Coleman for Senate 08 — 2008 cycle receipts

Coleman for Senate 08 locked to 2008

A pac-cycle page exists because two FEC dimensions meet. One side is COLEMAN FOR SENATE 08 (C00386458), stored as Senate candidate committee (FEC type S). The other is election cycle 2008. $19,298,843 is the receipt total on that intersection. It is not the 2008 national cycle sum across every committee, and it is not COLEMAN FOR SENATE 08's receipts in any other even-year window. Stored type is S: Senate candidate committee (FEC type S). The packet Super PAC flag is 0. Do not relabel this cell as a Super PAC page. Committee designation is P: principal campaign committee (designation P).

Do not read 08 as cycle 2008 twice or as cycle 2006. Quote receipts $19,298,843 and disbursements $19,011,108 with committee C00386458. Principal designation P is a codebook value, not a ranking. 2008 is a presidential-year 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 $19,298,843 funded federal awards.

C00386458 as Senate type S, designation P, flag 0

The committee page at /committees/C00386458/ is the overlay for C00386458. That hub is not limited to 2008. Quote $19,298,843 only with 2008 attached. Quote the hub only as the committee overlay. Coleman for Senate 08 in 2008 is the join. Stored type is S: Senate candidate committee (FEC type S). The packet Super PAC flag is 0. Do not relabel this cell as a Super PAC page.

/committees/ still lists every other filer. Those rows are not this cell. Keep C00386458 on the citation so a similar public name cannot swallow this 2008 total. Cash on hand is stored as $2,025,018. That line is not a bank login, not receipts, and not disbursements. Individual contributions are $12,140,399, 62.9% of receipts $19,298,843. The remainder inside receipts is $7,158,444. That column is an aggregate, not a list of contributors, employers, or zip codes.

08 in the stored name is not a second cycle tag

Federal election cycles on FEC.gov are two-year windows tagged by the even year of the election. 2008 is that tag. The cycle hub at /election-cycles/2008/ lists many committees; COLEMAN FOR SENATE 08 is one row in that extract. $19,298,843 belongs only to this committee in that window. 2008 is a presidential-year 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 $19,298,843 on this URL. Correlation is not causation: a large 2008 receipt total does not prove why money moved or who sent it.

Cash on hand $2,025,018 beside 2008 receipts

Receipts $19,298,843 and disbursements $19,011,108 are separate FEC columns. Receipts $19,298,843 exceed disbursements $19,011,108 by $287,735. The gap is arithmetic on two FEC columns, not a cash-on-hand substitute unless a cash line is present and equal to that figure. 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 $2,025,018. That line is not a bank login, not receipts, and not disbursements. Individual contributions are $12,140,399, 62.9% of receipts $19,298,843. The remainder inside receipts is $7,158,444. That column is an aggregate, not a list of contributors, employers, or zip codes.

A principal Senate committee is not a Super PAC page

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. Do not read 08 as cycle 2008 twice or as cycle 2006. Quote receipts $19,298,843 and disbursements $19,011,108 with committee C00386458. Principal designation P is a codebook value, not a ranking.

Independent expenditures by other IDs remain another table. Party transfers, if they exist, are not itemized here unless stored. Keep the citation to COLEMAN FOR SENATE 08, C00386458, cycle 2008, receipts $19,298,843, disbursements $19,011,108, source FEC.gov. Stored type is S: Senate candidate committee (FEC type S). The packet Super PAC flag is 0. Do not relabel this cell as a Super PAC page.

How to cite Coleman for Senate 08 in 2008

Cite COLEMAN FOR SENATE 08, committee C00386458, cycle 2008, receipts $19,298,843, and disbursements $19,011,108, source FEC.gov. Open /committees/C00386458/ for the committee overlay, /election-cycles/2008/ for the 2008 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: COLEMAN FOR SENATE 08 in 2008 is $19,298,843 receipts and $19,011,108 disbursements on FEC.gov. Stored type is S: Senate candidate committee (FEC type S). The packet Super PAC flag is 0. Do not relabel this cell as a Super PAC page. Committee designation is P: principal campaign committee (designation P). 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 Coleman for Senate 08 raise in 2008?

COLEMAN FOR SENATE 08 (C00386458) reported $19,298,843 in FEC.gov receipts for the 2008 election cycle. Disbursements in the same window were $19,011,108. This is a committee × cycle join, not a donor roster. Type S; Super PAC flag 0.

Does this page list Coleman for Senate 08 donors?

No. The packet has no contributor names, no unique-donor count, and no employer split. It stores committee C00386458, type S, cycle 2008, receipts $19,298,843, and disbursements $19,011,108. FEC.gov committee receipts by election cycle from committee cycleHistory. Committee pages, not donor pages.

Did Coleman for Senate 08 receipts pay for federal awards in 2008?

No. $19,298,843 is an FEC committee receipt total for COLEMAN FOR SENATE 08 in 2008. USAspending awards are a different dataset and a different statute. Disbursements $19,011,108 are also campaign-finance figures, not federal obligations. Source: FEC.gov.

Where are C00386458 and the 2008 cycle hubs?

Open /committees/C00386458/ for COLEMAN FOR SENATE 08, /election-cycles/2008/ for the 2008 election cycle, /committees/ for the committee index, and /ties/ for other FEC joins. This URL is the overlap only: receipts $19,298,843, disbursements $19,011,108.