Alabama campaign finance next to federal obligations

Alabama’s join is a postal code, not a wire

AL matches $58.5 million from 633 committees to $307,568,607,510 from 287,505 awards. A Birmingham contribution does not become a Huntsville obligation because both rows mention Alabama.

287,505 award actions sits near several other states in this extract. That neighborhood is not a finding about Republican receipt shares. Award-row counts depend on how agencies write actions. Alabama campaign finance, Alabama USAspending, and All FEC ties are the three links.

Space-flight folklore around Huntsville is a search reason, not a NAICS share here. If you need agency names, open Alabama USAspending. 92.0% Republican receipts still do not color 287,505 awards.

State-office campaigns in Alabama file under state law and sit outside $58.5 million. Local procurement paid without a federal award sits outside $307,568,607,510. This page names two federal disclosure systems — FEC.gov candidate receipts and USAspending.gov awards — and stops. A third system would be a different citation.

A Republican-heavy FEC book

Republican committees reported $53.8 million (92.0%). Democratic committees reported $4.6 million (7.8%). Other filers reported $0.1 million (0.2%). Copying 92.0 percent onto $307,568,607,510 would assign party to vendors this file does not party-code.

633 committees include residual filers. Sort Alabama campaign finance by receipts. State races file with Alabama’s system, outside $58.5 million.

Gulf and Tennessee Valley geographies share AL. This packet does not split $58.5 million or $307,568,607,510 among them. 633 committees stay a statewide FEC roster.

633 is a filing count, not a November ballot census. 287,505 is an action count, not unique vendors. Keep those nouns attached to the integers when citing Alabama.

Alabama obligations on the award side

$307,568,607,510 covers award obligations USAspending attributes to Alabama. 287,505 is the action count. Space, military, and university stories need agency fields from Alabama USAspending, not a party percentage from the FEC candidate file.

Do not compute a mean award. Repeat awards add rows, so 287,505 is not unique vendors.

Quote Alabama campaign finance for the live FEC roster of 633 committees and $58.5 million in receipts. Quote Alabama USAspending for $307,568,607,510 and 287,505 awards. All FEC ties keeps AL in a series of geographic joins. None of those pages adds receipts to obligations or assigns FEC party codes to awards.

What not to claim

That Republican-leaning receipts produced Republican-leaning contracts. That $58.5 million is small because agencies obligated $307,568,607,510 instead. The systems do not trade off.

Independent expenditures about Alabama candidates can be financed from elsewhere. Those expenditures sit outside both packet totals.

Alabama’s 633 committees and 287,505 awards answer different questions. Keep $58.5 million on the FEC.gov sentence and $307,568,607,510 on the USAspending.gov sentence even when a headline wants a single number. A single number would mix statutes. This join will not publish one.

Huntsville folklore is not a packet NAICS

North Alabama and the rest of the state share AL. This packet does not split $58.5 million or $307,568,607,510 among them. 633 committees and 287,505 awards stay statewide.

Print $0.1 million if you print 92.0% and 7.8% so the pie still closes on $58.5 million. Then print obligations in a new sentence.

Amended candidate reports move $58.5 million. Award restatements move $307,568,607,510. Rewrite only the sentence whose source moved. Alabama campaign finance and Alabama USAspending are the live tables; this prose is a packet snapshot for AL.

Alabama citation

FEC.gov: $58.5 million; 633 committees; Democratic $4.6 million; Republican $53.8 million; other $0.1 million. USAspending.gov: $307,568,607,510; 287,505 awards. Campaign contributions are not federal awards.

Do not rank Alabama as more influential because $58.5 million sits beside $307,568,607,510. Influence is not a field in this packet. The join is AL geography only.

Questions

Does Alabama’s Republican fundraising mean Republican control of awards?

No. Republican committees reported $53.8 million of $58.5 million in FEC receipts. USAspending obligations of $307,568,607,510 across 287,505 awards have no party field in this packet. Receipt shares are not award shares. Sources are FEC.gov and USAspending.gov.

How much have Alabama federal candidates raised?

FEC aggregates show $58.5 million across 633 committees: Republican $53.8 million (92.0%), Democratic $4.6 million (7.8%), other $0.1 million. Use Alabama campaign finance for the live roster. LobbyVault joins the AL extracts only. FEC.gov and USAspending.gov remain the originating systems.

What is Alabama’s USAspending total?

USAspending.gov records $307,568,607,510 in obligations and 287,505 awards coded to Alabama. That extract is not FEC operating expenditure and is not funded by $58.5 million on this page. LobbyVault joins the AL extracts only. FEC.gov and USAspending.gov remain the originating systems.

Where are Alabama’s hubs?

Alabama campaign finance on LobbyVault and Alabama USAspending on SpendingVault. All FEC ties lists other state joins. Later bulk files override this snapshot if they disagree. LobbyVault joins the AL extracts only. FEC.gov and USAspending.gov remain the originating systems.