New York campaign finance next to federal obligations

New York’s two federal dollar series

This page is a join of FEC.gov candidate receipts ($214.2 million, 2,418 committees) with USAspending.gov obligations ($925,028,485,950, 785,502 awards). NY is the shared geography. A contribution to a Senate committee in New York does not post as an obligation to a New York recipient, and an obligation does not post as a campaign receipt.

Compared with Florida’s award book, New York’s $925,028,485,950 is in the same broad band while FEC receipts ($214.2 million) are higher. That comparison is still two unlike measures. It is useful only as a reminder that fundraising volume and award volume do not lock together.

FEC receipts: a Democratic-majority candidate book

Democratic candidate committees reported $165.1 million (77.1%). Republican committees reported $48.7 million (22.7%). Other filers reported $0.4 million (0.2%). The 2,418 committees include more than the names on a general-election ballot. Withdrawn filers and residual reports remain in the FEC candidate file until they fall out of the extract.

Individual New York donors who give to national PACs or out-of-state campaigns are not this {mil(raised)} figure. This packet’s FEC total is candidate-committee receipts tagged to New York, not a statewide donor-origin total.

USAspending obligations: an award inventory

785,502 awards and $925,028,485,950 in obligations describe agency actions coded to New York. Hospitals, universities, transit authorities, and contractors can all appear as recipients without appearing as candidate committees. The New York USAspending hub is built for those recipient and agency cuts.

Do not read the party split onto the awards

77.1% of candidate receipts is not 77.1% of $925,028,485,950. USAspending rows in this packet carry no Democratic or Republican flag. Assigning award dollars to parties from FEC labels would be fabrication.

New York campaign finance holds the FEC table. All FEC ties holds sibling joins. Keep the party arithmetic on the receipt side only.

Citation order for New York

First sentence: FEC.gov, $214.2 million, 2,418 candidate committees. Second sentence: party lines $165.1 million Democratic, $48.7 million Republican, $0.4 million other. Third sentence: USAspending.gov, $925,028,485,950, 785,502 awards. Stop there. No causal verb between sentence one and sentence three.

New York: outbound politics versus in-state awards

New York is often a donor origin for national committees. This packet’s FEC number is not that donor-origin series. It is candidate-committee receipts tagged to New York: $214.2 million from 2,418 committees. A Manhattan donor to a Super PAC in Virginia does not appear in this receipt total unless a New York candidate committee booked the money.

USAspending’s $925,028,485,950 is likewise not ‘New York tax dollars returned.’ It is obligations coded to New York recipients or place of performance as USAspending stores them. 785,502 award actions can include hospitals, transit, universities, and contractors. Those recipients are not the {ny_f['fecCandidates']:,} candidate committees.

Democratic committees hold 77.1% of receipts. Exporting that percentage onto Medicaid or transit awards would be a partisan overlay this packet does not contain. State Assembly and state Senate campaigns file in Albany’s system, outside {mil(ny_f['fecRaised'])}.

New York campaign finance, New York USAspending, and All FEC ties are the three links this page is allowed to use. National party committees and out-of-state Super PACs need their own FEC pages. They are not hidden inside this join.

New York City and the rest of the state share the NY code on both extracts. This packet does not split $214.2 million or $925,028,485,950 by city. Borough-level or county-level cuts would be additional joins. 785,502 awards and 2,418 committees remain statewide roll-ups here. Do not assign the Democratic receipt share to a borough map. The packet has no borough field.

Court-related and public-authority recipients can appear in 785,502 awards. Candidate committees appear in 2,418 FEC rows. Those sets overlap only by coincidence of names, not by a join key this page has. If a university PAC and a university award both say New York, you still have two filings: one inside $214.2 million if it is a candidate committee — usually it is not — and one inside $925,028,485,950 if USAspending coded the award to NY.

Questions

Is New York’s $214.2 million in FEC receipts part of federal spending?

No. $214.2 million is candidate-committee receipts on FEC.gov. $925,028,485,950 is USAspending obligations across 785,502 awards. Receipts are not a line inside the award ledger. The join is the NY state code. Candidate receipts tagged to New York are not the same series as itemized gifts from New York addresses to national PACs. This packet uses the candidate-committee series.

How Democratic is New York’s federal candidate fundraising?

Democratic committees reported $165.1 million, or 77.1% of $214.2 million. Republican committees reported $48.7 million (22.7%) across 2,418 filers. Those shares describe candidate committees, not USAspending recipients. Republican committees reported $48.7 million. Citing only the Democratic $165.1 million line understates the $214.2 million book. Quote both major-party lines.

How many USAspending awards are tied to New York?

USAspending.gov lists 785,502 awards and $925,028,485,950 in obligations coded to New York. Award count is not unique recipients. Campaign committees are a separate FEC inventory of {cand:,} filers. 785,502 awards is an action count. A hospital system with many grant amendments can add many rows without being 785,502 organizations.

Where are New York’s FEC and spending hubs?

New York campaign finance on LobbyVault carries FEC receipts. New York USAspending carries obligations. All FEC ties lists other state joins from the same two public sources. Live tables: New York campaign finance for FEC receipts, New York USAspending for obligations, All FEC ties for other state joins. Sources remain FEC.gov and USAspending.gov.