Louisiana candidate receipts in the 2008 cycle

Louisiana office state crossed with cycle 2008

Two filters are true at once: election cycle 2008, and office state LA (Louisiana). Only rows that match both produce $39,890,649.03 from 39 candidates. The 2008 election-cycle hub still mixes every office state and therefore shows $3,257,217,142.47. The Louisiana campaign-finance hub still mixes every cycle. $39,890,649.03 lives only at the intersection. A restatement of 2008 would still mix states. A restatement of Louisiana would still mix years.

Office state is the geography of the federal seat on the FEC candidate master, not the donor’s mailing address. Money raised by a Louisiana office-state candidate can come from any state. Louisiana’s office-state code is LA. Parish names do not appear in this aggregate. 2008 is a presidential two-year FEC window. The dollar figure is a cycle total, not an election-night snapshot. This join does not list donors, does not name candidates, and does not allocate $39,890,649.03 by House, Senate, or presidential line.

Thirty-nine Louisiana office-state candidates produced $39,890,649.03. The national 2008 field is 1,638 candidates. This page still does not list either roster. The national 2008 tally is 1,638 candidates. Louisiana’s candidate count is 2.38% of the national candidate count, while its receipts are 1.22% of $3,257,217,142.47. Those two shares are not required to match. Mean receipts in the cell are about $1,022,837.15 per candidate ($39,890,649.03 ÷ 39). The national mean is about $1,988,533.05 ($3,257,217,142.47 ÷ 1,638). Means are arithmetic. They are not medians.

Louisiana’s $39,890,649.03 stays on the state line

$39,890,649.03 is Louisiana candidate receipts inside cycle 2008 only. It is not Louisiana’s lifetime total across cycles, and it is not itemized individual giving by Louisiana residents. Donor-city and occupation tables are other joins. Citing $3,257,217,142.47 as a Louisiana figure mixes the national cycle hub into this cell. Citing $39,890,649.03 as the 2008 national total mixes the cell into the cycle hub.

39 is the candidate count attached to office state LA in 2008. Names are not in the packet and are not invented. Primary challengers, withdrawn filings, and general-election nominees can all sit in an FEC candidate count; this page does not split them. Use the Louisiana state hub without a year for the state overlay; use the 2008 cycle hub without a state for the national overlay; use this URL for the join.

National 2008 candidate receipts: $3,257,217,142.47

$3,257,217,142.47 is the national 2008 candidate-receipt total across 1,638 candidates. Subtracting the Louisiana cell leaves $3,217,326,493.44 in other office states. 1.22% is a dollar share of the national cycle, not a share of Electoral College votes, House seats, or population. 2.38% is a candidate-count share only. 2008 is a presidential two-year FEC window in calendar terms; that label does not split $3,257,217,142.47 by office type.

The 2008 cycle page still includes every other state. Independent expenditures, PAC-to-PAC transfers, and unitemized receipts are other FEC tables. They are not mixed into $39,890,649.03 or $3,257,217,142.47. Federal contract and grant amounts live in USAspending, a different dataset. Sharing a calendar year does not turn these receipts into awards.

Dollar share versus candidate-count share

$39,890,649.03 ÷ $3,257,217,142.47 = 1.22%. $3,217,326,493.44 ÷ $3,257,217,142.47 = 98.78%. 39 ÷ 1,638 = 2.38%. Those identities use packet facts only. They are not voter shares and not proof that Louisiana ‘won’ or ‘lost’ a money race. Do not add $39,890,649.03 to $3,257,217,142.47.

Keep the labels glued to the numbers. $39,890,649.03 always travels with Louisiana, LA, 2008, and 39 candidates. $3,257,217,142.47 always travels with the national 2008 cycle and 1,638 candidates. Source: FEC.gov candidate receipts grouped by election cycle and office state.

Parish geography is not this join

This page does not rank Louisiana against other states, does not score votes, and does not treat receipts as cash on hand. Correlation is not causation. A two-column match is bookkeeping. Candidate names, donor names, and party splits are absent from the facts. Do not read $39,890,649.03 as recovery-grant money or USAspending disaster awards. Those files are not FEC candidate receipts.

Do not claim $39,890,649.03 funded federal awards. Do not add Super PAC independent expenditures to Form 3 candidate receipts. Amended reports can move either total. If live hubs disagree with this extract, the newer FEC file controls.

Louisiana and 2008 tables to open next

The 2008 election cycle hub holds the national $3,257,217,142.47 overlay. Louisiana campaign finance holds the state overlay across cycles. All election cycles lists other even-year windows. All FEC ties lists sibling cycle-and-state pages built the same way. FEC.gov is the source. Quote $39,890,649.03 only with office state LA and cycle 2008.

Questions

How much did Louisiana candidates raise in the 2008 cycle?

FEC candidate receipts for office state Louisiana (LA) in the 2008 cycle total $39,890,649.03 across 39 candidates. The national 2008 cycle total is $3,257,217,142.47 across 1,638 candidates, so the Louisiana cell is 1.22% of that national book. Figures are from FEC.gov. They exclude independent expenditures.

Is $39,890,649.03 the national 2008 total?

No. $39,890,649.03 is Louisiana office-state candidate receipts in 2008 only. $3,257,217,142.47 is the national cycle total. Other office states hold $3,217,326,493.44. Use the cycle hub for $3,257,217,142.47 and this tie page for the Louisiana slice. Keep $39,890,649.03 on the Louisiana line and $3,257,217,142.47 on the national 2008 line; they are different totals.

Did Louisiana donors contribute $39,890,649.03?

Not necessarily. Office state LA is the geography of the seat, not the donor’s home address. $39,890,649.03 is authorized-committee candidate receipts for Louisiana federal offices in 2008. Itemized gifts from Louisiana residents to out-of-state committees sit on other tables. This join does not publish a donor-state total.

How many Louisiana candidates are in the 2008 cell?

The aggregate counts 39 candidates with office state Louisiana in cycle 2008. That is the packet tally, not a published list of names. About $1,022,837.15 per candidate is $39,890,649.03 divided by 39. The packet does not split House, Senate, or presidential lines. Original filings remain on FEC.gov.