Republican Party candidate receipts in Louisiana

How REP and Louisiana office state meet

This page is a join, not a restatement of either hub. Republican Party (REP) is one axis. Office state Louisiana (LA) is the other. $69,314,807.98 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 Louisiana campaign-finance hub still holds every occupation and party coded to LA on other tables. 235 candidate records coded REP with office state LA reported $69,314,807.98. That is a smaller row count than Florida or Texas REP cells and a still-large dollar cell.

235 candidate records at a mean of about $294,956.63 per record mix statewide, House, Senate, and any other federal offices tagged LA. Mean is $69,314,807.98 divided by 235. It is not a typical district budget. Mean per record will sit higher than in high-row-count states when dollars concentrate in fewer authorized committees.

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 Louisiana, not a map of Louisiana residents’ gifts. RNC Form 3X is not inside $69,314,807.98.

REP as the party side of the Louisiana join

The Republican Party hub is $1,424,954,273.11 in candidate receipts for records coded REP in the indexed window. About 4.9% of that book is this Louisiana office-state cell ($69,314,807.98). Other states remain on the party overlay. Other office states remain on the Republican Party overlay. This tie is LA only.

Candidate records can repeat across cycles and offices. 235 is a count of FEC rows in this REP–LA cell, not a headcount of people currently on a Louisiana ballot. The packet does not split those rows by cycle or office. The packet does not split the 235 rows by cycle or by House versus Senate.

Louisiana as office state, not donor state

Louisiana on this page is office state LA attached to Republican Party candidate receipts totaling $69,314,807.98. It is not a ranking of Louisiana voters and not a donor-state total. A REP candidate in a Louisiana district or statewide federal race can raise money from any state.

The Louisiana campaign-finance hub includes itemized individual activity across occupations. This join is candidate receipts by party and office state — a different table family. The Louisiana campaign-finance hub is a different table family from this candidate-receipt join.

What the REP–Louisiana join refuses to say

This page does not rank Louisiana voters, score jungle-primary outcomes, or treat receipts as cash on hand. Party plus office state is a bookkeeping join. Correlation is not causation. A larger Louisiana cell than another state on a different page is a description of candidate receipts, not voting advice. Party codes are FEC labels, not a ranking of Louisiana voters.

Do not treat $69,314,807.98 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 $69,314,807.98 with Republican Party and Louisiana together. Quote $1,424,954,273.11 only as the party-wide hub. Do not add them. Do not treat 235 as unique people. Keep $69,314,807.98, 235 records, REP, and Louisiana together.

Republican Party holds the $1,424,954,273.11 party overlay. Louisiana 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. Louisiana 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. Texas and Florida REP office-state ties are other pages.

Questions

How much have Republican candidates in Louisiana raised?

FEC candidate receipts for Republican Party (code REP) with office state Louisiana total $69,314,807.98 across 235 candidate records. The Republican Party hub in the indexed window is $1,424,954,273.11. The Louisiana cell is about 4.9% of that hub. Cite office state, not donor state. FEC.gov is the source.

Is this money from Louisiana donors?

Not necessarily. Office state LA is the geography of the seat, not the donor’s home address. $69,314,807.98 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 Louisiana cell?

The aggregate includes 235 FEC candidate records coded REP with office state Louisiana. That is a count of rows, not unique people currently on a ballot. About $294,956.63 per record is $69,314,807.98 divided by 235. The packet does not further break down the 235.

Should I vote based on Republican receipts in Louisiana?

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 Louisiana voters. Read the Republican Party tables and Louisiana campaign finance for the filings.