CON party candidate receipts — 2018 cycle

How CON and the 2018 cycle meet on candidate filings

This page is a join, not a restatement of either hub. CON party (CON) is one axis. Election cycle 2018 is the other. $4,272,009.27 is only the overlap: candidate receipts that carry both the party code and the cycle. The party overlay still holds $4,331,387.42. The 2018 election-cycle overlay still holds every party that filed in that cycle, which this packet does not publish as a grand total. Eighteen candidate records coded CON in 2018 reported $4,272,009.27. That dollar figure sits close to the party-wide CON index of $4,331,387.42 — most of the indexed CON book in this packet is this cycle cell.

18 candidate records at a mean of about $237,333.85 per record describe a mix of authorized committees, not a typical campaign budget. Mean is $4,272,009.27 divided by 18. It flattens presidential or statewide committees with House long-shots. 2018 is a midterm election cycle on the FEC calendar. Mean per record is $4,272,009.27 divided by 18. A few authorized committees can dominate a small row count.

Party code CON is the affiliation string as stored on the FEC candidate master. LobbyVault does not recode it into another party name. It is not a ranking of voters. Unitemized gifts outside candidate Form 3 receipts, independent expenditures, and Super PAC spending sit outside $4,272,009.27. LobbyVault does not recode CON into another party name on this page. The code is the affiliation string as filed.

CON as the party side of the 2018 join

The CON party hub is $4,331,387.42 in candidate receipts for records coded CON in the indexed window. That hub is not this 2018 cell. Opening only the party page understates the cycle join when the two rollups differ; opening only this tie understates other cycles on the party overlay. The $4,331,387.42 party-wide index is only slightly larger than this 2018 cell. The share is arithmetic on the two packet dollars.

Candidate records can repeat across cycles, offices, and amendments. 18 is a count of FEC rows in this 2018 CON cell, not a headcount of people currently on a ballot. The packet does not split those rows by office, incumbency, or primary versus general. Other CON cycles remain on the CON party overlay if those rows exist in the index.

2018 as the cycle side

Cycle 2018 on this page is the FEC election-cycle key attached to CON party candidate receipts totaling $4,272,009.27. It is not turnout, not Electoral College votes, and not a cash-on-hand snapshot. FEC cycle 2018 is a midterm calendar. This packet does not publish vote totals for CON-coded candidates.

The 2018 election-cycle hub includes every party code that appears in that cycle. This join is only CON. Other affiliation strings from the same year are other ties. REP 2018 is a different affiliation tie. Do not fold CON into Republican receipts.

What the CON–2018 join refuses to say

This page does not rename the party code, rank voters, or treat receipts as cash on hand. Party plus cycle is a bookkeeping join. Correlation is not causation. A larger 2018 cell than another cycle on a different page is a description of candidate receipts, not voting advice. Party codes are FEC labels, not a ranking of voters.

Do not treat $4,272,009.27 as cash on hand. Candidate committees spend, refund, and transfer. This packet has a receipt total, not disbursements. Do not add CON candidate receipts to Super PAC independent expenditures and call the sum party money. Form 3 candidate receipts only. Independent expenditures are omitted.

How to cite the two dollar figures

Quote $4,272,009.27 with CON party and 2018 together. Quote $4,331,387.42 only as the party-wide hub. Do not add them. Do not treat 18 as unique people; it is a candidate-record count and can include repeat filers across offices. Keep $4,272,009.27, 18 records, and party code CON on the same citation.

CON party holds the $4,331,387.42 party overlay. The 2018 election cycle page holds the cycle overlay. All parties and all FEC ties collect other party-cycle pairs from the same two fields. FEC.gov is the source. Party codes are FEC labels. All parties lists CON as its own affiliation code. FEC.gov is the source.

Related tables

CON party holds party-wide candidate receipts coded CON. The 2018 election cycle page holds that cycle’s overlay. All parties compares affiliation codes on the same candidate-receipt basis. All FEC ties lists sibling party-and-cycle pages. Do not add CON 2018 to a Republican Party 2018 cell.

Questions

How much did CON-coded candidates raise in 2018?

FEC candidate receipts for CON party (code CON) in the 2018 cycle total $4,272,009.27 across 18 candidate records. The CON party hub in the indexed window is $4,331,387.42. Cite both labels. Party codes are FEC labels, not a ranking of voters.

Is CON the same as the Republican Party on FEC forms?

No. CON is a separate party code. $4,272,009.27 is authorized-committee candidate receipts with affiliation CON in cycle 2018, not a national party-committee Form 3X total. Independent expenditures are outside this join. Source: FEC.gov aggregates. Party codes and occupation labels are filer-entered. Independent expenditures are omitted.

How many CON candidates are in the 2018 cell?

The aggregate includes 18 FEC candidate records coded CON in 2018. That is a count of rows, not unique people currently on a ballot, and not a split by office. About $237,333.85 per record is $4,272,009.27 divided by 18. The packet does not further break down the 18.

Should I vote based on 2018 CON receipts?

No. These figures are public FEC records of candidate receipts by affiliation and cycle. They are not voting advice, not cash on hand, and not independent-expenditure totals. Read the CON party tables and the 2018 election-cycle overlay for the filings.