Louisiana campaign finance next to federal obligations

Louisiana’s FEC book is large relative to its obligation band

LA joins $80.0 million from 687 committees to $222,944,900,046 from 212,091 awards. Georgia’s FEC book in this series is larger still; Louisiana’s obligation total is its own. Those comparisons are parallel joins, not a scoreboard.

A New Orleans contribution does not become a Baton Rouge obligation because both rows say Louisiana. Louisiana campaign finance, Louisiana USAspending, and All FEC ties are the three links.

Hurricane-award memory is not this obligation extract. $222,944,900,046 is a USAspending roll-up, not a historic disaster account. $80.0 million is candidate receipts, not a recovery fund. Keep those histories out of this join.

State-office campaigns in Louisiana file under state law and sit outside $80.0 million. Local procurement paid without a federal award sits outside $222,944,900,046. 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 receipts on a mid-size roster

Republican committees reported $69.3 million (86.7%). Democratic committees reported $10.6 million (13.3%). Other filers reported $0.1 million (0.1%). 687 committees include residual filers. Sort Louisiana campaign finance by receipts.

State races file with Louisiana’s system, outside $80.0 million. Jungle-primary folklore does not add a party field to USAspending awards.

Parish-level maps require another extract. 687 committees and 212,091 awards are statewide. A coastal parish chart would be a different packet. Do not borrow parish shares from news maps.

687 is a filing count, not a November ballot census. 212,091 is an action count, not unique vendors. Keep those nouns attached to the integers when citing Louisiana.

Louisiana obligations on USAspending.gov

$222,944,900,046 covers award obligations coded to Louisiana. 212,091 is the action count. Port, energy, and disaster stories need agency fields on Louisiana USAspending. They do not inherit 86.7% from the candidate file.

Repeat awards add rows. Do not compute a mean award. Do not divide $222,944,900,046 by $80.0 million.

Quote Louisiana campaign finance for the live FEC roster of 687 committees and $80.0 million in receipts. Quote Louisiana USAspending for $222,944,900,046 and 212,091 awards. All FEC ties keeps LA in a series of geographic joins. None of those pages adds receipts to obligations or assigns FEC party codes to awards.

Disaster awards and campaigns stay on different statutes

A FEMA grant and a Senate receipt can share LA without sharing a bank account. $80.0 million is not a disaster account. $222,944,900,046 is not a campaign disbursement total.

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

Louisiana’s 687 committees and 212,091 awards answer different questions. Keep $80.0 million on the FEC.gov sentence and $222,944,900,046 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.

South Louisiana is not a hidden third total

Parishes share LA. This packet does not split $80.0 million or $222,944,900,046 by parish. 687 committees and 212,091 awards stay statewide. A coastal versus northern narrative is color, not a join field.

Print $0.1 million if you publish 86.7% and 13.3% so the pie still closes on $80.0 million.

Amended candidate reports move $80.0 million. Award restatements move $222,944,900,046. Rewrite only the sentence whose source moved. Louisiana campaign finance and Louisiana USAspending are the live tables; this prose is a packet snapshot for LA.

Louisiana citation

FEC.gov: $80.0 million; 687 committees; Democratic $10.6 million; Republican $69.3 million; other $0.1 million. USAspending.gov: $222,944,900,046; 212,091 awards. Campaign contributions are not federal awards.

Do not rank Louisiana as more influential because $80.0 million sits beside $222,944,900,046. Influence is not a field in this packet. The join is LA geography only.

Questions

Does Louisiana Republican fundraising control federal awards in the state?

No. Republican committees reported $69.3 million of $80.0 million in FEC receipts. USAspending obligations of $222,944,900,046 across 212,091 awards have no party field in this packet. Receipt shares are not award shares. LobbyVault joins the LA extracts only. FEC.gov and USAspending.gov remain the originating systems.

How much have Louisiana federal candidates raised?

FEC aggregates show $80.0 million across 687 committees: Republican $69.3 million (86.7%), Democratic $10.6 million (13.3%), other $0.1 million. Use Louisiana campaign finance for the live roster. LobbyVault joins the LA extracts only. FEC.gov and USAspending.gov remain the originating systems.

What is Louisiana’s USAspending total?

USAspending.gov records $222,944,900,046 in obligations and 212,091 awards coded to Louisiana. That extract is not FEC operating expenditure and is not funded by $80.0 million on this page. LobbyVault joins the LA extracts only. FEC.gov and USAspending.gov remain the originating systems.

Where are Louisiana’s hubs?

Louisiana campaign finance on LobbyVault and Louisiana USAspending on SpendingVault. All FEC ties lists other state joins. Later bulk files override this snapshot if they disagree. LobbyVault joins the LA extracts only. FEC.gov and USAspending.gov remain the originating systems.