Federal contributions from ZIP 79901: $14.8M

Three thousand lines carrying $14.8 million

$14,831,761 divided by 3,266 is about $4,541 per itemized line. That mean is far above ZIPs in this slice with 70,000 rows. It is arithmetic from two packet facts, not a median and not a typical household gift. A short list plus a large dollar total usually means large lines, committee addresses, or both. This guide will not invent the mix.

The packet has a dollar total and a contribution count. It does not have a unique-donor count. Do not treat 3,266 as a census of downtown El Paso. LobbyVault does not treat $14,831,761 as a border-city political identity.

Downtown El Paso is not all 799xx codes

El Paso uses many ZIPs. 79901 is the downtown key, not westside or eastside residential codes. A downtown suite and a committee mailbox can share 79901. $14,831,761 follows the form. Open the ZIP 79901 FEC page for named receipts. With only 3,266 lines, the named list is the right place to see whether large committee rows dominate. Texas state-office filings are a different dataset. Keep 79901 isolated unless you document a cluster of other El Paso codes.

What stays outside $14,831,761

Unitemized federal gifts never enter. Texas state-office campaigns never enter. Independent expenditures paid from another ZIP never enter, even if they mention an El Paso race. Cite $14,831,761 only as itemized federal receipts tagged 79901. Amendments matter more when the line count is 3,266: restating one large transfer moves the total farther than it would in a 70,000-line ZIP. Recheck the live hub after quarterly filings.

79901 beside other El Paso codes

West, east, and northeast El Paso ZIPs are separate FEC keys. Adding them to 79901 and calling the sum an El Paso FEC total is a recode you must document. This page reports $14,831,761 for 79901 only. Compare 3,266 against those peers on the all-ZIP directory — the line-count gap is the shape of this code.

Live hub for 79901

The ZIP 79901 FEC page holds $14,831,761 and 3,266 as currently indexed. The all-ZIP directory places the code among others. The donor directory lists names on itemized receipts. If a later extract disagrees, FEC.gov controls.

This packet does not publish a unique-donor count. Cite ZIP 79901, $14,831,761, 3,266 contributions, and FEC.gov aggregates indexed on LobbyVault. Mention the high per-line mean only as dollars divided by lines.

Limits of the 79901 snapshot

This snapshot holds two numbers for 79901: $14,831,761 and 3,266. Rounded, the dollars are $14.8M. The mail code covers downtown El Paso in El Paso County. Those words are labels, not extra quantities. LobbyVault did not harvest a unique-donor count, a party split, an employer split, or a cycle series for this packet. Missing fields stay missing.

Texas state-office money is excluded by construction. Unitemized federal gifts are excluded by construction. Independent expenditures paid from another ZIP are excluded even when the advertisement mentions downtown El Paso. Neighboring keys (other 799xx codes) are excluded unless you open those pages. $14,831,761 is the 79901 bucket only.

About $4,541 per itemized line is the ratio of the two facts. Use it to describe shape, not to describe a person. After quarterly filings, reread the ZIP 79901 FEC page. Amendments can restate large transfers while most of the 3,266 small lines stay put. FEC.gov remains the source of record for the underlying receipts.

Keep the unit of analysis explicit. 79901 is a five-digit contributor ZIP on FEC itemizations covering downtown El Paso. $14,831,761 is the itemized-dollar total. 3,266 is the itemized-line total. $14.8M is $14,831,761 rounded. About $4,541 is those dollars divided by those lines. El Paso County is map context. other 799xx codes are other keys. Texas state-office activity is out of scope. Unitemized federal gifts are out of scope. This packet does not publish a unique-donor count, so do not cite one. Open the ZIP 79901 FEC page for the live index, the all-ZIP directory for peers, and the donor directory for names on itemized receipts. If those tools and this snapshot disagree, FEC.gov controls. Cite the ZIP, the dollars, and the line count together.

Questions

How much federal campaign money is tied to ZIP 79901?

FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor ZIP 79901 total $14,831,761 across 3,266 contributions. The compact headline is $14.8M. That figure is a ZIP roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of El Paso. Unitemized gifts sit outside it.

Why is the ZIP 79901 contribution count so low compared with the dollars?

LobbyVault counts only 3,266 itemized contributions for ZIP 79901 against $14,831,761. Dividing those facts yields about $4,541 per line. That is a shape statistic, not a median and not a unique-donor count. Large itemized lines and committee addresses can both produce this pattern. Open the ZIP hub for named receipts.

Does ZIP 79901 cover all of El Paso?

No. 79901 is the downtown mail key. Other El Paso ZIPs are separate roll-ups. Committees and office addresses that file 79901 can be part of $14,831,761. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a citywide or residential-only book. Open named receipts on the ZIP hub to see which committees appear. This packet still does not publish a unique-donor count.

Where does LobbyVault get ZIP 79901 totals?

The numbers come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $14,831,761 and 3,266 lines for ZIP 79901. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Unitemized federal gifts and Texas state filings are outside both figures. If a later extract disagrees, the Commission’s filing controls.