CORPUS CHRISTI, TX: $49.0M on 115,893 FEC receipts

What $48,968,898 on the Corpus Christi city field covers

$48,968,898 divided by 115,893 is about $423 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 $48,968,898 and 115,893.

Nueces County’s largest city sits on this string as a Coastal Bend filing city, not as a score of port-authority races. 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 Corpus Christi total of $48,968,898 does not absorb Portland, Kingsville, or Rockport. Those names are other city strings when filers typed them. State TX stays on the citation so CORPUS CHRISTI, TX is not merged with a same-named place elsewhere. The 115,893 lines and the mean near $423 describe this key only.

Corpus Christi 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 Corpus Christi against a municipal boundary file. A work address, a mail drop, or a household in a neighboring place that still typed CORPUS CHRISTI can sit inside $48,968,898.

Amended reports can raise or lower both $48,968,898 and 115,893. If the live Corpus Christi hub reprints different figures, the newer FEC extract wins.

Not a Houston or San Antonio sum

Houston, San Antonio, and Austin keep separate Texas hubs. Adding them to Corpus Christi would be a recode. This packet publishes CORPUS CHRISTI, TX only: $48,968,898 and 115,893 lines.

Nothing here ranks the Coastal Bend against the Rio Grande Valley. Quote the two packet facts for this key only.

What $48,968,898 from Corpus Christi omits

Unitemized federal contributions do not appear in $48,968,898. Many small gifts never become Schedule A city rows. Citing $48,968,898 as “all federal money from Corpus Christi” overstates the series.

Texas state campaigns file under state law. Those receipts are outside $48,968,898 and outside 115,893. Independent expenditures that never appear as contribution itemizations are outside both facts. LobbyVault does not impute missing city strings.

ZIP codes under the Corpus Christi city string

The ZIP directory cuts the same FEC itemized series by five-digit contributor ZIP. A Corpus Christi city total of $48,968,898 is not automatically the sum of ZIPs that the postal service assigns to Corpus Christi. Filers can type this city with a ZIP the postal service maps to Portland or Calallen, and the reverse.

Do not treat a mean near $423 as proof that Corpus Christi ZIPs are “mid-dollar donor ZIPs.” This packet has no ZIP list and no income field. Corpus Christi will keep attracting queries that treat the city as a proxy for residents. FEC.gov stores a contributor-city field. $48,968,898 across 115,893 lines is what that field sums to in this aggregate. If the live hub reprints a different pair, the newer FEC extract wins. Open original reports on FEC.gov when a named Corpus Christi receipt matters.

How researchers should use the Corpus Christi hub

Start on the live Corpus Christi city page, then open ZIP pages if a postal cut is the real question. $48,968,898 is the city-string dollar total in this snapshot. 115,893 is the matching line count. Those two numbers move together when FEC.gov amends a receipt. They do not move because a researcher prefers Portland or Kingsville as the “real” Coastal Bend. Filers typed CORPUS CHRISTI. LobbyVault indexed CORPUS CHRISTI. Nueces County, the port, and “the Coastal Bend” are useful for maps and news copy. They are not FEC dimensions on this hub.

A mean near $423 is only $48,968,898 divided by 115,893. It is not a typical Corpus Christi household gift, not a typical refinery-employee gift, and not a typical naval-air-station 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 Corpus Christi is more or less “politically active” than Houston because the line counts differ. Houston is a different city string with its own hub.

Cite the pair in one sentence: contributor city CORPUS CHRISTI, TX, $48,968,898, 115,893 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 Corpus Christi receipt that needs a line-by-line check. Texas 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 Corpus Christi’s federal contribution total on LobbyVault?

Itemized FEC.gov receipts listing contributor city CORPUS CHRISTI, TX total $48,968,898 across 115,893 contributions. That pair is a city-string roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of Corpus Christi residents. Unitemized gifts sit outside both figures.

How should I read Corpus Christi’s 115,893 contributions?

LobbyVault counts 115,893 itemized lines for CORPUS CHRISTI, TX. 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 $48,968,898.

Does Corpus Christi’s total include Houston or Kingsville?

Only if the filer typed CORPUS CHRISTI. Houston, Kingsville, and Portland are separate city strings when they appear that way on the receipt. $48,968,898 is the CORPUS CHRISTI, TX match. The 115,893 lines follow the same rule. Metro labels are not an FEC dimension on this hub.

Where do the Corpus Christi facts come from?

Both facts come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $48,968,898 and 115,893 lines. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Texas non-federal filings are outside the pair. If a later extract disagrees, the Commission’s filing controls. The mean of about $423 is arithmetic from those two packet numbers.