2020 Kentucky office-state fundraising

Kentucky inside the 2020 cycle file

The operational definition of this page is FEC candidate receipts with cycle 2020 and office state KY, summing to $179,455,371.08 across 31 candidate records, against a national cycle $7,976,535,091.66 across 2459 records. That is the numeric join.

Kentucky is one office state among many in the 2020 file. 2.2% names how large that one state is inside $7,976,535,091.66. Mean receipts per Kentucky candidate record are about $5,788,882.94 ($179,455,371.08 / 31). 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 $179,455,371.08 relates to 31 candidates

31 candidate records produced $179,455,371.08. Mean about $5,788,882.94 is their ratio. Repeat committees, dual filings, and special elections can add records. The packet does not say how many unique people those 31 lines represent. No median is published.

Do not convert 31 into a percentage of Kentucky adults. Eligible-voter denominators are absent. Use 2459 only when stating the candidate-record share 1.3%.

One office state inside the 2020 file

Inside cycle 2020, Kentucky is one office state. $179,455,371.08 is that state's take. $7,797,079,720.58 went to other office states in the same cycle extract. Ranking Kentucky against unnamed other states would require a full state table this packet does not include, except as the residual $7,797,079,720.58.

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

Packet slug 2020-kentucky-candidate-receipts is the LobbyVault filename for this 2020 × Kentucky join. Canonical path is /ties/2020-kentucky-candidate-receipts/. Overlay the cycle hub and the state hub; do not treat either hub as $179,455,371.08.

Cycle 2020 (presidential) plus office state KY is the two-part key behind $179,455,371.08. Drop the cycle and the page becomes a multi-year state hub. Drop the state and the page becomes the national cycle hub of $7,976,535,091.66. 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 2.2% into donor geography

Inverting 2.2% 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 (2.2% of the national cycle book) is the dollar percentage this page states. $7,797,079,720.58 remains the cycle-side complement.

Recompute the dollar share from the raw figures: 179,455,371.08 divided by 7,976,535,091.66 is 2.2%. The complement 7,797,079,720.58 is $7,797,079,720.58, which is 97.8% of the national 2020 book. Candidate share uses 31 / 2459.

FEC candidate receipts are not USAspending obligations. $179,455,371.08 has no award count beside it in this packet. Do not fold $179,455,371.08 into federal spending in Kentucky. Different statutes, different forms, different tables.

What this join does not prove

$179,455,371.08 does not allege coordination or that Kentucky races were bought. 2.2% of $7,976,535,091.66 is a table share. 1.3% of 2459 is a table share. Neither is public opinion in Kentucky.

See the 2020 election cycle, Kentucky campaign finance, all election cycles, and all FEC ties for adjacent tables. Dollar figures are FEC candidate receipt aggregates. Source: FEC.gov.

Kentucky 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 Kentucky hub. Researchers who need Kentucky in 2020 should stay here.

Do not invent candidate names. 31 is a record count. Mean about $5,788,882.94 is arithmetic. The packet published cycle, state, $179,455,371.08, 31, $7,976,535,091.66, and 2459.

Citing $179,455,371.08 without dropping a side

If you drop Kentucky from a sentence about $179,455,371.08, you have described the cycle hub, which this page is not. If you drop 2020, you have described a multi-year state hub, which this page is not. Keep KY and 2020 together. 2.2% of $7,976,535,091.66 is the dollar share computed here.

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

Candidate receipts are the only money in $179,455,371.08 and $7,976,535,091.66. 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 $179,455,371.08 or $7,976,535,091.66, the live Kentucky hub and the live 2020 hub control. This file is a packet snapshot, not a parallel disclosure system. Amended FEC reports can move either side of the join.

Questions

What is the 2020 × Kentucky candidate-receipt join?

It is $179,455,371.08 in candidate receipts matching cycle 2020 and office state KY, on 31 candidate records. The national 2020 hub without that state filter is $7,976,535,091.66 from 2459 candidates. This page is the intersection, not a restatement of either hub and not a named-candidate list. Source: FEC.gov.

Was 2020 a presidential or midterm cycle?

Cycle 2020 is a presidential two-year FEC window. That calendar label dates the receipts. It does not explain why Kentucky candidates reported $179,455,371.08 on 31 records, and it is not a finding about turnout. Nationally the same window shows $7,976,535,091.66 from 2459 candidates. Source: FEC.gov candidate receipt aggregates.

What share of 2020 candidates ran in Kentucky?

31 of 2459 candidate records are 1.3% of the national 2020 file in this extract. Dollar share is separate: $179,455,371.08 is 2.2% of $7,976,535,091.66. Quote both. Do not convert 1.3% into a share of Kentucky adults. Eligible-voter denominators are not in the packet.

Does $179,455,371.08 fund USAspending awards coded to Kentucky?

No. Campaign receipts and federal awards are different statutes. This packet has only FEC candidate receipt aggregates. $179,455,371.08 has no obligation dollars beside it. Do not add the join to federal spending in Kentucky. Cite FEC.gov for the candidate-receipt file. Independent expenditures are also outside this join.