FRANKLIN, TN: $20.6M on 69,724 FEC receipts

69,724 lines carrying $20,636,728

The headline pair is $20,636,728 and 69,724 lines. The implied average is about $296. Cite both numbers. Quoting only the dollars drops the line-count shape of the FRANKLIN book. Williamson County filers typed FRANKLIN with state TN.

Franklin is a Williamson County suburb of Nashville. Rows that list NASHVILLE are a different hub. Brentwood and Spring Hill are neighboring strings. Franklin, other states, are other keys. 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. Read $20,636,728 as tagged federal receipts, not as what residents of FRANKLIN gave. The 69,724 lines are disclosed transactions, not unique persons.

If a newsroom map paints FRANKLIN together with Brentwood, Spring Hill, and Nashville, the FEC file still splits them. This extract’s only city total is $20,636,728 on 69,724 FRANKLIN, TN rows, mean near $296. Keep the stored spelling FRANKLIN in the citation.

Why FRANKLIN on the receipt is not a census

Searchers often want “how much did people in Franklin give.” The honest citation on this page is narrower: itemized federal receipts with contributor city FRANKLIN, TN total $20,636,728 across 69,724 contributions. Dropping “itemized” and “contributor city” inflates the claim. No. FRANKLIN, TN is the stored Williamson County string. Nashville is a different city key when filers typed it.

Party is not in this packet. Do not attach a partisan reading to $20,636,728. Occupation and employer may appear on named receipts on the city hub; they are not rolled up here. A mean near $296 is arithmetic from the two packet facts, not a typical household gift.

Outside the FRANKLIN itemized book

$20,636,728 is not spending by FRANKLIN candidates. A candidate who lives in FRANKLIN can raise money from other cities. A donor row tagged FRANKLIN, TN can go to a committee anywhere. Unitemized federal gifts sit outside both packet facts.

Postal confusion with Brentwood, Spring Hill, and Nashville is why the city field is a poor residency proxy. $20,636,728 counts rows that stored FRANKLIN, TN. 69,724 lines. About $296 each. Neighbor names need their own hubs. TN state-office receipts are omitted.

FRANKLIN versus Nashville on the FEC tape

FRANKLIN is a Williamson County mid-volume book. 69,724 lines produce $20,636,728, a mean near $296. That line count is not a unique-donor count. Comparing this mean to Nashville is only valid on the same series: contributor city, itemized federal receipts.

A FRANKLIN total of $20,636,728 does not absorb Brentwood, Spring Hill, and Nashville. Those names are other city strings when filers typed them. State TN stays on the citation so FRANKLIN, TN is not merged with a same-named place elsewhere. Mixing in TN state-campaign data breaks the comparison.

City total versus postal codes in TN

69,724 city-field lines can spread across many ZIPs or cluster in a few. This packet does not list those ZIPs. Open the ZIP directory and the live FRANKLIN hub rather than guessing the split. After an amendment wave, recheck both the city hub and any ZIP you compared. Snapshots drift independently.

Because this packet carries only city, state, dollar total, and contribution count, every other story about FRANKLIN politics sits outside the extract. That includes candidate quality, issue fights, and local election results. This guide stays on the two numbers FEC.gov supplied for the city field: $20,636,728 and 69,724.

Source tables for $20,636,728

A mean of about $296 is division of $20,636,728 by 69,724. It is fair to report as arithmetic. It is not fair to report as a typical resident of FRANKLIN. Means move with a few large lines. Internal links on this page go only to the FRANKLIN city hub, the all-cities directory, and the ZIP directory.

FRANKLIN’s $20,636,728 across 69,724 contributions is a Williamson County city field, mean near $296. Brentwood is a neighboring string, not a subset. Williamson County is not summed here. Repeat gifts add rows. Cite $20,636,728 with 69,724 from FEC.gov aggregates indexed on LobbyVault. If the live hub disagrees with this snapshot, the newer FEC extract controls.

Questions

How much is itemized from contributor city FRANKLIN, TN?

FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor city FRANKLIN, TN total $20,636,728 across 69,724 contributions in the LobbyVault aggregate. That figure is a city-string roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of people who live in Franklin. Unitemized gifts sit outside it. The mean near $296 is arithmetic from those two packet facts.

Is Franklin counted inside Nashville on this extract?

No. FRANKLIN, TN is the stored Williamson County string. Nashville is a different city key when filers typed it. LobbyVault counts 69,724 itemized contributions for FRANKLIN, TN against $20,636,728. This packet does not publish a unique-donor figure, so 69,724 should not be quoted as a population. Original reports remain on FEC.gov.

Does the Franklin total include only residents?

No. The city is the contributor-city value on the FEC itemization. Filers typed FRANKLIN with state TN. Office addresses and mail that list Franklin can be part of $20,636,728 when that is the city string on the receipt. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a residential-only book. The 69,724-line count follows the same rule.

Are Franklin numbers from FEC.gov?

The numbers come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $20,636,728 and 69,724 lines for FRANKLIN, TN. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Unitemized federal gifts and non-federal filings from TN are outside both figures. If a later extract disagrees with this snapshot, the Commission’s filing controls.