Democratic Party candidate receipts in California

How DEM and California office state meet

This page is a join, not a restatement of either hub. Democratic Party (DEM) is one axis. Office state California (CA) is the other. $214,089,551.74 is only the overlap: candidate receipts that carry both the party code and the office-state key. The party overlay still holds $1,674,412,539.19. The California campaign-finance hub still holds every occupation and party coded to CA on other tables. California’s House map plus Senate and other federal offices tagged CA produce a large DEM row count.

1,791 candidate records at a mean of about $119,536.32 per record mix statewide, House, Senate, and any other federal offices tagged CA. Mean is $214,089,551.74 divided by 1,791. It is not a typical district budget. 1,791 records will include primary challengers and historical rows present in the index, not only current nominees.

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. Office state is the geography of the seat, not the donor’s address. Recipients in this cell are DEM-coded candidates running from California, not a map of California residents’ gifts. DNC Form 3X is not inside $214,089,551.74.

DEM as the party side of the California join

The Democratic Party hub is $1,674,412,539.19 in candidate receipts for records coded DEM in the indexed window. About 12.8% of that book is this California office-state cell ($214,089,551.74). Other states remain on the party overlay. Other office states remain on the Democratic Party overlay. This tie is CA only.

Candidate records can repeat across cycles and offices. 1,791 is a count of FEC rows in this DEM–CA cell, not a headcount of people currently on a California ballot. The packet does not split those rows by cycle or office. The packet does not split the 1,791 rows by cycle or by House versus Senate.

California as office state, not donor state

California on this page is office state CA attached to Democratic Party candidate receipts totaling $214,089,551.74. It is not a ranking of California voters and not a donor-state total. A DEM candidate in a California district can raise money from any state. Those gifts still sit in this office-state cell.

The California campaign-finance hub includes itemized individual activity across occupations. This join is candidate receipts by party and office state — a different table family. Do not add a Republican California cell to this DEM total on this page.

What the DEM–California join refuses to say

This page does not rank California safer or more partisan, score votes, or treat receipts as cash on hand. Party plus office state is a bookkeeping join. Correlation is not causation. A larger California cell than another state on a different page is a description of candidate receipts, not voting advice. Party codes are FEC labels, not a ranking of California voters.

Do not treat $214,089,551.74 as cash on hand. Do not add DEM candidate receipts to Super PAC independent expenditures. Do not claim these receipts fund USAspending awards. Different datasets, different forms. Form 3 candidate receipts only. Independent expenditures are omitted.

How to cite the two dollar figures

Quote $214,089,551.74 with Democratic Party and California together. Quote $1,674,412,539.19 only as the party-wide hub. Do not add them. Do not treat 1,791 as unique people. Keep $214,089,551.74, 1,791 records, DEM, and California together.

Democratic Party holds the $1,674,412,539.19 party overlay. California campaign finance holds the state overlay. All parties and all FEC ties collect other party-state pairs from the same two fields. FEC.gov is the source. Party codes are FEC labels, not a ranking of voters. All FEC ties lists other party-state pairs built the same way.

Related tables

Democratic Party holds party-wide candidate receipts coded DEM. California campaign finance holds the state’s overlay. All parties compares affiliation codes on the same candidate-receipt basis. All FEC ties lists sibling party-and-state pages. Republican fundraising in California is a separate affiliation tie.

Questions

How much have Democratic candidates in California raised?

FEC candidate receipts for Democratic Party (code DEM) with office state California total $214,089,551.74 across 1,791 candidate records. The Democratic Party hub in the indexed window is $1,674,412,539.19. The California cell is about 12.8% of that hub. Cite office state, not donor state. FEC.gov is the source.

Is this money from California donors?

Not necessarily. Office state CA is the geography of the seat, not the donor’s home address. $214,089,551.74 is authorized-committee candidate receipts with affiliation DEM, not a national party-committee Form 3X total. Source: FEC.gov aggregates. Party codes and occupation labels are filer-entered. Independent expenditures are omitted.

How many Democratic candidates are in the California cell?

The aggregate includes 1,791 FEC candidate records coded DEM with office state California. That is a count of rows, not unique people currently on a ballot. About $119,536.32 per record is $214,089,551.74 divided by 1,791. The packet does not further break down the 1,791.

Should I vote based on Democratic receipts in California?

No. These figures are public FEC records of candidate receipts by affiliation and office state. They are not voting advice, not cash on hand, and not a ranking of California voters. Read the Democratic Party tables and California campaign finance for the filings.