SAINT PAUL, MN: $34.7M on 145,753 FEC receipts

More lines, fewer dollars than ST PAUL

One hundred forty-five thousand seven hundred fifty-three lines produce $34,743,120. Divide the pair and the mean itemized line is about $238. ST PAUL, MN is $39,406,084 across 80,168 lines, mean near $492. Filers typed two spellings. LobbyVault indexed two hubs. Adding them would double-count nothing and invent a third total.

Minneapolis is a third Minnesota city string. It is not inside $34,743,120 unless the filer typed SAINT PAUL. Ramsey County is orientation, not an FEC roll-up.

Spelling is the stored key

FEC.gov stored the city that appeared on the itemized receipt. SAINT PAUL plus MN is this match. Collapsing it into ST PAUL would be a recode. This packet publishes $34,743,120 and 145,753 lines for SAINT PAUL only.

Household streets and office addresses can share the city field. Totals can include a PAC or joint-fundraising address when that is what filers typed. The 145,753 lines are receipts, not unique persons. Recheck both facts on the live hub after a later extract.

City field versus ZIP pages

ZIP pages cut the same federal series by postal code. Summing Twin Cities ZIPs will not reproduce $34,743,120, because some receipts used ST PAUL, MINNEAPOLIS, or another label.

The 145,753-line count follows the SAINT PAUL city field, not the postal map and not an employer field.

What this table omits

Minnesota state campaigns file under state law. Those receipts sit outside $34,743,120 and outside 145,753. Unitemized federal gifts are omitted. Independent expenditures that never appear as contribution itemizations are outside both facts.

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

Citing SAINT PAUL, MN

Name FEC.gov, name the spelled-out contributor city SAINT PAUL, and print $34,743,120 with 145,753 together. Do not substitute the ST PAUL pair.

If the live hub disagrees with this snapshot, trust the hub. Open original reports on FEC.gov when a named SAINT PAUL receipt matters. The mean near $238 is optional arithmetic from a high line count.

How researchers should use both Paul hubs

Start on the live SAINT PAUL page for this spelling. Use the ST PAUL hub for the abbreviation. $34,743,120 and 145,753 belong only here. $39,406,084 and 80,168 belong only there. Those four numbers are packet facts. They are not a combined capital-city total.

If a later extract on the live hub prints a different pair, discard this snapshot. Original filings remain on FEC.gov. Quote the spelling you actually matched.

Carry FEC.gov, the spelled-out contributor city SAINT PAUL, MN, $34,743,120, and 145,753 lines. The mean near $238 is optional arithmetic from a high line count. It is not a typical household gift. ST PAUL stays off this page unless the filer typed SAINT PAUL. That abbreviated hub is $39,406,084 across 80,168 lines. Minneapolis stays off this page unless the filer typed SAINT PAUL. Minnesota state-office receipts stay off this page. Unitemized federal gifts stay off this page. Ramsey County is orientation, not a roll-up. A high line count can include repeat givers. 145,753 is not a unique-donor census. $34,743,120 is still the dollar sum of those lines. Quote both. The live SAINT PAUL hub is the table. This guide is the footnote. If they disagree, trust the hub. Open original reports on FEC.gov when a named SAINT PAUL receipt matters.

SAINT PAUL’s pair is $34,743,120 and 145,753 lines. Print both. ST PAUL stays on its own hub. Minneapolis stays on its own hub. Twin Cities language does not replace the city field. The live table on the SAINT PAUL FEC page is the authority if this snapshot and the hub diverge. Minnesota non-federal filings never enter either fact. Independent expenditures that are not contribution itemizations never enter either fact. Cite the spelled-out city, the dollar total, the line count, and FEC.gov in one sentence. If a later extract moves the pair, discard this snapshot. ZIP pages split a different field. Occupation lives on other FEC fields. Quote the spelling you actually matched.

SAINT PAUL’s pair on this extract is $34,743,120 and 145,753 lines, mean near $238. Print the spelled-out city with both numbers. ST PAUL is $39,406,084 across 80,168 lines on a different hub. Minneapolis remains a third Minnesota string. Ramsey County is orientation. Minnesota state campaigns and unitemized federal gifts sit outside both facts. Repeat givers can inflate 145,753 without adding unique persons. The live SAINT PAUL FEC page is the authority if this snapshot and the hub diverge. Open FEC.gov for a named receipt. Quote contributor city SAINT PAUL, MN with both packet numbers. Do not merge the two spellings.

Questions

What does LobbyVault show for SAINT PAUL federal contributions?

FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor city SAINT PAUL, MN total $34,743,120 across 145,753 contributions. That pair is a city-string roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count. ST PAUL is a separate hub. Unitemized gifts sit outside both figures.

Is SAINT PAUL the same as ST PAUL on FEC.gov?

No. This packet’s SAINT PAUL, MN key is $34,743,120 across 145,753 lines. ST PAUL, MN is $39,406,084 across 80,168 lines. Filers typed different strings. LobbyVault does not merge them. Neither packet publishes a unique-donor figure.

Does SAINT PAUL’s total include Minneapolis?

No, unless the filer typed SAINT PAUL. Minneapolis and ST PAUL are separate city hubs. $34,743,120 is the SAINT PAUL, MN match. The 145,753 lines follow the same rule. Twin Cities labels are not an FEC dimension on this hub.

How current is SAINT PAUL’s $34,743,120 figure?

The numbers come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $34,743,120 and 145,753 lines. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Minnesota non-federal filings are outside the pair. If a later extract disagrees, the Commission’s filing controls.