WESTON, MA: $58.9M on 72,104 FEC receipts

A thinner MetroWest file than Newton or Brookline

Seventy-two thousand one hundred four lines produce $58,864,719. Divide the pair and the average itemized line is about $816. Wayland is thinner still; Brookline is thicker. Weston sits between those Massachusetts shapes.

Weston, Connecticut and Weston, Florida are other places with the same city name. This book is WESTON, MA. Newton, Wayland, Lexington, and Brookline are other Massachusetts hubs, not inside $58,864,719 unless the filer typed WESTON.

A PAC or joint-fundraising committee that listed Weston can share the city field with household streets. LobbyVault does not recode those rows. The 72,104 lines are receipts, not unique persons.

State MA is required on the citation

Dropping the state invites a same-name merge. Keep WESTON, MA as the citation: $58,864,719 and 72,104 lines.

Do not add Weston to Boston and call the sum “Greater Boston.” 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. Recoding Weston into a Census place would be a different product.

ZIP pages cut the same federal series by postal code. MetroWest ZIPs often straddle town labels. Do not expect ZIP sums to equal $58,864,719. The 72,104-line count follows the city field.

What this table omits

Massachusetts state campaigns file under state law. Those receipts are outside $58,864,719 and outside 72,104. Unitemized federal gifts are omitted. Independent expenditures that never appear as contribution itemizations are outside both facts.

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

A Weston citation that names FEC.gov and prints $58,864,719 without 72,104, or without state MA, is incomplete. The line count shows a thinner MetroWest file, mean near $816. Weston, Connecticut and Weston, Florida stay off this page.

If a later extract moves Weston’s pair, the live hub is the authority. This guide is a snapshot. Open original reports on FEC.gov when a named Weston receipt is the story. Unitemized gifts and Massachusetts state filings remain outside $58,864,719 and 72,104.

Citing WESTON, MA

Name FEC.gov, name contributor city with state MA, and print $58,864,719 with 72,104 together. Dropping the line count hides the mean near $816.

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

Weston’s $58,864,719 on 72,104 lines, mean near $816, is a thinner MetroWest file than Brookline or Newton. Keep 72,104 in the citation.

State MA is required so Weston, Connecticut and Weston, Florida do not merge into $58,864,719.

What a Weston, MA reader should carry

Carry FEC.gov, contributor city WESTON, MA, $58,864,719, and 72,104 lines. The mean near $816 is optional arithmetic. It is not a typical household gift and not a unique-donor average.

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

MetroWest and Greater Boston are research phrases. FEC.gov stored city. A thinner line count next to a large dollar total is a reason to print both facts. Quote $58,864,719 with 72,104 and state MA together.

The live Weston hub is the table. This guide is the footnote. If they disagree, trust the hub. Open original reports on FEC.gov when a named Weston receipt matters. ZIP pages split a different field. MetroWest ZIPs often straddle town labels.

Weston’s 72,104 lines behind $58,864,719, mean near $816, sit between Wayland’s thinner file and Brookline’s thicker one. State MA is required so Weston, Connecticut and Weston, Florida do not merge here.

Newton, Lexington, Wayland, Brookline, and Boston are other Massachusetts hubs. MetroWest is a research phrase. $58,864,719 is WESTON, MA only.

Massachusetts state campaigns and unitemized federal gifts sit outside both facts. A thinner line count is a reason to print 72,104 beside the dollars. The Weston hub holds the live table. ZIP pages split a different field. Open FEC.gov. Quote $58,864,719 with 72,104.

Weston’s pair is $58,864,719 and 72,104 lines with state MA. Print all three. Wayland and Brookline stay on their own hubs. The live table on the Weston FEC page is the authority if this snapshot and the hub diverge.

Questions

What does LobbyVault show for Weston, MA federal contributions?

FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor city WESTON, MA total $58,864,719 across 72,104 contributions. That pair is a city-string roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of Weston residents. Unitemized gifts sit outside it.

Is this Weston, Connecticut or Weston, Florida?

No. This hub is WESTON with state MA. $58,864,719 and 72,104 lines describe the Massachusetts city string only. Cite the state with the city every time so same-named places do not merge. Cite state MA with the city every time so Weston, Connecticut or Weston, Florida do not merge into $58,864,719.

Does Weston’s total include Wayland or Newton?

No, unless the filer typed WESTON. Wayland, Newton, Lexington, and Brookline are separate Massachusetts city hubs. $58,864,719 is the WESTON, MA match. The 72,104 lines follow the same rule. Wayland, Newton, Lexington, and Brookline are separate Massachusetts city hubs, not inside $58,864,719.

How current is Weston’s $58,864,719 figure?

The numbers come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $58,864,719 and 72,104 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 $816 is arithmetic from those two packet facts.