HIGHLAND PARK, IL: $48.1M on 109,363 FEC receipts

What $48,130,538 on the Highland Park city field covers

$48,130,538 divided by 109,363 is about $440 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 $48,130,538 and 109,363.

Lake County’s Highland Park sits on this string as a North Shore filing city, not as a score of suburban 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 Highland Park total of $48,130,538 does not absorb Lake Forest, Deerfield, or Glencoe. Those names are other city strings when filers typed them. State IL stays on the citation so HIGHLAND PARK, IL is not merged with Highland Park, Michigan or Highland Park, New Jersey. The 109,363 lines and the mean near $440 describe this key only.

Highland Park is a contributor city, not a Chicago recode

The city is the contributor-city value on FEC itemizations. Filers type it. LobbyVault does not geocode Highland Park against a municipal boundary file. A work address, a mail drop, or a household in a neighboring place that still typed HIGHLAND PARK can sit inside $48,130,538.

Amended reports can raise or lower both $48,130,538 and 109,363. If the live Highland Park hub reprints different figures, the newer FEC extract wins.

North Shore strings stay separate

Chicago, Lake Forest, and Evanston keep separate Illinois hubs. Adding them to Highland Park would be a recode. This packet publishes HIGHLAND PARK, IL only: $48,130,538 and 109,363 lines.

Winnetka and Northbrook follow the same rule. Quote the two packet facts for this key only.

What $48,130,538 from Highland Park omits

Unitemized federal contributions do not appear in $48,130,538. Many small gifts never become Schedule A city rows. Citing $48,130,538 as “all federal money from Highland Park” overstates the series.

Illinois state campaigns file under state law. Those receipts are outside $48,130,538 and outside 109,363. Independent expenditures that never appear as contribution itemizations are outside both facts.

How to cite Highland Park without inflating the city

Name FEC.gov, name contributor city HIGHLAND PARK, IL, and print $48,130,538 with 109,363 together. Dropping the state abbreviation invites a merge with another Highland Park.

Highland Park will keep attracting queries that treat the city as a proxy for North Shore residents. FEC.gov stores a contributor-city field. $48,130,538 across 109,363 lines is what that field sums to in this aggregate. A mean near $440 follows from division. Unique donors are not in the packet. Party is not in the packet. Use ZIP pages for a different field. If the live hub reprints a different $48,130,538 or 109,363, the newer FEC extract wins and this snapshot is stale. Open original reports on FEC.gov when a named Highland Park receipt matters.

How researchers should use the Highland Park hub

Start on the live Highland Park city page, then open ZIP pages if a postal cut is the real question. $48,130,538 is the city-string dollar total in this snapshot. 109,363 is the matching line count. Those two numbers move together when FEC.gov amends a receipt. They do not move because a researcher prefers Lake Forest or Glencoe as the “real” North Shore. Filers typed HIGHLAND PARK. LobbyVault indexed HIGHLAND PARK. Lake County, the Metra line, and “the North Shore” are useful for maps and news copy. They are not FEC dimensions on this hub.

A mean near $440 is only $48,130,538 divided by 109,363. It is not a typical Highland Park household gift, not a typical professional gift, and not a typical lakefront 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 Highland Park is more or less “politically active” than Chicago because the line counts differ. Chicago is a different city string with its own hub.

Cite the pair in one sentence: contributor city HIGHLAND PARK, IL, $48,130,538, 109,363 itemized federal contributions, source FEC.gov via LobbyVault. Keep IL on the citation so the key is not merged with Highland Park, Michigan. 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 Highland Park receipt that needs a line-by-line check. Illinois 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 Highland Park’s federal contribution total on LobbyVault?

Itemized FEC.gov receipts listing contributor city HIGHLAND PARK, IL total $48,130,538 across 109,363 contributions. That pair is a city-string roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of Highland Park residents. Unitemized gifts sit outside both figures.

How should I read Highland Park’s 109,363 contributions?

LobbyVault counts 109,363 itemized lines for HIGHLAND PARK, IL. 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 $48,130,538.

Does Highland Park’s total include Chicago or Lake Forest?

Only if the filer typed HIGHLAND PARK. Chicago, Lake Forest, and Deerfield are separate city strings when they appear that way on the receipt. $48,130,538 is the HIGHLAND PARK, IL match. The 109,363 lines follow the same rule. Metro labels are not an FEC dimension on this hub.

Where do the Highland Park facts come from?

Both facts come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $48,130,538 and 109,363 lines. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Illinois non-federal filings are outside the pair. If a later extract disagrees, the Commission’s filing controls. The mean of about $440 is arithmetic from those two packet numbers.