California × 2010: candidate receipts

Reading $146,494,431.09 as a two-column match

LobbyVault keeps a California state page and a 2010 election-cycle page. Neither page is this join. The join is $146,494,431.09 from 198 candidates where cycle equals 2010 and office state equals CA. Against the national cycle total of $1,854,998,616.07 from 2190 candidates, that is 7.9% of dollars and 9.0% of candidate records. Other office states hold $1,708,504,184.98 and 1992 candidates.

Do not treat 7.9% as California's share of donor geography. Donor state is a different field. Do not treat 198 as unique residents. Repeat filings, primary-and-general committees, and special elections can add candidate records. The packet publishes the count as given.

Dollar figures are candidate receipt aggregates from FEC.gov, not federal awards and not state-office filings outside the FEC candidate file. This page is a cycle × office-state join, not a donor roster.

California without a national mix

On the state side, California indexes $146,494,431.09 of candidate-receipt dollars in 2010 from 198 records. Dollar share of the national cycle is 7.9%. Candidate-record share is 9.0% (198 of 2190). Those two shares need not match; they use different numerators and the same national file.

Keep state CA on the name. $146,494,431.09 is not a donor-state total. Open the California campaign-finance hub for other cycles; open this page for California in 2010 only.

2010 as a midterm FEC window

On the cycle side, 2190 national candidate records produced $1,854,998,616.07. California contributed 198 of those records and $146,494,431.09 of those dollars. Midterm versus the other even-year type is a schedule fact for 2010, not an explanation of the dollars.

Independent expenditures never enter $146,494,431.09. Committee operating expenditures never enter $146,494,431.09. This is a candidate-receipt cycle×state aggregate from FEC.gov. California state-office filings outside the FEC candidate system are a different statute.

Packet slug 2010-california-candidate-receipts is the LobbyVault filename for this 2010 × California join. Canonical path is /ties/2010-california-candidate-receipts/. Overlay the cycle hub and the state hub; do not treat either hub as $146,494,431.09.

Cycle 2010 (midterm) plus office state CA is the two-part key behind $146,494,431.09. Drop the cycle and the page becomes a multi-year state hub. Drop the state and the page becomes the national cycle hub of $1,854,998,616.07. Keep both.

7.9% of 2010 candidate-receipt dollars

Compared with the rest of cycle 2010, California is 7.9% of candidate-receipt dollars ($146,494,431.09 of $1,854,998,616.07) and 9.0% of candidate records (198 of 2190). The dollar rest is $1,708,504,184.98. Quote dollars and records as different columns.

Do not rank California as a winner or loser in 2010. This join has one office state and one cycle. Neighboring cycle-state pages are other keys.

Recompute the dollar share from the raw figures: 146,494,431.09 divided by 1,854,998,616.07 is 7.9%. The complement 1,708,504,184.98 is $1,708,504,184.98, which is 92.1% of the national 2010 book. Candidate share uses 198 / 2190.

FEC candidate receipts are not USAspending obligations. $146,494,431.09 has no award count beside it in this packet. Do not fold $146,494,431.09 into federal spending in California. Different statutes, different forms, different tables.

What $146,494,431.09 leaves out

Independent expenditures sit outside $146,494,431.09. California state-office filings that never enter the FEC candidate system sit outside it. Federal contract awards sit outside it. Office-state labels follow the candidate filing. Donor city is a different join.

Do not read $146,494,431.09 as proof that money decided California elections in 2010. The join is two fields. Correlation is not causation. If the live hubs disagree with $146,494,431.09, the newer FEC extract controls.

California campaign-finance coverage still includes every other cycle. This tie does not. Researchers who need a multi-year mix should leave this URL and open the California hub. Researchers who need California in 2010 should stay here.

Do not invent candidate names. 198 is a record count. Mean about $739,870.86 is arithmetic. The packet published cycle, state, $146,494,431.09, 198, $1,854,998,616.07, and 2190.

Internal links for the 2010 × California join

The four hrefs in the packet are the only URLs used here: the 2010 election cycle, California campaign finance, all election cycles, and all FEC ties. No other path is invented. Canonical path for this join is /ties/2010-california-candidate-receipts/.

Quote $146,494,431.09, 198, $1,854,998,616.07, 2190, 7.9%, and 9.0%. That set is complete relative to the packet. Extra dollars or extra names would be inventions.

Candidate receipts are the only money in $146,494,431.09 and $1,854,998,616.07. Independent expenditures and USAspending awards are other files. Mixing those files with this join would invent a total the packet does not contain.

Questions

How much did California candidates raise in 2010?

This extract records $146,494,431.09 in FEC candidate receipts where office state is CA and cycle is 2010, across 198 candidate records. That is the cycle-and-state join, not the national 2010 book of $1,854,998,616.07 from 2190 candidates. No candidate names are in the packet. Source: FEC.gov. Not independent expenditures.

Is office state the same as donor state for California in 2010?

No. Office state is the state of the office sought. Donor state is a different FEC field and is not this join. $146,494,431.09 can include itemized gifts from other states to California candidates. 198 candidate records follow the office-state filter only. Cite FEC.gov candidate receipts grouped by election cycle and office state.

What share of 2010 candidate receipts came from California offices?

$146,494,431.09 is 7.9% of the $1,854,998,616.07 national 2010 cycle book. 198 candidate records are 9.0% of 2190 nationally. Other office states account for $1,708,504,184.98. Quote dollars and counts separately. Do not upgrade 7.9% into a donor-geography share or a USAspending share.

Do California candidate receipts in 2010 fund federal grants there?

No. These figures are FEC candidate receipts, not USAspending awards. $146,494,431.09 does not become a contract or assistance award because both datasets can mention California. Different statutes, different forms. This packet has no obligation dollars and no award counts. Filings remain on FEC.gov.