Illinois campaign finance next to federal obligations

Illinois as a high-row, separate-ledger join

The spending extract is $431,054,970,170.13 and 1,858,266 awards. The FEC extract is $140,632,460.60 and 1,796 candidate committees. Pennsylvania also shows a high action count in this family; Illinois’s 1,858,266 sits even higher while dollars ($431,054,970,170.13) sit below Pennsylvania’s obligation total. That is two award files with different mixes of small and large actions. Neither mix is a campaign-finance result.

Open Illinois federal spending for the obligation table. Open Illinois FEC totals for receipts. All spending ties lists other pairs. IL is a geography code, not a wire from a donor to a grantee.

What 1,858,266 Illinois awards are

Each row is an award action on USAspending.gov. The $431,054,970,170.13 sum is obligations, not outlays. Repeat recipients add rows. A high action count is not a claim that Illinois “wins” federal spending versus a higher-dollar, lower-row state. Dollars and rows answer different questions.

Illinois federal spending is the live hub. It still will not list FEC contributor names.

FEC.gov receipts with a Democratic-committee majority

Illinois candidate receipts are $140,632,460.60 from 1,796 committees. Democratic committees reported $108,140,116.97 (about 76.9%). Republican committees reported $31,892,386.76 (about 22.7%). Other and unaffiliated filers reported $599,956.87 (about 0.4%). About 76.9% is a share of receipts, not a share of 1,858,266 awards.

1,796 is a filing count, close to the award-count’s order of magnitude only by coincidence of digits — 1,796 committees versus 1,858,266 actions. Those units are not comparable. Party codes stay on the FEC side.

Do not map 76.9% onto 1,858,266 awards

Printing a Democratic share next to Illinois federal spending invents a party field. Adding $140,632,460.60 to $431,054,970,170.13 invents a combined total. Treating receipts as a line item inside a high-row assistance file still mixes datasets.

Correlation is not causation. Different statutes, different filers. Campaign money is not an award.

How to footnote Illinois

Name USAspending.gov for $431,054,970,170.13 and 1,858,266 awards. Name FEC.gov for $140,632,460.60, 1,796 committees, Democratic $108,140,116.97, Republican $31,892,386.76, other $599,956.87. Springfield state-office campaigns file under Illinois law and never enter either extract. City procurement in Chicago is outside USAspending.gov.

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

Springfield campaigns and Chicago procurement are not this join

Illinois state-office campaigns file under Illinois law. Those reports never enter $140,632,460.60 and never enter $431,054,970,170.13. City procurement in Chicago is outside USAspending.gov. The 1,858,266 award rows are the highest action count in this family. Many small assistance actions can produce that shape. $140,632,460.60 in candidate receipts does not produce it.

Independent expenditures are not extra packet facts. Democratic $108,140,116.97 (about 76.9%), Republican $31,892,386.76 (about 22.7%), and other $599,956.87 (about 0.4%) describe 1,796 committees. Printing 76.9% next to 1,858,266 awards invents a party field. 1,796 committees versus 1,858,266 actions are different units that happen to share leading digits.

Cite USAspending.gov for $431,054,970,170.13 and 1,858,266 awards. Cite FEC.gov for $140,632,460.60 and 1,796 committees. Illinois federal spending and Illinois FEC totals are the live tables. All spending ties is the index. Donations do not fund the obligations.

One million eight hundred fifty-eight thousand two hundred sixty-six award actions can rise on small assistance rows while $431,054,970,170.13 barely moves. $140,632,460.60 in receipts among 1,796 committees is a third series. Keep the three labeled. Illinois federal spending and Illinois FEC totals are the live hubs. All spending ties is the join index.

Questions

Do Illinois campaign donations pay for federal awards?

No. USAspending obligations of $431,054,970,170.13 and FEC receipts of $140,632,460.60 are different datasets joined only by state. Agencies record 1,858,266 awards as obligations. A shared IL code is not a funding path.

How much federal spending is obligated in Illinois?

USAspending.gov records indexed here show $431,054,970,170.13 in obligations across 1,858,266 awards tagged to Illinois. That figure is an obligation total, not an outlay series. Award count is a row count, not a unique-recipient census.

How much have Illinois federal candidates raised?

FEC.gov aggregates show $140,632,460.60 in candidate receipts across 1,796 federal committees tagged to Illinois. Democratic filers reported $108,140,116.97 (about 76.9%). Republican filers reported $31,892,386.76 (about 22.7%). That split does not describe awards.

Why does Illinois have so many award rows?

This extract includes 1,858,266 award actions. Many small assistance rows can lift the count without matching a larger-dollar state’s obligation total. The count is not explained by $140,632,460.60 in FEC receipts.