New Jersey campaign finance next to federal obligations

New Jersey’s award-row pileup is not a scandal metric

NJ joins $86.1 million from 1,558 committees to $328,412,376,279 from 1,170,518 awards. 1,170,518 actions can pile up when agencies issue many grants or modifications. Cite the dollars with the count. Dropping $328,412,376,279 and keeping only the integer implies a volume of deals the file does not define.

A contribution in Newark does not become a Trenton obligation because both rows say New Jersey. New Jersey campaign finance, New Jersey USAspending, and All FEC ties are the three doors.

Port and transit award stories belong on New Jersey USAspending. They do not belong in a sentence that treats $86.1 million as the funding source of $328,412,376,279.

State-office campaigns in New Jersey file under state law and sit outside $86.1 million. Local procurement paid without a federal award sits outside $328,412,376,279. 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.

Democratic-majority FEC receipts

Democratic committees reported $65.8 million (76.4%). Republican committees reported $20.2 million (23.5%). Other filers reported $0.1 million (0.1%). 1,558 committees include residual filers. Sort New Jersey campaign finance by receipts.

State legislative campaigns file with New Jersey’s state system, outside $86.1 million. Port-authority folklore is not a substitute for either extract.

Do not fold 1,170,518 New Jersey award rows into a New York City narrative. The New York tie is a different page with a different obligation total.

1,558 is a filing count, not a November ballot census. 1,170,518 is an action count, not unique vendors. Keep those nouns attached to the integers when citing New Jersey.

High row count, mid-pack obligation dollars

1,170,518 awards behind $328,412,376,279 is a large action count relative to the dollar total. That pattern is compatible with many modest assistance actions. Verify on New Jersey USAspending. This packet does not publish a mean award.

Transit, health, and defense instruments can share the count. They do not inherit 76.4% from the candidate file.

Quote New Jersey campaign finance for the live FEC roster of 1,558 committees and $86.1 million in receipts. Quote New Jersey USAspending for $328,412,376,279 and 1,170,518 awards. All FEC ties keeps NJ in a series of geographic joins. None of those pages adds receipts to obligations or assigns FEC party codes to awards.

Do not fold New Jersey into a New York metro sum

This join is NJ only. Adding New Jersey’s $328,412,376,279 to New York obligations would invent a metro total neither extract published here. The New York tie is a different page.

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

New Jersey’s 1,558 committees and 1,170,518 awards answer different questions. Keep $86.1 million on the FEC.gov sentence and $328,412,376,279 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.

North Jersey and South Jersey share one code

Those regions share NJ. This packet does not split $86.1 million or $328,412,376,279 among them. 1,558 committees and 1,170,518 awards stay statewide. A turnpike narrative is color, not a join field.

Do not divide 1,170,518 by 1,558 and call the result awards per campaign. Unlike inventories.

Amended candidate reports move $86.1 million. Award restatements move $328,412,376,279. Rewrite only the sentence whose source moved. New Jersey campaign finance and New Jersey USAspending are the live tables; this prose is a packet snapshot for NJ.

New Jersey citation

FEC.gov: $86.1 million; 1,558 committees; Democratic $65.8 million; Republican $20.2 million; other $0.1 million. USAspending.gov: $328,412,376,279; 1,170,518 awards. Campaign contributions are not federal awards.

Do not rank New Jersey as more influential because $86.1 million sits beside $328,412,376,279. Influence is not a field in this packet. The join is NJ geography only.

Questions

Why does New Jersey have 1,170,518 awards next to 1,558 candidate committees?

They count different things. 1,170,518 is USAspending award actions. 1,558 is FEC candidate committees. Obligations of $328,412,376,279 and receipts of $86.1 million are unlike dollars. A larger award count does not mean donations created more awards.

How Democratic is New Jersey’s federal candidate fundraising?

Democratic committees reported $65.8 million, or 76.4% of $86.1 million. Republican committees reported $20.2 million (23.5%). Other filers reported $0.1 million. Those shares describe 1,558 committees, not award recipients. LobbyVault joins the NJ extracts only. FEC.gov and USAspending.gov remain the originating systems.

What is New Jersey’s federal obligation total?

USAspending.gov records $328,412,376,279 in obligations across 1,170,518 awards coded to New Jersey. That extract is not FEC operating expenditure and is not funded by $86.1 million on this page. LobbyVault joins the NJ extracts only. FEC.gov and USAspending.gov remain the originating systems.

Where are New Jersey’s hubs?

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