Maryland candidate receipts in the 2012 cycle

Maryland (MD) office-state money in cycle 2012

Two filters are true at once: election cycle 2012, and office state MD (Maryland). Only rows that match both produce $36,255,851.11 from 46 candidates. The 2012 election-cycle hub still mixes every office state and therefore shows $3,267,855,820.57. The Maryland campaign-finance hub still mixes every cycle. $36,255,851.11 lives only at the intersection. A restatement of 2012 would still mix states. A restatement of Maryland 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 Maryland office-state candidate can come from any state. Maryland’s office-state code is MD. Neighboring District of Columbia offices use a different state key. 2012 is a presidential two-year FEC window. Suburban geography does not recode MD rows into VA or DC. This join does not list donors, does not name candidates, and does not allocate $36,255,851.11 by House, Senate, or presidential line.

Forty-six Maryland office-state candidates underlie $36,255,851.11. Mean receipts are about $788,170.68 per candidate. The packet does not split House, Senate, or presidential lines. The national 2012 tally is 2,025 candidates. Maryland’s candidate count is 2.27% of the national candidate count, while its receipts are 1.11% of $3,267,855,820.57. Those two shares are not required to match. Mean receipts in the cell are about $788,170.68 per candidate ($36,255,851.11 ÷ 46). The national mean is about $1,613,755.96 ($3,267,855,820.57 ÷ 2,025). Means are arithmetic. They are not medians.

Maryland’s $36,255,851.11 is the 2012 office-state cell

$36,255,851.11 is Maryland candidate receipts inside cycle 2012 only. It is not Maryland’s lifetime total across cycles, and it is not itemized individual giving by Maryland residents. Donor-city and occupation tables are other joins. Citing $3,267,855,820.57 as a Maryland figure mixes the national cycle hub into this cell. Citing $36,255,851.11 as the 2012 national total mixes the cell into the cycle hub.

46 is the candidate count attached to office state MD in 2012. 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 Primary challengers, withdrawn filings, and general-election nominees can all sit in an FEC candidate count; this page does not split them.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 Maryland state hub without a year for the state overlay; use the 2012 cycle hub without a state for the national overlay; use this URL for the join.

What the 2012 cycle total $3,267,855,820.57 includes

$3,267,855,820.57 is the national 2012 candidate-receipt total across 2,025 candidates. Subtracting the Maryland cell leaves $3,231,599,969.46 in other office states. 1.11% is a dollar share of the national cycle, not a share of Electoral College votes, House seats, or population. 2.27% is a candidate-count share only. 2012 is a presidential two-year FEC window in calendar terms; that label does not split $3,267,855,820.57 by office type.

The 2012 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 $36,255,851.11 or $3,267,855,820.57. Federal contract and grant amounts live in USAspending, a different dataset. Sharing a calendar year does not turn these receipts into awards.

Maryland dollars versus Maryland candidate count

$36,255,851.11 ÷ $3,267,855,820.57 = 1.11%. $3,231,599,969.46 ÷ $3,267,855,820.57 = 98.89%. 46 ÷ 2,025 = 2.27%. Those identities use packet facts only. They are not voter shares and not proof that Maryland ‘won’ or ‘lost’ a money race. Do not add $36,255,851.11 to $3,267,855,820.57.

Keep the labels glued to the numbers. $36,255,851.11 always travels with Maryland, MD, 2012, and 46 candidates. $3,267,855,820.57 always travels with the national 2012 cycle and 2,025 candidates. Source: FEC.gov candidate receipts grouped by election cycle and office state.

Proximity to D.C. is not an FEC field

This page does not rank Maryland 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. Living near federal agencies does not turn $36,255,851.11 into USAspending obligations. Campaign receipts and awards remain different datasets.

Do not claim $36,255,851.11 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.

Maryland hub, 2012 hub, all FEC ties

The 2012 election cycle hub holds the national $3,267,855,820.57 overlay. Maryland 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 $36,255,851.11 only with office state MD and cycle 2012.

Questions

How much did Maryland candidates raise in the 2012 cycle?

FEC candidate receipts for office state Maryland (MD) in the 2012 cycle total $36,255,851.11 across 46 candidates. The national 2012 cycle total is $3,267,855,820.57 across 2,025 candidates, so the Maryland cell is 1.11% of that national book. Figures are from FEC.gov. They exclude independent expenditures.

Is $36,255,851.11 the national 2012 total?

No. $36,255,851.11 is Maryland office-state candidate receipts in 2012 only. $3,267,855,820.57 is the national cycle total. Other office states hold $3,231,599,969.46. Use the cycle hub for $3,267,855,820.57 and this tie page for the Maryland slice. Keep $36,255,851.11 on the Maryland line and $3,267,855,820.57 on the national 2012 line; they are different totals.

Did Maryland residents give $36,255,851.11?

Not necessarily. Office state MD is the geography of the seat, not the donor’s home address. $36,255,851.11 is authorized-committee candidate receipts for Maryland federal offices in 2012. Itemized gifts from Maryland residents to out-of-state committees sit on other tables. This join does not publish a donor-state total.

How many Maryland candidates are in the 2012 cell?

The aggregate counts 46 candidates with office state Maryland in cycle 2012. That is the packet tally, not a published list of names. About $788,170.68 per candidate is $36,255,851.11 divided by 46. The packet does not split House, Senate, or presidential lines. Original filings remain on FEC.gov.