How much did Tucson, AZ donors give in 2008?

Itemized FEC individual contributions listing contributor city TUCSON and cycle 2008 total $570,797 across 384 receipts in this LobbyVault extract. That is the city-cycle join, not the all-cycle Tucson, AZ book of $124.4 million. Unitemized gifts and Arizona state-office filings sit outside both figures.

Is $570,797 all of Tucson’s federal political money?

No. $124.4 million is the all-cycle itemized book for contributor city TUCSON in AZ. The 2008 slice is $570,797, 0.5% of that book. Other cycles in the same city string are on the Tucson, AZ hub. 384 is a 2008 receipt count, not a unique-donor count.

Does the 2008 Tucson total count only residents?

No. The city is the contributor-city value on the FEC itemization. Filers typed TUCSON with state AZ. Office addresses and joint-fundraising mail that list Tucson can sit in $570,797 when that is the stored string. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a residential-only book.

Where do the Tucson, AZ 2008 numbers come from?

FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates, indexed on LobbyVault: $570,797 and 384 lines for TUCSON in cycle 2008, and $124.4 million for the city string across cycles. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. If a later extract disagrees with this snapshot, the Commission’s filing controls.

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Tucson, AZ political money in the 2008 election cycle

Filers listing Tucson, AZ reported $570,797 in itemized individual contributions during the 2008 presidential election cycle, across 384 FEC receipts. That dollar figure is the city-and-cycle join, not Tucson’s all-cycle book of $124.4 million and not a national 2008 total. Source: FEC.gov Schedule A aggregates indexed on LobbyVault.

Key figures

$570,797 across 384 itemized receipts is the Tucson, AZ × 2008 join.
$124.4 million is the all-cycle Tucson, AZ city book; 2008 is 0.5% of that book.
Mean near $1,486 is $570,797 ÷ 384, not a median resident.
City TUCSON is filer-entered; 2008 is the FEC cycle tag.
If the live hub disagrees, the newer FEC extract controls.

How Tucson meets the 2008 election cycle

$570,797 is the overlap of two FEC dimensions: contributor city TUCSON with state AZ, and election cycle 2008. LobbyVault stores that join so a reader can open the Tucson, AZ city hub and the 2008 election cycle hub without treating either page as a substitute for this one. The city hub answers “how much itemized money has this city string produced across cycles.” The cycle hub answers “how much itemized money did that two-year federal window produce nationally.” This page answers only the intersection: Tucson, AZ in 2008.

384 is a receipt count for that intersection, not a unique-donor census. A person who gave twice is two lines. A PAC or joint-fundraising address that stored TUCSON is in the same city field as a household street. Arithmetic mean per line is about $1,486 ($570,797 ÷ 384). That mean is division, not a typical resident and not a median.

2008 is a presidential election cycle. That calendar label does not explain $570,797. This packet does not carry party splits, committee names, or occupation mix for the join. Cite the two packet dollars — $570,797 for the 2008 slice and $124.4 million for the Tucson, AZ book — and stop before assigning motive.

The Tucson, AZ side of the join

Across cycles in this extract, contributor city TUCSON in Arizona totals $124.4 million. $570,797 is 0.5% of that city book. A small share does not mean 2008 was quiet in Tucson; it means later or earlier cycles in the same city string can dwarf a single window. The live Tucson, AZ table is the place to compare other years. This snapshot lists one cycle.

The stored city sits in Pima County, Arizona. Phoenix is a different Arizona city key, not a parent total. State AZ stays on the citation so Tucson is not merged with a same-named place in another state. A repeated city name under another state code is a different FEC key. $124.4 million is the AZ key only.

The 2008 cycle side for Arizona filers in Tucson

Federal election cycles are two-year windows on FEC.gov. The 2008 cycle is not a calendar year of January gifts only; it is the Commission’s cycle tag on itemized receipts. 384 Tucson, AZ lines in that window produced $570,797. National 2008 activity — every city — lives on the 2008 election cycle hub, not here.

Arizona campaign-finance pages roll up the state, including cities that are not Tucson. Do not add $570,797 to a state total from that hub; the state page already contains this city when the same extract is used. All FEC ties is the directory of other city-cycle and city-industry joins. None of those pages converts $570,797 into spending by Tucson candidates.

What $570,797 does not measure

$570,797 is itemized federal individual contributions with contributor city TUCSON. Unitemized gifts below the itemization threshold sit outside it. State-office campaigns in Arizona file under state law and sit outside it. Independent-expenditure totals are a different FEC table. A candidate who lives in Tucson can raise money from other cities; those gifts are not this join.

City labels are filer-entered. A donor who typed TUCSON is counted; a donor who typed a neighborhood, a firm city, or a nearby suburb is not recoded into Tucson. LobbyVault does not rewrite the city field into a Census place or a residency test. Treat 384 as lines that stored this string in 2008.

Reading Tucson and 2008 together without mixing tables

Correlation is not causation. $570,797 beside $124.4 million does not mean 2008 “caused” the city book or that Tucson “drove” the 2008 cycle. The join is a filter: city string plus cycle tag. Amended reports can move either number. If the live Tucson, AZ hub or the live 2008 cycle hub disagrees with this prose, the newer FEC extract controls.

Internal links on this page go to Tucson, AZ, the 2008 election cycle, Arizona campaign finance, and All FEC ties. Use those four doors. Do not paste $570,797 into a USAspending award story; FEC receipts and federal obligations are different statutes. This packet has no award dollars.

Questions

How much did Tucson, AZ donors give in 2008?: Itemized FEC individual contributions listing contributor city TUCSON and cycle 2008 total $570,797 across 384 receipts in this LobbyVault extract. That is the city-cycle join, not the all-cycle Tucson, AZ book of $124.4 million. Unitemized gifts and Arizona state-office filings sit outside both figures.
Is $570,797 all of Tucson’s federal political money?: No. $124.4 million is the all-cycle itemized book for contributor city TUCSON in AZ. The 2008 slice is $570,797, 0.5% of that book. Other cycles in the same city string are on the Tucson, AZ hub. 384 is a 2008 receipt count, not a unique-donor count.
Does the 2008 Tucson total count only residents?: No. The city is the contributor-city value on the FEC itemization. Filers typed TUCSON with state AZ. Office addresses and joint-fundraising mail that list Tucson can sit in $570,797 when that is the stored string. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a residential-only book.
Where do the Tucson, AZ 2008 numbers come from?: FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates, indexed on LobbyVault: $570,797 and 384 lines for TUCSON in cycle 2008, and $124.4 million for the city string across cycles. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. If a later extract disagrees with this snapshot, the Commission’s filing controls.

FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates by donor city and election cycle.