FAIRFAX, VA: $58.2M on 118,872 FEC receipts

Fairfax the city string, not the county

Divide $58,157,066 by 118,872 and the average itemized line is about $489. Falls Church, on a nearby dollar total, carries 364,985 lines. Fairfax is the thinner of those two books.

Fairfax County is a local-government name. FEC.gov stored a city field. McLean, Vienna, Falls Church, and Reston are other strings. They are not inside $58,157,066 unless the filer typed FAIRFAX.

A PAC or joint-fundraising committee that listed Fairfax can share the city field with household streets. LobbyVault does not recode those rows into a county book. The 118,872 lines are receipts, not unique persons.

Do not treat Fairfax as Northern Virginia

Adding Fairfax to Arlington, McLean, and Falls Church and calling the sum “Northern Virginia” is a recode this packet does not publish. Keep FAIRFAX, VA as the citation: $58,157,066 and 118,872 lines.

Recheck both facts on the live hub after a later extract.

City field versus ZIP pages

Filers type a city. The Commission stores that string. Confusion between the independent city of Fairfax and Fairfax County addresses is why the literal string matters.

ZIP pages cut the same federal series by postal code. Northern Virginia ZIPs often straddle city labels. Do not expect ZIP sums to equal $58,157,066. The 118,872-line count follows the city field.

What this table omits

Virginia state campaigns file under state law. Those receipts are outside $58,157,066 and outside 118,872. Unitemized federal gifts are omitted. Independent expenditures that never appear as contribution itemizations are outside both facts.

Nothing here estimates how Fairfax voted. Occupation and recipient live on other FEC fields. Use the city table, then ZIP pages, then the cities index.

A Fairfax citation that names FEC.gov and prints $58,157,066 without 118,872, or that calls the pair a county total, is incomplete. Fairfax County is not the dimension. Falls Church and Vienna remain other hubs. The mean near $489 is arithmetic from the city pair.

If a later extract moves Fairfax’s pair, the live hub is the authority. This guide is a snapshot. Open original reports on FEC.gov when a named Fairfax receipt is the story. Unitemized gifts and Virginia state filings remain outside $58,157,066 and 118,872.

Citing FAIRFAX, VA

Name FEC.gov, name contributor city, and print $58,157,066 with 118,872 together. Do not describe the pair as a Fairfax County total.

If the live hub disagrees with this snapshot, trust the hub. Open original reports on FEC.gov when a named Fairfax receipt matters.

Fairfax’s $58,157,066 on 118,872 lines, mean near $489, is a city string, not a Fairfax County total. Keep that distinction in every citation.

Falls Church and Vienna remain neighboring hubs with different dollar-to-line shapes. They are not inside $58,157,066.

What a Fairfax reader should carry

Carry FEC.gov, contributor city FAIRFAX, VA, $58,157,066, and 118,872 lines. The mean near $489 is optional arithmetic. It is not a typical household gift and not a unique-donor average.

Falls Church, Vienna, McLean, Arlington, and Reston stay off this page unless the filer typed FAIRFAX. Virginia state-office receipts stay off this page. Unitemized federal gifts stay off this page.

Fairfax County is a local-government name. FEC.gov stored a city field. Confusion between the independent city of Fairfax and Fairfax County addresses is why the literal string matters. Quote $58,157,066 with 118,872 together.

The live Fairfax hub is the table. This guide is the footnote. If they disagree, trust the hub. Open original reports on FEC.gov when a named Fairfax receipt matters. ZIP pages split a different field. Northern Virginia ZIPs often straddle city labels.

Fairfax’s 118,872 lines behind $58,157,066, mean near $489, describe the typed city FAIRFAX, not Fairfax County. County is a local-government name. FEC.gov stored a city field.

Falls Church, Vienna, McLean, and Arlington are other Northern Virginia strings. They are not a remainder inside $58,157,066. Confusion between the independent city and the county is why the literal string matters.

Virginia state campaigns and unitemized federal gifts sit outside both facts. Northern Virginia ZIPs often straddle city labels. The Fairfax hub holds the live table. If it disagrees with this snapshot, trust the hub. Open FEC.gov. Quote $58,157,066 with 118,872.

Fairfax’s pair is $58,157,066 and 118,872 lines. Print both. Fairfax County is not the dimension. Falls Church stays on its own hub. The live table on the Fairfax FEC page is the authority if this snapshot and the hub diverge.

Questions

What does LobbyVault show for Fairfax, VA federal contributions?

FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor city FAIRFAX, VA total $58,157,066 across 118,872 contributions. That pair is a city-string roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a Fairfax County total. Unitemized gifts sit outside it. Unitemized federal gifts sit outside both figures, and Fairfax County is not the dimension on this hub.

Is the Fairfax hub the same as Fairfax County?

No. This page matches the typed city FAIRFAX with state VA. Fairfax County is a local-government name, not an FEC city dimension on this hub. $58,157,066 and 118,872 lines describe the city string only. Other county cities keep their own hubs.

Does Fairfax’s total include Falls Church or Vienna?

No, unless the filer typed FAIRFAX. Falls Church and Vienna are separate city hubs. $58,157,066 is the FAIRFAX, VA match. The 118,872 lines follow the same rule. Regional labels are not an FEC dimension on this page. Falls Church and Vienna are separate city hubs; regional labels are not an FEC dimension here.

How current is Fairfax’s $58,157,066 figure?

The numbers come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $58,157,066 and 118,872 lines. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Virginia non-federal filings are outside the pair. If a later extract disagrees, the Commission’s filing controls. The mean of about $489 is arithmetic from those two packet facts.