Washington candidate fundraising — 2010 cycle

How the 2010 cycle meets Washington office-state receipts

$46,735,037.83 is the overlap of two FEC dimensions: election cycle 2010, and candidate office state Washington (WA). 53 candidates survive both filters. The cycle side with the state filter removed is $1,854,998,616.07 from 2190 candidates nationwide. Washington therefore accounts for 2.5% of 2010 U.S. candidate receipts in these facts. The remaining $1,808,263,578.24 (97.5%) was reported by candidates whose office state is not WA.

This is not a restatement of Washington campaign finance. That hub mixes 2010 with every other even-year window filed under office state WA. It is also not a restatement of the 2010 election cycle hub, which mixes Washington with every other office state. 53 candidates and $46,735,037.83 exist only where both filters are true. Correlation is not causation: an office-state code plus a cycle year does not prove why money was raised, which office drove the total, or who the donors were.

FEC candidate files store office state as the state of the seat sought, not the donor's home address. Washington (WA) is the FEC office-state code, not Washington, D.C. Oregon and Idaho office states are separate keys. 2010 is a midterm FEC cycle: a two-year window that does not include a presidential general election. That calendar tag dates the receipts. It does not explain $46.7 million. The 2010 cycle is a closed even-year window in this extract; $46,735,037.83 is the stored Washington office-state total for that window. Source: FEC.gov candidate receipts grouped by election cycle and office state.

The Washington (WA) side of the join

On the state side, Washington indexes $46,735,037.83 of candidate receipts in cycle 2010 from 53 candidates. That figure is the office-state total for this cycle, not an all-years Washington census and not a count of residents. It is already inside the national 2010 total of $1,854,998,616.07; adding $46,735,037.83 to $1,854,998,616.07 would double-count the Washington slice. Washington campaign-finance pages still mix 2010 with every other cycle.

Washington (WA) is the FEC office-state code, not Washington, D.C. Oregon and Idaho office states are separate keys. Office state WA stays on the citation so Washington is not merged with another state's candidates. A large state-cycle total does not mean donors lived in Washington. Recipient committees of those campaigns file as candidate committees; this join does not publish a donor-city cut. Use the Washington hub to see the state without a year filter, and use this tie page when the question is specifically Washington in 2010.

The 2010 cycle side next to Washington

Federal election cycles are two-year windows on FEC.gov. The 2010 cycle is the Commission's cycle tag on candidate receipts, not a single calendar year of January filings only. Inside that window, U.S. candidates reported $1,854,998,616.07 across 2190 candidates. Washington's slice of that window is $46,735,037.83 from 53 candidates. Dividing national dollars by national candidates gives a mean of about $847,031 per U.S. candidate. That mean is an arithmetic average of candidates, not a typical campaign and not a median.

The national 2010 hub still includes every other office state. State pages for Washington still include every other cycle. Only this join isolates Washington × 2010. Independent expenditures are omitted from both $46,735,037.83 and $1,854,998,616.07 as they appear here. Adjacent pages for the 2010 election cycle, Washington campaign finance, all election cycles, and all FEC ties keep those broader cuts.

Washington's share of the 2010 national cycle

2.5% of $1,854,998,616.07 is a defined slice. Other office states hold $1,808,263,578.24. Put another way, about 2.5% of 2010 U.S. candidate receipts in this aggregate were tagged office state WA, and about 97.5% were not. Those percentages are $46,735,037.83 divided by $1,854,998,616.07 and $1,808,263,578.24 divided by $1,854,998,616.07. They are not shares of state population, eligible voters, or USAspending.

Dollar share (2.5%) and candidate volume (53 of 2190) are separate facts. This page does not publish a candidate-count percentage as a substitute for the dollar share. Do not treat 2.5% as Washington donors' share of national itemized giving. Donor tables are other joins.

Counts, dollars, and what they omit

53 candidates totaling $46,735,037.83 is the operational definition of the Washington side. The FEC file can list primary losers, general-election nominees, and other federal candidates under the same office-state code. Unique-person counts beyond that candidate total are not in the packet. Neither is a ranking of Washington versus other states: this join has one geography and one cycle.

Mean receipts of about $881,793 use only $46,735,037.83 and 53. It is a trivial ratio, not a finding about wealth, turnout, or ideology. This cycle-state page does not break $46,735,037.83 out by occupation of donors, industry, or named committee. No donor names are supplied, and none are added.

Caveats on a cycle-state join

This page does not rank Washington against other states, does not call 2010 a wave, and does not treat candidate receipts as a proxy for public opinion in Washington. Two columns matched. The office state of the candidate is not the state of the donor. An WA office-state code does not mean the money supported only Washington residents. Amended reports can move either number. If the live Washington hub or the live 2010 cycle hub disagrees with this prose, the newer FEC extract controls.

Independent expenditures and non-candidate tables are omitted. See the 2010 election cycle, Washington campaign finance, all election cycles, and all FEC ties for the adjacent tables. Dollar figures are FEC candidate receipt aggregates. They are not federal spending awards and they do not fund USAspending totals. Source: FEC.gov.

Questions

How much did Washington candidates raise in the 2010 election cycle?

FEC candidate receipts for office state Washington (WA) total $46,735,037.83 in the 2010 cycle, across 53 candidates. The national 2010 cycle totals $1,854,998,616.07 from 2190 candidates, so Washington is 2.5% of that U.S. candidate-receipt stack. Figures are from FEC.gov cycle-by-office-state aggregates of candidate receipts only.

Is $1.9 billion the amount Washington candidates raised in 2010?

No. $1,854,998,616.07 is the national 2010 candidate-receipt total. Washington's office-state total in that cycle is $46,735,037.83. Other office states hold $1,808,263,578.24. Use the 2010 cycle hub for the U.S. figure and this tie page for the Washington slice only. Independent expenditures are omitted from both totals as shown here.

Does office state WA mean the donors lived in Washington?

No. Office state is the state of the federal seat on the candidate record. Donors can live anywhere. This join does not allocate the $46,735,037.83 by donor state, employer, or party. An WA office-state code is not a map of Washington residents and is not a map of where the money was spent.

How many Washington candidates are in the 2010 file?

53 candidate records sum to $46,735,037.83. That count is candidates, not unique donors. The arithmetic mean is about $881,793 per candidate. Independent expenditures are not included. Unique-donor counts are not in these facts and are not invented here.