Democratic Party candidate receipts — 2018 cycle

How DEM and the 2018 midterm cycle meet

This page is a join, not a restatement of either hub. Democratic Party (DEM) is one axis. Election cycle 2018 is the other. $1,583,886,952.49 is only the overlap: candidate receipts that carry both the party code and the cycle. The party overlay still holds $1,674,412,539.19. The 2018 election-cycle overlay still holds every party that filed in that cycle, which this packet does not publish as a grand total. A 2018 DEM cell is a midterm stack of House and Senate authorized committees tagged DEM. It is smaller than the party-wide index on this packet, unlike the 2020 DEM cell.

2,857 candidate records at a mean of about $554,388.15 per record describe a mix of authorized committees, not a typical campaign budget. Mean is $1,583,886,952.49 divided by 2,857. It flattens presidential or statewide committees with House long-shots. 2018 is a midterm election cycle on the FEC calendar. 2,857 records at the packet mean describe volume plus dollars. Neither figure is a count of seats won.

Party code DEM is candidate affiliation on the FEC candidate master, not a Democratic National Committee Form 3X total and not a DSCC or DCCC roll-up. Unitemized gifts outside candidate Form 3 receipts, independent expenditures, and Super PAC spending sit outside $1,583,886,952.49. DNC Form 3X is not inside $1,583,886,952.49. Candidate Form 3 receipts with affiliation DEM and cycle 2018 are.

DEM as the party side of the 2018 join

The Democratic Party hub is $1,674,412,539.19 in candidate receipts for records coded DEM 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 $1,674,412,539.19 party-wide index sits above this cycle cell. The percentage is arithmetic on the two packet dollars, not a proof that every other cycle fills the gap.

Candidate records can repeat across cycles, offices, and amendments. 2,857 is a count of FEC rows in this 2018 DEM cell, not a headcount of people currently on a ballot. The packet does not split those rows by office, incumbency, or primary versus general. DEM-coded 2020 and 2022 rows remain on the Democratic Party overlay.

2018 as the cycle side

Cycle 2018 on this page is the FEC election-cycle key attached to Democratic Party candidate receipts totaling $1,583,886,952.49. 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 a House majority.

The 2018 election-cycle hub includes every party code that appears in that cycle. This join is only DEM. Other affiliation strings from the same year are other ties. Republican and other 2018 affiliation cells are other ties. Do not add them to $1,583,886,952.49 on this page.

What the DEM–2018 join refuses to say

This page does not rewrite 2018 results, rank challengers, 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. A midterm receipt total is not a wave index and not voting advice.

Do not treat $1,583,886,952.49 as cash on hand. Candidate committees spend, refund, and transfer. This packet has a receipt total, not disbursements. Do not add DEM 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 $1,583,886,952.49 with Democratic Party and 2018 together. Quote $1,674,412,539.19 only as the party-wide hub. Do not add them. Do not treat 2,857 as unique people; it is a candidate-record count and can include repeat filers across offices. Keep $1,583,886,952.49, 2,857 records, and party code DEM on the same citation.

Democratic Party holds the $1,674,412,539.19 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. Amended Form 3 reports can move the snapshot. FEC.gov is the source system.

Related tables

Democratic Party holds party-wide candidate receipts coded DEM. 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. DFL 2018 is a separate Minnesota affiliation code.

Questions

How much did Democratic candidates raise in 2018?

FEC candidate receipts for Democratic Party (code DEM) in the 2018 cycle total $1,583,886,952.49 across 2,857 candidate records. The Democratic Party hub in the indexed window is $1,674,412,539.19. Cite both labels. The source is FEC.gov candidate receipts by party and cycle.

Is $1.58 billion the DNC’s 2018 total?

No. $1,583,886,952.49 is authorized-committee candidate receipts with affiliation DEM 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 Democratic candidates are in the 2018 cell?

The aggregate includes 2,857 FEC candidate records coded DEM in 2018. That is a count of rows, not unique people currently on a ballot, and not a split by office. About $554,388.15 per record is $1,583,886,952.49 divided by 2,857. The packet does not further break down the 2,857.

Should I vote based on 2018 Democratic 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 Democratic Party tables and the 2018 election-cycle overlay for the filings.