RENO, NV: $54.4M on 193,294 FEC receipts

What $54,406,739 on the Reno city field covers

$54,406,739 divided by 193,294 is about $281 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 $54,406,739 and 193,294.

Nevada’s second-largest city sits on this string as a Washoe County filing city, not as a score of casino-floor races or statehouse contests. 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 Reno total of $54,406,739 does not absorb Sparks, Carson City, or Incline Village. Those names are other city strings when filers typed them. State NV stays on the citation so RENO, NV is not merged with a same-named place elsewhere. The 193,294 lines and the mean near $281 describe this key only.

Reno 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 Reno against a municipal boundary file. A work address, a mail drop, or a household in a neighboring place that still typed RENO can sit inside $54,406,739.

Amended reports can raise or lower both $54,406,739 and 193,294. If the live Reno hub reprints different figures, the newer FEC extract wins.

Volume on the Reno book versus a thinner neighbor

One hundred ninety-three thousand two hundred ninety-four lines produce $54,406,739. That is a high-volume city string on this extract. A thinner Nevada city with similar dollars would show a higher mean; Reno’s mean near $281 follows from the line count, not from a character study of the Truckee Meadows.

Las Vegas is a separate Nevada hub when filers typed that city. Adding Las Vegas to Reno would be a recode. This packet publishes RENO, NV only: $54,406,739 and 193,294 lines.

What $54,406,739 from Reno omits

Unitemized federal contributions do not appear in $54,406,739. Many small gifts never become Schedule A city rows. Citing $54,406,739 as “all federal money from Reno” overstates the series.

Nevada state campaigns file under state law. Those receipts are outside $54,406,739 and outside 193,294. Independent expenditures that never appear as contribution itemizations are outside both facts. LobbyVault does not impute missing city strings. Blank or nonstandard city values are not silently folded into Reno.

ZIP codes under the Reno city string

The ZIP directory cuts the same FEC itemized series by five-digit contributor ZIP. A Reno city total of $54,406,739 is not automatically the sum of ZIPs that the postal service assigns to Reno. Filers can type this city with a ZIP the postal service maps to Sparks or Verdi, and the reverse.

Do not treat a mean near $281 as proof that Reno ZIPs are “small-dollar donor ZIPs.” This packet has no ZIP list and no income field. City and ZIP answer different questions.

How to cite Reno without inflating the city

Name FEC.gov, name contributor city RENO, NV, and print $54,406,739 with 193,294 together. Dropping the line count hides Reno’s volume relative to a thinner city on similar dollars. Washoe County is orientation, not an FEC roll-up.

Reno will keep attracting “how much did Reno give” queries because searchers use city as a proxy for residents. FEC.gov does not use city that way. It stores a contributor-city field. $54,406,739 across 193,294 lines is what that field sums to in this aggregate. A mean near $281 follows from division. Unique donors are not in the packet. Party is not in the packet. Use the all-cities directory only to compare other strings on the same series. Use ZIP pages for a different field. If the live hub reprints a different $54,406,739 or 193,294, the newer FEC extract wins and this snapshot is stale. Open original reports on FEC.gov when a named Reno receipt matters.

Start on the live Reno city page, then open ZIP pages if a postal cut is the real question. $54,406,739 is the city-string dollar total in this snapshot. 193,294 is the matching line count. Those two numbers move together when FEC.gov amends a receipt. They do not move because a researcher prefers Sparks or Incline Village as the “real” Reno. Filers typed RENO. LobbyVault indexed RENO. Washoe County, the Truckee Meadows, and “greater Reno-Tahoe” are useful for maps and news copy. They are not FEC dimensions on this hub.

A mean near $281 is only $54,406,739 divided by 193,294. It is not a typical Reno household gift, not a typical casino-employee gift, and not a typical retiree 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 Reno is more or less “politically active” than Las Vegas because the line counts differ. Las Vegas is a different city string with its own hub.

Cite the pair in one sentence: contributor city RENO, NV, $54,406,739, 193,294 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 Reno receipt that needs a line-by-line check. Nevada 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 Reno’s federal contribution total on LobbyVault?

Itemized FEC.gov receipts listing contributor city RENO, NV total $54,406,739 across 193,294 contributions. That pair is a city-string roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of Reno residents. Unitemized gifts sit outside both figures.

How should I read Reno’s 193,294 contributions?

LobbyVault counts 193,294 itemized lines for RENO, NV. 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 $54,406,739.

Does Reno’s total include Sparks or Carson City?

Only if the filer typed RENO. Sparks, Carson City, and Incline Village are separate city strings when they appear that way on the receipt. $54,406,739 is the RENO, NV match. The 193,294 lines follow the same rule. Metro labels are not an FEC dimension on this hub.

Where do the Reno facts come from?

Both facts come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $54,406,739 and 193,294 lines. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Nevada non-federal filings are outside the pair. If a later extract disagrees, the Commission’s filing controls. The mean of about $281 is arithmetic from those two packet numbers.