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ZIP Code 85255

SCOTTSDALE, AZ

Total Donations

$36,193,632

Contributions

90,107

Unique Donors

0

ZIP 85255 accounts for $36,193,632 in federal contributions across 90,107 FEC itemized receipts. The sum is from FEC.gov filings that list 85255 as the contributor ZIP, indexed on LobbyVault. North Scottsdale, Arizona uses this code in the McDowell foothills. PAC and joint-fundraising addresses can share those five digits.

Key figures

  • ZIP 85255 FEC itemizations total $36,193,632 on 90,107 receipts.
  • Mean itemized amount is about $402.
  • 85255 is a north Scottsdale mailing code, not a Valley combined total.
  • Unique donor counts are not in this packet.

North Scottsdale volume on 90,107 lines

Ninety thousand one hundred seven itemized receipts add to $36,193,632. The mean is about $402 per line ($36,193,632 / 90,107). That pairing is a high-volume desert-suburb pattern: many receipts, a few-hundred-dollar mean, eight-figure dollars. A mean in that band usually means many modest itemizations with a thinner tail of larger checks.

Sort the ZIP 85255 FEC page by amount to inspect the tail. The mean can look ordinary even if a few transfers are large, because 90,107 lines dilute them. Receipt count is not unique people. This packet has no donor-distinct figure. Treat 90,107 as lines on committee reports, not as a census of north Scottsdale.

Scottsdale is not a single ZIP. 85255 is one north-foothills code. Other Scottsdale and Phoenix codes have their own hubs. Rank them on the all-ZIP index. Adding 85255 to those codes is a recode FEC.gov did not publish on this table.

What $36,193,632 leaves out

The aggregate is not an Arizona Secretary of State campaign total and not a city of Scottsdale campaign report. It is federal itemizations from FEC.gov. It is also not a party index. FEC schedules do not score ZIP codes by ideology, and this packet does not invent one.

Unitemized federal gifts sit outside $36,193,632. Independent expenditures paid from another ZIP are omitted even if they mention an Arizona race. Occupation and employer strings live on individual receipts. This ZIP rollup does not tally them. A retirement-or-real-estate story that cites $36,193,632 without opening those strings is using a ZIP total as a substitute for an employer table it does not have.

Full analysis: Federal contributions itemized with ZIP 85255

Questions

How much did ZIP 85255 itemize in federal contributions?
LobbyVault’s ZIP aggregate shows $36,193,632 across 90,107 FEC contributions listing 85255, sourced from FEC.gov. The five-digit field is the contributor ZIP on each receipt. The mean is about $402 per line, which is not a unique-donor average.
What is the average 85255 contribution?
Dividing $36,193,632 by 90,107 receipts yields about $402 per line. That is a mean, not a median, and not a per-person average. This packet does not include a unique-donor count, so the receipt total should not be read as a headcount of north Scottsdale residents.
Does 85255 cover all of Scottsdale?
No. 85255 is one five-digit code used in north Scottsdale. Other Scottsdale ZIPs have separate FEC hubs with their own dollar totals. Compare them on the all-ZIP index. The $36,193,632 figure is only the itemizations labeled 85255.
Where can I see 85255 receipts?
On the ZIP 85255 FEC page, which lists the table behind $36,193,632 and 90,107 receipts. Rank other mailing codes on the all-ZIP index. Use the donor directory for person-level records. LobbyVault’s 85255 packet reports the dollar total and the contribution count only.

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
$224K
1982
$104K
1984
$122K
1986
$315K
1988
$66K
1990
$39K
1992
$71K
1994
$73K
1996
$62K
1998
$49K
2000
$87K
2002
$38K
2004
$70K
2006
$91K
2008
$142K
2010
$78K
2012
$170K
2014
$40K

Top Donors

Top individual donors in ZIP code 85255 (SCOTTSDALE, AZ), ranked by total donated.
#NameTotalContributionsEmployerOccupationCycles
1LINCOLN, JOHN C MRS$13,45016NONE1980
2FOWLER, JAMES S MR$10,0001ART DEALER1980
3HIGGINS, EDGAR J$8,2507RETIRED1980
4HERVEY, FRED$7,7509CIRCLE K1980
5BENTSON, K G$5,15010GUARANTY TRUST CO1980
6GETZ, BERT A$4,6006GLOBE CORP1980
7HIRT, GERALD E$4,40071980
8HIGGINS, E J$4,2506RETIRED1980
9BATASTINI, RALPH C$4,0002THE GREYHOUND CORP1980
10MOLLER, JOSEPH A$3,4006INVESTOR1980
11ISBELL, MARION W MR$3,0504RAMADA INNS INC1980
12HIGGINS, EDGAR J MRS$3,0005RETIRED1980
13BENTSON, K G MR$3,0005RETIRED1980
14CUSHMAN, ALLERTON$2,7504RETIRED1980
15KNOELL, FRANK E$2,7502KNOELL BROS CONSTRUCTION INC1980
16DAVIE, E T BEDFORD$2,5004RETIRED1980
17LEVITT, NORMAN D$2,5004MAYO HOME FURNISHINGS1980
18EDMISTON, ROSEMARY L$2,5004RETIRED1980
19KNOELL, MARGARET E$2,5001KNOELL BROS CONST1980
20GLENN, PAUL F$2,5003REQUESTED1980
21GLENN, PAUL$2,50031980
22ISBELL, MARION$2,3005RETIRED1980
23CONVERSE, E C$2,2503RETIRED1980
24GALBRAITH, H S$2,2503FOXWORTH-GALBRAITH LUMBER CO1980
25BROOKS, C M$2,0904BROOKS CADILLAC INC1980