Republican Party candidate receipts in California

How REP and California office state meet

This page is a join, not a restatement of either hub. Republican Party (REP) is one axis. Office state California (CA) is the other. $78,761,852.95 is only the overlap: candidate receipts that carry both the party code and the office-state key. The party overlay still holds $1,424,954,273.11. The California campaign-finance hub still holds every occupation and party coded to CA on other tables. 1,924 candidate records is a high row count for REP in California while dollars sit at $78,761,852.95. Volume of Form 3 rows and dollars are different keys.

1,924 candidate records at a mean of about $40,936.51 per record mix statewide, House, Senate, and any other federal offices tagged CA. Mean is $78,761,852.95 divided by 1,924. It is not a typical district budget. A high record count is a mix of volume and receipts, not a ranking of California voters.

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. Office state is the geography of the seat, not the donor’s address. Recipients in this cell are REP-coded candidates running from California, not a map of California residents’ gifts. RNC Form 3X is not inside $78,761,852.95.

REP as the party side of the California join

The Republican Party hub is $1,424,954,273.11 in candidate receipts for records coded REP in the indexed window. About 5.5% of that book is this California office-state cell ($78,761,852.95). Other states remain on the party overlay. Other office states remain on the Republican Party overlay. This tie is CA only.

Candidate records can repeat across cycles and offices. 1,924 is a count of FEC rows in this REP–CA cell, not a headcount of people currently on a California ballot. The packet does not split those rows by cycle or office. The packet does not split the 1,924 rows by cycle or by House versus Senate.

California as office state, not donor state

California on this page is office state CA attached to Republican Party candidate receipts totaling $78,761,852.95. It is not a ranking of California voters and not a donor-state total. A REP candidate in a California district can raise money from any state.

The California campaign-finance hub includes itemized individual activity across occupations. This join is candidate receipts by party and office state — a different table family. Democratic fundraising in California is a separate affiliation tie. Do not add the two cells here.

What the REP–California join refuses to say

This page does not rank California voters, score votes, or treat receipts as cash on hand. Party plus office state is a bookkeeping join. Correlation is not causation. A larger California cell than another state on a different page is a description of candidate receipts, not voting advice. More candidate records than another party’s California cell is not a voter ranking.

Do not treat $78,761,852.95 as cash on hand. Do not add REP candidate receipts to Super PAC independent expenditures. Do not claim these receipts fund USAspending awards. Different datasets, different forms. Form 3 candidate receipts only. Independent expenditures are omitted.

How to cite the two dollar figures

Quote $78,761,852.95 with Republican Party and California together. Quote $1,424,954,273.11 only as the party-wide hub. Do not add them. Do not treat 1,924 as unique people. Keep $78,761,852.95, 1,924 records, REP, and California together.

Republican Party holds the $1,424,954,273.11 party overlay. California campaign finance holds the state overlay. All parties and all FEC ties collect other party-state pairs from the same two fields. FEC.gov is the source. Party codes are FEC labels, not a ranking of voters. All FEC ties lists other party-state pairs built the same way.

Related tables

Republican Party holds party-wide candidate receipts coded REP. California campaign finance holds the state’s overlay. All parties compares affiliation codes on the same candidate-receipt basis. All FEC ties lists sibling party-and-state pages. Democratic fundraising in California is a separate affiliation tie.

Questions

How much have Republican candidates in California raised?

FEC candidate receipts for Republican Party (code REP) with office state California total $78,761,852.95 across 1,924 candidate records. The Republican Party hub in the indexed window is $1,424,954,273.11. The California cell is about 5.5% of that hub. Cite office state, not donor state. FEC.gov is the source.

Is this money from California donors?

Not necessarily. Office state CA is the geography of the seat, not the donor’s home address. $78,761,852.95 is authorized-committee candidate receipts with affiliation REP, not a national party-committee Form 3X total. Source: FEC.gov aggregates. Party codes and occupation labels are filer-entered. Independent expenditures are omitted.

How many Republican candidates are in the California cell?

The aggregate includes 1,924 FEC candidate records coded REP with office state California. That is a count of rows, not unique people currently on a ballot. About $40,936.51 per record is $78,761,852.95 divided by 1,924. The packet does not further break down the 1,924.

Should I vote based on Republican receipts in California?

No. These figures are public FEC records of candidate receipts by affiliation and office state. They are not voting advice, not cash on hand, and not a ranking of California voters. Read the Republican Party tables and California campaign finance for the filings.