2012 cycle fundraising by California candidates

The join versus either hub

LobbyVault indexes California and the 2012 cycle as separate hubs and as this tie. The tie's dollar figure is $158,704,511.76. The cycle's unfiltered figure is $3,267,855,820.57. Adding them double-counts the 4.9% slice. Subtracting $158,704,511.76 from $3,267,855,820.57 yields $3,109,151,308.81 in other office states — that subtraction is valid because both numbers use the same cycle extract.

Do not rank California as a winner or loser in 2012. This join has one office state. Neighboring cycle-state pages are other keys.

Figures are candidate receipts only. Not independent expenditures. Not committee operating expenditures. Not federal awards. Source: FEC.gov.

Candidate records versus named people

229 is a candidate-record count, not a named roster. This prose does not invent candidate names. FEC candidate master files remain on FEC.gov for line-level rows.

$158,704,511.76 attaches to those 229 records as a sum. Mean $693,032.80 attaches as a ratio. Neither is a typical California campaign without a median, which the packet omitted.

California versus other office states in 2012

Other office states in the 2012 file absorbed $3,109,151,308.81 (95.1%) and 1796 candidate records (88.7%). California absorbed $158,704,511.76 (4.9%) and 229 records (11.3%). Those sentences use the same national cycle book of $3,267,855,820.57 and 2025.

Open the 2012 election-cycle page without a California filter. Open this page when both filters matter.

Packet slug 2012-california-candidate-receipts is the LobbyVault filename for this 2012 × California join. Canonical path is /ties/2012-california-candidate-receipts/. Overlay the cycle hub and the state hub; do not treat either hub as $158,704,511.76.

Cycle 2012 (presidential) plus office state CA is the two-part key behind $158,704,511.76. Drop the cycle and the page becomes a multi-year state hub. Drop the state and the page becomes the national cycle hub of $3,267,855,820.57. Keep both.

Keep both join sides in every citation of the headline total. This /ties/ page is a snapshot of packet facts, not a substitute for live FEC.gov bulk files. Amended reports can move either side of the join; the newer extract controls. Internal links stay on the packet hrefs only. Unitemized activity and independent expenditures remain outside these totals.

Share of the cycle book, not of USAspending

USAspending is not the denominator. $3,267,855,820.57 is. 4.9% of $3,267,855,820.57 is not a share of federal awards in California. Mixing those frames converts campaign receipts into spending without a source.

Open California campaign finance for FEC state coverage. Open this page for California × 2012 candidate receipts only. Do not add $158,704,511.76 to USAspending.

Recompute the dollar share from the raw figures: 158,704,511.76 divided by 3,267,855,820.57 is 4.9%. The complement 3,109,151,308.81 is $3,109,151,308.81, which is 95.1% of the national 2012 book. Candidate share uses 229 / 2025.

FEC candidate receipts are not USAspending obligations. $158,704,511.76 has no award count beside it in this packet. Do not fold $158,704,511.76 into federal spending in California. Different statutes, different forms, different tables.

Snapshot versus live extract

This prose freezes the packet. FEC.gov continues. If the live California hub shows a different 2012 total than $158,704,511.76, or the live 2012 hub shows a different national total than $3,267,855,820.57, trust the live extract. Do not average the two systems.

Until then, the join is $158,704,511.76 from 229 candidate records in California in 2012, inside a cycle book of $3,267,855,820.57 from 2025 candidates (4.9% of dollars). Both sides of the join stay in the title and H1.

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 2012 should stay here.

Do not invent candidate names. 229 is a record count. Mean about $693,032.80 is arithmetic. The packet published cycle, state, $158,704,511.76, 229, $3,267,855,820.57, and 2025.

Four hrefs, no invented URLs

Only packet hrefs are used: 2012 election cycle; California campaign finance; all election cycles; all FEC ties. No third-party URLs. No invented /candidates/ name lists. A cycle × office-state join does not grow a roster page.

$158,704,511.76 in 2012 from office state CA is the citation core. Source: FEC.gov.

Candidate receipts are the only money in $158,704,511.76 and $3,267,855,820.57. Independent expenditures and USAspending awards are other files. Mixing those files with this join would invent a total the packet does not contain.

If a later extract revises $158,704,511.76 or $3,267,855,820.57, the live California hub and the live 2012 hub control. This file is a packet snapshot, not a parallel disclosure system. Amended FEC reports can move either side of the join.

Questions

What is the 2012 × California candidate-receipt join?

It is $158,704,511.76 in candidate receipts matching cycle 2012 and office state CA, on 229 candidate records. The national 2012 hub without that state filter is $3,267,855,820.57 from 2025 candidates. This page is the intersection, not a restatement of either hub and not a named-candidate list. Source: FEC.gov.

Was 2012 a presidential or midterm cycle?

Cycle 2012 is a presidential two-year FEC window. That calendar label dates the receipts. It does not explain why California candidates reported $158,704,511.76 on 229 records, and it is not a finding about turnout. Nationally the same window shows $3,267,855,820.57 from 2025 candidates. Source: FEC.gov candidate receipt aggregates.

What share of 2012 candidates ran in California?

229 of 2025 candidate records are 11.3% of the national 2012 file in this extract. Dollar share is separate: $158,704,511.76 is 4.9% of $3,267,855,820.57. Quote both. Do not convert 11.3% into a share of California adults. Eligible-voter denominators are not in the packet.

Does $158,704,511.76 fund USAspending awards coded to California?

No. Campaign receipts and federal awards are different statutes. This packet has only FEC candidate receipt aggregates. $158,704,511.76 has no obligation dollars beside it. Do not add the join to federal spending in California. Cite FEC.gov for the candidate-receipt file. Independent expenditures are also outside this join.