MCLEAN, VA: $117.4M on 200,955 FEC receipts

The MCLEAN, VA contributor-city book

200,955 itemized contributions produced $117,414,488 under the MCLEAN, VA city key. About $584 per line follows from division. Repeat givers can lengthen 200,955 without adding new people; this packet has no unique-donor figure.

State VA on the same row keeps MCLEAN, VA distinct from same-named cities elsewhere. Fairfax County’s McLean sits inside the Washington orbit as geography, not as an FEC suburb score. 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.

Keep Arlington, Falls Church, and Great Falls off the McLean citation unless the receipt actually stored those cities. $117,414,488 is the MCLEAN, VA string alone. 200,955 itemized rows and about $584 per row are the shape of that string, not of the metro map.

Volume and average on the McLean book

McLean sits in a mid-range mean band on this extract: about $584 from $117,414,488 divided by 200,955. The pair is a city-field average, not a ranking of political intensity.

The shape is two numbers. $117,414,488 without 200,955 looks like a single pile of money. 200,955 without $117,414,488 looks like a turnout figure. Together they are an itemized city book.

Federal itemized only: the VA city caveat

Refunds, redesignations, and amendments can move both dollars and the 200,955-line count after this snapshot. Treat the figures as currently indexed, not as a closed book.

Researchers who need names should open the McLean FEC page rather than dividing $117,414,488 by a guessed household count.

Metro shorthand that folds Arlington or Falls Church into McLean is a recode. FEC.gov stored MCLEAN, VA. $117,414,488 across 200,955 contributions, mean near $584, belongs to that spelling. Great Falls is a different key if it appears as the city field.

City string versus people who live in McLean

200,955 is a line count. Households that give twice, redesignations, and memo entries can add rows. Without a unique-donor field in this packet, do not quote 200,955 as a population of McLean donors.

The all-cities directory ranks the same series. Compare line counts as filing shape, not as a claim that one city is more politically active. FEC.gov does not score activity.

Readers who live near Arlington or Falls Church still need the city string as filed. A McLean mailing habit is not the FEC dimension. MCLEAN, VA sums to $117,414,488 on 200,955 lines (about $584 each). Great Falls remains outside that pair.

Where McLean rows split by ZIP

City and ZIP are different FEC fields. A row can carry city MCLEAN, VA and a ZIP that readers associate with a neighbor. Both fields are stored as filed. LobbyVault’s city page sums the city field.

The all-cities directory is the ranking view of the same city series. McLean’s 200,955 lines are comparable to other cities only as filing volume, not as turnout.

Line count 200,955 and dollars $117,414,488 should move together in a reader’s notes. If a later story quotes only one, check the hub. An amendment can change either figure. Snapshot prose cannot update itself.

McLean versus Arlington is a different-key problem, not a suburb ranking. Falls Church and Great Falls follow the same rule. Quote $117,414,488 and 200,955 for MCLEAN, VA only. The mean near $584 does not travel with a neighbor’s name.

Live hub versus this McLean snapshot

The McLean FEC page holds the live $117,414,488 and 200,955 as currently indexed. The all-cities directory ranks other city strings. The ZIP directory opens a different field. If a later extract disagrees, FEC.gov controls.

If you quote $117,414,488, quote 200,955 in the same breath. A dollar total without a line count hides whether McLean is a volume book or a concentration book.

McLean’s $117,414,488 on 200,955 lines yields a mean near $584, above many large-city averages on this series. Fairfax County geography places McLean near Washington; that is orientation, not an FEC influence score. Arlington, Falls Church, and Great Falls are different city strings. Virginia state-office filings are omitted from the federal city book. A Census-designated place can still be a contributor-city value if filers typed MCLEAN. Do not recode McLean rows into a Northern Virginia mega-total. The 200,955-line count is not a unique-donor census. Cite $117,414,488, 200,955, and contributor city McLean, VA together.

Questions

What is the FEC donation total for MCLEAN, VA?

FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor city MCLEAN, VA total $117,414,488 across 200,955 contributions in the LobbyVault aggregate. That figure is a city-string roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of people who live in McLean. Unitemized gifts sit outside it.

Is 200,955 a count of McLean donors?

LobbyVault counts 200,955 itemized contributions for MCLEAN, VA. That is a line count, not a headcount of unique people. Repeat gifts, redesignations, and memo entries can add rows without adding new donors. This packet does not publish a unique-donor figure, so 200,955 should not be quoted as a population. The matching dollar total on the same extract is $117,414,488.

Is MCLEAN, VA a residency total?

No. The city is the contributor-city value on the FEC itemization. Filers typed MCLEAN with state VA. Office addresses and mail that list McLean can be part of $117,414,488 when that is the city string on the receipt. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a residential-only book. The 200,955-line count follows the same rule.

What is the source for MCLEAN, VA campaign money figures?

The numbers come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $117,414,488 and 200,955 lines for MCLEAN, VA. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Unitemized federal gifts and non-federal filings from VA are outside both figures. If a later extract disagrees with this snapshot, the Commission’s filing controls. The mean of about $584 is arithmetic from those two packet facts.