2018 FEC cycle and California office-state totals

California and 2018 as a join

Where 2018 meets CA, FEC candidate receipts sum to $270,155,246.27 on 264 candidate records. The cycle aggregate without a state filter is $2,698,163,707.14 on 2418 records. California is 10.0% of that national cycle book; 90.0% ($2,428,008,460.87) was filed in other office states. The arithmetic uses only packet facts.

This URL is a relationship page. Later sections unpack the state side, the cycle side, the shares, and the caveats. It is not a restatement of California campaign finance across cycles.

Cycle 2018 is a midterm two-year FEC window. That calendar fact does not explain $270,155,246.27. Unitemized small activity below candidate reporting, independent expenditures, and USAspending awards are omitted. Source: FEC.gov.

Office state CA in 2018

California's 2018 total of $270,155,246.27 is the subset. The national 2018 total of $2,698,163,707.14 is the parent. 10.0% names that subset as a share of the parent. $2,428,008,460.87 names the complement inside the same cycle. Office state is the geography of the office, not a claim about where donors live.

Use the state hub when the cycle does not matter. Use this tie when both California and 2018 matter. Do not fold neighboring states into CA.

2018 is not only California

The cycle dimension is the FEC even-year tag 2018 (midterm). Combined with California, it yields $270,155,246.27 and 264 candidate records. The national 2018 page still has every other office state. This page has one state. Keep both nouns when citing: California and 2018.

About $1,023,315.33 per California candidate record is $270,155,246.27 divided by 264. No median is in the packet. No named-candidate list is in the packet. No party split is in the packet. Those omissions are intentional: the facts do not include them.

Packet slug 2018-california-candidate-receipts is the LobbyVault filename for this 2018 × California join. Canonical path is /ties/2018-california-candidate-receipts/. Overlay the cycle hub and the state hub; do not treat either hub as $270,155,246.27.

Cycle 2018 (midterm) plus office state CA is the two-part key behind $270,155,246.27. Drop the cycle and the page becomes a multi-year state hub. Drop the state and the page becomes the national cycle hub of $2,698,163,707.14. Keep both.

Dollar share and candidate share

Inside cycle 2018, California holds $270,155,246.27 and other office states hold $2,428,008,460.87. The cycle total is the sum: $2,698,163,707.14. 10.0% names the California dollar piece. 264 names the California file size. Mean about $1,023,315.33 names $270,155,246.27/264. Four jobs, four numbers, plus the national candidate count 2418.

If a later FEC extract revises $270,155,246.27 or $2,698,163,707.14, the live hubs control. This prose is a snapshot of the packet facts.

Recompute the dollar share from the raw figures: 270,155,246.27 divided by 2,698,163,707.14 is 10.0%. The complement 2,428,008,460.87 is $2,428,008,460.87, which is 90.0% of the national 2018 book. Candidate share uses 264 / 2418.

FEC candidate receipts are not USAspending obligations. $270,155,246.27 has no award count beside it in this packet. Do not fold $270,155,246.27 into federal spending in California. Different statutes, different forms, different tables.

No invented campaigns

Do not invent candidate names for the California × 2018 pair. Do not invent a district split. Do not invent a party split. The packet did not include them. $270,155,246.27, 264, $2,698,163,707.14, and 2418 are the numeric join besides stored labels.

Other cycles for California are other keys. Other states for 2018 are other keys. Exact match is the method.

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 2018 should stay here.

Do not invent candidate names. 264 is a record count. Mean about $1,023,315.33 is arithmetic. The packet published cycle, state, $270,155,246.27, 264, $2,698,163,707.14, and 2418.

Keeping both nouns: California and 2018

Both nouns: California and 2018. Both dollar totals: $270,155,246.27 and $2,698,163,707.14. Both counts: 264 and 2418. Shares: 10.0% of dollars, 10.9% of records. Cite the cluster, not a single number yanked out of the join. Do not attach a fake candidate list.

Cycle 2018 is midterm. Source: FEC.gov. Live hubs win on disagreement.

Candidate receipts are the only money in $270,155,246.27 and $2,698,163,707.14. 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 $270,155,246.27 or $2,698,163,707.14, the live California hub and the live 2018 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 2018 cycle?

Candidate receipts storing office state CA and cycle 2018 total $270,155,246.27 across 264 candidate records in this extract. The unfiltered 2018 national book is $2,698,163,707.14 from 2418 candidates. $270,155,246.27 is already inside $2,698,163,707.14; adding the two double-counts. Source: FEC.gov candidate receipt aggregates.

Does $270,155,246.27 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 $270,155,246.27 and from $2,698,163,707.14. Cite the live 2018 file on FEC.gov for those other schedules.

Can I treat 264 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 264 for California in 2018 and 2418 nationally. Names are unpublished and are not invented here. Mean about $1,023,315.33 uses $270,155,246.27 divided by 264.

Are 2018 California receipts the same as California federal spending?

No. FEC candidate receipts and USAspending obligations are different datasets. $270,155,246.27 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.