LINCOLN, NE: $46.3M on 123,740 FEC receipts

What $46,292,237 on the Lincoln city field covers

$46,292,237 divided by 123,740 is about $374 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 $46,292,237 and 123,740.

Nebraska’s capital sits on this string as a Lancaster County filing city, not as a score of unicameral 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.

A Lincoln total of $46,292,237 does not absorb Omaha, Bellevue, or Grand Island. Those names are other city strings when filers typed them. State NE stays on the citation so LINCOLN, NE is not merged with Lincoln, Massachusetts or Lincoln, Illinois. The 123,740 lines and the mean near $374 describe this key only.

Lincoln 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 Lincoln against a municipal boundary file. A work address, a mail drop, or a household in a neighboring place that still typed LINCOLN can sit inside $46,292,237.

Amended reports can raise or lower both $46,292,237 and 123,740. If the live Lincoln hub reprints different figures, the newer FEC extract wins.

Capital city versus Omaha

Omaha keeps a separate Nebraska hub. Adding Omaha to Lincoln would be a recode. This packet publishes LINCOLN, NE only: $46,292,237 and 123,740 lines.

Nothing here ranks Lincoln against Omaha on political intensity. Quote the two packet facts for this key only.

What $46,292,237 from Lincoln omits

Unitemized federal contributions do not appear in $46,292,237. Many small gifts never become Schedule A city rows. Citing $46,292,237 as “all federal money from Lincoln” overstates the series.

Nebraska state campaigns file under state law. Those receipts are outside $46,292,237 and outside 123,740. Independent expenditures that never appear as contribution itemizations are outside both facts.

How to cite Lincoln without inflating the city

Name FEC.gov, name contributor city LINCOLN, NE, and print $46,292,237 with 123,740 together. Dropping the state abbreviation invites a merge with another Lincoln.

Lincoln will keep attracting “how much did Lincoln give” queries because searchers use city as a proxy for residents. FEC.gov stores a contributor-city field. $46,292,237 across 123,740 lines is what that field sums to in this aggregate. A mean near $374 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 $46,292,237 or 123,740, the newer FEC extract wins and this snapshot is stale. Open original reports on FEC.gov when a named Lincoln receipt matters.

How researchers should use the Lincoln hub

Start on the live Lincoln city page, then open ZIP pages if a postal cut is the real question. $46,292,237 is the city-string dollar total in this snapshot. 123,740 is the matching line count. Those two numbers move together when FEC.gov amends a receipt. They do not move because a researcher prefers Omaha or Bellevue as the “real” Nebraska. Filers typed LINCOLN. LobbyVault indexed LINCOLN. Lancaster County, the unicameral district, and “southeast Nebraska” are useful for maps and news copy. They are not FEC dimensions on this hub.

A mean near $374 is only $46,292,237 divided by 123,740. It is not a typical Lincoln household gift, not a typical campus gift, and not a typical state-employee 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 Lincoln is more or less “politically active” than Omaha because the line counts differ. Omaha is a different city string with its own hub.

Cite the pair in one sentence: contributor city LINCOLN, NE, $46,292,237, 123,740 itemized federal contributions, source FEC.gov via LobbyVault. Keep NE on the citation so the key is not merged with Concord’s neighbor Lincoln, Massachusetts. 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 Lincoln receipt that needs a line-by-line check. Nebraska 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 Lincoln’s federal contribution total on LobbyVault?

Itemized FEC.gov receipts listing contributor city LINCOLN, NE total $46,292,237 across 123,740 contributions. That pair is a city-string roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of Lincoln residents. Unitemized gifts sit outside both figures.

How should I read Lincoln’s 123,740 contributions?

LobbyVault counts 123,740 itemized lines for LINCOLN, NE. 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 $46,292,237.

Does Lincoln’s total include Omaha?

Only if the filer typed LINCOLN. Omaha, Bellevue, and Grand Island are separate city strings when they appear that way on the receipt. $46,292,237 is the LINCOLN, NE match. The 123,740 lines follow the same rule. Metro labels are not an FEC dimension on this hub.

Where do the Lincoln facts come from?

Both facts come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $46,292,237 and 123,740 lines. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Nebraska non-federal filings are outside the pair. If a later extract disagrees, the Commission’s filing controls. The mean of about $374 is arithmetic from those two packet numbers.