Kentucky campaign finance next to federal obligations

Kentucky’s two public extracts

FEC.gov supplies $56.5 million from 613 candidate committees. USAspending.gov supplies $528,294,648,524 from 287,766 awards. KY is the join. A contribution disclosed in Louisville or Lexington does not become an obligation because both rows say Kentucky.

613 committees is a compact FEC roster relative to the receipt total of $56.5 million. That compactness is a filing-count fact. It is not evidence that a few campaigns ‘control’ {dol(obl)} in awards.

A Republican-heavy FEC book

Republican committees reported $46.1 million (81.5% of receipts). Democratic committees reported $10.4 million (18.4%). Other filers reported $0.0 million (0.0%) — a sliver. An 81.5% Republican receipt share is still only a share of campaign reports. USAspending awards in this packet have no Republican or Democratic flag to receive that percentage.

Kentucky campaign finance is where to see which of the {cand:,} committees hold the {mil(rep)} Republican line. This tie page will not name winners or infer voter intent from receipts.

Kentucky obligations on the award side

$528,294,648,524 covers award obligations USAspending attributes to Kentucky. 287,766 is the action count. Grants and contracts can share that count. Campaign ads cannot. Kentucky USAspending is the agency and recipient view.

Similar award counts, different FEC mixes

Indiana’s award count in this same join series is close to Kentucky’s {awards:,}. That coincidence is not a finding about politics. Award-row counts depend on how agencies write actions, not on FEC party splits. Kentucky’s Republican 81.5% receipt share and Indiana’s Republican share are FEC facts on other pages. They do not explain $528,294,648,524.

All FEC ties is the place to keep those comparisons as parallel joins, not as a causal chain.

Kentucky citation

FEC.gov: $56.5 million; 613 committees; Republican $46.1 million; Democratic $10.4 million; other $0.0 million. USAspending.gov: $528,294,648,524; 287,766 awards. Do not apply the Republican receipt percentage to obligations.

Kentucky: a short FEC roster is not a short award list

613 candidate committees is a short roster compared with large-state FEC files. 287,766 awards is not short in the same sense, because the inventories are unlike. Saying Kentucky has ‘more awards than campaigns’ is true as raw integers and empty as analysis. $528,294,648,524 still sits on the award side only.

Republican committees reported $46.1 million of $56.5 million. Democratic committees reported $10.4 million. Other filers reported $0.0 million, small enough that two-party charts almost sum to the whole book. Almost is not license to drop the other line if you publish percentages.

Kentucky state campaigns file with the state registry, not inside this FEC total. University, hospital, and contractor recipients may appear among 287,766 awards without appearing among 613 committees. That mismatch is the expected join, not a data-quality failure.

Kentucky campaign finance, Kentucky USAspending, and All FEC ties complete the link set. If a later FEC extract moves {mil(ky_f['fecRaised'])}, rewrite only the FEC sentences. Leave the obligation sentence on USAspending.gov.

Kentucky’s other-party receipts of $0.0 million are small enough to vanish in a rounded pie. Rounding them to zero would still be a choice. Print $0.0 million if you print 81.5% Republican and 18.4% Democratic. Then print $528,294,648,524 and 287,766 awards in a new sentence with USAspending.gov named. Two sentences beat one clever clause.

Louisville, Lexington, and eastern Kentucky share KY on both extracts. This packet does not split $56.5 million or $528,294,648,524 among them. 613 committees and 287,766 awards stay statewide. Coal, health, and defense stories need agency fields from Kentucky USAspending, not a party percentage from the FEC candidate file.

Senate and House Kentucky filers share $56.5 million with any other federal committee FEC tagged to the state. They do not share $528,294,648,524. A ‘McConnell era’ or ‘Beshear era’ overlay would add years and motives this packet does not contain. Stick to 613 committees, 287,766 awards, and the two dollar totals.

Questions

Does Kentucky’s Republican fundraising mean Republican control of federal awards?

No. Republican committees reported $46.1 million of $56.5 million in FEC receipts. USAspending obligations of $528,294,648,524 across 287,766 awards have no party field in this packet. Receipt shares are not award shares. An 81.5 percent Republican receipt share is an FEC committee-label fact. It is not a share of $528,294,648,524 in obligations.

How much have Kentucky federal candidates raised?

FEC aggregates show $56.5 million across 613 committees: Republican $46.1 million (81.5%), Democratic $10.4 million (18.4%), other $0.0 million. Use Kentucky campaign finance for the live roster. 613 candidate committees can include residual and long-shot filers. Sort Kentucky campaign finance by receipts instead of treating 613 as a ballot list.

What is Kentucky’s USAspending total?

USAspending.gov records $528,294,648,524 in obligations and 287,766 awards coded to Kentucky. That extract is not FEC operating expenditure and is not funded by the {mil(raised)} receipt total on this page. 287,766 awards matches Indiana’s award-row neighborhood in this extract. That coincidence does not make the FEC party mixes interchangeable.

Where are Kentucky’s two hubs?

Kentucky campaign finance on LobbyVault and Kentucky USAspending on SpendingVault. All FEC ties lists other state joins from FEC.gov candidate receipts and USAspending.gov awards. Read Kentucky campaign finance, Kentucky USAspending, and All FEC ties as parallel doors. Do not add receipts to obligations.