Georgia campaign finance next to federal obligations

A large Georgia receipt book next to a mid-pack award book

The spending extract is $338,575,779,243.59 and 535,884 awards. The FEC extract is $206,217,156.11 and 1,189 candidate committees. $206,217,156.11 is close to New York’s FEC total in this family even though New York’s obligations ($925,028,485,949.52) dwarf Georgia’s. If receipts funded awards, those ranks would not diverge like that. They diverge because the datasets are different.

Open Georgia federal spending for obligations. Open Georgia FEC totals for receipts. All spending ties lists other pairs. GA is a geography code, not a wire.

USAspending.gov in Georgia

The $338,575,779,243.59 total is obligations, not outlays. The 535,884 rows are award actions. Repeat recipients add rows. This packet has no unique-vendor census and no party field on awards.

Georgia federal spending is the live award hub. It does not list FEC donors.

FEC.gov: Republican committees at about 59.1%

Georgia candidate receipts are $206,217,156.11 from 1,189 committees. Republican committees reported $121,883,306.31 (about 59.1%). Democratic committees reported $84,285,352.37 (about 40.9%). Other and unaffiliated filers reported $48,497.43 (about 0.02%). About 59.1% is a share of a large receipt book. It is not a share of $338,575,779,243.59.

1,189 is a filing count — fewer committees than Ohio’s 1,570 even though Georgia’s receipts exceed Ohio’s. Dollars and filer counts are different FEC units. Neither unit attaches to award UEIs.

High receipts still cannot be stacked with awards

A $206,217,156.11 FEC total looks closer to award scale than Connecticut’s $19,660,417.19 does. Closer is not inside. Adding Georgia receipts to Georgia obligations still invents a combined total. Mapping 59.1% Republican onto 535,884 awards still invents a party field.

Correlation is not causation. Different statutes, different filers.

How to cite Georgia

Name USAspending.gov for $338,575,779,243.59 and 535,884 awards. Name FEC.gov for $206,217,156.11, 1,189 committees, Republican $121,883,306.31, Democratic $84,285,352.37, other $48,497.43. State-office campaigns file under Georgia law and never enter either extract. Local procurement is outside USAspending.gov.

Independent expenditures are not extra packet facts. Live hubs: Georgia federal spending and Georgia FEC totals. All spending ties is the join index.

Atlanta state filings and local procurement are not this join

Georgia state-office campaigns file under Georgia law. Those reports never enter $206,217,156.11 and never enter $338,575,779,243.59. Local procurement is outside USAspending.gov. Receipts of $206,217,156.11 are the third-largest in this family, behind California and Texas, while obligations sit far below those states. If receipts funded awards, those ranks would move together. They do not, because the datasets are different.

Independent expenditures are not extra packet facts. Republican $121,883,306.31 (about 59.1%), Democratic $84,285,352.37 (about 40.9%), and other $48,497.43 (about 0.02%) describe 1,189 committees. 1,189 is fewer filers than Ohio’s 1,570 even though Georgia’s receipts exceed Ohio’s. Filing count and receipt dollars are different FEC units. Neither unit attaches to 535,884 awards.

Cite USAspending.gov for $338,575,779,243.59 and 535,884 awards. Cite FEC.gov for $206,217,156.11 and 1,189 committees. Georgia federal spending and Georgia FEC totals are the live tables. All spending ties is the index. Donations do not fund the obligations.

Two hundred six million dollars in receipts among 1,189 committees can sit near New York’s FEC total while Georgia’s $338,575,779,243.59 sits far below New York’s obligations. That rank mismatch is the join’s lesson. Quote 535,884 awards on USAspending.gov. Georgia federal spending and Georgia FEC totals remain separate. All spending ties is the index.

Questions

Do Georgia campaign donations pay for federal awards?

No. USAspending obligations of $338,575,779,243.59 and FEC receipts of $206,217,156.11 are different datasets joined only by state. Agencies record 535,884 awards as obligations. A shared GA code is not a funding path.

How much federal spending is obligated in Georgia?

USAspending.gov records indexed here show $338,575,779,243.59 in obligations across 535,884 awards tagged to Georgia. That figure is an obligation total, not an outlay series and not an FEC receipt total.

How much have Georgia federal candidates raised?

FEC.gov aggregates show $206,217,156.11 in candidate receipts across 1,189 federal committees tagged to Georgia. Republican filers reported $121,883,306.31 (about 59.1%). Democratic filers reported $84,285,352.37 (about 40.9%). That split does not describe awards.

Why are Georgia FEC receipts so large relative to obligations?

The files show $206,217,156.11 in receipts and $338,575,779,243.59 in obligations. Those ranks diverge from states such as California because the datasets are different. This page does not treat receipts as a source of awards.