Kansas campaign finance next to federal obligations

Kansas’s award-row pileup is not a scandal metric

KS joins $23.7 million from 482 committees to $95,849,816,637 from 585,768 awards. 585,768 actions can pile up when agencies issue many modest grants. Always pair the count with $95,849,816,637. Dropping the dollars implies a volume of deals the file does not define.

A Wichita contribution does not become a Topeka obligation because both strings say Kansas. Kansas campaign finance, Kansas USAspending, and All FEC ties are the three doors. Do not add Kansas to Missouri as a metro total; that is a different join.

Aviation folklore around Wichita is a reason people search this join. It is not a NAICS share in the packet. Pair 585,768 with $95,849,816,637 every time you quote the row count. A bare integer implies deals the file does not define at all.

State-office campaigns in Kansas file under state law and sit outside $23.7 million. Local procurement paid without a federal award sits outside $95,849,816,637. 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.

Republican-majority FEC receipts

Republican committees reported $17.3 million (73.2%). Democratic committees reported $6.2 million (26.4%). Other filers reported $0.1 million (0.5%). 482 committees include residual filers. Sort Kansas campaign finance by receipts.

State races file with Kansas’s system, outside $23.7 million. Do not invent a mean receipt from $23.7 million divided by 482.

Do not fold $95,849,816,637 into a Kansas City metro total with Missouri. The Missouri tie is a different page. This packet’s awards are Kansas-coded only. Keep the state line on the citation always.

482 is a filing count, not a November ballot census. 585,768 is an action count, not unique vendors. Keep those nouns attached to the integers when citing Kansas.

High row count, smaller obligation dollars

585,768 awards behind $95,849,816,637 is a large action count relative to the dollar total. That pattern is compatible with many modest assistance actions. Verify on Kansas USAspending. This packet does not publish a mean award.

Aviation, agriculture, and military stories need agency fields. They do not inherit 73.2% from the candidate file.

Quote Kansas campaign finance for the live FEC roster of 482 committees and $23.7 million in receipts. Quote Kansas USAspending for $95,849,816,637 and 585,768 awards. All FEC ties keeps KS in a series of geographic joins. None of those pages adds receipts to obligations or assigns FEC party codes to awards.

Do not fold Kansas into a Missouri metro sum

This join is KS only. Adding Kansas’s $95,849,816,637 to Missouri obligations would invent a metro total neither extract published here. The Missouri tie is a different page.

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

Kansas’s 482 committees and 585,768 awards answer different questions. Keep $23.7 million on the FEC.gov sentence and $95,849,816,637 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.

Eastern Kansas and western Kansas share one code

Those regions share KS. This packet does not split $23.7 million or $95,849,816,637 among them. 482 committees and 585,768 awards stay statewide. A wheat-versus-aviation narrative is color, not a join field.

Print $0.1 million if you publish 73.2% and 26.4% so the pie still closes on $23.7 million.

Amended candidate reports move $23.7 million. Award restatements move $95,849,816,637. Rewrite only the sentence whose source moved. Kansas campaign finance and Kansas USAspending are the live tables; this prose is a packet snapshot for KS.

Kansas citation

FEC.gov: $23.7 million; 482 committees; Democratic $6.2 million; Republican $17.3 million; other $0.1 million. USAspending.gov: $95,849,816,637; 585,768 awards. Campaign contributions are not federal awards.

Do not rank Kansas as more influential because $23.7 million sits beside $95,849,816,637. Influence is not a field in this packet. The join is KS geography only.

Questions

Why does Kansas have 585,768 awards next to a smaller obligation total than some states?

Row count and dollar total answer different questions. 585,768 is an action count. $95,849,816,637 is obligated dollars. Many modest grants inflate rows. Pair the two packet facts. This page does not publish a mean award. LobbyVault joins the KS extracts only. FEC.gov and USAspending.gov remain the originating systems.

How much have Kansas federal candidates raised?

FEC aggregates show $23.7 million across 482 committees: Republican $17.3 million (73.2%), Democratic $6.2 million (26.4%), other $0.1 million. Use Kansas campaign finance for the live roster. Party lines do not describe awards. LobbyVault joins the KS extracts only. FEC.gov and USAspending.gov remain the originating systems.

Do Kansas donations fund Kansas federal awards?

No. $23.7 million is FEC candidate receipts. $95,849,816,637 is USAspending obligations. A shared KS code is not a payment trail from donors to vendors. Sources remain FEC.gov and USAspending.gov. LobbyVault joins the KS extracts only. FEC.gov and USAspending.gov remain the originating systems.

Where are Kansas’s hubs?

Kansas campaign finance on LobbyVault, Kansas USAspending on SpendingVault, All FEC ties for other joins. Later bulk files override this snapshot. Do not add Kansas to Missouri as a metro total here. LobbyVault joins the KS extracts only. FEC.gov and USAspending.gov remain the originating systems.