ZIP Code 79701
MIDLAND, TX
Total Donations
$17,357,050
Contributions
16,977
Unique Donors
0
Federal Election Commission itemizations that list 79701 as the contributor ZIP total $17,357,050 across 16,977 contributions. Those figures come from FEC.gov reports indexed on LobbyVault; they are a sum of disclosed line items, not a census of everyone who lives in the code. The ZIP field is the five-digit postal code on the contribution record. Readers comparing this code with neighbors should treat the dollar total as a reporting aggregate, then open the ZIP hub for the underlying rows.
Key figures
- ZIP 79701 FEC itemizations total $17,357,050.
- The extract counts 16,977 contributions listing 79701 as the contributor ZIP.
- The ZIP is the five-digit code on the FEC receipt, not a unique-donor census.
- PAC and joint-fundraising addresses in 79701 can sit in the same dollar total as residential gifts.
What $17,357,050 attached to 79701 means
The $17,357,050 figure is the headline amount attached to ZIP 79701 in this FEC extract. Each dollar in that sum traces to an itemized contribution that carried 79701 in the ZIP box committees file with the Commission. The number is useful as a scale marker: this code sits among ZIPs whose disclosed federal totals exceed $17 million. It is not a statement about local election outcomes, and it does not allocate the money by party, office, or cycle in this summary.
LobbyVault displays the total so a searcher can see the ZIP’s disclosed volume before scanning individual receipts. FEC itemization rules mean small contributions below the reporting threshold never appear in this table. Large transfers booked to a committee account that happens to use 79701 will appear. The practical read is straightforward: this is disclosed federal money tagged to the ZIP, nothing more and nothing less.
How 16,977 itemized contributions should be read
The 16,977 contributions count is a count of itemized receipts, not a headcount of unique people. One person can appear many times across cycles, committees, and earmarked transfers. A single joint-fundraising split can also generate multiple rows that still share the same contributor ZIP. Because this packet does not include a distinct-donor total, this page does not invent one.
A ZIP with tens of thousands of itemizations can still be dominated by a handful of high-dollar lines, or it can be built from many modest receipts. The 79701 table on LobbyVault is the place to see which pattern holds. Sort and filter there rather than inferring a typical gift size from the two summary numbers alone.
Full analysis: Federal contributions from ZIP 79701 →
Questions
- How much did ZIP 79701 contribute in FEC itemized totals?
- Itemizations that list 79701 as the contributor ZIP total $17,357,050. That sum is built from 16,977 disclosed contributions in the FEC extract LobbyVault indexes. It is a reporting aggregate for the five-digit ZIP field, not a poll of local voters and not a count of unique people.
- Does 16,977 contributions mean 16,977 people in 79701 donated?
- No. The 16,977 figure counts itemized receipts, not unique donors. Repeat givers, earmarks, and joint-fundraising splits can each add rows. This packet does not include a distinct-donor total, so this page does not state one. Use the ZIP hub to inspect names and committees on individual lines.
- Is every dollar in the 79701 total from people who live there?
- Not necessarily. The FEC stores the five-digit ZIP from the contribution record. PAC offices and joint-fundraising accounts that file from 79701 can sit in the same total as gifts that list a home address in the code. The hub rows show which receipts are which.
- Where can I see the underlying 79701 FEC receipts?
- Open the ZIP 79701 FEC page for the itemized table behind $17,357,050 and 16,977 contributions. The all-ZIP index is the catalog of other codes, and the donor directory is the name-level search across the wider FEC file. FEC.gov remains the originating disclosure system.
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
Top Donors
| # | Name | Total | Contributions | Employer | Occupation | Cycles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KNOX, GORDON S | $26,000 | 10 | KNOX INDUSTRIES | — | 1980 |
| 2 | BEAL, CARLTON | $16,000 | 9 | PETROLEUM ENGINEER | — | 1980 |
| 3 | GIFFORD, JOE N | $15,500 | 4 | INDEPENDENT OIL OPERATOR | — | 1980 |
| 4 | BLAKEMORE, WILLIAM B II | $15,340 | 7 | OIL RANCHING | — | 1980 |
| 5 | CRAIG, EARLE M JR | $14,850 | 15 | OIL PRODUCER | — | 1980 |
| 6 | GIFFORD, EMILY | $14,500 | 6 | — | — | 1980 |
| 7 | HENDERSON, JOE R | $13,000 | 4 | — | — | 1980 |
| 8 | GIFFORD, JOE N MR | $12,000 | 2 | INDEPEND OIL OPERATOR | — | 1980 |
| 9 | MITCHELL, BASCOM L MR | $11,500 | 3 | INDEPENDENT OIL OPER | — | 1980 |
| 10 | BYNUM, RUFE S | $11,000 | 4 | OIL PRODUCTION | — | 1980 |
| 11 | CONINE, J H JR MR | $11,000 | 2 | — | — | 1980 |
| 12 | BRANUM, PENNY | $11,000 | 2 | HOUSE WIFE | — | 1980 |
| 13 | ALLEN, ROGER D MRS | $10,500 | 2 | HOUSE WIFE | — | 1980 |
| 14 | DUKE, E R MR | $10,020 | 2 | — | — | 1980 |
| 15 | LINDSEY, H E JR | $10,000 | 1 | MWL TOOL COMPANY | — | 1980 |
| 16 | BROWN, H L JR | $9,740 | 19 | — | — | 1980 |
| 17 | COX, JOHN L | $8,750 | 6 | JOHN L COX COMPANY | — | 1980 |
| 18 | BROWN, THOMAS C | $7,500 | 11 | TOM BROWN, INC | — | 1980 |
| 19 | COX, JOHN L MRS | $7,492 | 4 | HOMEMAKER | — | 1980 |
| 20 | FASKEN, MURRAY | $7,300 | 10 | — | — | 1980 |
| 21 | CAHOON, FRANK KELL | $6,900 | 3 | REQUESTED | — | 1980 |
| 22 | COLLINS, TED JR | $6,800 | 11 | AMERICAN QUASAR PETROLEUM | — | 1980 |
| 23 | HUBBARD, JERE CLAYTON MR | $6,000 | 2 | HOUSE WIFE | — | 1980 |
| 24 | DAVIS, W R MR | $6,000 | 2 | — | — | 1980 |
| 25 | HENDRIX, JOHN H | $6,000 | 7 | JOHN HENDRIX CORP | — | 1980 |