Republican Party candidate receipts — 2018 cycle

How REP and the 2018 midterm cycle meet

This page is a join, not a restatement of either hub. Republican Party (REP) is one axis. Election cycle 2018 is the other. $1,054,257,143.11 is only the overlap: candidate receipts that carry both the party code and the cycle. The party overlay still holds $1,424,954,273.11. The 2018 election-cycle overlay still holds every party that filed in that cycle, which this packet does not publish as a grand total. A 2018 REP cell is a midterm stack of House and Senate authorized committees tagged REP. It sits below the party-wide index on this packet.

2,719 candidate records at a mean of about $387,737.09 per record describe a mix of authorized committees, not a typical campaign budget. Mean is $1,054,257,143.11 divided by 2,719. It flattens presidential or statewide committees with House long-shots. 2018 is a midterm election cycle on the FEC calendar. 2,719 records at the packet mean describe volume plus dollars. Neither figure is a count of seats held.

Party code REP is candidate affiliation on the FEC candidate master, not a Republican National Committee Form 3X total and not an NRSC or NRCC roll-up. Unitemized gifts outside candidate Form 3 receipts, independent expenditures, and Super PAC spending sit outside $1,054,257,143.11. RNC Form 3X is not inside $1,054,257,143.11. Candidate Form 3 receipts with affiliation REP and cycle 2018 are.

REP as the party side of the 2018 join

The Republican Party hub is $1,424,954,273.11 in candidate receipts for records coded REP in the indexed window. That hub is not this 2018 cell. Opening only the party page understates the cycle join when the two rollups differ; opening only this tie understates other cycles on the party overlay. The $1,424,954,273.11 party-wide index sits above this cycle cell. The percentage is arithmetic on the two packet dollars.

Candidate records can repeat across cycles, offices, and amendments. 2,719 is a count of FEC rows in this 2018 REP cell, not a headcount of people currently on a ballot. The packet does not split those rows by office, incumbency, or primary versus general. REP-coded 2020 and 2022 rows remain on the Republican Party overlay.

2018 as the cycle side

Cycle 2018 on this page is the FEC election-cycle key attached to Republican Party candidate receipts totaling $1,054,257,143.11. It is not turnout, not Electoral College votes, and not a cash-on-hand snapshot. FEC cycle 2018 is a midterm calendar. This packet does not publish a House majority.

The 2018 election-cycle hub includes every party code that appears in that cycle. This join is only REP. Other affiliation strings from the same year are other ties. Democratic and other 2018 affiliation cells are other ties. Do not add them to $1,054,257,143.11 on this page.

What the REP–2018 join refuses to say

This page does not rewrite 2018 results, rank incumbents, or treat receipts as cash on hand. Party plus cycle is a bookkeeping join. Correlation is not causation. A larger 2018 cell than another cycle on a different page is a description of candidate receipts, not voting advice. A midterm receipt total is not a wave index and not voting advice.

Do not treat $1,054,257,143.11 as cash on hand. Candidate committees spend, refund, and transfer. This packet has a receipt total, not disbursements. Do not add REP candidate receipts to Super PAC independent expenditures and call the sum party money. Form 3 candidate receipts only. Independent expenditures are omitted.

How to cite the two dollar figures

Quote $1,054,257,143.11 with Republican Party and 2018 together. Quote $1,424,954,273.11 only as the party-wide hub. Do not add them. Do not treat 2,719 as unique people; it is a candidate-record count and can include repeat filers across offices. Keep $1,054,257,143.11, 2,719 records, and party code REP on the same citation.

Republican Party holds the $1,424,954,273.11 party overlay. The 2018 election cycle page holds the cycle overlay. All parties and all FEC ties collect other party-cycle pairs from the same two fields. FEC.gov is the source. Party codes are FEC labels. Amended Form 3 reports can move the snapshot. FEC.gov is the source system.

Related tables

Republican Party holds party-wide candidate receipts coded REP. The 2018 election cycle page holds that cycle’s overlay. All parties compares affiliation codes on the same candidate-receipt basis. All FEC ties lists sibling party-and-cycle pages. CON 2018 is a separate affiliation code with its own tie.

Questions

How much did Republican candidates raise in 2018?

FEC candidate receipts for Republican Party (code REP) in the 2018 cycle total $1,054,257,143.11 across 2,719 candidate records. The Republican Party hub in the indexed window is $1,424,954,273.11. Cite both labels. The source is FEC.gov candidate receipts by party and cycle.

Is $1.05 billion the RNC’s 2018 total?

No. $1,054,257,143.11 is authorized-committee candidate receipts with affiliation REP in cycle 2018, not a national party-committee Form 3X total. Independent expenditures are outside this join. Source: FEC.gov aggregates. Party codes and occupation labels are filer-entered. Independent expenditures are omitted.

How many Republican candidates are in the 2018 cell?

The aggregate includes 2,719 FEC candidate records coded REP in 2018. That is a count of rows, not unique people currently on a ballot, and not a split by office. About $387,737.09 per record is $1,054,257,143.11 divided by 2,719. The packet does not further break down the 2,719.

Should I vote based on 2018 Republican receipts?

No. These figures are public FEC records of candidate receipts by affiliation and cycle. They are not voting advice, not cash on hand, and not independent-expenditure totals. Read the Republican Party tables and the 2018 election-cycle overlay for the filings.