PLANO, TX: $45.7M on 149,124 FEC receipts

What $45,736,935 on the Plano city field covers

$45,736,935 divided by 149,124 is about $307 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 $45,736,935 and 149,124.

Collin County’s Plano sits on this string as a North Texas filing city, not as a score of suburb 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 Plano total of $45,736,935 does not absorb Frisco, McKinney, or Richardson. Those names are other city strings when filers typed them. State TX stays on the citation so PLANO, TX is not merged with a same-named place elsewhere. The 149,124 lines and the mean near $307 describe this key only.

Plano is a contributor city, not a Dallas recode

The city is the contributor-city value on FEC itemizations. Filers type it. LobbyVault does not geocode Plano against a municipal boundary file. A work address, a mail drop, or a household in a neighboring place that still typed PLANO can sit inside $45,736,935.

Amended reports can raise or lower both $45,736,935 and 149,124. If the live Plano hub reprints different figures, the newer FEC extract wins.

Not a Dallas–Fort Worth sum

Dallas, Fort Worth, and Austin keep separate Texas hubs. Adding them to Plano would be a recode. This packet publishes PLANO, TX only: $45,736,935 and 149,124 lines.

Allen and The Colony follow the same rule. Quote the two packet facts for this key only.

What $45,736,935 from Plano omits

Unitemized federal contributions do not appear in $45,736,935. Many small gifts never become Schedule A city rows. Citing $45,736,935 as “all federal money from Plano” overstates the series.

Texas state campaigns file under state law. Those receipts are outside $45,736,935 and outside 149,124. Independent expenditures that never appear as contribution itemizations are outside both facts.

ZIP codes under the Plano city string

The ZIP directory cuts the same FEC itemized series by five-digit contributor ZIP. A Plano city total of $45,736,935 is not automatically the sum of ZIPs that the postal service assigns to Plano. Filers can type this city with a ZIP the postal service maps to Richardson or Frisco, and the reverse.

Do not treat a mean near $307 as proof that Plano ZIPs are “small-dollar donor ZIPs.” This packet has no ZIP list and no income field. Plano will keep attracting queries that treat the city as a proxy for North Texas residents. FEC.gov stores a contributor-city field. $45,736,935 across 149,124 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 Plano receipt matters.

How researchers should use the Plano hub

Start on the live Plano city page, then open ZIP pages if a postal cut is the real question. $45,736,935 is the city-string dollar total in this snapshot. 149,124 is the matching line count. Those two numbers move together when FEC.gov amends a receipt. They do not move because a researcher prefers Frisco or Richardson as the “real” Collin County. Filers typed PLANO. LobbyVault indexed PLANO. Collin County, the Dallas North Tollway, and “North Texas” are useful for maps and news copy. They are not FEC dimensions on this hub.

A mean near $307 is only $45,736,935 divided by 149,124. It is not a typical Plano household gift, not a typical telecom-employee gift, and not a typical Legacy-corridor 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 Plano 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 PLANO, TX, $45,736,935, 149,124 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 Plano 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 Plano’s federal contribution total on LobbyVault?

Itemized FEC.gov receipts listing contributor city PLANO, TX total $45,736,935 across 149,124 contributions. That pair is a city-string roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of Plano residents. Unitemized gifts sit outside both figures.

How should I read Plano’s 149,124 contributions?

LobbyVault counts 149,124 itemized lines for PLANO, 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 $45,736,935.

Does Plano’s total include Dallas or Frisco?

Only if the filer typed PLANO. Dallas, Frisco, and McKinney are separate city strings when they appear that way on the receipt. $45,736,935 is the PLANO, TX match. The 149,124 lines follow the same rule. Metro labels are not an FEC dimension on this hub.

Where do the Plano facts come from?

Both facts come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $45,736,935 and 149,124 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 $307 is arithmetic from those two packet numbers.