How much did Hammond, IN donors give in 2014?

Itemized FEC individual contributions listing contributor city HAMMOND and cycle 2014 total $667,650 across 34 receipts in this LobbyVault extract. That is the city-cycle join, not the all-cycle Hammond, IN book of $52.2 million. Unitemized gifts and Indiana state-office filings sit outside both figures.

Is $667,650 all of Hammond’s federal political money?

No. $52.2 million is the all-cycle itemized book for contributor city HAMMOND in IN. The 2014 slice is $667,650, 1.3% of that book. Other cycles in the same city string are on the Hammond, IN hub. 34 is a 2014 receipt count, not a unique-donor count.

Does the 2014 Hammond total count only residents?

No. The city is the contributor-city value on the FEC itemization. Filers typed HAMMOND with state IN. Office addresses and joint-fundraising mail that list Hammond can sit in $667,650 when that is the stored string. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a residential-only book.

Where do the Hammond, IN 2014 numbers come from?

FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates, indexed on LobbyVault: $667,650 and 34 lines for HAMMOND in cycle 2014, and $52.2 million for the city string across cycles. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. If a later extract disagrees with this snapshot, the Commission’s filing controls.

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Hammond, IN political money in the 2014 election cycle

Filers listing Hammond, IN reported $667,650 in itemized individual contributions during the 2014 midterm election cycle, across 34 FEC receipts. That dollar figure is the city-and-cycle join, not Hammond’s all-cycle book of $52.2 million and not a national 2014 total. Source: FEC.gov Schedule A aggregates indexed on LobbyVault.

Key figures

$667,650 across 34 itemized receipts is the Hammond, IN × 2014 join.
$52.2 million is the all-cycle Hammond, IN city book; 2014 is 1.3% of that book.
Mean near $19,637 is $667,650 ÷ 34, not a median resident.
City HAMMOND is filer-entered; 2014 is the FEC cycle tag.
If the live hub disagrees, the newer FEC extract controls.

How Hammond meets the 2014 election cycle

$667,650 is the overlap of two FEC dimensions: contributor city HAMMOND with state IN, and election cycle 2014. LobbyVault stores that join so a reader can open the Hammond, IN city hub and the 2014 election cycle hub without treating either page as a substitute for this one. The city hub answers “how much itemized money has this city string produced across cycles.” The cycle hub answers “how much itemized money did that two-year federal window produce nationally.” This page answers only the intersection: Hammond, IN in 2014.

34 is a receipt count for that intersection, not a unique-donor census. A person who gave twice is two lines. A PAC or joint-fundraising address that stored HAMMOND is in the same city field as a household street. Arithmetic mean per line is about $19,637 ($667,650 ÷ 34). That mean is division, not a typical resident and not a median.

2014 is a midterm election cycle. That calendar label does not explain $667,650. This packet does not carry party splits, committee names, or occupation mix for the join. Cite the two packet dollars — $667,650 for the 2014 slice and $52.2 million for the Hammond, IN book — and stop before assigning motive.

The Hammond, IN side of the join

Across cycles in this extract, contributor city HAMMOND in Indiana totals $52.2 million. $667,650 is 1.3% of that city book. A small share does not mean 2014 was quiet in Hammond; it means later or earlier cycles in the same city string can dwarf a single window. The live Hammond, IN table is the place to compare other years. This snapshot lists one cycle.

The stored city sits in Lake County, Indiana, on the Illinois line. Chicago, IL is a different state-and-city key. State IN stays on the citation so Hammond is not merged with a same-named place in another state. A repeated city name under another state code is a different FEC key. $52.2 million is the IN key only.

The 2014 cycle side for Indiana filers in Hammond

Federal election cycles are two-year windows on FEC.gov. The 2014 cycle is not a calendar year of January gifts only; it is the Commission’s cycle tag on itemized receipts. 34 Hammond, IN lines in that window produced $667,650. National 2014 activity — every city — lives on the 2014 election cycle hub, not here.

Indiana campaign-finance pages roll up the state, including cities that are not Hammond. Do not add $667,650 to a state total from that hub; the state page already contains this city when the same extract is used. All FEC ties is the directory of other city-cycle and city-industry joins. None of those pages converts $667,650 into spending by Hammond candidates.

What $667,650 does not measure

$667,650 is itemized federal individual contributions with contributor city HAMMOND. Unitemized gifts below the itemization threshold sit outside it. State-office campaigns in Indiana file under state law and sit outside it. Independent-expenditure totals are a different FEC table. A candidate who lives in Hammond can raise money from other cities; those gifts are not this join.

City labels are filer-entered. A donor who typed HAMMOND is counted; a donor who typed a neighborhood, a firm city, or a nearby suburb is not recoded into Hammond. LobbyVault does not rewrite the city field into a Census place or a residency test. Treat 34 as lines that stored this string in 2014.

Reading Hammond and 2014 together without mixing tables

Correlation is not causation. $667,650 beside $52.2 million does not mean 2014 “caused” the city book or that Hammond “drove” the 2014 cycle. The join is a filter: city string plus cycle tag. Amended reports can move either number. If the live Hammond, IN hub or the live 2014 cycle hub disagrees with this prose, the newer FEC extract controls.

Internal links on this page go to Hammond, IN, the 2014 election cycle, Indiana campaign finance, and All FEC ties. Use those four doors. Do not paste $667,650 into a USAspending award story; FEC receipts and federal obligations are different statutes. This packet has no award dollars.

Questions

How much did Hammond, IN donors give in 2014?: Itemized FEC individual contributions listing contributor city HAMMOND and cycle 2014 total $667,650 across 34 receipts in this LobbyVault extract. That is the city-cycle join, not the all-cycle Hammond, IN book of $52.2 million. Unitemized gifts and Indiana state-office filings sit outside both figures.
Is $667,650 all of Hammond’s federal political money?: No. $52.2 million is the all-cycle itemized book for contributor city HAMMOND in IN. The 2014 slice is $667,650, 1.3% of that book. Other cycles in the same city string are on the Hammond, IN hub. 34 is a 2014 receipt count, not a unique-donor count.
Does the 2014 Hammond total count only residents?: No. The city is the contributor-city value on the FEC itemization. Filers typed HAMMOND with state IN. Office addresses and joint-fundraising mail that list Hammond can sit in $667,650 when that is the stored string. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a residential-only book.
Where do the Hammond, IN 2014 numbers come from?: FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates, indexed on LobbyVault: $667,650 and 34 lines for HAMMOND in cycle 2014, and $52.2 million for the city string across cycles. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. If a later extract disagrees with this snapshot, the Commission’s filing controls.

FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates by donor city and election cycle.