Wisconsin campaign finance next to federal obligations

Wisconsin as a two-extract state code

WI joins $34.3 million from 713 committees to $329,497,253,098 from 386,938 awards. A Madison contribution does not become a Milwaukee obligation because both rows say Wisconsin.

713 committees is a compact FEC roster. Compactness is a filing-count fact, not evidence that a few campaigns control $329,497,253,098. Wisconsin campaign finance, Wisconsin USAspending, and All FEC ties are the three hrefs.

Recall-era memory is not a covering year in this packet. $34.3 million and $329,497,253,098 are snapshot totals without a year field in the facts object. Do not stamp a cycle onto either ledger from memory.

State-office campaigns in Wisconsin file under state law and sit outside $34.3 million. Local procurement paid without a federal award sits outside $329,497,253,098. This page names two federal disclosure systems — FEC.gov candidate receipts and USAspending.gov awards — and stops. A third system would be a different citation.

Republican-majority receipts, not a forecast

Republican committees reported $20.5 million (59.6%). Democratic committees reported $13.8 million (40.2%). Other filers reported $0.1 million (0.2%). A 59.6 percent Republican receipt share is a campaign-report fact about 713 committees.

State races file with the Wisconsin system, outside $34.3 million. Recall and presidential folklore do not add a year field this packet lacks. Do not stamp a cycle year onto either ledger from memory.

Dairy and manufacturing talking points need industry fields. This packet does not ship them. Keep 59.6% Republican receipts on the FEC sentence only.

713 is a filing count, not a November ballot census. 386,938 is an action count, not unique vendors. Keep those nouns attached to the integers when citing Wisconsin.

Wisconsin obligations on USAspending.gov

$329,497,253,098 covers award obligations coded to Wisconsin. 386,938 is the action count. Dairy, manufacturing, and university folklore are not packet NAICS. Open Wisconsin USAspending for agency fields that exist.

Repeat awards add rows. 386,938 is not unique vendors. Do not compute a mean award from this packet.

Quote Wisconsin campaign finance for the live FEC roster of 713 committees and $34.3 million in receipts. Quote Wisconsin USAspending for $329,497,253,098 and 386,938 awards. All FEC ties keeps WI in a series of geographic joins. None of those pages adds receipts to obligations or assigns FEC party codes to awards.

Swing-state copy is not an award analysis

Horse-race metaphors will try to swallow $329,497,253,098. They should not. Awards have no party field here. Keep 59.6% and 40.2% on the FEC sentence only.

Independent expenditures about Wisconsin candidates can be paid from elsewhere. Those expenditures sit outside both packet totals.

Wisconsin’s 713 committees and 386,938 awards answer different questions. Keep $34.3 million on the FEC.gov sentence and $329,497,253,098 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.

Milwaukee, Madison, statewide numbers

Those cities share WI. This packet does not split $34.3 million or $329,497,253,098 among them. 713 committees and 386,938 awards stay statewide. A WOW-counties narrative is color, not a join field.

Do not divide $329,497,253,098 by $34.3 million as a return on donations. The units are unlike. Influence is not a packet field.

Amended candidate reports move $34.3 million. Award restatements move $329,497,253,098. Rewrite only the sentence whose source moved. Wisconsin campaign finance and Wisconsin USAspending are the live tables; this prose is a packet snapshot for WI.

Wisconsin citation

FEC.gov: $34.3 million; 713 committees; Democratic $13.8 million; Republican $20.5 million; other $0.1 million. USAspending.gov: $329,497,253,098; 386,938 awards. Campaign contributions are not federal awards.

Do not rank Wisconsin as more influential because $34.3 million sits beside $329,497,253,098. Influence is not a field in this packet. The join is WI geography only.

Questions

Does Wisconsin Republican fundraising control federal awards in the state?

No. Republican committees reported $20.5 million of $34.3 million in FEC receipts. USAspending obligations of $329,497,253,098 across 386,938 awards have no party field in this packet. Receipt shares are not award shares. LobbyVault joins the WI extracts only. FEC.gov and USAspending.gov remain the originating systems.

How much have Wisconsin federal candidates raised?

FEC aggregates show $34.3 million across 713 committees: Republican $20.5 million (59.6%), Democratic $13.8 million (40.2%), other $0.1 million. Use Wisconsin campaign finance for the live roster. LobbyVault joins the WI extracts only. FEC.gov and USAspending.gov remain the originating systems.

What is Wisconsin’s USAspending total?

USAspending.gov records $329,497,253,098 in obligations and 386,938 awards coded to Wisconsin. That extract is not FEC operating expenditure and is not funded by $34.3 million on this page. LobbyVault joins the WI extracts only. FEC.gov and USAspending.gov remain the originating systems.

Where are Wisconsin’s hubs?

Wisconsin campaign finance on LobbyVault and Wisconsin USAspending on SpendingVault. All FEC ties lists other state joins. Later bulk files override this snapshot if they disagree. LobbyVault joins the WI extracts only. FEC.gov and USAspending.gov remain the originating systems.