NEWTON, MA: $57.1M on 142,407 FEC receipts

Newton is not Newton Centre

Divide $57,119,445 by 142,407 and the average itemized line is about $401. That mean is arithmetic. This packet has no median.

Newton Centre is a different city hub on this extract. Filers who typed NEWTON CENTRE do not land in $57,119,445. Brookline, Weston, Lexington, and Boston are other strings, not inside this total unless the filer typed NEWTON.

A PAC or joint-fundraising committee that listed Newton can share the city field with household streets. LobbyVault does not recode those rows into Newton Centre or Boston. The 142,407 lines are receipts, not unique persons.

Do not fold Newton into Boston

Boston is a separate city hub. Adding Newton to Boston and calling the sum “Greater Boston” is a recode this packet does not publish. Keep NEWTON, MA as the citation: $57,119,445 and 142,407 lines.

State MA on the key is required. Other states have places named Newton. 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. Confusion between NEWTON and NEWTON CENTRE is why the literal match matters.

ZIP pages cut the same federal series by postal code. Newton’s villages often share postal geography with other labels. Do not expect ZIP sums to equal $57,119,445. The 142,407-line count follows the city field.

What this table omits

Massachusetts state campaigns file under state law. Those receipts are outside $57,119,445 and outside 142,407. Unitemized federal gifts are omitted. Independent expenditures that never appear as contribution itemizations are outside both facts.

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

A Newton citation that names FEC.gov and prints $57,119,445 without 142,407, or that confuses Newton with Newton Centre, is incomplete. The mean near $401 is arithmetic from the NEWTON pair. Boston remains a separate hub.

If a later extract moves Newton’s pair, the live hub is the authority. This guide is a snapshot. Open original reports on FEC.gov when a named Newton receipt is the story. Unitemized gifts and Massachusetts state filings remain outside $57,119,445 and 142,407.

Citing NEWTON, MA

Name FEC.gov, name contributor city, and print $57,119,445 with 142,407 together. Name Newton, not Newton Centre, unless the receipt stored that other string.

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

Newton’s $57,119,445 on 142,407 lines, mean near $401, is not Newton Centre and not Boston. Keep that distinction in every citation.

Filers who typed NEWTON CENTRE do not land in $57,119,445. Brookline, Weston, and Lexington remain other Massachusetts hubs.

What a Newton reader should carry

Carry FEC.gov, contributor city NEWTON, MA, $57,119,445, and 142,407 lines. The mean near $401 is optional arithmetic. It is not a typical household gift and not a unique-donor average.

Newton Centre, Boston, Brookline, Weston, and Lexington stay off this page unless the filer typed NEWTON. Massachusetts state-office receipts stay off this page. Unitemized federal gifts stay off this page.

State MA on the key stops a same-named Newton in another state from merging into this book. Greater Boston is a research phrase. FEC.gov stored city. Quote $57,119,445 with 142,407 together.

The live Newton hub is the table. This guide is the footnote. If they disagree, trust the hub. Open original reports on FEC.gov when a named Newton receipt matters. ZIP pages split a different field. Newton’s villages often share postal geography with other labels.

Newton’s 142,407 lines behind $57,119,445, mean near $401, describe NEWTON, not NEWTON CENTRE. Filers who typed the village label sit on that other hub. Boston and Brookline remain separate city strings.

State MA is required so a same-named Newton elsewhere does not merge here. Greater Boston is a research phrase. $57,119,445 is NEWTON, MA only.

Massachusetts state campaigns and unitemized federal gifts sit outside both facts. Newton’s villages often share postal geography with other labels, so ZIP sums will not automatically equal $57,119,445. The Newton hub holds the live table. Open FEC.gov. Quote $57,119,445 with 142,407.

Newton’s pair is $57,119,445 and 142,407 lines. Print both. Newton Centre stays on its own hub. Boston stays on its own hub. The live table on the Newton FEC page is the authority if this snapshot and the hub diverge.

Questions

What is Newton’s federal contribution total on LobbyVault?

Itemized FEC.gov receipts listing contributor city NEWTON, MA total $57,119,445 across 142,407 contributions. That pair is a city-string roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of Newton residents. Unitemized gifts sit outside both figures.

Is Newton the same hub as Newton Centre?

No. Newton Centre is a separate city string. $57,119,445 counts rows that stored NEWTON, MA. Receipts that stored NEWTON CENTRE sit on that other hub. Adding the two is a recode this packet does not publish. The 142,407 lines follow the Newton label only.

Does Newton’s total include Boston or Brookline?

No, unless the filer typed NEWTON. Boston and Brookline are separate city hubs. $57,119,445 is the NEWTON, MA match. The 142,407 lines follow the same rule. Metro labels are not an FEC dimension on this page. Boston and Brookline are separate city hubs; Greater Boston is not an FEC dimension on this Newton page.

Where do the Newton facts come from?

Both facts come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $57,119,445 and 142,407 lines. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Massachusetts non-federal filings are outside the pair. If a later extract disagrees, the Commission’s filing controls. The mean of about $401 is arithmetic from those two packet numbers.