2020 Texas office-state fundraising

Texas inside the 2020 cycle file

The operational definition of this page is FEC candidate receipts with cycle 2020 and office state TX, summing to $251,350,633.06 across 253 candidate records, against a national cycle $7,976,535,091.66 across 2459 records. That is the numeric join.

Texas is one office state among many in the 2020 file. 3.2% names how large that one state is inside $7,976,535,091.66. Mean receipts per Texas candidate record are about $993,480.76 ($251,350,633.06 / 253). 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 $251,350,633.06 relates to 253 candidates

253 candidate records produced $251,350,633.06. Mean about $993,480.76 is their ratio. Repeat committees, dual filings, and special elections can add records. The packet does not say how many unique people those 253 lines represent. No median is published.

Do not convert 253 into a percentage of Texas adults. Eligible-voter denominators are absent. Use 2459 only when stating the candidate-record share 10.3%.

One office state inside the 2020 file

Inside cycle 2020, Texas is one office state. $251,350,633.06 is that state's take. $7,725,184,458.60 went to other office states in the same cycle extract. Ranking Texas against unnamed other states would require a full state table this packet does not include, except as the residual $7,725,184,458.60.

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-texas-candidate-receipts is the LobbyVault filename for this 2020 × Texas join. Canonical path is /ties/2020-texas-candidate-receipts/. Overlay the cycle hub and the state hub; do not treat either hub as $251,350,633.06.

Cycle 2020 (presidential) plus office state TX is the two-part key behind $251,350,633.06. 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 3.2% into donor geography

Inverting 3.2% 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 (3.2% of the national cycle book) is the dollar percentage this page states. $7,725,184,458.60 remains the cycle-side complement.

Recompute the dollar share from the raw figures: 251,350,633.06 divided by 7,976,535,091.66 is 3.2%. The complement 7,725,184,458.60 is $7,725,184,458.60, which is 96.8% of the national 2020 book. Candidate share uses 253 / 2459.

FEC candidate receipts are not USAspending obligations. $251,350,633.06 has no award count beside it in this packet. Do not fold $251,350,633.06 into federal spending in Texas. Different statutes, different forms, different tables.

What this join does not prove

$251,350,633.06 does not allege coordination or that Texas races were bought. 3.2% of $7,976,535,091.66 is a table share. 10.3% of 2459 is a table share. Neither is public opinion in Texas.

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

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

Do not invent candidate names. 253 is a record count. Mean about $993,480.76 is arithmetic. The packet published cycle, state, $251,350,633.06, 253, $7,976,535,091.66, and 2459.

Citing $251,350,633.06 without dropping a side

If you drop Texas from a sentence about $251,350,633.06, 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 TX and 2020 together. 3.2% of $7,976,535,091.66 is the dollar share computed here.

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

Candidate receipts are the only money in $251,350,633.06 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 $251,350,633.06 or $7,976,535,091.66, the live Texas 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

How much did Texas candidates raise in 2020?

This extract records $251,350,633.06 in FEC candidate receipts where office state is TX and cycle is 2020, across 253 candidate records. That is the cycle-and-state join, not the national 2020 book of $7,976,535,091.66 from 2459 candidates. No candidate names are in the packet. Source: FEC.gov. Not independent expenditures.

Is office state the same as donor state for Texas in 2020?

No. Office state is the state of the office sought. Donor state is a different FEC field and is not this join. $251,350,633.06 can include itemized gifts from other states to Texas candidates. 253 candidate records follow the office-state filter only. Cite FEC.gov candidate receipts grouped by election cycle and office state.

What share of 2020 candidate receipts came from Texas offices?

$251,350,633.06 is 3.2% of the $7,976,535,091.66 national 2020 cycle book. 253 candidate records are 10.3% of 2459 nationally. Other office states account for $7,725,184,458.60. Quote dollars and counts separately. Do not upgrade 3.2% into a donor-geography share or a USAspending share.

Do Texas candidate receipts in 2020 fund federal grants there?

No. These figures are FEC candidate receipts, not USAspending awards. $251,350,633.06 does not become a contract or assistance award because both datasets can mention Texas. Different statutes, different forms. This packet has no obligation dollars and no award counts. Filings remain on FEC.gov.