AB PAC — 2018 cycle receipts

AB PAC locked to the 2018 cycle

A pac-cycle page exists because two FEC dimensions meet. One side is AB PAC (C00492140), stored as hybrid PAC (FEC type V). The other is election cycle 2018. $20,460,397.91 is the receipt total on that intersection. It is not the 2018 national cycle sum across every committee, and it is not AB PAC's receipts in any other even-year window. Stored type is V: hybrid PAC (FEC type V). The packet Super PAC flag is 1. Cite both fields as stored. Do not recode the committee into type O, and do not drop the Super PAC flag because the type code is V. Committee designation is U: unauthorized (designation U).

Individual contributions $11,904,048.22 sit inside receipts $20,460,397.91. The 2020 AB PAC cell, if a reader has seen it, is a different even-year join and must not be added into this 2018 total. 2018 is a midterm FEC two-year window in this extract. The even-year tag is not a single calendar year of January-only activity. Source: FEC.gov committee receipts by election cycle from committee cycleHistory. Committee pages, not donor pages. Campaign contributions are not USAspending obligations; this join does not claim that $20,460,397.91 funded federal awards.

C00492140 as hybrid type V with Super PAC flag 1

The committee page at /committees/C00492140/ is the overlay for C00492140. That hub is not limited to 2018. Quote $20,460,397.91 only with 2018 attached. Quote the hub only as the committee overlay. AB PAC in 2018 is the join. Stored type is V: hybrid PAC (FEC type V). The packet Super PAC flag is 1. Cite both fields as stored. Do not recode the committee into type O, and do not drop the Super PAC flag because the type code is V.

/committees/ still lists every other filer. Those rows are not this cell. Keep C00492140 on the citation so a similar public name cannot swallow this 2018 total. Cash on hand is stored as $146,894.17. That line is not a bank login, not receipts, and not disbursements. Individual contributions are $11,904,048.22, 58.2% of receipts $20,460,397.91. The remainder inside receipts is $8,556,349.69. That column is an aggregate, not a list of contributors, employers, or zip codes.

2018 is a midterm window, not AB PAC in every year

Federal election cycles on FEC.gov are two-year windows tagged by the even year of the election. 2018 is that tag. The cycle hub at /election-cycles/2018/ lists many committees; AB PAC is one row in that extract. $20,460,397.91 belongs only to this committee in that window. 2018 is a midterm FEC two-year window in this extract. The even-year tag is not a single calendar year of January-only activity.

/ties/ collect other committee × cycle pairs and other LobbyVault joins. Opening a sibling tie does not change $20,460,397.91 on this URL. Correlation is not causation: a large 2018 receipt total does not prove why money moved or who sent it.

Disbursements $20,875,503.16 above receipts $20,460,397.91

Receipts $20,460,397.91 and disbursements $20,875,503.16 are separate FEC columns. Disbursements $20,875,503.16 exceed receipts $20,460,397.91 by $415,105.25. Spending above receipts in one two-year window is a reporting pattern, not a motive claim and not a ranking. Neither figure is an independent-expenditure-only total unless the packet’s Super PAC flag says so. This extract does not split operating expenditures, transfers, or refunds unless those columns appear in facts. Cash on hand is stored as $146,894.17. That line is not a bank login, not receipts, and not disbursements. Individual contributions are $11,904,048.22, 58.2% of receipts $20,460,397.91. The remainder inside receipts is $8,556,349.69. That column is an aggregate, not a list of contributors, employers, or zip codes.

Hybrid PAC coding is not a donor roster

This join does not name donors, unique contributors, or employers. It does not convert campaign receipts into USAspending obligations. FEC reports and federal award tables are different datasets even when a public name overlaps. Do not invent donor names. Do not invent contractors or award recipients. Individual contributions $11,904,048.22 sit inside receipts $20,460,397.91. The 2020 AB PAC cell, if a reader has seen it, is a different even-year join and must not be added into this 2018 total.

Independent expenditures by other IDs remain another table. Party transfers, if they exist, are not itemized here unless stored. Keep the citation to AB PAC, C00492140, cycle 2018, receipts $20,460,397.91, disbursements $20,875,503.16, source FEC.gov. Stored type is V: hybrid PAC (FEC type V). The packet Super PAC flag is 1. Cite both fields as stored. Do not recode the committee into type O, and do not drop the Super PAC flag because the type code is V.

How to cite AB PAC in 2018

Cite AB PAC, committee C00492140, cycle 2018, receipts $20,460,397.91, and disbursements $20,875,503.16, source FEC.gov. Open /committees/C00492140/ for the committee overlay, /election-cycles/2018/ for the 2018 cycle hub, /committees/ for the full committee index, and /ties/ for other FEC joins. Live overlay pages can move as new bulk files arrive; this snapshot stores the harvested pair.

Restating the join without new numbers: AB PAC in 2018 is $20,460,397.91 receipts and $20,875,503.16 disbursements on FEC.gov. Stored type is V: hybrid PAC (FEC type V). The packet Super PAC flag is 1. Cite both fields as stored. Do not recode the committee into type O, and do not drop the Super PAC flag because the type code is V. Committee designation is U: unauthorized (designation U). Not a donor page. Not a lifetime committee total. Not a national cycle total. Not a USAspending award sum. FEC.gov committee receipts by election cycle from committee cycleHistory. Committee pages, not donor pages.

Questions

How much did AB PAC raise in 2018?

AB PAC (C00492140) reported $20,460,397.91 in FEC.gov receipts for the 2018 election cycle. Disbursements in the same window were $20,875,503.16. This is a committee × cycle join, not a donor roster. Type V; Super PAC flag 1.

Does this page list AB PAC donors?

No. The packet has no contributor names, no unique-donor count, and no employer split. It stores committee C00492140, type V, cycle 2018, receipts $20,460,397.91, and disbursements $20,875,503.16. FEC.gov committee receipts by election cycle from committee cycleHistory. Committee pages, not donor pages.

Did AB PAC receipts pay for federal awards in 2018?

No. $20,460,397.91 is an FEC committee receipt total for AB PAC in 2018. USAspending awards are a different dataset and a different statute. Disbursements $20,875,503.16 are also campaign-finance figures, not federal obligations. Source: FEC.gov.

Where are C00492140 and the 2018 cycle hubs?

Open /committees/C00492140/ for AB PAC, /election-cycles/2018/ for the 2018 election cycle, /committees/ for the committee index, and /ties/ for other FEC joins. This URL is the overlap only: receipts $20,460,397.91, disbursements $20,875,503.16.