SAVING ARIZONA PAC — $31.8 million in FEC Super PAC receipts

Near-full spend-through of $31.8 million

Disbursements of $30,781,691.42 are about 96.7% of $31,822,142.89 in receipts. SAVING ARIZONA PAC has reported spending almost all of what it reported raising in these aggregates. The leftover gap is $1,040,451.47. The packet does not call that remainder cash on hand.

A 96.7% ratio is a comparison of two Form 3X totals. It is not a map of Arizona airtime. Independent-expenditure schedules, if filed, are the documents that name races. This summary does not.

Cite the packet facts in this order: $31,822,142.89 received, $30,781,691.42 disbursed, $31,312,475.14 individual, treasurer Janna Rutland, Arlington, Virginia, committee C00777185. About 96.7% spend-through is a near-full outflow. About 98.4% individual share leaves $509,667.75 in other receipt types. Arizona is the name; Virginia is the form.

Independent-expenditure-only status means federal Super PAC filings, not Arizona state campaign-finance totals. Saving is branding. Arlington is a filing city, not a vendor list. Keep $31,822,142.89 off of candidate Form 3 ledgers. A 98% individual share does not identify Arizona residents as donors. Residence fields are not in this packet.

Individual contributions of $31.3 million

Individual contributions of $31,312,475.14 are about 98.4% of receipts. Reported inflows are almost entirely coded as individual. The remaining $509,667.75 of the receipt total is other FEC receipt types not listed here.

A 98% individual share does not identify Arizona residents or any other donors. Super PAC rules allow large individual gifts. Itemized contributor lines, where required, live on FEC.gov and on the committee overlay for C00777185.

Form 3X is the report family behind SAVING ARIZONA PAC's $31,822,142.89 receipt total and $30,781,691.42 disbursement total. Those two lines produce about 96.7% spend-through on committee C00777185. Individual contributions of $31,312,475.14 are about 98.4% of receipts. Treasurer Janna Rutland and the Arlington, VA, address of record identify the Super PAC on FEC.gov. Independent-expenditure-only status means these figures are not a candidate's Form 3 campaign report. They are not cash on hand. They are not an endorsement. Open the committee overlay for the tables, the Super PAC tracker for other type-O committees, and the PAC directory when the name collides. Stay inside those three links.

Arizona in the title, Arlington, Virginia, on the filing

The FEC name of record is SAVING ARIZONA PAC. City and state of record are Arlington, Virginia. Treasurer of record is Janna Rutland. Committee ID is C00777185. Geographic branding and filing address are two different fields. Neither field, on this packet, lists the contests where independent expenditures ran.

Virginia as the address of record is common for federal committees that use D.C.-area compliance shops. That sentence is about the city field, not about vendors. This packet does not name vendors.

Super PAC, not a state ballot-measure committee

Independent-expenditure-only status means these totals are federal Form 3X committee figures. They are not Arizona Secretary of State ballot-committee totals and not a candidate's authorized campaign. Mixing them with state reports would mix datasets.

The word saving is part of the committee name. LobbyVault does not grade whether Arizona was saved. Public records describe what C00777185 reported. They do not describe what voters should do.

How to read the overlay

Open the SAVING ARIZONA PAC committee page for the tables. Use the Super PAC tracker to compare other type-O committees with similar spend-through. Use the PAC directory when matching Arizona-named groups that are not C00777185. Cite $31,822,142.89, $30,781,691.42, and $31,312,475.14 as the three FEC aggregates this packet allows.

Arlington, Virginia, on an Arizona-named Super PAC

SAVING ARIZONA PAC files as C00777185 with Janna Rutland as treasurer in Arlington, Virginia. Arizona is branding on the statement of organization. Virginia is the city/state field. Independent expenditures reported by a Super PAC can name federal contests in Arizona or elsewhere. This packet lists neither set of contests.

About 96.7% spend-through ($30,781,691.42 of $31,822,142.89) is a near-empty-the-register pattern. Individual contributions of $31,312,475.14 are about 98.4%. The leftover $509,667.75 of receipts is other FEC categories. A 98% individual share does not identify Arizona residents as donors.

Saving is a name word. LobbyVault does not grade whether Arizona was saved. Independent-expenditure-only status means federal Form 3X, not Arizona state campaign-finance totals and not a candidate's Form 3.

Keep $31,822,142.89 off of authorized-committee ledgers. Use the SAVING ARIZONA PAC committee page, the Super PAC tracker, and the PAC directory. No voting advice follows from the filings.

Questions

How much has SAVING ARIZONA PAC raised and spent?

Receipts are $31,822,142.89 and disbursements are $30,781,691.42 for committee C00777185, about 96.7% spend-through in these Form 3X aggregates. Individual contributions are $31,312,475.14. Treasurer of record is Janna Rutland.

Is SAVING ARIZONA PAC based in Arizona?

The committee name includes Arizona. The city and state of record are Arlington, Virginia. An address of record is not a spending map, and a name is not an address.

Is SAVING ARIZONA PAC a Super PAC?

Yes. It is flagged as independent-expenditure-only. Totals are federal Form 3X figures, not Arizona state campaign-finance totals and not a candidate campaign report.

Are the receipts mostly from individuals?

Individual contributions are $31,312,475.14 of $31,822,142.89, about 98.4%. That is an FEC category share. Donor names and states are not in this packet.