Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party candidate receipts — 2020 cycle

How DFL and the 2020 cycle meet on candidate filings

This page is a join, not a restatement of either hub. Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL) is one axis. Election cycle 2020 is the other. $20,745,347.27 is only the overlap: candidate receipts that carry both the party code and the cycle. The party overlay still holds $19,399,357.04. The 2020 election-cycle overlay still holds every party that filed in that cycle, which this packet does not publish as a grand total. Thirty-six candidate records coded DFL in 2020 reported $20,745,347.27. That is a small row count against a sizable dollar cell, consistent with statewide and federal Minnesota committees sharing the DFL flag.

36 candidate records at a mean of about $576,259.65 per record describe a mix of authorized committees, not a typical campaign budget. Mean is $20,745,347.27 divided by 36. It flattens presidential or statewide committees with House long-shots. 2020 is a presidential election cycle on the FEC calendar. Mean per record is $20,745,347.27 divided by 36. A few large authorized committees will dominate that average.

Party code DFL is Democratic-Farmer-Labor affiliation on the FEC candidate master, used for Minnesota’s major-party label. It is not a second DEM total to add to DEM, and it is not a DNC Form 3X figure. Unitemized gifts outside candidate Form 3 receipts, independent expenditures, and Super PAC spending sit outside $20,745,347.27. Do not add this cell to a DEM 2020 tie. DFL and DEM are different FEC party codes even when campaigns use overlapping language.

DFL as the party side of the 2020 join

The Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party hub is $19,399,357.04 in candidate receipts for records coded DFL in the indexed window. That hub is not this 2020 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 $19,399,357.04 party-wide index is slightly smaller than this 2020 cell. Cite each figure with its label. Do not subtract them.

Candidate records can repeat across cycles, offices, and amendments. 36 is a count of FEC rows in this 2020 DFL cell, not a headcount of people currently on a ballot. The packet does not split those rows by office, incumbency, or primary versus general. DFL-coded 2018, 2022, and 2026 rows remain on the Democratic-Farmer-Labor overlay.

2020 as the cycle side

Cycle 2020 on this page is the FEC election-cycle key attached to Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party candidate receipts totaling $20,745,347.27. It is not turnout, not Electoral College votes, and not a cash-on-hand snapshot. FEC cycle 2020 includes the presidential contest. This packet does not publish Minnesota statewide results.

The 2020 election-cycle hub includes every party code that appears in that cycle. This join is only DFL. Other affiliation strings from the same year are other ties. DEM 2020 is a different affiliation tie. Do not fold it into $20,745,347.27.

What the DFL–2020 join refuses to say

This page does not merge DFL into DEM, rank Minnesota races, or treat receipts as cash on hand. Party plus cycle is a bookkeeping join. Correlation is not causation. A larger 2020 cell than another cycle on a different page is a description of candidate receipts, not voting advice. DFL is the affiliation string as stored. LobbyVault does not recode it to DEM.

Do not treat $20,745,347.27 as cash on hand. Candidate committees spend, refund, and transfer. This packet has a receipt total, not disbursements. Do not add DFL 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 $20,745,347.27 with Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party and 2020 together. Quote $19,399,357.04 only as the party-wide hub. Do not add them. Do not treat 36 as unique people; it is a candidate-record count and can include repeat filers across offices. Keep $20,745,347.27, 36 records, and party code DFL on the same citation.

Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party holds the $19,399,357.04 party overlay. The 2020 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 DFL beside DEM rather than inside it. FEC.gov is the source.

Related tables

Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party holds party-wide candidate receipts coded DFL. The 2020 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 and DFL 2022 are other cycle ties, not subsets of 2020.

Questions

How much did Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidates raise in 2020?

FEC candidate receipts for Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (code DFL) in the 2020 cycle total $20,745,347.27 across 36 candidate records. The Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party hub in the indexed window is $19,399,357.04. Do not add DFL to a DEM 2020 total. Cite both labels.

Is DFL the same as the Democratic Party on FEC forms?

No. DFL is a separate party code. $20,745,347.27 is authorized-committee candidate receipts with affiliation DFL in cycle 2020, 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 DFL candidates are in the 2020 cell?

The aggregate includes 36 FEC candidate records coded DFL in 2020. That is a count of rows, not unique people currently on a ballot, and not a split by office. About $576,259.65 per record is $20,745,347.27 divided by 36. The packet does not further break down the 36.

Should I vote based on 2020 DFL 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-Farmer-Labor tables and the 2020 election-cycle overlay.