2014 California office-state fundraising

California inside the 2014 cycle file

The operational definition of this page is FEC candidate receipts with cycle 2014 and office state CA, summing to $138,986,219.73 across 177 candidate records, against a national cycle $1,664,069,869.80 across 1671 records. That is the numeric join.

California is one office state among many in the 2014 file. 8.4% names how large that one state is inside $1,664,069,869.80. Mean receipts per California candidate record are about $785,232.88 ($138,986,219.73 / 177). That mean is arithmetic, not a typical campaign and not a median.

Office state is not donor city. Independent expenditures are excluded. Source: FEC.gov.

How $138,986,219.73 relates to 177 candidates

177 candidate records produced $138,986,219.73. Mean about $785,232.88 is their ratio. Repeat committees, dual filings, and special elections can add records. The packet does not say how many unique people those 177 lines represent. No median is published.

Do not convert 177 into a percentage of California adults. Eligible-voter denominators are absent. Use 1671 only when stating the candidate-record share 10.6%.

One office state inside the 2014 file

Inside cycle 2014, California is one office state. $138,986,219.73 is that state's take. $1,525,083,650.07 went to other office states in the same cycle extract. Ranking California against unnamed other states would require a full state table this packet does not include, except as the residual $1,525,083,650.07.

Do not invent those other state totals. Do not invent candidate names. The facts stop at cycle, state, dollars, and candidate counts.

Packet slug 2014-california-candidate-receipts is the LobbyVault filename for this 2014 × California join. Canonical path is /ties/2014-california-candidate-receipts/. Overlay the cycle hub and the state hub; do not treat either hub as $138,986,219.73.

Cycle 2014 (midterm) plus office state CA is the two-part key behind $138,986,219.73. Drop the cycle and the page becomes a multi-year state hub. Drop the state and the page becomes the national cycle hub of $1,664,069,869.80. 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.

Do not invert 8.4% into donor geography

Inverting 8.4% into a donor-state story would require a donor-state total. The packet groups candidate receipts by office state, not by contributor state. Leave the inversion uncomputed.

Forward share (8.4% of the national cycle book) is the dollar percentage this page states. $1,525,083,650.07 remains the cycle-side complement.

Recompute the dollar share from the raw figures: 138,986,219.73 divided by 1,664,069,869.80 is 8.4%. The complement 1,525,083,650.07 is $1,525,083,650.07, which is 91.6% of the national 2014 book. Candidate share uses 177 / 1671.

FEC candidate receipts are not USAspending obligations. $138,986,219.73 has no award count beside it in this packet. Do not fold $138,986,219.73 into federal spending in California. Different statutes, different forms, different tables.

What this join does not prove

$138,986,219.73 does not allege coordination or that California races were bought. 8.4% of $1,664,069,869.80 is a table share. 10.6% of 1671 is a table share. Neither is public opinion in California.

See the 2014 election cycle, California campaign finance, all election cycles, and all FEC ties for adjacent tables. Dollar figures are FEC candidate receipt aggregates. Source: FEC.gov.

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 2014 should stay here.

Do not invent candidate names. 177 is a record count. Mean about $785,232.88 is arithmetic. The packet published cycle, state, $138,986,219.73, 177, $1,664,069,869.80, and 1671.

Citing $138,986,219.73 without dropping a side

If you drop California from a sentence about $138,986,219.73, you have described the cycle hub, which this page is not. If you drop 2014, you have described a multi-year state hub, which this page is not. Keep CA and 2014 together. 8.4% of $1,664,069,869.80 is the dollar share computed here.

Independent expenditures remain outside every total on this page. California state-office filings outside the FEC candidate file remain outside. USAspending remains outside.

Candidate receipts are the only money in $138,986,219.73 and $1,664,069,869.80. 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 $138,986,219.73 or $1,664,069,869.80, the live California hub and the live 2014 hub control. This file is a packet snapshot, not a parallel disclosure system. Amended FEC reports can move either side of the join.

Questions

How much money is tied to California in the 2014 cycle?

Candidate receipts storing office state CA and cycle 2014 total $138,986,219.73 across 177 candidate records in this extract. The unfiltered 2014 national book is $1,664,069,869.80 from 1671 candidates. $138,986,219.73 is already inside $1,664,069,869.80; adding the two double-counts. Source: FEC.gov candidate receipt aggregates.

Does $138,986,219.73 include independent expenditures in California?

No. The source note limits the series to candidate receipts. Independent expenditures, electioneering communications, and committee operating expenditures are other FEC tables and are omitted from $138,986,219.73 and from $1,664,069,869.80. Cite the live 2014 file on FEC.gov for those other schedules.

Can I treat 177 as unique California candidates?

Treat it as a candidate-record count in this extract, not a named census. Multiple committees and special elections can add records. The packet publishes 177 for California in 2014 and 1671 nationally. Names are unpublished and are not invented here. Mean about $785,232.88 uses $138,986,219.73 divided by 177.

Are 2014 California receipts the same as California federal spending?

No. FEC candidate receipts and USAspending obligations are different datasets. $138,986,219.73 is not an award amount. Office state on a candidate filing does not convert receipts into federal spending. This packet publishes no obligation dollars and no award counts. Source: FEC.gov.