Idaho campaign finance next to federal obligations

Idaho’s join, with an unusual FEC third slice

ID matches $7.7 million from 275 committees to $85,663,312,878 from 109,355 awards. What differs from most states is the FEC mix: other filers reported $3.5 million, compared with Republican $3.3 million and Democratic $0.9 million. 45.0% of receipts in the other bucket is a committee-label fact, not a share of $85,663,312,878.

A Boise contribution does not become an eastern Idaho obligation because both strings say Idaho. Idaho campaign finance, Idaho USAspending, and All FEC ties are the three hrefs.

Cite three FEC lines, not two. Other-party receipts of $3.5 million are larger than Democratic receipts of $0.9 million in this extract. That labeling fact still does not describe $85,663,312,878. Do not paint obligations with FEC colors at all.

State-office campaigns in Idaho file under state law and sit outside $7.7 million. Local procurement paid without a federal award sits outside $85,663,312,878. This page names two federal disclosure systems — FEC.gov candidate receipts and USAspending.gov awards — and stops. A third system would be a different citation.

Read the Idaho FEC book as three lines, not two

Republican committees reported $3.3 million (42.7%). Other filers reported $3.5 million (45.0%), larger than the Democratic line of $0.9 million (12.3%). Collapsing other into a two-party story would hide $3.5 million of $7.7 million. Independents, third-party, or unlabeled committees — however FEC stored them — live in that middle line. This page will not relabel them by guess.

275 committees is a compact roster. Sort Idaho campaign finance by receipts. State races file with Idaho’s system, outside $7.7 million.

Ada County and the rest of Idaho share ID. This packet does not split $7.7 million or $85,663,312,878 by metro. Compare Idaho’s other-party slice with Minnesota as an FEC comparison only. Minnesota is a different tie page.

275 is a filing count, not a November ballot census. 109,355 is an action count, not unique vendors. Keep those nouns attached to the integers when citing Idaho.

Idaho obligations remain an award extract

$85,663,312,878 and 109,355 awards come from USAspending.gov. Energy, agriculture, and interior stories need agency fields on Idaho USAspending. They do not inherit 45.0% or 42.7% from the candidate file.

109,355 is an action count, not unique vendors. Do not compute a mean award. Do not divide $85,663,312,878 by $7.7 million.

Quote Idaho campaign finance for the live FEC roster of 275 committees and $7.7 million in receipts. Quote Idaho USAspending for $85,663,312,878 and 109,355 awards. All FEC ties keeps ID in a series of geographic joins. None of those pages adds receipts to obligations or assigns FEC party codes to awards.

Do not export the other-party share onto spending

A sloppy chart would paint 45.0% of $85,663,312,878 as other-party federal spending. That chart would be false. This packet has no party dimension on obligations. The honest chart is two bars that do not share a unit: receipts versus obligations.

Compare Idaho’s other-party $3.5 million with Minnesota’s other line as an FEC labeling comparison, not as a spending comparison. Minnesota is a different tie.

Idaho’s 275 committees and 109,355 awards answer different questions. Keep $7.7 million on the FEC.gov sentence and $85,663,312,878 on the USAspending.gov sentence even when a headline wants a single number. A single number would mix statutes. This join will not publish one.

Treasure Valley is not a hidden split

Ada County and the rest of Idaho share ID. This packet does not split $7.7 million or $85,663,312,878 by metro. 275 committees and 109,355 awards stay statewide.

Independent expenditures about Idaho candidates can be paid from elsewhere. Those dollars sit outside both packet totals.

Amended candidate reports move $7.7 million. Award restatements move $85,663,312,878. Rewrite only the sentence whose source moved. Idaho campaign finance and Idaho USAspending are the live tables; this prose is a packet snapshot for ID.

Idaho citation

FEC.gov: $7.7 million; 275 committees; Democratic $0.9 million; Republican $3.3 million; other $3.5 million. USAspending.gov: $85,663,312,878; 109,355 awards. Campaign contributions are not federal awards.

Do not rank Idaho as more influential because $7.7 million sits beside $85,663,312,878. Influence is not a field in this packet. The join is ID geography only.

Questions

Why is Idaho’s other FEC share so large?

Other and unaffiliated candidate committees reported $3.5 million, or 45.0% of $7.7 million, across a 275-committee file. That is an FEC party-code roll-up. It is not a USAspending category and does not apply to $85,663,312,878 in obligations.

Do Idaho donations fund Idaho federal awards?

No. $7.7 million is FEC candidate receipts. $85,663,312,878 is USAspending obligations across 109,355 awards. The join is the Idaho state code. Contributions are not awards. Sources remain FEC.gov and USAspending.gov. LobbyVault joins the ID extracts only. FEC.gov and USAspending.gov remain the originating systems.

How much did Idaho federal candidates report?

FEC aggregates show $7.7 million from 275 committees: Republican $3.3 million, Democratic $0.9 million, other $3.5 million. Use Idaho campaign finance for the live table. Cite three FEC lines, not two. Party lines still do not describe awards.

Where is Idaho’s award detail?

Idaho USAspending carries $85,663,312,878 in obligations and 109,355 awards from USAspending.gov. All FEC ties lists other state joins. Original award records remain on USAspending.gov. Later bulk files override this snapshot. LobbyVault joins the ID extracts only. FEC.gov and USAspending.gov remain the originating systems.