Candidate receipts in Louisiana, 2014 FEC cycle

2014 Louisiana receipts are not the U.S. 2014 total

The 2014 × Louisiana join is a database match, not a narrative about a race. $54.7 million entered the extract because candidate records carried cycle 2014 and office state LA at the same time. 37 is the matching candidate count. $1.7 billion is what remains when the office-state filter is lifted for the same cycle.

37 is a mid-size candidate file. Arithmetic mean receipts per Louisiana candidate are about $1.48 million ($54,724,121.42 / 37). National mean receipts per candidate in 2014 are about $995,853 ($1,664,069,869.80 / 1671). Those ratios are divisions of packet facts. They are not medians, not typical campaigns, and not proof that Louisiana campaigns were expensive or cheap.

Office state is not donor state. Louisiana (LA) is the FEC office-state code. Texas, Mississippi, and Arkansas office states are other keys. The 2014 cycle is a closed even-year window in this extract; $54,724,121.42 is the stored Louisiana office-state total for that window. Independent expenditures and USAspending tables do not feed $54,724,121.42. Source: FEC.gov.

Louisiana candidates, not Louisiana donors

Candidate receipts for office state Louisiana in 2014 are $54.7 million. That money is reported on candidate committee filings aggregated to the candidate, then grouped by office state and cycle. It is not an itemized individual-donor table. No donor names appear in this packet, and none are invented here.

37 candidates is a count of candidate records in the join, not a count of Louisiana households and not a turnout figure. The 2014 cycle is a closed even-year window in this extract; $54,724,121.42 is the stored Louisiana office-state total for that window. Neighboring office states are other cycle-state pages.

1671 U.S. candidates in 2014

$1.7 billion is larger than $54.7 million because the cycle includes every office state, not because Louisiana is being compared with a second state on this URL. 1671 is larger than 37 for the same reason. 3.3% is the only share this page computes, and its denominator is $1,664,069,869.80, not population.

2014 as a midterm cycle dates the window. The 2014 cycle is a closed even-year window in this extract; $54,724,121.42 is the stored Louisiana office-state total for that window. Live cycle hubs can move as amended candidate reports arrive. If a live hub disagrees with $1,664,069,869.80 or $54,724,121.42, the newer FEC extract controls.

$54.7 million versus $1.7 billion

Never write that Louisiana raised $1.7 billion. $1.7 billion is the national 2014 candidate-receipt total. Never write that the United States raised only $54.7 million in 2014. $54.7 million is the Louisiana office-state total. The two columns are labeled stateRaised and cycleRaised in the packet for that reason.

3.3% is the only legitimate bridge between the columns. It is a quotient, not a second source. Independent expenditures still sit outside both columns.

Office state versus donor state

Donor state and office state part ways constantly. A contributor in another state can fund a Louisiana Senate or House committee. A Louisiana resident can fund a candidate whose office state is not LA. This page tracks the second field only: office state. It does not track the first.

Because donor geography is absent, $54,724,121.42 is not 'money from Louisiana.' It is 'money reported by candidates whose office state is Louisiana' in 2014. That sentence is the accurate one. Source: FEC.gov.

FEC receipts are not federal awards in Louisiana

USAspending publishes federal obligations by place and agency. FEC publishes campaign finance. $54,724,121.42 does not become an award total because Louisiana appears in both systems. $1,664,069,869.80 does not become an award total because 2014 is a year in both systems. This page never claims receipts funded federal awards.

The 2014 cycle is a closed even-year window in this extract; $54,724,121.42 is the stored Louisiana office-state total for that window. Internal links remain the four packet hrefs only. No other path is cited. Independent expenditures remain outside the dollar columns used here.

Questions

What is the 2014 Louisiana candidate-receipt total?

$54.7 million ($54,724,121.42) from 37 candidates whose FEC office state is LA. Source: FEC.gov. That number is not the national 2014 total of $1.7 billion from 1671 candidates. Mixing the two columns is incorrect.

What share of 2014 U.S. candidate receipts came from Louisiana office-state candidates?

3.3%. That is $54,724,121.42 divided by $1,664,069,869.80. The complement is 96.7%, or $1,609,345,748.38, from candidates whose office state is not LA. The share is not a share of donors, votes, or federal awards.

Are independent expenditures included in the Louisiana 2014 total?

No. The source note on this page is candidate receipts grouped by election cycle and office state, not independent expenditures. $54,724,121.42 should not be quoted as a complete picture of 2014 political spending in Louisiana. Super PAC and other independent-spend files are separate.

Do these FEC receipts fund federal spending in Louisiana?

No. FEC candidate receipts and USAspending obligations are different datasets. $54,724,121.42 is campaign money reported by Louisiana office-state candidates in 2014. It is not an award total and does not pay for federal contracts or grants. Do not add it to USAspending figures.