New Mexico campaign finance next to federal obligations

New Mexico’s small FEC roster beside a large obligation total

NM joins $18.9 million from 347 committees to $290,804,554,133 from 85,196 awards. If someone treats receipts as the political input that produces obligations as output, New Mexico breaks the story. Agencies can obligate large sums while candidate committees report tens of millions.

A Santa Fe contribution does not become a national-lab obligation because both strings say New Mexico. New Mexico campaign finance, New Mexico USAspending, and All FEC ties are the three hrefs.

National-lab folklore is why some readers arrive. Labs, if present, are USAspending recipients — not the 347 candidate committees. Open New Mexico USAspending for names this packet does not list.

State-office campaigns in New Mexico file under state law and sit outside $18.9 million. Local procurement paid without a federal award sits outside $290,804,554,133. 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 receipts on a short roster

Democratic committees reported $13.4 million (70.7%). Republican committees reported $5.3 million (28.1%). Other filers reported $0.2 million (1.2%). 347 committees is a short FEC roster. It still includes residual filers. Sort the live hub.

State races file with New Mexico’s system, outside $18.9 million. Do not invent a mean receipt from $18.9 million divided by 347. Means hide empty accounts.

A compact FEC roster of 347 committees is not evidence that a few campaigns control $290,804,554,133. Candidate registration and award issuance are different enrollments.

347 is a filing count, not a November ballot census. 85,196 is an action count, not unique vendors. Keep those nouns attached to the integers when citing New Mexico.

Fewer award rows, still a large dollar total

85,196 awards behind $290,804,554,133 can mean fewer, larger actions — or restatements. This packet does not publish a mean award, so this page will not either. Quote the pair.

Lab, tribal, and energy stories need recipient and agency fields on New Mexico USAspending. They do not inherit 70.7% from the candidate file.

Quote New Mexico campaign finance for the live FEC roster of 347 committees and $18.9 million in receipts. Quote New Mexico USAspending for $290,804,554,133 and 85,196 awards. All FEC ties keeps NM in a series of geographic joins. None of those pages adds receipts to obligations or assigns FEC party codes to awards.

What not to compute

Do not divide $290,804,554,133 by $18.9 million and call the result a spend-to-donate multiple. The units are unlike. Do not treat 85,196 as unique New Mexico companies.

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

New Mexico’s 347 committees and 85,196 awards answer different questions. Keep $18.9 million on the FEC.gov sentence and $290,804,554,133 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.

Albuquerque is not a hidden split

Bernalillo County and the rest of the state share NM. This packet does not split $18.9 million or $290,804,554,133 by metro. 347 committees and 85,196 awards stay statewide.

Tribal governments may appear among 85,196 rows when the instrument is a federal award. They are not the 347 candidate committees.

Amended candidate reports move $18.9 million. Award restatements move $290,804,554,133. Rewrite only the sentence whose source moved. New Mexico campaign finance and New Mexico USAspending are the live tables; this prose is a packet snapshot for NM.

New Mexico citation

FEC.gov: $18.9 million; 347 committees; Democratic $13.4 million; Republican $5.3 million; other $0.2 million. USAspending.gov: $290,804,554,133; 85,196 awards. Campaign contributions are not federal awards.

Do not rank New Mexico as more influential because $18.9 million sits beside $290,804,554,133. Influence is not a field in this packet. The join is NM geography only.

Questions

Can New Mexico’s $18.9 million in FEC receipts explain $290.8 billion in obligations?

No. $18.9 million is candidate receipts from 347 committees. $290,804,554,133 is USAspending obligations from 85,196 awards. The totals share a state code. They do not share a funding path. Sources remain FEC.gov and USAspending.gov.

What is New Mexico’s FEC party split?

Democratic committees reported $13.4 million (70.7%) and Republican committees reported $5.3 million (28.1%) of $18.9 million. Other filers reported $0.2 million. The split covers 347 committees, not award recipients. LobbyVault joins the NM extracts only. FEC.gov and USAspending.gov remain the originating systems.

How many federal awards are coded to New Mexico?

USAspending.gov lists 85,196 awards and $290,804,554,133 in obligations. Award count is not unique vendors. It is also not the 347 FEC candidate committees. LobbyVault joins the NM extracts only. FEC.gov and USAspending.gov remain the originating systems.

Where are New Mexico’s pages?

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