How much did ZIP 37402 show in FEC itemized totals?

Receipts listing 37402 total $13,568,852 across 6,036 contributions. Those figures are FEC disclosure aggregates for the five-digit contributor ZIP. They are not a unique-donor census of downtown Chattanooga and not the Tennessee Registry of Election Finance campaign totals.

Does 6,036 contributions mean 6,036 people donated?

No. The figure counts itemized receipts. One person can appear many times. This packet does not include a distinct-donor total, so this page does not invent one. See names on the ZIP 37402 FEC page. Repeat gifts and memo entries add rows without adding new people.

Does ZIP 37402 include Tennessee state races?

No. This extract is federal FEC itemizations. Tennessee Registry of Election Finance filings sit outside $13,568,852. Unitemized federal gifts are also out. Use the ZIP 37402 FEC page for the federal table. The packet facts stop at $13,568,852 and the contribution count. Named payees, dates, and employer strings live on the ZIP 37402 FEC page, not in this summary.

Where can I see 37402 itemizations?

On the ZIP 37402 FEC page. Compare codes on the all-ZIP index and search names in the donor directory. Original filings are on FEC.gov. This guide quotes only the harvested packet facts: $13,568,852, 6,036 contributions, and the five-digit contributor ZIP.

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ZIP Code 37402

CHATTANOOGA, TN

Total Donations

$13,568,852

Contributions

6,036

Unique Donors

Itemized federal contributions that list ZIP 37402 add up to $13.6M across 6,036 contributions. The five-digit code is the contributor ZIP on FEC.gov receipts, not a Tennessee Registry of Election Finance local file. Six thousand lines at this dollar scale is a short receipt file: large lines on the hub deserve an early look. Numbers come from FEC.gov records indexed on LobbyVault.

Key figures

ZIP 37402 FEC itemizations total $13,568,852 ($13.6M).
6,036 contributions list 37402 — a relatively short receipt file at this dollar scale.
37402 is a short downtown receipt file; sort the hub by amount.
This packet has no unique-donor count.

Chattanooga 37402’s $13,568,852

$13,568,852 is a sum of disclosed federal contribution lines that carried 37402 in the ZIP field. Federal committees anywhere in the country can receive that money. The Tennessee Registry of Election Finance filings and local municipal races generally sit outside this extract. Unitemized gifts never enter the total. Quote $13.6M as ZIP-tagged federal disclosure, not as a census of what every household in downtown Chattanooga spent.

Six thousand thirty-six rows is among the thinnest files near $14 million. Thinner files often make large committee lines easier to spot when sorted by amount. This page will not treat a short list as proof that one payer dominates. This aggregate does not name the mix of individuals and committee traffic that share 37402.

No party share, cycle series, or unique-person census is attached to $13,568,852. LobbyVault does not recode the ZIP field into a Hamilton County political score. Readers who want named payees, dates, or employer strings should open the live hub rather than infer a story from the line count alone. The supported facts in this packet are the dollar total, the contribution count, FEC as source, and the five-digit ZIP definition. Nothing in the packet assigns $13.6M to a party, a cycle, or a unique-person roster.

6,036 rows on a short 37402 file

The extract lists 6,036 contributions for 37402. That is a receipt count, not a unique-person census. This packet does not include a distinct-donor total, so this guide does not invent how many people sit behind downtown Chattanooga filings. A file this short at $13.6M usually makes large committee lines easier to spot when the hub is sorted by amount. Repeat gifts and memo entries still add rows, even when the list is thin.

Do not treat 6,036 as a headcount of Hamilton County residents. One filer can appear many times. This page will not publish an average as if the FEC printed one. If a handful of committee lines account for a visible share of $13,568,852, the committee column on the hub will show it. If the total is many individual names on a short list, that will show too.

