BIRMINGHAM, MI: $33.0M on 74,097 FEC receipts

Michigan, not Alabama

Seventy-four thousand ninety-seven lines produce $32,999,692. Divide the pair and the mean itemized line is about $445. Bloomfield Hills is a neighboring Michigan city string with its own hub. Troy, Royal Oak, and Bloomfield are other Oakland County labels. They are not inside $32,999,692 unless the filer typed BIRMINGHAM.

Oakland County is orientation, not an FEC roll-up. $32,999,692 is the BIRMINGHAM, MI match only. Dropping MI from the citation collides with another state’s city.

Not Detroit and not a Metro Detroit recode

Detroit keeps a separate Michigan hub. Recoding Birmingham into a Metro Detroit sum would mix keys. This packet publishes BIRMINGHAM, MI only: $32,999,692 and 74,097 lines.

Office addresses can share the city field with household streets. A PAC or joint-fundraising address counts when that is what the filer typed. The 74,097 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. The Commission stores that string. ZIP pages cut the same federal series by postal code. Summing 48009-area ZIPs can diverge from $32,999,692 when some receipts used Bloomfield Hills or Troy as the city.

The 74,097-line count follows the city field, not the postal map and not an employer field.

What this table omits

Michigan state campaigns file under state law. Those receipts sit outside $32,999,692 and outside 74,097. Unitemized federal gifts are omitted. Independent expenditures that never appear as contribution itemizations are outside both facts.

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

Citing BIRMINGHAM, MI

Name FEC.gov, name contributor city, and print $32,999,692 with 74,097 together. Keep MI on the key. Dropping the line count hides a mean near $445.

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

How to use the Birmingham, Michigan hub

Start on the live Birmingham, Michigan city page. $32,999,692 is the city-string dollar total in this snapshot. 74,097 is the matching line count. Those two numbers move together when FEC.gov amends a receipt. They do not move because a researcher prefers Bloomfield Hills, Troy, Royal Oak, or Detroit as the “real” Oakland County address. Filers typed BIRMINGHAM. LobbyVault indexed BIRMINGHAM plus MI. Oakland County is useful for maps. It is not an FEC dimension on this hub. A mean near $445 is only $32,999,692 divided by 74,097. It is not a typical Birmingham household gift. Occupation, recipient, and party live on other FEC fields. None of those fields are in this packet. Do not infer turnout. Detroit remains a different Michigan hub. Alabama’s Birmingham is a different city string when filers typed AL. Do not merge same-name cities across states.

Cite the pair in one sentence: contributor city BIRMINGHAM, MI, $32,999,692, 74,097 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 Birmingham, Michigan, receipt that needs a line-by-line check. Michigan 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. 74,097 is not a unique-donor census. $32,999,692 is still the dollar sum of those lines. Quote both. The live Birmingham hub is the table. This guide is the footnote. ZIP pages split a different field. Keep MI on the key in every sentence of the citation. Metro Detroit language does not replace the city field.

Birmingham, Michigan’s pair on this extract is $32,999,692 and 74,097 lines, mean near $445. Print both. Keep MI on the key so the citation does not collide with Alabama. Bloomfield Hills, Troy, and Royal Oak remain other Oakland County strings. Detroit remains a separate Michigan hub. Oakland County is orientation. Michigan state campaigns and unitemized federal gifts sit outside both facts. Repeat givers can inflate 74,097 without adding unique persons. The live Birmingham FEC page is the authority if this snapshot and the hub diverge. Open FEC.gov for a named receipt. Quote contributor city BIRMINGHAM, MI with both packet numbers.

Questions

What does LobbyVault show for Birmingham, Michigan federal contributions?

FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor city BIRMINGHAM, MI total $32,999,692 across 74,097 contributions. That pair is a city-string roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of Birmingham residents. Unitemized gifts sit outside it.

Is this Birmingham, Alabama?

No. This packet’s key is BIRMINGHAM plus MI: $32,999,692 across 74,097 lines. Alabama’s Birmingham is a different city string when filers typed AL. LobbyVault does not merge same-name cities across states. Repeat gifts can add rows. This packet publishes no unique-donor figure.

Does Birmingham’s total include Detroit or Bloomfield Hills?

No, unless the filer typed BIRMINGHAM. Detroit and Bloomfield Hills are separate Michigan city hubs. $32,999,692 is the BIRMINGHAM, MI match. The 74,097 lines follow the same rule. County labels are not an FEC dimension on this hub.

How current is Birmingham’s $32,999,692 figure?

The numbers come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $32,999,692 and 74,097 lines. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Michigan non-federal filings are outside the pair. If a later extract disagrees, the Commission’s filing controls.