BRENTWOOD, TN: $27.0M on 75,385 FEC receipts

What $27,047,463 on the Brentwood city field covers

$27,047,463 divided by 75,385 is about $359 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 $27,047,463 and 75,385.

Williamson County’s Brentwood sits on this string as a filing city south of Nashville, not as a score of Music City races. Franklin and Nolensville are other nearby city strings. They are not inside $27,047,463 unless the filer typed BRENTWOOD.

Brentwood is a contributor city, not a Nashville recode

The city is the contributor-city value on FEC itemizations. Filers type it. LobbyVault does not geocode Brentwood against a municipal boundary file. A work address, a mail drop, or a household in a neighboring place that still typed BRENTWOOD can sit inside $27,047,463.

Nashville and Franklin keep separate Tennessee hubs. Adding them to Brentwood would be a recode. This packet publishes BRENTWOOD, TN only: $27,047,463 and 75,385 lines. Totals can include a PAC or joint-fundraising address when that is what filers typed. A Franklin household typed as BRENTWOOD sits inside the pair; a Brentwood household typed as NASHVILLE does not. Amended reports can raise or lower both facts.

Keep TN on the Brentwood citation

Brentwood, California and Brentwood, New York are other city strings. State TN stays on the citation so BRENTWOOD, TN is not merged with them. The 75,385 lines and the mean near $359 describe this key only. Williamson County, Maryland Farms, and “south of Nashville” are useful for maps and news copy. They are not FEC dimensions on this hub.

Nothing here ranks Brentwood against Knoxville or Chattanooga. Quote the two packet facts for this key only. Recheck both facts on the live hub if a later extract lands. Do not add Nashville’s hub to $27,047,463.

What $27,047,463 from Brentwood omits

Unitemized federal contributions do not appear in $27,047,463. Many small gifts never become Schedule A city rows. Citing $27,047,463 as “all federal money from Brentwood” overstates the series. The 75,385 lines are the itemized book only, not a resident census.

Tennessee state campaigns file under state law. Those receipts are outside $27,047,463 and outside 75,385. Independent expenditures that never appear as contribution itemizations are outside both facts. Metro Nashville and Williamson County races that never become federal Schedule A rows sit outside both facts as well. Quote the itemized pair only.

ZIP codes under the Brentwood city string

The ZIP directory cuts the same FEC itemized series by five-digit contributor ZIP. A Brentwood city total of $27,047,463 is not automatically the sum of ZIPs the postal service assigns to Brentwood. Filers can type this city with a ZIP mapped to Franklin or Nashville, and the reverse. A researcher who adds those postal pages to this hub is mixing two cuts of the same series.

Do not treat a mean near $359 as proof that Brentwood ZIPs are mid-dollar donor ZIPs. This packet has no ZIP list and no income field. 75,385 is a line count. $27,047,463 is a dollar sum. Those two numbers move together when FEC.gov amends a receipt. They do not move because a map prefers Nashville as the “real” Middle Tennessee. If the live hub reprints a different pair, the newer FEC extract wins.

Citing BRENTWOOD, TN

Cite the pair in one sentence: contributor city BRENTWOOD, TN, $27,047,463, 75,385 itemized federal contributions, source FEC.gov via LobbyVault. Dropping the line count hides Brentwood’s volume relative to a thinner city on similar dollars. Name state TN so readers do not merge this hub with Brentwood, California.

A mean near $359 is only $27,047,463 divided by 75,385. It is not a typical Brentwood household gift, not a typical Maryland Farms office gift, and not a typical Williamson County gift. Occupation, recipient, and party live on other FEC fields. None of those fields are in this packet. Do not infer turnout. Do not infer that Brentwood is more or less politically active than Nashville because the line counts differ. Nashville is a different city string with its own hub. Original PDFs and electronic filings remain on FEC.gov for any named Brentwood receipt that needs a line-by-line check.

Questions

What is Brentwood’s federal contribution total on LobbyVault?

Itemized FEC.gov receipts listing contributor city BRENTWOOD, TN total $27,047,463 across 75,385 contributions. That pair is a city-string roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of Brentwood residents. Unitemized gifts sit outside both figures.

How should I read Brentwood’s 75,385 contributions?

LobbyVault counts 75,385 itemized lines for BRENTWOOD, TN. 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 $27,047,463.

Does Brentwood’s total include Nashville or Franklin?

Only if the filer typed BRENTWOOD. Nashville, Franklin, and Knoxville are separate city strings when they appear that way on the receipt. $27,047,463 is the BRENTWOOD, TN match. The 75,385 lines follow the same rule. Metro labels are not an FEC dimension on this hub.

Where do the Brentwood facts come from?

Both facts come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $27,047,463 and 75,385 lines. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Tennessee non-federal filings are outside the pair. If a later extract disagrees, the Commission’s filing controls. The mean of about $359 is arithmetic from those two packet numbers.