. Repeat gifts and memo entries can add rows without adding people. This packet publishes no unique-donor figure. The matching dollar total is $38,298,451.

Does Westport’s total include Darien or New Canaan?

No, unless the filer typed WESTPORT. Darien and New Canaan are separate Connecticut city hubs. $38,298,451 is the WESTPORT, CT match. The 76,557 lines follow the same rule. County labels are not an FEC dimension on this hub.

How current is Westport’s $38,298,451 figure?

The numbers come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $38,298,451 and 76,557 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.