Democratic Party candidate receipts in Illinois

How DEM and Illinois office state meet

This page is a join, not a restatement of either hub. Democratic Party (DEM) is one axis. Office state Illinois (IL) is the other. $108,432,779.05 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 Illinois campaign-finance hub still holds every occupation and party coded to IL on other tables. Illinois federal offices tagged IL and DEM produce $108,432,779.05 across 862 records.

862 candidate records at a mean of about $125,792.09 per record mix statewide, House, Senate, and any other federal offices tagged IL. Mean is $108,432,779.05 divided by 862. It is not a typical district budget. 862 records include primary challengers and historical rows present in the index.

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 Illinois, not a map of Illinois residents’ gifts. DNC Form 3X is not inside $108,432,779.05.

DEM as the party side of the Illinois join

The Democratic Party hub is $1,674,412,539.19 in candidate receipts for records coded DEM in the indexed window. About 6.5% of that book is this Illinois office-state cell ($108,432,779.05). Other states remain on the party overlay. Other office states remain on the Democratic Party overlay. This tie is IL only.

Candidate records can repeat across cycles and offices. 862 is a count of FEC rows in this DEM–IL cell, not a headcount of people currently on a Illinois ballot. The packet does not split those rows by cycle or office. The packet does not split the 862 rows by cycle or by House versus Senate.

Illinois as office state, not donor state

Illinois on this page is office state IL attached to Democratic Party candidate receipts totaling $108,432,779.05. It is not a ranking of Illinois voters and not a donor-state total. A DEM candidate in an Illinois district can raise money from any state.

The Illinois campaign-finance hub includes itemized individual activity across occupations. This join is candidate receipts by party and office state — a different table family. The Illinois campaign-finance hub is a different table family from this candidate-receipt join.

What the DEM–Illinois join refuses to say

This page does not rank Illinois voters, score votes, or treat receipts as cash on hand. Party plus office state is a bookkeeping join. Correlation is not causation. A larger Illinois 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 Illinois voters.

Do not treat $108,432,779.05 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 $108,432,779.05 with Democratic Party and Illinois together. Quote $1,674,412,539.19 only as the party-wide hub. Do not add them. Do not treat 862 as unique people. Keep $108,432,779.05, 862 records, DEM, and Illinois together.

Democratic Party holds the $1,674,412,539.19 party overlay. Illinois 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. Illinois 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. Michigan and New Jersey DEM office-state ties are other pages.

Questions

How much have Democratic candidates in Illinois raised?

FEC candidate receipts for Democratic Party (code DEM) with office state Illinois total $108,432,779.05 across 862 candidate records. The Democratic Party hub in the indexed window is $1,674,412,539.19. The Illinois cell is about 6.5% of that hub. Cite office state, not donor state. FEC.gov is the source.

Is this money from Illinois donors?

Not necessarily. Office state IL is the geography of the seat, not the donor’s home address. $108,432,779.05 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 Illinois cell?

The aggregate includes 862 FEC candidate records coded DEM with office state Illinois. That is a count of rows, not unique people currently on a ballot. About $125,792.09 per record is $108,432,779.05 divided by 862. The packet does not further break down the 862.

Should I vote based on Democratic receipts in Illinois?

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 Illinois voters. Read the Democratic Party tables and Illinois campaign finance for the filings.