North Carolina campaign finance next to federal obligations

North Carolina’s join, beside South Carolina’s unlike FEC mix

NC matches FEC receipts of $113.7 million from 1,305 committees to USAspending obligations of $381,663,750,341 from 583,283 awards. South Carolina’s FEC book in this same series is more Republican; that contrast is an FEC labeling comparison, not a spending comparison. Awards still have no party code here.

A contribution in Charlotte does not become a Research Triangle obligation because both strings say North Carolina. Geography is the join. Cashflow is not.

North Carolina campaign finance, North Carolina USAspending, and All FEC ties are the three links. Use them as parallel doors.

Comparing North Carolina’s $113.7 million with South Carolina’s FEC book is fair as an FEC comparison. Comparing either receipt total with the other state’s $381,663,750,341-style obligation total as a scoreboard is not. Unlike units stay unlike across the state line.

A close FEC party split on a large receipt book

Democratic committees reported $59.7 million (52.5%). Republican committees reported $53.5 million (47.1%). Other filers reported $0.5 million (0.5%). $113.7 million is a substantial FEC book relative to several states with similar obligation totals. Fundraising volume and award volume still do not lock together.

1,305 committees include residual filers. Sort North Carolina campaign finance by receipts. State legislative campaigns file with the state, outside $113.7 million.

Hurricane and military award stories need North Carolina USAspending. They do not inherit 52.5% or 47.1% from the candidate file. 583,283 awards have no party field in this packet.

North Carolina obligations as an award extract

$381,663,750,341 and 583,283 awards describe agency actions coded to North Carolina. Military, research, and disaster instruments can share that count. This packet does not publish an agency mix. Open North Carolina USAspending for those cuts.

Repeat awards add rows. 583,283 is not unique vendors. Do not compute a mean award. Do not divide obligations by 1,305 committees.

Quote North Carolina campaign finance for the live FEC roster of 1,305 committees and $113.7 million in receipts. Quote North Carolina USAspending for $381,663,750,341 and 583,283 awards. All FEC ties keeps NC in a series of geographic joins. None of those pages adds receipts to obligations or assigns FEC party codes to awards.

Research Triangle folklore is not a packet NAICS

University and research-park stories are why some readers arrive. They are not numbers in this file. Only $113.7 million, 1,305, $381,663,750,341, 583,283, and the party lines are packet facts.

Wake, Mecklenburg, and the rest of the state share NC. This packet does not split the two dollar totals by county. A metro cut would be a different extract.

North Carolina’s 1,305 committees and 583,283 awards answer different questions. Keep $113.7 million on the FEC.gov sentence and $381,663,750,341 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.

What not to claim

That $113.7 million funded $381,663,750,341. That a 52–47 FEC split describes 583,283 awards. That North Carolina ‘outperforms’ South Carolina because receipts are higher. Those claims mix unlike units or invent rankings this page does not make.

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

Amended candidate reports move $113.7 million. Award restatements move $381,663,750,341. Rewrite only the sentence whose source moved. North Carolina campaign finance and North Carolina USAspending are the live tables; this prose is a packet snapshot for NC.

North Carolina citation

FEC.gov: $113.7 million; 1,305 committees; Democratic $59.7 million; Republican $53.5 million; other $0.5 million. USAspending.gov: $381,663,750,341; 583,283 awards. Campaign contributions are not federal awards.

Do not rank North Carolina as more influential because $113.7 million sits beside $381,663,750,341. Influence is not a field in this packet. The join is NC geography only.

Questions

Are North Carolina campaign donations the same as federal spending there?

No. $113.7 million is FEC candidate receipts from 1,305 committees. $381,663,750,341 is USAspending obligations from 583,283 awards. A shared NC code is not a payment trail. Original filings remain on FEC.gov and USAspending.gov.

How close is North Carolina’s FEC party split?

Democratic committees reported $59.7 million (52.5%) and Republican committees reported $53.5 million (47.1%) of $113.7 million. Other filers reported $0.5 million. The split covers candidate committees, not award recipients. LobbyVault joins the NC extracts only. FEC.gov and USAspending.gov remain the originating systems.

How many federal awards are coded to North Carolina?

USAspending.gov lists 583,283 awards and $381,663,750,341 in obligations. That is an action count, not unique companies, and not a restatement of 1,305 candidate committees. LobbyVault joins the NC extracts only. FEC.gov and USAspending.gov remain the originating systems.

Where are North Carolina’s hubs?

North Carolina campaign finance on LobbyVault, North Carolina USAspending on SpendingVault, All FEC ties for other joins. Later bulk files override this snapshot. Do not add the two dollar totals together. LobbyVault joins the NC extracts only. FEC.gov and USAspending.gov remain the originating systems.