Colorado campaign finance next to federal obligations

Colorado’s two federal dollar series

CO joins $68.5 million from 950 committees to $262,830,761,057 from 240,277 awards. A Denver contribution does not become a Colorado Springs obligation because both rows say Colorado.

Colorado campaign finance, Colorado USAspending, and All FEC ties are the three doors. Matching the state code is the entire relationship. No form maps a Schedule A gift to an award ID.

Wildfire and interior-agency stories need Colorado USAspending. They do not inherit 62.6% from the candidate file. 240,277 awards have no party field here. Do not paint obligation dollars with FEC colors. Keep the party split on the receipt sentence only.

State-office campaigns in Colorado file under state law and sit outside $68.5 million. Local procurement paid without a federal award sits outside $262,830,761,057. 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.

Democratic-majority FEC receipts

Democratic committees reported $42.9 million (62.6%). Republican committees reported $25.2 million (36.8%). Other filers reported $0.4 million (0.6%). 950 committees include residual filers. Sort Colorado campaign finance by receipts.

State races file with Colorado’s system, outside $68.5 million. Presidential committees tagged to Colorado remain FEC rows if stored that way. They do not become 240,277 awards.

Denver and the Western Slope share CO. This packet does not split $68.5 million or $262,830,761,057 between them. 950 committees and 240,277 awards stay statewide. Ski-country and plains folklore is not a substitute NAICS table.

950 is a filing count, not a November ballot census. 240,277 is an action count, not unique vendors. Keep those nouns attached to the integers when citing Colorado.

Colorado obligations without an FEC overlay

$262,830,761,057 and 240,277 awards describe agency actions coded to Colorado. Defense, interior, and research folklore are not packet NAICS. Open Colorado USAspending for agency fields that exist.

Repeat awards add rows. Do not compute a mean award. Do not divide $262,830,761,057 by 950.

Quote Colorado campaign finance for the live FEC roster of 950 committees and $68.5 million in receipts. Quote Colorado USAspending for $262,830,761,057 and 240,277 awards. All FEC ties keeps CO in a series of geographic joins. None of those pages adds receipts to obligations or assigns FEC party codes to awards.

Front Range folklore is not a third ledger

This packet does not split $68.5 million or $262,830,761,057 by Front Range versus Western Slope. 950 committees and 240,277 awards are statewide. A metro cut would be a different extract.

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

Colorado’s 950 committees and 240,277 awards answer different questions. Keep $68.5 million on the FEC.gov sentence and $262,830,761,057 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.

What not to claim about Colorado

That 62.6% Democratic receipts describe 240,277 awards. That $68.5 million funded $262,830,761,057. That Colorado ‘punches above’ a neighbor — ranking is not this page’s job.

Print $0.4 million if you publish the party pie so it still closes on $68.5 million. Then print obligations in a new sentence with USAspending.gov named.

Amended candidate reports move $68.5 million. Award restatements move $262,830,761,057. Rewrite only the sentence whose source moved. Colorado campaign finance and Colorado USAspending are the live tables; this prose is a packet snapshot for CO.

Colorado citation

FEC.gov: $68.5 million; 950 committees; Democratic $42.9 million; Republican $25.2 million; other $0.4 million. USAspending.gov: $262,830,761,057; 240,277 awards. Campaign contributions are not federal awards.

Do not rank Colorado as more influential because $68.5 million sits beside $262,830,761,057. Influence is not a field in this packet. The join is CO geography only.

Questions

Do Colorado campaign donations fund Colorado federal awards?

No. $68.5 million is FEC candidate receipts from 950 committees. $262,830,761,057 is USAspending obligations from 240,277 awards. A shared CO code is not a payment trail. Filings remain on FEC.gov and USAspending.gov. LobbyVault joins the CO extracts only. FEC.gov and USAspending.gov remain the originating systems.

What is Colorado’s FEC party split?

Democratic committees reported $42.9 million (62.6%) and Republican committees reported $25.2 million (36.8%) of $68.5 million. Other filers reported $0.4 million. The split covers candidate committees, not award recipients. LobbyVault joins the CO extracts only. FEC.gov and USAspending.gov remain the originating systems.

How many federal awards are coded to Colorado?

USAspending.gov lists 240,277 awards and $262,830,761,057 in obligations. Award count is not unique vendors. It is also not the 950 FEC candidate committees. LobbyVault joins the CO extracts only. FEC.gov and USAspending.gov remain the originating systems.

Where are Colorado’s hubs?

Colorado campaign finance on LobbyVault, Colorado USAspending on SpendingVault, All FEC ties for other joins. Later bulk files override this snapshot. Do not add the two dollar totals together. LobbyVault joins the CO extracts only. FEC.gov and USAspending.gov remain the originating systems.