Kansas federal obligations next to FEC fundraising

KS joins geography, not aviation contributions to awards

The join key is KS. SpendingVault holds $95,849,816,637 from 585,768 awards. LobbyVault holds $23.7 million from 482 committees. Aircraft, agriculture, and military-base stories may explain traffic to both hubs. They do not create a mapping from Schedule A to an award ID.

585,768 is an unusually large action count. A large row count can reflect many modifications, assistance actions, or repeat awards rather than a unique-vendor boom. This packet does not publish a unique-recipient census. Mean dollars per action are about $163,631 if you divide $95,849,816,637 by 585,768.

Kansas federal spending holds the award extract. Kansas FEC totals holds the candidate extract. All spending ties keeps KS in a series of geographic joins. None of those pages funds awards with donations.

Reading 585,768 award actions as a row count

585,768 describes how many award records were written, including modifications. $95,849,816,637 describes commitments. They are independent columns. Inferring a typical Kansas award from those two facts would invent a number this page already flags as an average only.

Place of performance tagged to Kansas is not proof that every dollar was disbursed in-state. Outlays can lag or never fully match the obligation if an award is de-obligated. Cite {n['obl']} as obligations. Do not call it cash spent.

Republican-majority receipts, not a vendor party code

Republican committees reported $17.3 million (73.2% of $23.7 million). Democratic committees reported $6.2 million (26.4%). Other filers reported $111,994 (0.5%). 482 federal candidate committees tagged to Kansas sit behind those lines. Sort Kansas FEC totals by receipts if you need to see which committees hold the Republican share.

Party labels travel with candidate committees. USAspending rows here have no party field. Printing a Republican share of $95,849,816,637 would require a column this packet does not contain. State-office campaigns sit outside the FEC total.

Wichita versus Kansas City is not in this extract

Neither $23.7 million nor $95,849,816,637 is split by metro. 482 committees and 585,768 awards are statewide. A metro cut would be a different file. Independent expenditures about Kansas candidates can be paid from elsewhere and sit in neither total.

Do not add $23.7 million to $95,849,816,637. Do not treat 585,768 ÷ 482 as awards per campaign. Candidate committees are not award recipients in this join. Correlation across states is not evidence that donors funded awards.

Kansas citation lines

USAspending.gov: $95,849,816,637; 585,768 awards. FEC.gov: $23.7 million; 482 committees; Republican $17.3 million; Democratic $6.2 million; other $111,994. Campaign contributions are not federal awards.

482 is a filing count, not a November ballot census. 585,768 is an action count, not unique vendors. State-office campaigns file under Kansas law and sit outside the FEC extract. Local procurement paid without a federal award sits outside the obligation total.

A high row count is not a contractor census

585,768 award actions can look like a boom in unique vendors. The packet does not say that. Modifications, assistance actions, and repeat awards all add rows. Keep 585,768 labeled as an action count even when a headline wants a headcount of Kansas contractors.

Aviation folklore is not packet NAICS. Open Kansas federal spending for agency fields that exist. Keep 73.2% on the FEC sentence only. All spending ties does not assign party to $95,849,816,637. Do not rank Kansas as more connected because a large award-action count sits beside a campaign book. Wichita names belong on Kansas federal spending if they appear as recipients; they do not belong on the FEC sentence. A later ingest can restate obligations without touching receipts.

Aircraft-plant talking points are not packet NAICS. Keep Kansas’s award-action count labeled as a record count, including modifications. A researcher who wants both pictures keeps two tabs and does not add the totals. Wichita is not a third ledger in this extract. Amended candidate reports move receipts; award restatements move obligations.

Questions

Do Kansas campaign donations fund federal awards in Kansas?

No. $23.7 million in FEC receipts and $95,849,816,637 in USAspending obligations are joined only by the KS code. 482 committees and 585,768 awards are different reporting systems. Donations do not become obligations on this page.

Why is Kansas’s award count so high?

USAspending lists 585,768 award actions coded to Kansas totaling $95,849,816,637. The figure is a record count, including modifications and repeat actions, not a unique-vendor census. This packet does not explain the row volume beyond that definition.

How Republican is Kansas’s federal candidate fundraising?

Republican committees reported $17.3 million, or 73.2% of $23.7 million. Democratic committees reported $6.2 million (26.4%). Other filers reported $111,994. Those shares describe 482 committees, not USAspending recipients. Original filings remain on the source sites.

Where are Kansas’s two public tables?

Kansas federal spending on SpendingVault holds USAspending obligations. Kansas FEC totals on LobbyVault holds candidate receipts. All spending ties lists other state joins. Keep each total on its own source sentence. Original filings remain on the source sites. Original filings remain on the source sites.