Michigan candidate receipts in the 2008 cycle

Cycle 2008 candidate receipts for Michigan offices

Two filters are true at once: election cycle 2008, and office state MI (Michigan). Only rows that match both produce $36,387,943.62 from 39 candidates. The 2008 election-cycle hub still mixes every office state and therefore shows $3,257,217,142.47. The Michigan campaign-finance hub still mixes every cycle. $36,387,943.62 lives only at the intersection. A restatement of 2008 would still mix states. A restatement of Michigan 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 Michigan office-state candidate can come from any state. Michigan remains office-state MI. This 2008 page is a different cycle key from any later Michigan midterm extract. 2008 is a presidential two-year FEC window. Both calendar years can feed {sr}. This join does not list donors, does not name candidates, and does not allocate $36,387,943.62 by House, Senate, or presidential line.

Thirty-nine Michigan office-state candidates produced $36,387,943.62. Mean receipts are about $933,024.20 per candidate versus a national mean near $1,988,533.05. The national 2008 tally is 1,638 candidates. Michigan’s candidate count is 2.38% 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 $933,024.20 per candidate ($36,387,943.62 ÷ 39). The national mean is about $1,988,533.05 ($3,257,217,142.47 ÷ 1,638). Means are arithmetic. They are not medians.

Michigan 2008: $36,387,943.62 on the office-state line

$36,387,943.62 is Michigan candidate receipts inside cycle 2008 only. It is not Michigan’s lifetime total across cycles, and it is not itemized individual giving by Michigan residents. Donor-city and occupation tables are other joins. Citing $3,257,217,142.47 as a Michigan figure mixes the national cycle hub into this cell. Citing $36,387,943.62 as the 2008 national total mixes the cell into the cycle hub.

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 Primary challengers, withdrawn filings, and general-election nominees can all sit in an FEC candidate count; this page does not split them.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

Putting $3,257,217,142.47 on the 2008 national line

$3,257,217,142.47 is the national 2008 candidate-receipt total across 1,638 candidates. Subtracting the Michigan cell leaves $3,220,829,198.85 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. 2.38% 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 $36,387,943.62 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.

Presidential-year Michigan share math

$36,387,943.62 ÷ $3,257,217,142.47 = 1.12%. $3,220,829,198.85 ÷ $3,257,217,142.47 = 98.88%. 39 ÷ 1,638 = 2.38%. Those identities use packet facts only. They are not voter shares and not proof that Michigan ‘won’ or ‘lost’ a money race. Do not add $36,387,943.62 to $3,257,217,142.47.

Keep the labels glued to the numbers. $36,387,943.62 always travels with Michigan, MI, 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.

2008 Michigan receipts are not a PAC census

This page does not rank Michigan 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. Committee PAC filings and independent expenditures sit outside $36,387,943.62. Do not add them to make a ‘Michigan 2008 political total.’

Do not claim $36,387,943.62 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.

Michigan state hub versus the 2008 cycle hub

The 2008 election cycle hub holds the national $3,257,217,142.47 overlay. Michigan 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 $36,387,943.62 only with office state MI and cycle 2008.

Questions

How much did Michigan candidates raise in the 2008 cycle?

FEC candidate receipts for office state Michigan (MI) in the 2008 cycle total $36,387,943.62 across 39 candidates. The national 2008 cycle total is $3,257,217,142.47 across 1,638 candidates, so the Michigan cell is 1.12% of that national book. Figures are from FEC.gov. They exclude independent expenditures.

Is $36,387,943.62 the national 2008 total?

No. $36,387,943.62 is Michigan office-state candidate receipts in 2008 only. $3,257,217,142.47 is the national cycle total. Other office states hold $3,220,829,198.85. Use the cycle hub for $3,257,217,142.47 and this tie page for the Michigan slice. Keep $36,387,943.62 on the Michigan line and $3,257,217,142.47 on the national 2008 line; they are different totals.

Did people in Michigan donate $36,387,943.62 in 2008?

Not necessarily. Office state MI is the geography of the seat, not the donor’s home address. $36,387,943.62 is authorized-committee candidate receipts for Michigan federal offices in 2008. Itemized gifts from Michigan residents to out-of-state committees sit on other tables. This join does not publish a donor-state total.

How many Michigan candidates are in the 2008 cell?

The aggregate counts 39 candidates with office state Michigan in cycle 2008. That is the packet tally, not a published list of names. About $933,024.20 per candidate is $36,387,943.62 divided by 39. The packet does not split House, Senate, or presidential lines. Original filings remain on FEC.gov.