Wilmette, IL: $35.3M on 91,603 FEC receipts

Wilmette’s North Shore volume

Ninety-one thousand six hundred three lines produce $35,342,713. Divide the pair and the mean itemized line is about $386. Glencoe, Illinois, is a separate hub on this extract: $33,054,357 across 51,484 lines. Wilmette has more receipts. Those are two city keys. Do not add them.

Evanston, Winnetka, and Kenilworth are other North Shore city strings. They are not inside $35,342,713 unless the filer typed Wilmette. Cook County is orientation, not an FEC roll-up. The packet stores the city as Wilmette, mixed case, plus IL.

Not Chicago and not a lakeshore recode

Chicago keeps a separate Illinois hub. Recoding Wilmette into a North Shore sum would mix keys. This packet publishes Wilmette, IL only: $35,342,713 and 91,603 lines.

A committee address can share the city field. A PAC or joint-fundraising row counts if the filer typed Wilmette. The 91,603 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. FEC.gov stores that string. ZIP pages cut the same federal series by postal code. Summing 60091-area ZIPs can diverge from $35,342,713 when some receipts used Evanston or Kenilworth as the city.

The 91,603-line count follows the city field, not the postal map and not an employer field.

What the Wilmette table leaves out

Illinois state campaigns file under state law. Those receipts sit outside $35,342,713 and outside 91,603. Unitemized federal gifts are omitted. Independent expenditures that never appear as contribution itemizations are outside both facts.

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

Citing Wilmette, IL

Name FEC.gov, name contributor city, and print $35,342,713 with 91,603 together. Dropping the line count hides a mean near $386 and a thicker book than Glencoe.

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

How to use the Wilmette hub

Start on the live Wilmette city page. $35,342,713 is the city-string dollar total in this snapshot. 91,603 is the matching line count. Those two numbers move together when FEC.gov amends a receipt. They do not move because a researcher prefers Evanston, Winnetka, Kenilworth, or Glencoe as the “real” North Shore address. Filers typed Wilmette. LobbyVault indexed Wilmette. Cook County is useful for maps. It is not an FEC dimension on this hub. A mean near $386 is only $35,342,713 divided by 91,603. It is not a typical Wilmette household gift. Occupation, recipient, and party live on other FEC fields. None of those fields are in this packet. Do not infer turnout. Glencoe is $33,054,357 across 51,484 lines. Wilmette has more receipts. Chicago keeps a separate Illinois hub. Do not add those pairs to $35,342,713.

Cite the pair in one sentence: contributor city Wilmette, IL, $35,342,713, 91,603 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 Wilmette 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. 91,603 is not a unique-donor census. $35,342,713 is still the dollar sum of those lines. Quote both. The live Wilmette hub is the table. This guide is the footnote. ZIP pages split a different field. The packet stores mixed-case Wilmette plus IL. Match that string. North Shore language does not replace the city field.

Wilmette’s pair on this extract is $35,342,713 and 91,603 lines, mean near $386. Print both. Glencoe is $33,054,357 across 51,484 lines. Evanston, Winnetka, and Kenilworth remain other North Shore strings. Chicago remains a separate Illinois hub. Cook County is orientation. Illinois state campaigns and unitemized federal gifts sit outside both facts. Repeat givers can inflate 91,603 without adding unique persons. The live Wilmette FEC page is the authority if this snapshot and the hub diverge. Open FEC.gov for a named receipt. Quote contributor city Wilmette, IL with both packet numbers. Match the mixed-case city string in the packet.

Questions

What is Wilmette’s federal contribution total on LobbyVault?

Itemized FEC.gov receipts listing contributor city Wilmette, IL total $35,342,713 across 91,603 contributions. That pair is a city-string roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of Wilmette residents. Unitemized gifts sit outside both figures.

How should I read Wilmette’s 91,603 contributions?

LobbyVault counts 91,603 itemized lines for Wilmette, 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 $35,342,713.

Does Wilmette’s total include Chicago or Glencoe?

Only if the filer typed Wilmette. Chicago and Glencoe are separate Illinois city hubs. $35,342,713 is the Wilmette, IL match. The 91,603 lines follow the same rule. North Shore and county labels are not an FEC dimension on this hub.

Where do the Wilmette facts come from?

Both facts come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $35,342,713 and 91,603 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.