ROCHESTER, NY: $34.1M on 139,413 FEC receipts

Rochester’s volume on the Genesee

One hundred thirty-nine thousand four hundred thirteen lines produce $34,103,705. Divide the pair and the mean itemized line is about $245. That is a high-volume city string on this extract. Brighton, Irondequoit, and Pittsford are other nearby city strings. They are not inside $34,103,705 unless the filer typed ROCHESTER.

Monroe County is orientation, not an FEC roll-up. $34,103,705 is the ROCHESTER match only. Keep NY on the key; other states have cities named Rochester.

Not Buffalo, Syracuse, or a Finger Lakes recode

Buffalo and Syracuse keep separate New York hubs. Recoding Rochester into an Upstate sum would mix keys. This packet publishes ROCHESTER, NY only: $34,103,705 and 139,413 lines.

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 139,413 lines are receipts, not unique persons. Recheck both facts on the live hub after a later extract.

City string versus ZIP cut

FEC.gov stores whatever city appeared on the itemized receipt. ROCHESTER plus NY is the match. Recoding into a Census place or a metro-Rochester label is a different dataset.

ZIP pages cut the same federal series by postal code. Summing Rochester-area ZIPs can diverge from $34,103,705 when some receipts used Brighton or another label. The 139,413-line count follows the city field.

What sits outside the pair

New York state campaigns file under state law. Those receipts are outside $34,103,705 and outside 139,413. Unitemized federal gifts are omitted. Independent expenditures that never appear as contribution itemizations are outside both facts.

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

Citing ROCHESTER, NY

Name FEC.gov, name contributor city, and print $34,103,705 with 139,413 together. Dropping the line count hides a mean near $245 and a volume Upstate book.

If the live hub disagrees with this snapshot, trust the hub. Open original reports on FEC.gov when a named Rochester receipt matters. Keep NY on the key.

How to use the Rochester hub

Start on the live Rochester city page. $34,103,705 is the city-string dollar total in this snapshot. 139,413 is the matching line count. Those two numbers move together when FEC.gov amends a receipt. They do not move because a researcher prefers Brighton, Irondequoit, or Pittsford as the “real” Monroe County address. Filers typed ROCHESTER. LobbyVault indexed ROCHESTER. Monroe County is useful for maps. It is not an FEC dimension on this hub. A mean near $245 is only $34,103,705 divided by 139,413. It is not a typical Rochester household gift. Occupation, recipient, and party live on other FEC fields. None of those fields are in this packet. Do not infer turnout. Buffalo and Syracuse remain other New York hubs. Other states have cities named Rochester. State NY is required in the citation.

Cite the pair in one sentence: contributor city ROCHESTER, NY, $34,103,705, 139,413 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 Rochester receipt that needs a line-by-line check. New York 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. 139,413 is not a unique-donor census. A high line count can include repeat givers. $34,103,705 is still the dollar sum of those lines. Quote both. The live Rochester hub is the table. This guide is the footnote. ZIP pages split a different field. Keep NY on the key. Upstate language does not replace the city field.

Rochester’s pair on this extract is $34,103,705 and 139,413 lines, mean near $245. Print both. Brighton, Irondequoit, and Pittsford remain other nearby strings. Buffalo and Syracuse remain other New York hubs. Monroe County is orientation. Other states have cities named Rochester, so NY belongs in every citation. New York state campaigns and unitemized federal gifts sit outside both facts. Repeat givers can inflate 139,413 without adding unique persons. The live Rochester FEC page is the authority if this snapshot and the hub diverge. Open FEC.gov for a named receipt. Quote contributor city ROCHESTER, NY with both packet numbers.

Questions

What is Rochester’s federal contribution total on LobbyVault?

Itemized FEC.gov receipts listing contributor city ROCHESTER, NY total $34,103,705 across 139,413 contributions. That pair is a city-string roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of Rochester residents. Unitemized gifts sit outside both figures.

How should I read Rochester’s 139,413 contributions?

LobbyVault counts 139,413 itemized lines for ROCHESTER, NY. 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 $34,103,705.

Does Rochester’s total include Buffalo or Brighton?

Only if the filer typed ROCHESTER. Buffalo, Syracuse, and Brighton are separate city strings when they appear that way on the receipt. $34,103,705 is the ROCHESTER, NY match. The 139,413 lines follow the same rule. County labels are not an FEC dimension on this hub.

Where do the Rochester facts come from?

Both facts come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $34,103,705 and 139,413 lines. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. New York non-federal filings are outside the pair. If a later extract disagrees, the Commission’s filing controls.