Federal contributions from ZIP 98122: $15.0M

A long Seattle list with a modest mean

$14,959,958 divided by 72,901 is about $205 per itemized line. Seventy-two thousand nine hundred one rows is a dense list for a $15.0M total. The packet has a dollar total and a contribution count. It does not have a unique-donor count, a party split, or a neighborhood-within-ZIP split.

Do not treat 72,901 as a census of Capitol Hill. Repeat gifts, household pairs, and any committee that prints 98122 all add rows. LobbyVault does not interpret $14,959,958 as a ranking of Seattle civic intensity. The source is FEC.gov receipts tagged 98122.

Capitol Hill mail is not all of Seattle

Seattle uses many ZIPs. 98101, 98102, 98112, and 98144 are different roll-ups. A Pike/Pine suite and a 23rd Avenue household can share 98122 when that is what the filer typed. $14,959,958 follows the form. It is not a resident-only book. Open the ZIP 98122 FEC page for named receipts rather than guessing which of the 72,901 rows are households.

Adding 98122 to other Seattle codes and calling the sum a city FEC total is a recode you must document. This page reports $14,959,958 for 98122 only.

What $14,959,958 leaves out

Unitemized federal gifts never enter. Washington state-office campaigns never enter. Independent expenditures paid from another ZIP never enter, even if they mention a Seattle or 7th/9th District race. Cite $14,959,958 only as itemized federal receipts tagged 98122.

The mean of about $205 is arithmetic, not a median. A long list of modest itemized gifts will pull the average down. The packet has no gift-size distribution. Amendments can restate large transfers without touching most of the 72,901 small lines. Recheck the live hub after quarterly filings.

98122 beside 98102 and 98112

Eastlake/Capitol Hill 98102 and Madison Park 98112 are separate FEC keys. Compare 72,901 against those peers on the all-ZIP directory rather than against an Eastside ZIP with a higher mean and fewer lines. Filing shape is local to how addresses were entered.

Live hub for 98122

The ZIP 98122 FEC page holds $14,959,958 and 72,901 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. Filtering names to 98122 should reconcile to the ZIP hub, not to a homemade $205 average.

This packet does not publish a unique-donor count. A citation names ZIP 98122, $14,959,958, 72,901 contributions, and FEC.gov aggregates indexed on LobbyVault.

Reading 98122 next to the rest of the ZIP directory

The all-ZIP directory exists so 98122 can be placed among other five-digit keys without turning $14,959,958 into a metro story. Capitol Hill / Central District sits in King County. Peers include 98102, 98112, and 98144. Each peer has its own total. 72,901 lines at $14,959,958 ($15.0M) is the local shape. A peer with similar dollars and half the rows will show a higher mean; that contrast is the point of keeping keys separate.

Do not build a King County FEC total by addition unless you list every ZIP you included. Washington state-office filings still sit outside every one of those keys. Unitemized federal gifts sit outside them too. This packet does not publish a unique-donor count for 98122, so a King County donor census is also out of reach from these facts.

Citation template: contributor ZIP 98122, $14,959,958, 72,901 itemized contributions, FEC.gov aggregates indexed on LobbyVault. Add that the mean is about $205 only if you also say it is dollars divided by lines. Then send the reader to the ZIP 98122 FEC page for names and to the donor directory for person-level itemizations.

Keep the unit of analysis explicit. 98122 is a five-digit contributor ZIP on FEC itemizations covering Capitol Hill / Central District. $14,959,958 is the itemized-dollar total. 72,901 is the itemized-line total. $15.0M is $14,959,958 rounded. About $205 is those dollars divided by those lines. King County is map context. 98102, 98112, and 98144 are other keys. Washington 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 98122 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 98122?

FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor ZIP 98122 total $14,959,958 across 72,901 contributions. The compact headline is $15.0M. That figure is a ZIP roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of Capitol Hill. Unitemized gifts sit outside it.

How many FEC contributions are tagged to ZIP 98122?

LobbyVault counts 72,901 itemized contributions for ZIP 98122. That is a line count, not a headcount of unique people. The mean of about $205 follows from dividing dollars by lines. This packet does not publish a unique-donor figure. Open named receipts on the ZIP hub to see which committees appear. This packet still does not publish a unique-donor count.

Does ZIP 98122 cover all of Seattle?

No. 98122 is one east-of-downtown mail key covering Capitol Hill and the Central District. Other Seattle ZIPs are separate roll-ups. Committees and office addresses that file 98122 can be part of $14,959,958. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a citywide book.

Where does LobbyVault get ZIP 98122 totals?

The numbers come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $14,959,958 and 72,901 lines for ZIP 98122. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Unitemized federal gifts and Washington state filings are outside both figures. If a later extract disagrees, the Commission’s filing controls.