ANNAPOLIS, MD: $42.5M on 82,340 FEC receipts

What $42,490,440 on the Annapolis city field covers

$42,490,440 divided by 82,340 is about $516 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 $42,490,440 and 82,340.

Anne Arundel County’s seat sits on this string as a Chesapeake filing city, not as a score of statehouse 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.

An Annapolis total of $42,490,440 does not absorb Baltimore, Severna Park, or Arnold. Those names are other city strings when filers typed them. State MD stays on the citation. The 82,340 lines and the mean near $516 describe this key only.

Annapolis is a contributor city, not a residency audit

The city is the contributor-city value on FEC itemizations. Filers type it. LobbyVault does not geocode Annapolis against a municipal boundary file. A work address, a mail drop, or a household in a neighboring place that still typed ANNAPOLIS can sit inside $42,490,440.

Amended reports can raise or lower both $42,490,440 and 82,340. If the live Annapolis hub reprints different figures, the newer FEC extract wins.

Capital city versus Baltimore

Baltimore, Bethesda, and Rockville keep separate Maryland hubs. Adding them to Annapolis would be a recode. This packet publishes ANNAPOLIS, MD only: $42,490,440 and 82,340 lines.

Nothing here ranks Annapolis against Baltimore. Quote the two packet facts for this key only.

What $42,490,440 from Annapolis omits

Unitemized federal contributions do not appear in $42,490,440. Many small gifts never become Schedule A city rows. Citing $42,490,440 as “all federal money from Annapolis” overstates the series.

Maryland state campaigns file under state law. Those receipts are outside $42,490,440 and outside 82,340. Independent expenditures that never appear as contribution itemizations are outside both facts.

How to cite Annapolis without inflating the city

Name FEC.gov, name contributor city ANNAPOLIS, MD, and print $42,490,440 with 82,340 together. Anne Arundel County is orientation, not an FEC roll-up.

Annapolis will keep attracting queries that treat the capital as a proxy for residents. FEC.gov stores a contributor-city field. $42,490,440 across 82,340 lines is what that field sums to in this aggregate. A mean near $516 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 $42,490,440 or 82,340, the newer FEC extract wins and this snapshot is stale. Open original reports on FEC.gov when a named Annapolis receipt matters.

How researchers should use the Annapolis hub

Start on the live Annapolis city page, then open ZIP pages if a postal cut is the real question. $42,490,440 is the city-string dollar total in this snapshot. 82,340 is the matching line count. Those two numbers move together when FEC.gov amends a receipt. They do not move because a researcher prefers Baltimore or Severna Park as the “real” Chesapeake. Filers typed ANNAPOLIS. LobbyVault indexed ANNAPOLIS. Anne Arundel County, the State House, and “the Western Shore” are useful for maps and news copy. They are not FEC dimensions on this hub.

A mean near $516 is only $42,490,440 divided by 82,340. It is not a typical Annapolis household gift, not a typical legislative-staff gift, and not a typical Naval Academy-adjacent 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 Annapolis is more or less “politically active” than Baltimore because the line counts differ. Baltimore is a different city string with its own hub.

Cite the pair in one sentence: contributor city ANNAPOLIS, MD, $42,490,440, 82,340 itemized federal contributions, source FEC.gov via LobbyVault. 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 Annapolis receipt that needs a line-by-line check. Maryland 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 Annapolis’s federal contribution total on LobbyVault?

Itemized FEC.gov receipts listing contributor city ANNAPOLIS, MD total $42,490,440 across 82,340 contributions. That pair is a city-string roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of Annapolis residents. Unitemized gifts sit outside both figures.

How should I read Annapolis’s 82,340 contributions?

LobbyVault counts 82,340 itemized lines for ANNAPOLIS, MD. 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 $42,490,440.

Does Annapolis’s total include Baltimore?

Only if the filer typed ANNAPOLIS. Baltimore, Severna Park, and Arnold are separate city strings when they appear that way on the receipt. $42,490,440 is the ANNAPOLIS, MD match. The 82,340 lines follow the same rule. Metro labels are not an FEC dimension on this hub.

Where do the Annapolis facts come from?

Both facts come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $42,490,440 and 82,340 lines. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Maryland non-federal filings are outside the pair. If a later extract disagrees, the Commission’s filing controls. The mean of about $516 is arithmetic from those two packet numbers.