Do Maryland campaign donations pay for federal awards?

No. USAspending obligations of $480,918,851,682.68 and FEC receipts of $51,199,990.12 are different datasets joined only by state. Agencies record 296,336 awards as obligations. A shared MD code is not a funding path.

How much federal spending is obligated in Maryland?

USAspending.gov records indexed here show $480,918,851,682.68 in obligations across 296,336 awards tagged to Maryland. That figure is an obligation total, not an outlay series and not an FEC receipt total.

How much have Maryland federal candidates raised?

FEC.gov aggregates show $51,199,990.12 in candidate receipts across 1,309 federal committees tagged to Maryland. Democratic filers reported $45,665,830.09 (about 89.2%). Republican filers reported $5,523,708.03 (about 10.8%). That split does not describe awards.

Does the 89.2% Democratic receipt share apply to Maryland contracts?

No. About 89.2% is a share of FEC candidate-committee receipts only. This packet has no party field on the 296,336 USAspending awards.

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Maryland campaign finance next to federal obligations

USAspending.gov records $480,918,851,682.68 in federal obligations to Maryland recipients across 296,336 awards. FEC.gov candidate committees tagged to Maryland reported $51,199,990.12 in receipts across 1,309 filers. Democratic committees account for $45,665,830.09 of those receipts, about 89.2% — one of the more lopsided FEC splits in this join family. That share describes candidate committees. It does not describe the 296,336 awards, and donations do not fund those obligations.

Key figures

Maryland USAspending obligations are $480,918,851,682.68 across 296,336 awards.
Maryland FEC candidate receipts are $51,199,990.12 across 1,309 committees.
Democratic committees reported about 89.2% of those receipts; Republican committees about 10.8%.
That lopsided FEC split cannot be applied to federal awards.
Donations do not fund the obligations on this page.

Maryland’s award extract beside a Democratic-heavy receipt extract

The spending extract is $480,918,851,682.68 and 296,336 awards. The FEC extract is $51,199,990.12 and 1,309 candidate committees. 1,309 filers is a thicker roster than several states with similar receipt totals; many committees can report modest sums while a smaller set of committees can dominate dollars. About 89.2% Democratic of $51,199,990.12 is a dollar share, not a committee-count share — this packet does not split filers by party, so no such count is quoted.

Open Maryland federal spending for obligations. Open Maryland FEC totals for receipts. All spending ties lists other pairs. MD is a shared code, not a payment trail.

USAspending.gov obligations in Maryland

The $480,918,851,682.68 total is obligations, not outlays. The 296,336 rows are award actions. Repeat recipients add rows. Contractor geography around federal facilities can lift obligations without lifting campaign receipts; that is a spending-file observation, not a causal claim about 1,309 committees.

Maryland federal spending does not list FEC donors. Keep the award table and the receipt table in separate citations.

FEC.gov: $45,665,830.09 Democratic-committee receipts

Maryland candidate receipts are $51,199,990.12 from 1,309 committees. Democratic committees reported $45,665,830.09 (about 89.2%). Republican committees reported $5,523,708.03 (about 10.8%). Other and unaffiliated filers reported $10,452.00 (about 0.02%). The other line is a thin remainder. Party codes describe candidate committees, not USAspending recipients.

1,309 is a filing count, including primary challengers and residual committees. It is not Annapolis’s state-office list and not a vendor headcount.

89.2% of receipts is not 89.2% of awards

Printing a Democratic share next to $480,918,851,682.68 invents a party field on awards. This packet has none. Adding $51,199,990.12 to the obligation total invents a combined Maryland federal-money headline. Treating receipts as a rounding error inside 296,336 awards still mixes ledgers.

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

How to cite Maryland

Name USAspending.gov for $480,918,851,682.68 and 296,336 awards. Name FEC.gov for $51,199,990.12, 1,309 committees, Democratic $45,665,830.09, Republican $5,523,708.03, other $10,452.00. State-office campaigns file under Maryland law and never enter either extract. Local procurement is outside USAspending.gov.

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

Annapolis campaigns and local procurement stay off this join

Maryland state-office campaigns file under Maryland law. Those reports never enter $51,199,990.12 and never enter $480,918,851,682.68. County and municipal procurement is outside USAspending.gov. Contractor geography around federal facilities can lift 296,336 award rows without lifting Democratic $45,665,830.09 in candidate receipts. That is a spending-file observation, not a causal claim about 1,309 committees.

Independent expenditures are not extra packet facts. About 89.2% Democratic and about 10.8% Republican ($5,523,708.03) plus other $10,452.00 describe receipts only. Mapping 89.2% onto $480,918,851,682.68 invents a party field. 1,309 is a filing count, not a vendor headcount.

Cite USAspending.gov for $480,918,851,682.68 and 296,336 awards. Cite FEC.gov for $51,199,990.12 and 1,309 committees. Maryland federal spending and Maryland FEC totals are the live hubs. All spending ties is the join index. Donations do not fund the obligations.

About 89.2% Democratic of $51,199,990.12 among 1,309 committees is a receipt share. $480,918,851,682.68 across 296,336 awards is an obligation total. They refresh independently. Quote both sources. Maryland federal spending and Maryland FEC totals are the live tables. All spending ties lists other state joins. A shared MD code is not a funding path.

Questions

Do Maryland campaign donations pay for federal awards?: No. USAspending obligations of $480,918,851,682.68 and FEC receipts of $51,199,990.12 are different datasets joined only by state. Agencies record 296,336 awards as obligations. A shared MD code is not a funding path.
How much federal spending is obligated in Maryland?: USAspending.gov records indexed here show $480,918,851,682.68 in obligations across 296,336 awards tagged to Maryland. That figure is an obligation total, not an outlay series and not an FEC receipt total.
How much have Maryland federal candidates raised?: FEC.gov aggregates show $51,199,990.12 in candidate receipts across 1,309 federal committees tagged to Maryland. Democratic filers reported $45,665,830.09 (about 89.2%). Republican filers reported $5,523,708.03 (about 10.8%). That split does not describe awards.
Does the 89.2% Democratic receipt share apply to Maryland contracts?: No. About 89.2% is a share of FEC candidate-committee receipts only. This packet has no party field on the 296,336 USAspending awards.

Join of USAspending.gov state obligations with FEC.gov candidate receipts for the same state. These are different datasets — donations do not fund the obligations on this page.