Full analysis: Federal contributions from ZIP 37402 →

Questions

How much did ZIP 37402 show in FEC itemized totals?: Receipts listing 37402 total $13,568,852 across 6,036 contributions. Those figures are FEC disclosure aggregates for the five-digit contributor ZIP. They are not a unique-donor census of downtown Chattanooga and not the Tennessee Registry of Election Finance campaign totals.
Does 6,036 contributions mean 6,036 people donated?: No. The figure counts itemized receipts. One person can appear many times. This packet does not include a distinct-donor total, so this page does not invent one. See names on the ZIP 37402 FEC page. Repeat gifts and memo entries add rows without adding new people.
Does ZIP 37402 include Tennessee state races?: No. This extract is federal FEC itemizations. Tennessee Registry of Election Finance filings sit outside $13,568,852. Unitemized federal gifts are also out. Use the ZIP 37402 FEC page for the federal table. The packet facts stop at $13,568,852 and the contribution count. Named payees, dates, and employer strings live on the ZIP 37402 FEC page, not in this summary.
Where can I see 37402 itemizations?: On the ZIP 37402 FEC page. Compare codes on the all-ZIP index and search names in the donor directory. Original filings are on FEC.gov. This guide quotes only the harvested packet facts: $13,568,852, 6,036 contributions, and the five-digit contributor ZIP.

ZIP is the 5-digit contributor ZIP on FEC itemizations. Totals can include joint fundraising and PAC addresses, not only residents.

Donation Trend by Cycle

1980

$161K

1982

$138K

1984

$211K

1986

$212K

1988

$480K

1990

$146K

1992

$463K

1994

$950K

1996

$1.1M

1998

$744K

2000

$1.2M

2002

$956K

2004

$1.8M

2006

$1.8M

2008

$2.2M

2010

$860K

2012

$2.4M

2014

$1.3M

2016

$1.7M

2018

$2.2M

Top Donors

Top individual donors in ZIP code 37402 (CHATTANOOGA, TN), ranked by total donated.
#	Name	Total	Contributions	Employer	Occupation	Cycles
1	HANEY, FRANKLIN L	$1,089,700	48	FRANKLIN L HANEY CO	—	1980–2014
2	MILLS, OLAN II	$782,688	154	OLAN MILLS INC OF TENN	—	1980–2014
3	CORKER, ROBERT P JR	$516,449	18	—	—	1992–2008
4	MILLS, OLAN	$324,555	99	—	—	1992–2014
5	LEBOVITZ, MICHAEL	$205,550	110	CBL & ASSOCIATES INC	—	1994–2014
6	BERGER, MITCHELL	$184,553	198	BERGER & BERGER	—	1984–2014
7	MILLS, SHARON	$181,450	93	—	—	1986–2014
8	Probasco, Scott L. Mr. Jr.	$126,150	49	Southtrust Bank	—	1998–2014
9	MILLS, NORMA	$123,900	43	HOMEMAKER	—	1994–2014
10	PROBASCO, SCOTT	$123,000	70	BANKER	—	1992–2012
11	FOY, JOHN N	$109,506	71	CBL & ASSO	—	1980–2012
12	Mills, Olan Mr. II	$109,100	12	Olan Mills Inc.	—	2000–2014
13	LUPTON, JOHN T	$108,050	56	COCA COLA CO	—	1980–2004
14	WOOD, KAREN	$106,335	85	HOMEMAKER	—	1994–2014
15	WOLF, JOHN M JR	$104,150	137	ATTY	—	2000–2014
16	PROBASCO, SCOTT L	$100,650	51	AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK	—	1990–2008
17	Lupton, Thomas A. Mr. Jr.	$97,551	123	—	—	2000–2010
18	LEBOVITZ, CHARLES B	$97,250	53	CBL & ASSOCIATES INC	—	1984–2014
19	HALL, JAMES E MR	$95,125	65	ATTORNEY	—	1980–2014
20	HARRISON, J FRANK	$93,935	100	—	—	1980–2014
21	THORNTON, JOHN C	$88,620	62	AMERICAN RUG COMPANY	—	1990–2014
22	HANEY, FRANKLIN L SR	$86,000	6	FRANKLIN L. HANEY COMPANY, LLC	CHAIRMAN	2012–2014
23	BERRY, JAMES C	$76,884	71	AIR TERMINAL PARKING CO	—	1982–2014
24	MCKENZIE, W. THORPE MR.	$74,800	4	POINTER MANAGEMENT COMPANY	INVESTOR	2008–2012
25	LEBOVITZ, CHARLES	$74,100	35	CBL AND ASSOC	—	1986–2012