Arkansas campaign finance next to federal obligations

Arkansas’s two public extracts

AR joins $21.3 million from 348 committees to $108,160,616,633 from 232,655 awards. A Little Rock contribution does not become a Northwest Arkansas obligation because both rows say Arkansas.

348 committees is a compact FEC roster. Compactness is a filing-count fact, not evidence that a few campaigns control $108,160,616,633. Arkansas campaign finance, Arkansas USAspending, and All FEC ties are the three links.

Retailer-headquarters folklore is a search reason, not a recipient table in this packet. Open Arkansas USAspending for names. Keep 77.2% Republican receipts on the FEC sentence only. Do not paint $108,160,616,633 with that percentage ever.

State-office campaigns in Arkansas file under state law and sit outside $21.3 million. Local procurement paid without a federal award sits outside $108,160,616,633. 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 with a tiny other line

Republican committees reported $16.5 million (77.2%). Democratic committees reported $4.8 million (22.7%). Other filers reported $0.0 million (0.0%). Rounding $0.0 million to zero would still be a choice. Print it if you print the percentages so they close on $21.3 million.

State races file with Arkansas’s system, outside $21.3 million. Sort Arkansas campaign finance by receipts rather than treating 348 as a ballot list.

Northwest Arkansas and the Delta share AR. This packet does not split $21.3 million or $108,160,616,633 among them. 348 committees and 232,655 awards stay statewide. A retailer-county chart would be a different file entirely.

348 is a filing count, not a November ballot census. 232,655 is an action count, not unique vendors. Keep those nouns attached to the integers when citing Arkansas.

Arkansas obligations on USAspending.gov

$108,160,616,633 covers award obligations coded to Arkansas. 232,655 is the action count. Agriculture, poultry, and military stories need agency fields on Arkansas USAspending. They do not inherit 77.2% from the candidate file.

Repeat awards add rows. Do not compute a mean award. Do not divide $108,160,616,633 by $21.3 million.

Quote Arkansas campaign finance for the live FEC roster of 348 committees and $21.3 million in receipts. Quote Arkansas USAspending for $108,160,616,633 and 232,655 awards. All FEC ties keeps AR 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 $21.3 million funded $108,160,616,633. That Arkansas ranks against Missouri on influence. Influence is not a packet field.

Independent expenditures about Arkansas candidates can be paid from elsewhere. Those dollars sit outside both packet totals.

Arkansas’s 348 committees and 232,655 awards answer different questions. Keep $21.3 million on the FEC.gov sentence and $108,160,616,633 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.

Northwest Arkansas is not a hidden split

Northwest Arkansas and the Delta share AR. This packet does not split $21.3 million or $108,160,616,633 among them. 348 committees and 232,655 awards stay statewide. A retailer-headquarters narrative is color unless you open recipient tables that actually exist.

Do not fold Arkansas into a bi-state MSA with Missouri or Oklahoma. Those are different ties.

Amended candidate reports move $21.3 million. Award restatements move $108,160,616,633. Rewrite only the sentence whose source moved. Arkansas campaign finance and Arkansas USAspending are the live tables; this prose is a packet snapshot for AR.

Arkansas citation

FEC.gov: $21.3 million; 348 committees; Democratic $4.8 million; Republican $16.5 million; other $0.0 million. USAspending.gov: $108,160,616,633; 232,655 awards. Campaign contributions are not federal awards.

Do not rank Arkansas as more influential because $21.3 million sits beside $108,160,616,633. Influence is not a field in this packet. The join is AR geography only.

Questions

Does Arkansas Republican fundraising control federal awards in the state?

No. Republican committees reported $16.5 million of $21.3 million in FEC receipts. USAspending obligations of $108,160,616,633 across 232,655 awards have no party field in this packet. Receipt shares are not award shares. LobbyVault joins the AR extracts only. FEC.gov and USAspending.gov remain the originating systems.

How much have Arkansas federal candidates raised?

FEC aggregates show $21.3 million across 348 committees: Republican $16.5 million (77.2%), Democratic $4.8 million (22.7%), other $0.0 million. Use Arkansas campaign finance for the live roster. LobbyVault joins the AR extracts only. FEC.gov and USAspending.gov remain the originating systems.

What is Arkansas’s USAspending total?

USAspending.gov records $108,160,616,633 in obligations and 232,655 awards coded to Arkansas. That extract is not FEC operating expenditure and is not funded by $21.3 million on this page. LobbyVault joins the AR extracts only. FEC.gov and USAspending.gov remain the originating systems.

Where are Arkansas’s hubs?

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