GAITHERSBURG, MD: $16.7M on 69,921 FEC receipts

69,921 lines behind GAITHERSBURG's $16.7M

GAITHERSBURG shows 69,921 itemizations behind $16,718,788. That is a receipt count, not a unique-person census. A file this long at $16.7M is a high-volume city field: many itemized rows, not a handful of oversized transfers. The implied mean is about $239.

Gaithersburg is a Montgomery County volume book: 69,921 lines against $16.7 million, a mean near $239. Rockville and Germantown are neighboring keys. District of Columbia rows that list WASHINGTON sit on another hub. 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. Read $16,718,788 as tagged federal receipts, not as what residents of Gaithersburg gave. The 69,921 lines are disclosed transactions, not unique persons.

If a newsroom map paints Gaithersburg together with Rockville, Germantown, and Bethesda, the FEC file still splits them. This extract’s only city total is $16,718,788 on 69,921 GAITHERSBURG, MD rows, mean near $239. Keep the stored spelling GAITHERSBURG in the citation.

Why GAITHERSBURG on the receipt is not a census

Searchers often want “how much did people in Gaithersburg give.” The honest citation on this page is narrower: itemized federal receipts with contributor city GAITHERSBURG, MD total $16,718,788 across 69,921 contributions. Dropping “itemized” and “contributor city” inflates the claim. GAITHERSBURG, MD is the stored Montgomery County string. Washington, D.C. is a different city-and-state key.

Party is not in this packet. Do not attach a partisan reading to $16,718,788. Occupation and employer may appear on named receipts on the city hub; they are not rolled up here. A mean near $239 is arithmetic from the two packet facts, not a typical household gift.

Outside the GAITHERSBURG itemized book

$16,718,788 is not spending by Gaithersburg candidates. A candidate who lives in Gaithersburg can raise money from other cities. A donor row tagged GAITHERSBURG, MD can go to a committee anywhere. Unitemized federal gifts sit outside both packet facts.

Postal confusion with Rockville, Germantown, and Bethesda is why the city field is a poor residency proxy. $16,718,788 counts rows that stored GAITHERSBURG, MD. 69,921 lines. About $239 each. Neighbor names need their own hubs. MD state-office receipts are omitted.

GAITHERSBURG versus Washington, D.C. on the FEC tape

GAITHERSBURG is a high-volume Montgomery County book in Montgomery County north of Washington, D.C.. 69,921 lines produce $16,718,788, a mean near $239. That line count is not a unique-donor count. Comparing this mean to Washington, D.C. is only valid on the same series: contributor city, itemized federal receipts.

A Gaithersburg total of $16,718,788 does not absorb Rockville, Germantown, and Bethesda. Those names are other city strings when filers typed them. State MD stays on the citation so GAITHERSBURG, MD is not merged with a same-named place elsewhere. Mixing in MD state-campaign data breaks the comparison.

City total versus postal codes in MD

69,921 city-field lines can spread across many ZIPs or cluster in a few. This packet does not list those ZIPs. Open the ZIP directory and the live Gaithersburg hub rather than guessing the split. After an amendment wave, recheck both the city hub and any ZIP you compared. Snapshots drift independently.

Because this packet carries only city, state, dollar total, and contribution count, every other story about Gaithersburg politics sits outside the extract. That includes candidate quality, issue fights, and local election results. This guide stays on the two numbers FEC.gov supplied for the city field: $16,718,788 and 69,921.

Source tables for $16,718,788

A mean of about $239 is division of $16,718,788 by 69,921. It is fair to report as arithmetic. It is not fair to report as a typical resident of Gaithersburg. Means move with a few large lines. Internal links on this page go only to the Gaithersburg city hub, the all-cities directory, and the ZIP directory.

Gaithersburg’s $16,718,788 across 69,921 contributions is a Montgomery County city field, mean near $239. Rockville is a neighboring string, not a subset. Montgomery County is not summed here. Repeat gifts add rows. Cite $16,718,788 with 69,921 from FEC.gov aggregates indexed on LobbyVault. If the live hub disagrees with this snapshot, the newer FEC extract controls.

Questions

How much is itemized from contributor city GAITHERSBURG, MD?

FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor city GAITHERSBURG, MD total $16,718,788 across 69,921 contributions in the LobbyVault aggregate. That figure is a city-string roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of people who live in Gaithersburg. Unitemized gifts sit outside it. The mean near $239 is arithmetic from those two packet facts.

Is Gaithersburg folded into Washington, D.C. on this extract?

No. GAITHERSBURG, MD is the stored Montgomery County string. Washington, D.C. is a different city-and-state key. LobbyVault counts 69,921 itemized contributions for GAITHERSBURG, MD against $16,718,788. This packet does not publish a unique-donor figure, so 69,921 should not be quoted as a population. Original reports remain on FEC.gov.

Does the Gaithersburg total include only residents?

No. The city is the contributor-city value on the FEC itemization. Filers typed GAITHERSBURG with state MD. Office addresses and mail that list Gaithersburg can be part of $16,718,788 when that is the city string on the receipt. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a residential-only book. The 69,921-line count follows the same rule.

Are Gaithersburg numbers from FEC.gov?

The numbers come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $16,718,788 and 69,921 lines for GAITHERSBURG, MD. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Unitemized federal gifts and non-federal filings from MD are outside both figures. If a later extract disagrees with this snapshot, the Commission’s filing controls.