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Washington campaign finance next to federal obligations

Washington State candidate committees reported $29.1 million on FEC.gov — a smaller receipt book than several states with similar obligation bands. USAspending.gov shows $401,452,039,167 obligated across 333,984 awards. Democratic committees hold 70.6% of the FEC total. That share still is not a share of the awards.

Key figures

  • Washington State FEC receipts: $29.1 million from 1,005 committees.
  • Washington USAspending: $401,452,039,167 across 333,984 awards.
  • Democratic committees reported 70.6% of FEC receipts; that share does not describe awards.
  • WA is the state join. It is not the District of Columbia and not a donation-to-award pipe.

Washington’s receipt book is not a scaled award book

$29.1 million versus $401,452,039,167 is not ‘Washington politics’ versus ‘Washington government’ in one unit. It is 1,005 candidate committees versus 333,984 award actions. Compress both into one bar titled federal dollars and you have already mixed statutes.

WA is the join key on candidate registrations and on award place or recipient state. Matching those fields produces this tie. It does not produce a pipeline from Seattle donors to federal vendors.

Washington campaign finance, Washington USAspending, and All FEC ties are the three hrefs this page may use. Cross-site, the award table lives on SpendingVault; the receipt table lives on LobbyVault.

Searchers who type Washington often mean the District. Confirm WA. $29.1 million from 1,005 committees and $401,452,039,167 from 333,984 awards are state figures. Mixing them with the District of Columbia join would scramble both footnotes.

Democratic-majority FEC receipts, including a visible other line

Democratic committees reported $20.5 million (70.6%). Republican committees reported $7.8 million (26.9%). Other filers reported $0.7 million (2.5%) — larger than a rounding error. Mention $0.7 million if you publish the pie so $29.1 million still sums.

1,005 committees include Senate, House, and other federal filers tagged to Washington. Many may hold little of $29.1 million. Sort the live hub. This page will not invent a front-runner or a mean receipt.

Ports, aerospace, and public research are reasons people open Washington USAspending. Those nouns do not appear as dollar facts here. Do not backfill them from 70.6% Democratic receipts. The party split stays on the FEC sentence.

Washington obligations on USAspending.gov

$401,452,039,167 covers award obligations coded to Washington. 333,984 is the action count. Boeing-adjacent folklore and public-university folklore are not packet NAICS shares. If you need industry cuts, open Washington USAspending and use fields that file contains.

Do not compute a mean award from $401,452,039,167 and 333,984 and present it as a published statistic. This packet does not ship that mean. Quote the pair. Stop.

Quote Washington campaign finance for the live FEC roster of 1,005 committees and $29.1 million in receipts. Quote Washington USAspending for $401,452,039,167 and 333,984 awards. All FEC ties keeps WA in a series of geographic joins. None of those pages adds receipts to obligations or assigns FEC party codes to awards.

Do not confuse Washington State with Washington, D.C.

This join is WA, the state. District of Columbia receipts and obligations are a different tie. $29.1 million is not a D.C. figure. $401,452,039,167 is not a D.C. figure. Searchers who mix the postal codes will mis-cite both hubs.

State races in Olympia file under Washington state law, outside $29.1 million. Local school spending paid without a federal award is outside $401,452,039,167.

Washington’s 1,005 committees and 333,984 awards answer different questions. Keep $29.1 million on the FEC.gov sentence and $401,452,039,167 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.

East of the Cascades is not a hidden split

King County and the rest of the state share WA. This packet does not break $29.1 million or $401,452,039,167 by county. 1,005 committees and 333,984 awards are statewide. A Seattle-only narrative would need another extract.

Independent expenditures mentioning Washington candidates can be paid from out-of-state committees. Those dollars are outside both packet totals. Ads and awards remain different files.

Amended candidate reports move $29.1 million. Award restatements move $401,452,039,167. Rewrite only the sentence whose source moved. Washington campaign finance and Washington USAspending are the live tables; this prose is a packet snapshot for WA.

Washington citation

FEC.gov: $29.1 million; 1,005 committees; Democratic $20.5 million; Republican $7.8 million; other $0.7 million. USAspending.gov: $401,452,039,167; 333,984 awards. The small FEC book does not fund the large award book.

Questions

Is this Washington State or Washington, D.C.?
Washington State (WA). FEC candidate receipts are $29.1 million from 1,005 committees. USAspending obligations are $401,452,039,167 across 333,984 awards. The District of Columbia is a separate join with its own FEC and USAspending hubs.
Do Washington State donations pay for federal awards there?
No. $29.1 million is FEC candidate receipts. $401,452,039,167 is USAspending obligations. The datasets share a state code. Contributions do not become awards because both files say Washington. Filings remain on FEC.gov and USAspending.gov. LobbyVault joins the WA extracts only. FEC.gov and USAspending.gov remain the originating systems.
What is Washington’s FEC party split?
Democratic committees reported $20.5 million (70.6%) and Republican committees reported $7.8 million (26.9%) of $29.1 million. Other filers reported $0.7 million (2.5%). The split covers 1,005 committees, not award recipients. LobbyVault joins the WA extracts only. FEC.gov and USAspending.gov remain the originating systems.
Where are the live Washington tables?
Washington campaign finance on LobbyVault for FEC receipts, Washington USAspending for obligations, All FEC ties for other state joins. Later bulk files override this snapshot. Do not add the two dollar totals together. LobbyVault joins the WA extracts only. FEC.gov and USAspending.gov remain the originating systems.

Join of FEC.gov candidate receipts with USAspending.gov state obligations. These are different datasets — campaign contributions are not federal awards.