Massachusetts candidate receipts in the 2008 cycle

Massachusetts (MA) crossed with cycle 2008

Two filters are true at once: election cycle 2008, and office state MA (Massachusetts). Only rows that match both produce $36,534,894.97 from 35 candidates. The 2008 election-cycle hub still mixes every office state and therefore shows $3,257,217,142.47. The Massachusetts campaign-finance hub still mixes every cycle. $36,534,894.97 lives only at the intersection. A restatement of 2008 would still mix states. A restatement of Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts office-state candidate can come from any state. Massachusetts uses office-state code MA. Boston as a donor city would be a city join, not this office-state rollup. 2008 is a presidential two-year FEC cycle. Independent expenditures are excluded from {sr} and from {cr}. This join does not list donors, does not name candidates, and does not allocate $36,534,894.97 by House, Senate, or presidential line.

Thirty-five Massachusetts office-state candidates produced $36,534,894.97. Nationally, 2008 lists 1,638 candidates and $3,257,217,142.47. The national 2008 tally is 1,638 candidates. Massachusetts’s candidate count is 2.14% of the national candidate count, while its receipts are 1.12% of $3,257,217,142.47. Those two shares are not required to match. Mean receipts in the cell are about $1,043,854.14 per candidate ($36,534,894.97 ÷ 35). The national mean is about $1,988,533.05 ($3,257,217,142.47 ÷ 1,638). Means are arithmetic. They are not medians.

Massachusetts receipts of $36,534,894.97 stay local to MA

$36,534,894.97 is Massachusetts candidate receipts inside cycle 2008 only. It is not Massachusetts’s lifetime total across cycles, and it is not itemized individual giving by Massachusetts residents. Donor-city and occupation tables are other joins. Citing $3,257,217,142.47 as a Massachusetts figure mixes the national cycle hub into this cell. Citing $36,534,894.97 as the 2008 national total mixes the cell into the cycle hub.

35 is the candidate count attached to office state MA 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 Primary challengers, withdrawn filings, and general-election nominees can all sit in an FEC candidate count; this page does not split them.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 Massachusetts 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.

2008 national receipts: $3,257,217,142.47 and 1,638 candidates

$3,257,217,142.47 is the national 2008 candidate-receipt total across 1,638 candidates. Subtracting the Massachusetts cell leaves $3,220,682,247.50 in other office states. 1.12% is a dollar share of the national cycle, not a share of Electoral College votes, House seats, or population. 2.14% 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 $36,534,894.97 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.

A 2008 Massachusetts percentage is bookkeeping

$36,534,894.97 ÷ $3,257,217,142.47 = 1.12%. $3,220,682,247.50 ÷ $3,257,217,142.47 = 98.88%. 35 ÷ 1,638 = 2.14%. Those identities use packet facts only. They are not voter shares and not proof that Massachusetts ‘won’ or ‘lost’ a money race. Do not add $36,534,894.97 to $3,257,217,142.47.

Keep the labels glued to the numbers. $36,534,894.97 always travels with Massachusetts, MA, 2008, and 35 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.

University employer strings are not this cell

This page does not rank Massachusetts 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. Campus employer groupings such as a university string live on industry-cycle pages. They are not added into $36,534,894.97.

Do not claim $36,534,894.97 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.

Massachusetts hub and the 2008 cycle hub

The 2008 election cycle hub holds the national $3,257,217,142.47 overlay. Massachusetts 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 $36,534,894.97 only with office state MA and cycle 2008.

Questions

How much did Massachusetts candidates raise in the 2008 cycle?

FEC candidate receipts for office state Massachusetts (MA) in the 2008 cycle total $36,534,894.97 across 35 candidates. The national 2008 cycle total is $3,257,217,142.47 across 1,638 candidates, so the Massachusetts cell is 1.12% of that national book. Figures are from FEC.gov. They exclude independent expenditures.

Is $36,534,894.97 the national 2008 total?

No. $36,534,894.97 is Massachusetts office-state candidate receipts in 2008 only. $3,257,217,142.47 is the national cycle total. Other office states hold $3,220,682,247.50. Use the cycle hub for $3,257,217,142.47 and this tie page for the Massachusetts slice. Keep $36,534,894.97 on the Massachusetts line and $3,257,217,142.47 on the national 2008 line; they are different totals.

Is $36,534,894.97 Massachusetts-resident money?

Not necessarily. Office state MA is the geography of the seat, not the donor’s home address. $36,534,894.97 is authorized-committee candidate receipts for Massachusetts federal offices in 2008. Itemized gifts from Massachusetts residents to out-of-state committees sit on other tables. This join does not publish a donor-state total.

How many Massachusetts candidates are in the 2008 cell?

The aggregate counts 35 candidates with office state Massachusetts in cycle 2008. That is the packet tally, not a published list of names. About $1,043,854.14 per candidate is $36,534,894.97 divided by 35. The packet does not split House, Senate, or presidential lines. Original filings remain on FEC.gov.