LUBBOCK, TX: $44.5M on 84,136 FEC receipts

What $44,528,811 on the Lubbock city field covers

$44,528,811 divided by 84,136 is about $529 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 $44,528,811 and 84,136.

Lubbock County’s seat sits on this string as a West Texas filing city, not as a score of campus 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 Lubbock total of $44,528,811 does not absorb Amarillo, Midland, or Abilene. Those names are other city strings when filers typed them. State TX stays on the citation. The 84,136 lines and the mean near $529 describe this key only.

Lubbock 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 Lubbock against a municipal boundary file. A work address, a mail drop, or a household in a neighboring place that still typed LUBBOCK can sit inside $44,528,811.

Amended reports can raise or lower both $44,528,811 and 84,136. If the live Lubbock hub reprints different figures, the newer FEC extract wins.

Not a Dallas or Houston sum

Dallas, Houston, and Austin keep separate Texas hubs. Adding them to Lubbock would be a recode. This packet publishes LUBBOCK, TX only: $44,528,811 and 84,136 lines.

Nothing here ranks the South Plains against the Permian Basin. Quote the two packet facts for this key only.

What $44,528,811 from Lubbock omits

Unitemized federal contributions do not appear in $44,528,811. Many small gifts never become Schedule A city rows. Citing $44,528,811 as “all federal money from Lubbock” overstates the series.

Texas state campaigns file under state law. Those receipts are outside $44,528,811 and outside 84,136. Independent expenditures that never appear as contribution itemizations are outside both facts.

ZIP codes under the Lubbock city string

The ZIP directory cuts the same FEC itemized series by five-digit contributor ZIP. A Lubbock city total of $44,528,811 is not automatically the sum of ZIPs that the postal service assigns to Lubbock. Filers can type this city with a ZIP the postal service maps to Wolfforth or Slaton, and the reverse.

Do not treat a mean near $529 as proof that Lubbock ZIPs are “mid-dollar donor ZIPs.” This packet has no ZIP list and no income field. Lubbock will keep attracting queries that treat the city as a proxy for residents. FEC.gov stores a contributor-city field. $44,528,811 across 84,136 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 Lubbock receipt matters.

How researchers should use the Lubbock hub

Start on the live Lubbock city page, then open ZIP pages if a postal cut is the real question. $44,528,811 is the city-string dollar total in this snapshot. 84,136 is the matching line count. Those two numbers move together when FEC.gov amends a receipt. They do not move because a researcher prefers Amarillo or Midland as the “real” West Texas. Filers typed LUBBOCK. LobbyVault indexed LUBBOCK. Lubbock County, the South Plains, and “the Caprock” are useful for maps and news copy. They are not FEC dimensions on this hub.

A mean near $529 is only $44,528,811 divided by 84,136. It is not a typical Lubbock household gift, not a typical campus gift, and not a typical agribusiness 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 Lubbock is more or less “politically active” than Dallas because the line counts differ. Dallas is a different city string with its own hub.

Cite the pair in one sentence: contributor city LUBBOCK, TX, $44,528,811, 84,136 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 Lubbock 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 Lubbock’s federal contribution total on LobbyVault?

Itemized FEC.gov receipts listing contributor city LUBBOCK, TX total $44,528,811 across 84,136 contributions. That pair is a city-string roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of Lubbock residents. Unitemized gifts sit outside both figures.

How should I read Lubbock’s 84,136 contributions?

LobbyVault counts 84,136 itemized lines for LUBBOCK, 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 $44,528,811.

Does Lubbock’s total include Amarillo or Midland?

Only if the filer typed LUBBOCK. Amarillo, Midland, and Abilene are separate city strings when they appear that way on the receipt. $44,528,811 is the LUBBOCK, TX match. The 84,136 lines follow the same rule. Metro labels are not an FEC dimension on this hub.

Where do the Lubbock facts come from?

Both facts come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $44,528,811 and 84,136 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 $529 is arithmetic from those two packet numbers.