Federal contributions from ZIP 26507

Seven hundred fifty-five lines, $21.6 million

$21,594,053 divided by 755 is about $28,599 per itemized line. That is filing shape, not a typical Morgantown household. A short list with a five-figure mean usually means large Schedule A rows — committee transfers, memo entries, or a handful of high-dollar itemizations — dominate the roll-up.

Seven hundred fifty-five is still a contribution-line count, not a unique-person count. Repeat gifts and memo entries can add rows without adding new people. It is also not small enough to treat as a single check. This packet has no donor headcount and no size bands.

Do not read $28,599 as what a typical payer gave. Sort the ZIP 26507 FEC page by amount. A few large rows can account for most of $21,594,053 while smaller itemizations fill out 755.

A Morgantown PO-box ZIP on FEC forms

26507 is a Morgantown, West Virginia post-office box ZIP. FEC.gov stores the five digits as typed on Schedule A. A committee that uses a 26507 box, or a contributor who listed that box, adds to $21,594,053 when that ZIP is on the itemization.

Searchers who treat 26507 as a residential neighborhood will misread the field. Box ZIPs often concentrate committee letterhead. The packet does not split residents from committees. The legal field is the string 26507 as filed, totaling $21,594,053 across 755 lines.

Why a short list still needs the caveat

A 755-line ZIP with a $28,599 mean is exactly the pattern where a few large Schedule A rows can move the headline. The total is the contributor ZIP as filed, not a census of Morgantown residents. Do not convert $21,594,053 into a city giving rank.

Unitemized federal gifts never enter $21,594,053. West Virginia state filings that never reach the FEC never enter it. Independent expenditures paid from another ZIP do not move this receipt total.

What $21,594,053 leaves out

Cite $21,594,053 only as itemized federal receipts tagged 26507, from FEC.gov. Mixing state races or unitemized federal gifts with this sum double-counts some activity and misses other activity.

Amended reports can still shift $21,594,053 and 755. On a short list, a single restated transfer can move the mean by thousands of dollars. Recheck the ZIP 26507 FEC page after a restatement. Compare extract dates before treating two published totals as a contradiction.

Reading the 26507 hub

Open the ZIP 26507 FEC page for $21,594,053 and 755 as currently indexed. Sort by amount first. With only 755 rows, the largest itemizations are inspectable. Use the all-ZIP directory to compare codes and the donor directory for names on those rows.

The accurate citation is: itemized federal receipts with contributor ZIP 26507 total $21,594,053 across 755 contributions, per FEC.gov aggregates indexed on LobbyVault. A mean of about $28,599 describes filing shape. Unique donors are not in the packet. Party is not in the packet.

Do not rank Morgantown from 26507

A box ZIP totaling $21,594,053 on 755 lines is a poor proxy for citywide giving. Neighboring Morgantown residential codes are separate keys. Adding them together is a recode you must document; it is not this $21,594,053 figure.

If a committee later amends the ZIP field on a large row, $21,594,053 and 755 both move. Recheck the live hub. This file is a snapshot of FEC.gov aggregates indexed on LobbyVault, not a versioned amendment log.

On a short list the citation still needs both numbers: itemized federal receipts with contributor ZIP 26507 total $21,594,053 across 755 contributions, according to FEC.gov aggregates indexed on LobbyVault. Then note that $21,594,053 ÷ 755 is about $28,599 per line, which is filing shape on a Morgantown box ZIP, not a typical household. Sort the hub by amount before writing about “large donors.” The packet has no unique-donor field.

Because 755 is short, one amended transfer can move the mean by thousands of dollars. Recheck the ZIP 26507 FEC page after any restatement. Do not treat a week-old snapshot as a contradiction of a newer extract. West Virginia state filings and unitemized federal gifts remain outside $21,594,053. Named receipts on those 755 rows answer identity; this guide answers only the ZIP string and the two packet facts.

Questions

How much federal campaign money is tied to ZIP 26507?

FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor ZIP 26507 total $21,594,053 across 755 contributions in the LobbyVault aggregate. That is a ZIP roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of Morgantown residents. The mean of about $28,599 is arithmetic from those two packet facts.

Why does ZIP 26507 have so few FEC contributions?

LobbyVault counts 755 itemized contributions for ZIP 26507 against $21,594,053. That is a short line list for this dollar band. 26507 is a Morgantown post-office box ZIP; committee letterhead can concentrate large rows. The packet does not split those rows from individual itemizations.

Does ZIP 26507 include only Morgantown residents?

No. The ZIP is the five-digit contributor code on the FEC itemization. Box, office, and committee addresses tagged 26507 can be part of $21,594,053 when that is what was filed. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a residential-only book. The 755-line count follows the same rule.

Where does LobbyVault get ZIP 26507 totals?

The numbers come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $21,594,053 and 755 lines for ZIP 26507. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. West Virginia state filings are outside both figures. If a later extract disagrees, the Commission’s filing controls.