Florida candidate fundraising — 2008 cycle

The 2008 cycle meeting Florida office state

Florida office-state candidates reported $63,762,365 in FEC.gov receipts inside the 2008 cycle table. That figure is Florida candidate-committee receipts for federal office in office state FL during the 2008 cycle, as grouped on FEC.gov. The matching national book is $3,257,217,142 ($3.26 billion) across 1,638 candidates. Florida is 2.0% of those cycle dollars and 5.4% of the cycle candidate roster. This page exists because the two dimensions meet. It is not a restatement of the 2008 cycle hub alone and not a restatement of the Florida state hub across every cycle.

A large candidate count with a mid-range dollar cell means many listed campaigns split $63.8 million. FEC.gov does not say how evenly. Eighty-eight Florida office-state candidates are a large roster against 1,638 cycle candidates, so Florida’s candidate-share exceeds its dollar-share in 2008. Candidate receipts here are committee-side totals for the office-state filter. They are not independent expenditures, not a Schedule A donor directory, and not USAspending award dollars. The cycle hub lives at /election-cycles/2008/; the Florida hub lives at /states/FL/. Every cycle is indexed at /election-cycles/, and sibling joins sit at /ties/.

Florida’s 88-candidate 2008 receipt cell

Florida’s 2008 cell holds $63,762,365 ($63.8 million) from 88 office-state candidates. Dividing receipts by that candidate count gives an arithmetic mean of about $724,572 per listed candidate. That mean is a ratio of two FEC columns. It is not a median, not a typical itemized contribution, and not evidence that each campaign raised the same amount. The Florida hub at /states/FL/ mixes cycles; this tie freezes 2008 only.

National 2008 receipts beside Florida

The 2008 cycle table on FEC.gov shows $3,257,217,142 in candidate receipts nationwide and 1,638 candidates. After removing Florida, $3,193,454,778 and 1,550 candidates remain in other office states. Those remainder figures are arithmetic (cycle minus state). They are not a second FEC file. Opening only this tie would hide that remainder. The 2008 hub at /election-cycles/2008/ keeps the full book; /election-cycles/ lists every cycle; /ties/ lists other two-key joins.

What Florida 2008 receipts are not

This join does not count independent expenditures, party coordinated expenditures, or unitemized receipts that never entered the candidate-receipt aggregate. It does not name donors. It does not say FEC receipts funded federal awards on USAspending.gov; those are different datasets even when the geography string matches. Office state FL is the seat sought, not the mailing state of contributors. Correlation between a busy cycle and a large state cell is not causation and not an election-outcome claim. Quote $63,762,365 as Florida in 2008, and quote $3,257,217,142 as the 2008 national total — never as each other.

Office state on this page is the state of the federal office. A Senate or House candidate listed with office state FL enters the Florida cell for 2008 even if some receipts were raised out of state. A donor who lives in Florida and gives to a different office state does not enter this cell by residence. The Florida hub at /states/FL/ is the broader state view; this tie freezes one cycle.

Using the 2008 cycle hub and Florida hub

Read /states/FL/ for Florida campaign-finance totals that mix cycles. Read /election-cycles/2008/ for the 2008 cycle across every office state. Read /election-cycles/ for the cycle index and /ties/ for other FEC two-dimension pages. This URL, Florida × 2008, is only the overlap: 88 candidates and $63,762,365 in receipts, sourced to FEC.gov candidate receipts grouped by election cycle and office state.

Cite two lines, never one: 2008 Florida office-state candidate receipts $63,762,365 from 88 candidates, and 2008 national candidate receipts $3,257,217,142 from 1,638 candidates. The first line is the join cell. The second is the cycle book. FEC.gov is the source for both. Canonical path: /ties/2008-florida-candidate-receipts/.

Florida’s 88 candidates are the office-state count for 2008. Do not read the Florida cell as the 2008 national total. A later FEC bulk file can move Florida’s 2008 cell and the 2008 cycle book together; this snapshot stores $63,762,365 and $3,257,217,142 as harvested. Independent expenditures remain outside both columns. Donor names are not in this FEC grouping.

Questions

How much did Florida federal candidates raise in 2008?

$63,762,365 is FEC.gov candidate receipts for federal office in Florida during the 2008 cycle. It is not the $3.26 billion national cycle total and not independent expenditures. Office state is the seat, not donor home address. Quote the Florida cell separately from the $3.26 billion cycle book.

What is the 2008 national candidate-receipt total here?

The 2008 cycle book on FEC.gov is $3,257,217,142 across 1,638 candidates nationwide. Florida is 88 of those candidates and $63,762,365 of those receipts (2.0% of cycle dollars). That cycle total includes every office state, not Florida alone.

Is this a Florida donor directory for 2008?

No. This page is candidate committee receipts grouped by election cycle 2008 and office state FL. It does not name individual donors, does not sum PAC independent expenditures, and does not treat FEC receipts as USAspending awards. The page publishes candidate-receipt aggregates, not contributor names.

Where do I compare other 2008 states?

Use /election-cycles/2008/ for the 2008 national cycle hub and /states/FL/ for Florida across cycles. All election cycles live at /election-cycles/. Sibling cycle-state joins live at /ties/. All FEC ties lists sibling cycle–state pages. FEC.gov candidate receipts are the source for both columns on this join.