Cruz for President — 2016 cycle receipts

Cruz for President × 2016: one committee, one cycle

$94,338,654.84 entered this extract because cycle-details topCommittees listed CRUZ FOR PRESIDENT for 2016. That is a committee-cycle ranking cell, not a contribution line listing. No donor names appear in the packet, so none appear here. Committee type P and Super PAC flag 0 travel with the row.

The committee page for C00574624 still answers questions this URL refuses: other cycles, other forms, and whatever else that hub publishes. The 2016 election-cycle page still answers questions about every other committee in that year. This file stays on Cruz for President in 2016.

Receipts of $94,338,654.84 and disbursements of $94,304,803.32 sit close together in this cycle cell. Closeness is not proof the books are closed, and it is not a cash-on-hand figure. Do not fold USAspending obligations into $94,338,654.84. Campaign receipts and federal awards are different datasets. This page is not a Super PAC, a Senate committee for another cycle, or a donor page.

What committee C00574624 is on this page

Committee ID C00574624 is the stable key. The display name CRUZ FOR PRESIDENT is the string in this packet for cycle 2016. Committees sometimes appear under short labels in one cycle and longer labels in another. This page uses the packet name and the packet ID together. Type P. Super PAC flag 0.

This is not a Super PAC, a Senate committee for another cycle, or a donor page. Authorized candidate committees, party committees, host committees, and independent-expenditure committees are different FEC types. This row is the type given above. Do not recode it from the nickname.

Election cycle 2016 next to Cruz for President

FEC cycles are two-year federal election windows labeled by the even year. This cell uses 2016. Coverage is committee financials for that window as harvested into cycle-details topCommittees. 2016 is a closed FEC election cycle in this extract.

Receipts of $94,338,654.84 and disbursements of $94,304,803.32 sit close together in this cycle cell. Closeness is not proof the books are closed, and it is not a cash-on-hand figure. A cycle label does not convert receipts into disbursements or into federal awards. Keep 2016 in the same sentence as Cruz for President and $94,338,654.84.

The two dollar columns for Cruz for President in 2016

Write $94,338,654.84 as receipts. Write $94,304,803.32 as disbursements. Do not write that Cruz for President “spent $94,338,654.84” unless you are looking at the disbursement column, which is $94,304,803.32. Do not write that Cruz for President “raised $94,304,803.32.” Labels travel with the figures.

Cruz for President is one presidential authorized committee in 2016. 2016 is a closed FEC election cycle in this extract. Live overlays win if they refresh.

Public records, not accusations

Public records, not accusations: $94,338,654.84 in receipts and $94,304,803.32 in disbursements is a disclosure aggregate for CRUZ FOR PRESIDENT in 2016. It is not evidence of coordination, quid pro quo, or control of an election. Correlation is not causation.

Researchers should keep C00574624 as the committee key and 2016 as the cycle key. The packet Super PAC flag is 0. Source: FEC.gov committee receipts by election cycle from cycle-details topCommittees. Live hubs win if they disagree with this snapshot.

How to read Cruz for President money in 2016

Read $94,338,654.84 as Cruz for President receipts in 2016. Read $94,304,803.32 as Cruz for President disbursements in 2016. Read type P as a presidential candidate committee (FEC type P). The packet Super PAC flag is 0. 2016 is a closed FEC election cycle in this extract.

Receipts of $94,338,654.84 and disbursements of $94,304,803.32 sit close together in this cycle cell. Closeness is not proof the books are closed, and it is not a cash-on-hand figure. Do not recode this join into a Super PAC, a Senate committee for another cycle, or a donor page. Correlation is not causation.

Repeat the join in one sentence for citation: committee CRUZ FOR PRESIDENT (C00574624), election cycle 2016, receipts $94,338,654.84, disbursements $94,304,803.32, FEC type P, Super PAC flag 0. Other 2016 presidential committees stay on other pages. The 2016 election-cycle hub still mixes every other committee. All committees and All FEC ties are indexes, not extra dollar columns.

What a reader may not do with $94,338,654.84: treat it as cash on hand, treat it as a donor roster, treat it as a 2016 grand total for every committee, or treat it as money that funded USAspending awards. What a reader may do: quote the pair, quote disbursements $94,304,803.32 with its own label, quote the source FEC.gov, and follow the four internal links.

Questions

What did CRUZ FOR PRESIDENT report to the FEC in 2016?

Receipts of $94,338,654.84 and disbursements of $94,304,803.32 for committee C00574624 in election cycle 2016. Type code P. Super PAC flag 0. Those are the packet facts. The 2016 cycle hub still includes other committees; this page isolates Cruz for President. Source: FEC.gov committee receipts by election cycle from cycle-details topCommittees.

Is this the Cruz for President committee page or a 2016 page?

Neither hub restated. It is the join: CRUZ FOR PRESIDENT and election cycle 2016. Receipts $94,338,654.84. Disbursements $94,304,803.32. Open the committee link for C00574624 across years. Open the 2016 election-cycle link for every committee in that year. All committees and All FEC ties list sibling pages. Source: FEC.gov.

Why do receipts and disbursements differ for Cruz for President?

Receipts of $94,338,654.84 and disbursements of $94,304,803.32 sit close together in this cycle cell. Closeness is not proof the books are closed, and it is not a cash-on-hand figure. The packet does not publish cash on hand, debt, or a starting balance, so this page does not invent those lines. Quote receipts $94,338,654.84 and disbursements $94,304,803.32 as separate columns for committee C00574624 in 2016. Type P does not change the arithmetic.

Should $94,338,654.84 be used as voting advice?

No. These figures are public FEC records of committee receipts and disbursements by cycle. They are not voting advice, not cash on hand, and not a forecast of 2016 results. Read the Cruz for President committee table and the 2016 election-cycle overlay for the filings. Named donors are not in this packet. Source: FEC.gov.