MINNESOTA DEMOCRATIC-FARMER-LABOR PARTY — 2008 cycle receipts

Two filters: C00025254 and 2008

Internal links are the four packet hrefs: the committee page for MINNESOTA DEMOCRATIC-FARMER-LABOR PARTY, the 2008 election cycle, all committees, and all FEC ties. No other path is cited.

C00025254 in 2008 stores receipts of $12,894,433.57 and disbursements of $12,985,767.67. Individual contributions are $1,704,401.14, a smaller share of receipts than in the 2018 overlay on the same ID. The packet Super PAC flag is 0; do not relabel MINNESOTA DEMOCRATIC-FARMER-LABOR PARTY in 2008 as a Super PAC page.

Correlation is not causation. A large receipt column is not proof of motive, coordination, or election outcome.

How FEC.gov classifies Minnesota DFL Party

FEC.gov committee master fields on this packet: name MINNESOTA DEMOCRATIC-FARMER-LABOR PARTY, ID C00025254, type Y, Super PAC flag 0. Cash on hand in this extract is $121,613.27.

Individual contributions in this extract are $1,704,401.14. Committee designation is U, stored as unauthorized committee (designation U). Extra fields remain packet facts, not a donor or payee table. Those fields do not expand coverage to USAspending awards.

2008 filings versus this Minnesota DFL Party filter

A 2008 searcher who wants every committee should leave this URL for the cycle hub. A searcher who wants Minnesota DFL Party in every cycle should leave for the committee hub. Staying here keeps both filters: C00025254 and 2008, receipts $12,894,433.57, disbursements $12,985,767.67.

Independent expenditures by a different committee ID are not in $12,894,433.57. Unitemized activity that never entered this cell is not in $12,894,433.57.

Keeping $12,894,433.57 labeled as receipts

Every reuse of $12,894,433.57 should still say receipts, Minnesota DFL Party, and 2008. Every reuse of $12,985,767.67 should still say disbursements, Minnesota DFL Party, and 2008. Every reuse of C00025254 should still say the committee ID.

2008 is a closed presidential cycle. Do not add 2018 DFL receipts into this cell. The packet Super PAC flag is 0; do not relabel MINNESOTA DEMOCRATIC-FARMER-LABOR PARTY in 2008 as a Super PAC page. Independent expenditures by other IDs remain another table.

Keep the two sides of the name together

Every reuse of $12,894,433.57 should still say Minnesota DFL Party and 2008. Every reuse of $12,985,767.67 should still say Minnesota DFL Party and 2008. Dropping either noun misstates the denominator. MINNESOTA DEMOCRATIC-FARMER-LABOR PARTY is the packet committee string; C00025254 is the packet ID.

The 2018 Minnesota DFL join and other 2008 state parties remain other keys. Independent expenditures by other committees remain another table. USAspending remains another statute.

C00025254 next to other 2008 committees

Other 2008 committees live on the cycle hub and on other pac-cycle ties. This file does not add their dollars to $12,894,433.57. The 2018 Minnesota DFL join and other 2008 state parties are the usual nearby labels. Opening All committees is the way to find IDs. Opening All FEC ties is the way to find other committee-cycle cells.

Do not invent donor names to illustrate $12,894,433.57. The aggregate is the published object. 2008 is a closed presidential cycle. Do not add 2018 DFL receipts into this cell.

Repeat the join in one sentence for citation: committee MINNESOTA DEMOCRATIC-FARMER-LABOR PARTY (C00025254), election cycle 2008, receipts $12,894,433.57, disbursements $12,985,767.67, FEC type Y, Super PAC flag 0. The 2018 Minnesota DFL join and other 2008 state parties stay on other pages. The 2008 election-cycle hub still mixes every other committee. All committees and All FEC ties are indexes, not extra dollar columns.

What a reader may not do with $12,894,433.57: treat it as a donor roster, treat it as a 2008 grand total for every committee, or treat it as money that funded USAspending awards. What a reader may do: quote the pair, quote disbursements $12,985,767.67 with its own label, quote the source FEC.gov, and follow the four internal links. Cash on hand in this extract is $121,613.27.

No occupation split, no state split, and no named-donor list appears here. If a later extract revises $12,894,433.57 or $12,985,767.67, the live Minnesota DFL Party overlay and the live 2008 page control. This JSON file is a snapshot of packet facts, not a third disclosure system. 2008 is a closed presidential cycle. Do not add 2018 DFL receipts into this cell.

MINNESOTA DEMOCRATIC-FARMER-LABOR PARTY stays a party committee (FEC type Y) on this URL. Super PAC flag 0. Cash-on-hand and individual-contribution lines appear only when the packet stores them. Cash on hand in this extract is $121,613.27. Individual contributions in this extract are $1,704,401.14. Committee designation is U, stored as unauthorized committee (designation U). Extra fields remain packet facts, not a donor or payee table. Do not borrow missing columns from a sibling slug.

Questions

How much did Minnesota DFL Party spend in 2008?

Disbursements are $12,985,767.67 for MINNESOTA DEMOCRATIC-FARMER-LABOR PARTY (C00025254) in cycle 2008. Receipts are $12,894,433.57. Do not swap the columns or treat either figure as a donor list. The packet Super PAC flag is 0; do not relabel MINNESOTA DEMOCRATIC-FARMER-LABOR PARTY in 2008 as a Super PAC page. Type Y. This page has no payee list and does not invent vendors. Source: FEC.gov.

What two tables meet on this Minnesota DFL Party URL?

The committee table for C00025254 and the 2008 election-cycle table. The overlap is receipts $12,894,433.57 and disbursements $12,985,767.67 for MINNESOTA DEMOCRATIC-FARMER-LABOR PARTY. All committees and All FEC ties index neighboring pages. Figures come from FEC.gov. This is a committee page, not a donor page. Type Y.

Is C00025254 the same committee in other cycles?

The ID C00025254 is the committee key. Other cycles for that ID are other ties or the committee hub, not this cell. This page quotes only 2008: receipts $12,894,433.57, disbursements $12,985,767.67. Do not add those other cycles to $12,894,433.57 here. The packet does not publish an all-years total for Minnesota DFL Party.

Are 2008 Minnesota DFL Party receipts the same as USAspending awards?

No. $12,894,433.57 is FEC campaign-finance receipts for MINNESOTA DEMOCRATIC-FARMER-LABOR PARTY in 2008. Federal contract and grant obligations sit on USAspending.gov as a separate dataset. This join never treats committee receipts as those awards. Disbursements $12,985,767.67 are also FEC campaign-finance figures for committee C00025254, not obligations.