Romney for President Inc. — 2008 receipts

Romney for President Inc. × 2008: one committee, one cycle

$113,659,805.08 entered this extract because cycle-details topCommittees listed ROMNEY FOR PRESIDENT INC. for 2008. That is a committee-cycle ranking cell, not a contribution line listing. No donor names appear in the packet, so none appear here. Committee type P and Super PAC flag 0 travel with the row.

The committee page for C00431171 still answers questions this URL refuses: other cycles, other forms, and whatever else that hub publishes. The 2008 election-cycle page still answers questions about every other committee in that year. This file stays on Romney for President Inc. in 2008.

Receipts of $113,659,805.08 and disbursements of $113,627,217.23 sit close together in this cycle cell. Closeness is not proof the books are closed, and it is not a cash-on-hand figure. Do not fold USAspending obligations into $113,659,805.08. Campaign receipts and federal awards are different datasets. This page is not a Super PAC, a joint-fundraising committee, or a 2012 cell.

What committee C00431171 is on this page

Committee ID C00431171 is the stable key. The display name ROMNEY FOR PRESIDENT INC. is the string in this packet for cycle 2008. Committees sometimes appear under short labels in one cycle and longer labels in another. This page uses the packet name and the packet ID together. Type P. Super PAC flag 0.

This is not a Super PAC, a joint-fundraising committee, or a 2012 cell. Authorized candidate committees, party committees, host committees, and independent-expenditure committees are different FEC types. This row is the type given above. Do not recode it from the nickname.

Election cycle 2008 next to Romney for President Inc.

FEC cycles are two-year federal election windows labeled by the even year. This cell uses 2008. Coverage is committee financials for that window as harvested into cycle-details topCommittees. 2008 is a closed FEC election cycle in this extract.

Receipts of $113,659,805.08 and disbursements of $113,627,217.23 sit close together in this cycle cell. Closeness is not proof the books are closed, and it is not a cash-on-hand figure. A cycle label does not convert receipts into disbursements or into federal awards. Keep 2008 in the same sentence as Romney for President Inc. and $113,659,805.08.

The two dollar columns for Romney for President Inc. in 2008

Write $113,659,805.08 as receipts. Write $113,627,217.23 as disbursements. Do not write that Romney for President Inc. “spent $113,659,805.08” unless you are looking at the disbursement column, which is $113,627,217.23. Do not write that Romney for President Inc. “raised $113,627,217.23.” Labels travel with the figures.

Romney for President Inc. is one presidential authorized committee in 2008. 2008 is a closed FEC election cycle in this extract. Live overlays win if they refresh.

Public records, not accusations

Public records, not accusations: $113,659,805.08 in receipts and $113,627,217.23 in disbursements is a disclosure aggregate for ROMNEY FOR PRESIDENT INC. in 2008. It is not evidence of coordination, quid pro quo, or control of an election. Correlation is not causation.

Researchers should keep C00431171 as the committee key and 2008 as the cycle key. The packet Super PAC flag is 0. Source: FEC.gov committee receipts by election cycle from cycle-details topCommittees. Live hubs win if they disagree with this snapshot.

How to read Romney for President Inc. money in 2008

Read $113,659,805.08 as Romney for President Inc. receipts in 2008. Read $113,627,217.23 as Romney for President Inc. disbursements in 2008. Read type P as a presidential candidate committee (FEC type P). The packet Super PAC flag is 0. 2008 is a closed FEC election cycle in this extract.

Receipts of $113,659,805.08 and disbursements of $113,627,217.23 sit close together in this cycle cell. Closeness is not proof the books are closed, and it is not a cash-on-hand figure. Do not recode this join into a Super PAC, a joint-fundraising committee, or a 2012 cell. Correlation is not causation.

Repeat the join in one sentence for citation: committee ROMNEY FOR PRESIDENT INC. (C00431171), election cycle 2008, receipts $113,659,805.08, disbursements $113,627,217.23, FEC type P, Super PAC flag 0. Other 2008 presidential committees stay on other pages. The 2008 election-cycle hub still mixes every other committee. All committees and All FEC ties are indexes, not extra dollar columns.

What a reader may not do with $113,659,805.08: treat it as cash on hand, treat it as a donor roster, treat it as a 2008 grand total for every committee, or treat it as money that funded USAspending awards. What a reader may do: quote the pair, quote disbursements $113,627,217.23 with its own label, quote the source FEC.gov, and follow the four internal links.

Questions

What did ROMNEY FOR PRESIDENT INC. report to the FEC in 2008?

Receipts of $113,659,805.08 and disbursements of $113,627,217.23 for committee C00431171 in election cycle 2008. Type code P. Super PAC flag 0. Those are the packet facts. The 2008 cycle hub still includes other committees; this page isolates Romney for President Inc.. Source: FEC.gov committee receipts by election cycle from cycle-details topCommittees.

Is this the Romney for President Inc. committee page or a 2008 page?

Neither hub restated. It is the join: ROMNEY FOR PRESIDENT INC. and election cycle 2008. Receipts $113,659,805.08. Disbursements $113,627,217.23. Open the committee link for C00431171 across years. Open the 2008 election-cycle link for every committee in that year. All committees and All FEC ties list sibling pages. Source: FEC.gov.

Why do receipts and disbursements differ for Romney for President Inc.?

Receipts of $113,659,805.08 and disbursements of $113,627,217.23 sit close together in this cycle cell. Closeness is not proof the books are closed, and it is not a cash-on-hand figure. The packet does not publish cash on hand, debt, or a starting balance, so this page does not invent those lines. Quote receipts $113,659,805.08 and disbursements $113,627,217.23 as separate columns for committee C00431171 in 2008. Type P does not change the arithmetic.

Should $113,659,805.08 be used as voting advice?

No. These figures are public FEC records of committee receipts and disbursements by cycle. They are not voting advice, not cash on hand, and not a forecast of 2008 results. Read the Romney for President Inc. committee table and the 2008 election-cycle overlay for the filings. Named donors are not in this packet. Source: FEC.gov.