GREAT FALLS, VA: $31.1M on 76,154 FEC receipts

Fairfax County city string

Seventy-six thousand one hundred fifty-four lines produce $31,073,102. Divide the pair and the mean itemized line is about $408. That mean is arithmetic from the two packet facts. FEC.gov does not publish a median on this city aggregate.

McLean, Reston, and Vienna keep separate Virginia hubs. They are not inside $31,073,102 unless the filer typed GREAT FALLS. Fairfax County is orientation, not an FEC roll-up.

Virginia, not Montana

Great Falls, MT is a different city key. This packet publishes GREAT FALLS, VA only: $31,073,102 and 76,154 lines. Folding the two states would be a recode.

Recheck both facts on the live hub if a later extract lands. Cite VA with the city name every time.

City field versus postal map

FEC.gov stores whatever city appeared on the itemized receipt. GREAT FALLS plus VA is the match. Recoding into a Census designated place or a National Capital Region label is a different dataset.

ZIP pages cut the same federal series by postal code. Summing northern Fairfax ZIPs can diverge from $31,073,102 when some receipts used McLean or Reston as the city. The 76,154-line count follows the city field.

Limits of the Great Falls aggregate

Virginia state campaigns file under state law. Those receipts are outside $31,073,102 and outside 76,154. Unitemized federal gifts are omitted. Independent expenditures that never appear as contribution itemizations are outside both facts.

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

Citing GREAT FALLS, VA

Name FEC.gov, name contributor city with VA, and print $31,073,102 with 76,154 together. Dropping the state invites confusion with Great Falls, MT.

Office addresses can share the Great Falls city field with household streets. Totals can include a PAC or joint-fundraising address when that is what filers typed. The 76,154 lines are receipts, not unique persons. If the live hub disagrees with this snapshot, trust the hub. Open original reports on FEC.gov when a named Great Falls receipt matters.

How researchers should use the Great Falls hub

Start on the live Great Falls city page, then open ZIP pages if a postal cut is the real question. $31,073,102 is the city-string dollar total in this snapshot. 76,154 is the matching line count. Those two numbers move together when FEC.gov amends a receipt. They do not move because a researcher prefers McLean as the “real” Fairfax suburb. Filers typed GREAT FALLS with VA. LobbyVault indexed that pair.

A mean near $408 is only $31,073,102 divided by 76,154. Occupation, recipient, and party are different FEC fields. None of those fields are in this packet. Cite the pair: contributor city GREAT FALLS, VA, $31,073,102, 76,154 itemized federal contributions, source FEC.gov via LobbyVault. Virginia non-federal filings never enter either fact.

McLean, Reston, and Potomac Falls sit nearby. They enter $31,073,102 only if the filer typed GREAT FALLS. The 76,154 lines are the Virginia string. Great Falls, Montana is a different state key. Print VA every time. Fairfax County is orientation, not a roll-up.

The mean near $408 is $31,073,102 divided by 76,154. It is not a typical Fairfax household gift. Virginia non-federal filings stay outside. Cite GREAT FALLS, VA with both packet facts. If the live hub disagrees, trust the hub. Original reports remain on FEC.gov.

Print VA in every Great Falls citation. $31,073,102 and 76,154 are the Virginia key. Great Falls, MT is out. McLean and Reston are out unless a filer typed GREAT FALLS. The mean near $408 is a quotient. Fairfax County is not an FEC roll-up. Virginia state filings stay outside. Cite both packet facts and FEC.gov. Trust the live hub after any amendment.

Keep GREAT FALLS, VA, $31,073,102, and 76,154 in one citation. Print VA so Great Falls, MT cannot be confused with this hub. The mean near $408 is those two numbers divided. McLean remains a separate string. Reston remains a separate string. Fairfax County remains a map. Virginia non-federal filings remain outside. Unitemized federal gifts remain outside. Independent expenditures that are not contribution itemizations remain outside. Start on the live city page. Open ZIP pages for a postal cut. Open FEC.gov for a named Great Falls receipt.

Questions

What is Great Falls, VA’s federal contribution total on LobbyVault?

Itemized FEC.gov receipts listing contributor city GREAT FALLS, VA total $31,073,102 across 76,154 contributions. That pair is a city-string roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of Great Falls residents. Unitemized gifts sit outside both figures.

Is this Great Falls, Montana?

No. The packet key is GREAT FALLS, VA. State VA is required in the citation. $31,073,102 and 76,154 lines are the Virginia match only. A Montana Great Falls string is a different city key when filers typed it that way.

Does Great Falls’ total include McLean or Reston?

Only if the filer typed GREAT FALLS. McLean, Reston, and Vienna are separate city strings when they appear that way on the receipt. $31,073,102 is the GREAT FALLS, VA match. The 76,154 lines follow the same rule. Fairfax County is not an FEC dimension on this hub.

Where do the Great Falls facts come from?

Both facts come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $31,073,102 and 76,154 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 $408 is arithmetic from those two packet numbers.