KIRKLAND, WA: $29.4M on 80,178 FEC receipts

Kirkland’s dollars versus line count

Eighty thousand one hundred seventy-eight lines produce $29,377,579. Divide the pair and the mean itemized line is about $366. That mean is arithmetic from the two packet facts. FEC.gov does not publish a median on this city aggregate.

Bellevue, Redmond, and Seattle keep separate Washington hubs. They are not inside $29,377,579 unless the filer typed KIRKLAND. King County is orientation, not an FEC roll-up.

One Eastside city, not the Eastside

Eastside is a regional label. FEC.gov stores a city field. This packet publishes KIRKLAND, WA only: $29,377,579 and 80,178 lines. Adding Redmond would be a recode.

State WA on the key is required in the citation. Recheck both facts on the live hub if a later extract lands.

City field versus postal map

FEC.gov stores whatever city appeared on the itemized receipt. KIRKLAND plus WA is the match. Recoding into a Census place or a Seattle metro label is a different dataset.

ZIP pages cut the same federal series by postal code. Summing Eastside ZIPs can diverge from $29,377,579 when some receipts used Redmond or Bellevue as the city. The 80,178-line count follows the city field.

Limits of the Kirkland aggregate

Washington state campaigns file under state law. Those receipts are outside $29,377,579 and outside 80,178. Unitemized federal gifts are omitted. Independent expenditures that never appear as contribution itemizations are outside both facts.

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

Citing KIRKLAND, WA

Name FEC.gov, name contributor city, and print $29,377,579 with 80,178 together. Dropping the line count hides volume on a $29.4 million book.

Office addresses can share the Kirkland city field with household streets. Totals can include a PAC or joint-fundraising address when that is what filers typed. The 80,178 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 Kirkland receipt matters.

How researchers should use the Kirkland hub

Start on the live Kirkland city page, then open ZIP pages if a postal cut is the real question. $29,377,579 is the city-string dollar total in this snapshot. 80,178 is the matching line count. Those two numbers move together when FEC.gov amends a receipt. They do not move because a researcher prefers Bellevue as the “real” Eastside. Filers typed KIRKLAND. LobbyVault indexed KIRKLAND.

A mean near $366 is only $29,377,579 divided by 80,178. Occupation, recipient, and party are different FEC fields. None of those fields are in this packet. Cite the pair: contributor city KIRKLAND, WA, $29,377,579, 80,178 itemized federal contributions, source FEC.gov via LobbyVault. Washington non-federal filings never enter either fact.

Juanita is often treated as a Kirkland neighborhood in local copy. FEC.gov stores whatever city appeared on the receipt. Rows typed KIRKLAND enter $29,377,579. Rows typed Redmond or Bellevue do not. The 80,178 lines follow the city field. The mean near $366 is arithmetic.

Eastside is not an FEC dimension. Washington non-federal filings stay outside. Cite KIRKLAND, WA with both facts. Recheck the live hub. Unitemized gifts stay outside. Original reports remain on FEC.gov.

Kirkland’s $29,377,579 sits on 80,178 lines. The mean near $366 is arithmetic. Redmond and Bellevue keep separate hubs. Eastside is not an FEC dimension. Washington state filings stay outside. Cite KIRKLAND, WA with both packet facts. Recheck the live hub. Repeat gifts and memo entries can add rows without adding donors. Unique donors are unpublished. Original reports remain on FEC.gov.

Keep KIRKLAND, WA, $29,377,579, and 80,178 in one citation. The mean near $366 is those two numbers divided. Redmond remains a separate string. Bellevue remains a separate string. Eastside remains a regional label. Washington 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 Kirkland receipt that needs the original filing.

King County is orientation only. $29,377,579 and 80,178 stay on KIRKLAND, WA as typed. Do not fold Redmond or Bellevue into this hub.

Questions

What is Kirkland’s federal contribution total on LobbyVault?

Itemized FEC.gov receipts listing contributor city KIRKLAND, WA total $29,377,579 across 80,178 contributions. That pair is a city-string roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of Kirkland residents. Unitemized gifts sit outside both figures.

How should I read Kirkland’s 80,178 contributions?

LobbyVault counts 80,178 itemized lines for KIRKLAND, WA. 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 $29,377,579. The mean near $366 follows from division.

Does Kirkland’s total include Redmond or Bellevue?

Only if the filer typed KIRKLAND. Bellevue, Redmond, and Seattle are separate city strings when they appear that way on the receipt. $29,377,579 is the KIRKLAND, WA match. The 80,178 lines follow the same rule. Eastside is not an FEC dimension on this hub.

Where do the Kirkland facts come from?

Both facts come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $29,377,579 and 80,178 lines. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Washington non-federal filings are outside the pair. If a later extract disagrees, the Commission’s filing controls. The mean of about $366 is arithmetic from those two packet numbers.