Washington candidate receipts in the 2016 cycle

Washington State (WA) in the 2016 receipt window

Two filters are true at once: election cycle 2016, and office state WA (Washington). Only rows that match both produce $32,589,340.55 from 37 candidates. The 2016 election-cycle hub still mixes every office state and therefore shows $3,179,037,937.47. The Washington campaign-finance hub still mixes every cycle. $32,589,340.55 lives only at the intersection. A restatement of 2016 would still mix states. A restatement of Washington 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 Washington office-state candidate can come from any state. Office-state WA is Washington State. This 2016 key is not the 2012 Washington join. 2016 is a presidential two-year FEC cycle. Top-two primary rules are not receipt columns. This join does not list donors, does not name candidates, and does not allocate $32,589,340.55 by House, Senate, or presidential line.

Thirty-seven Washington office-state candidates produced $32,589,340.55. Mean receipts are about $880,792.99 per candidate versus a national mean near $1,847,203.91. The national 2016 tally is 1,721 candidates. Washington’s candidate count is 2.15% of the national candidate count, while its receipts are 1.03% of $3,179,037,937.47. Those two shares are not required to match. Mean receipts in the cell are about $880,792.99 per candidate ($32,589,340.55 ÷ 37). The national mean is about $1,847,203.91 ($3,179,037,937.47 ÷ 1,721). Means are arithmetic. They are not medians.

Washington’s $32,589,340.55 is the 2016 office-state sum

$32,589,340.55 is Washington candidate receipts inside cycle 2016 only. It is not Washington’s lifetime total across cycles, and it is not itemized individual giving by Washington residents. Donor-city and occupation tables are other joins. Citing $3,179,037,937.47 as a Washington figure mixes the national cycle hub into this cell. Citing $32,589,340.55 as the 2016 national total mixes the cell into the cycle hub.

37 is the candidate count attached to office state WA in 2016. 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 Primary challengers, withdrawn filings, and general-election nominees can all sit in an FEC candidate count; this page does not split them.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 Washington state hub without a year for the state overlay; use the 2016 cycle hub without a state for the national overlay; use this URL for the join.

National 2016 receipts: $3,179,037,937.47

$3,179,037,937.47 is the national 2016 candidate-receipt total across 1,721 candidates. Subtracting the Washington cell leaves $3,146,448,596.92 in other office states. 1.03% is a dollar share of the national cycle, not a share of Electoral College votes, House seats, or population. 2.15% is a candidate-count share only. 2016 is a presidential two-year FEC window in calendar terms; that label does not split $3,179,037,937.47 by office type.

The 2016 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 $32,589,340.55 or $3,179,037,937.47. Federal contract and grant amounts live in USAspending, a different dataset. Sharing a calendar year does not turn these receipts into awards.

Thirty-seven WA candidates inside a presidential cycle

$32,589,340.55 ÷ $3,179,037,937.47 = 1.03%. $3,146,448,596.92 ÷ $3,179,037,937.47 = 98.97%. 37 ÷ 1,721 = 2.15%. Those identities use packet facts only. They are not voter shares and not proof that Washington ‘won’ or ‘lost’ a money race. Do not add $32,589,340.55 to $3,179,037,937.47.

Keep the labels glued to the numbers. $32,589,340.55 always travels with Washington, WA, 2016, and 37 candidates. $3,179,037,937.47 always travels with the national 2016 cycle and 1,721 candidates. Source: FEC.gov candidate receipts grouped by election cycle and office state.

Not D.C., and not a 2012 Washington page

This page does not rank Washington 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. Do not add 2012 Washington receipts to $32,589,340.55. Each cycle is its own packet. This file only has 2016 facts.

Do not claim $32,589,340.55 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.

Washington campaign finance and 2016

The 2016 election cycle hub holds the national $3,179,037,937.47 overlay. Washington 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 $32,589,340.55 only with office state WA and cycle 2016.

Questions

How much did Washington candidates raise in the 2016 cycle?

FEC candidate receipts for office state Washington (WA) in the 2016 cycle total $32,589,340.55 across 37 candidates. The national 2016 cycle total is $3,179,037,937.47 across 1,721 candidates, so the Washington cell is 1.03% of that national book. Figures are from FEC.gov. They exclude independent expenditures.

Is $32,589,340.55 the national 2016 total?

No. $32,589,340.55 is Washington office-state candidate receipts in 2016 only. $3,179,037,937.47 is the national cycle total. Other office states hold $3,146,448,596.92. Use the cycle hub for $3,179,037,937.47 and this tie page for the Washington slice. Keep $32,589,340.55 on the Washington line and $3,179,037,937.47 on the national 2016 line; they are different totals.

Is $32,589,340.55 from Washington State donors?

Not necessarily. Office state WA is the geography of the seat, not the donor’s home address. $32,589,340.55 is authorized-committee candidate receipts for Washington federal offices in 2016. Itemized gifts from Washington residents to out-of-state committees sit on other tables. This join does not publish a donor-state total.

How many Washington candidates are in the 2016 cell?

The aggregate counts 37 candidates with office state Washington in cycle 2016. That is the packet tally, not a published list of names. About $880,792.99 per candidate is $32,589,340.55 divided by 37. The packet does not split House, Senate, or presidential lines. Original filings remain on FEC.gov.