Do Massachusetts campaign donations pay for federal awards?

No. USAspending obligations of $393,180,516,693.42 and FEC receipts of $57,266,729.61 are different datasets joined only by state. Agencies record 331,691 awards as obligations. A shared MA code is not a funding path.

How much federal spending is obligated in Massachusetts?

USAspending.gov records indexed here show $393,180,516,693.42 in obligations across 331,691 awards tagged to Massachusetts. That figure is an obligation total, not an outlay series and not an FEC receipt total.

How much have Massachusetts federal candidates raised?

FEC.gov aggregates show $57,266,729.61 in candidate receipts across 720 federal committees tagged to Massachusetts. Democratic filers reported $51,961,435.55 (about 90.7%). Republican filers reported $5,006,463.81 (about 8.7%). That split does not describe awards.

Does the 90.7% Democratic receipt share apply to Massachusetts contracts?

No. About 90.7% is a share of FEC candidate-committee receipts only. This packet has no party field on the 331,691 USAspending awards.

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Massachusetts campaign finance next to federal obligations

USAspending.gov records $393,180,516,693.42 in federal obligations to Massachusetts recipients across 331,691 awards. FEC.gov candidate committees tagged to Massachusetts reported $57,266,729.61 in receipts across 720 filers. Democratic committees account for $51,961,435.55 of those receipts, about 90.7% — the most lopsided Democratic-committee share in this join family. That share describes candidate committees. It does not describe the 331,691 awards, and donations do not fund those obligations.

Key figures

Massachusetts USAspending obligations are $393,180,516,693.42 across 331,691 awards.
Massachusetts FEC candidate receipts are $57,266,729.61 across 720 committees.
Democratic committees reported about 90.7% of those receipts; Republican committees about 8.7%.
That lopsided FEC split cannot be applied to federal awards.
Donations do not fund the obligations on this page.

Massachusetts obligations beside a 90.7% receipt share

The spending extract is $393,180,516,693.42 and 331,691 awards. The FEC extract is $57,266,729.61 and 720 candidate committees. Maryland also shows a Democratic-committee majority in this family (about 89.2%); Massachusetts’s about 90.7% is still a different dollar total and a different filing count (720 versus Maryland’s 1,309). Neither percentage belongs on the award table.

Open Massachusetts federal spending for obligations. Open Massachusetts FEC totals for receipts. All spending ties lists other pairs. MA is a shared code, not a payment path.

USAspending.gov in Massachusetts

The $393,180,516,693.42 total is obligations, not outlays. The 331,691 rows are award actions. Repeat recipients add rows. Research, health, and defense awards may sit in the mix; this packet does not publish an agency split, so none is quoted from memory.

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

Seven hundred twenty Massachusetts committees and 331,691 awards share only the MA code. $57,266,729.61 does not sit inside $393,180,516,693.42. Keep Democratic $51,961,435.55 attached only to the FEC line.

FEC.gov: $51,961,435.55 Democratic-committee receipts

Massachusetts candidate receipts are $57,266,729.61 from 720 committees. Democratic committees reported $51,961,435.55 (about 90.7%). Republican committees reported $5,006,463.81 (about 8.7%). Other and unaffiliated filers reported $298,830.25 (about 0.5%). About 90.7% is a share of $57,266,729.61. It is not a share of $393,180,516,693.42.

720 is a filing count, including primary challengers and residual committees. It is not the Massachusetts legislature’s state-office roster and not a contractor headcount.

90.7% of receipts is not 90.7% of awards

A near-unanimous FEC split invites a false headline about “Democratic Massachusetts spending.” USAspending awards in this packet have no party field. Printing 90.7% next to 331,691 awards invents a statistic. Adding $57,266,729.61 to the obligation total invents a combined checkbook.

Correlation is not causation. Different statutes, different filers.

How to cite Massachusetts

Name USAspending.gov for $393,180,516,693.42 and 331,691 awards. Name FEC.gov for $57,266,729.61, 720 committees, Democratic $51,961,435.55, Republican $5,006,463.81, other $298,830.25. State-office campaigns file under Massachusetts law and never enter either extract. City procurement is outside USAspending.gov.

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

State House campaigns and city contracts are not this join

Massachusetts state-office campaigns file under Massachusetts law. Those reports never enter $57,266,729.61 and never enter $393,180,516,693.42. City procurement in Boston and elsewhere is outside USAspending.gov. About 90.7% Democratic ($51,961,435.55) is a candidate-committee share among 720 filers. Maryland’s about 89.2% Democratic share in this family is a different dollar total and a different filing count. Neither percentage belongs on 331,691 awards.

Independent expenditures are not extra packet facts. Republican $5,006,463.81 (about 8.7%) and other $298,830.25 (about 0.5%) complete the receipt split. Mapping 90.7% onto $393,180,516,693.42 invents a party field. This packet has no agency split, so research or health shares are not quoted.

Cite USAspending.gov for $393,180,516,693.42 and 331,691 awards. Cite FEC.gov for $57,266,729.61 and 720 committees. Massachusetts federal spending and Massachusetts FEC totals are the live tables. All spending ties is the index. Donations do not fund the obligations.

About 90.7% Democratic of $57,266,729.61 among 720 committees is a receipt share. $393,180,516,693.42 across 331,691 awards is an obligation total. They are not a partisan spending statistic. Massachusetts federal spending and Massachusetts FEC totals stay separate. All spending ties is the index. Donations do not fund the obligations on this page.

Questions

Do Massachusetts campaign donations pay for federal awards?: No. USAspending obligations of $393,180,516,693.42 and FEC receipts of $57,266,729.61 are different datasets joined only by state. Agencies record 331,691 awards as obligations. A shared MA code is not a funding path.
How much federal spending is obligated in Massachusetts?: USAspending.gov records indexed here show $393,180,516,693.42 in obligations across 331,691 awards tagged to Massachusetts. That figure is an obligation total, not an outlay series and not an FEC receipt total.
How much have Massachusetts federal candidates raised?: FEC.gov aggregates show $57,266,729.61 in candidate receipts across 720 federal committees tagged to Massachusetts. Democratic filers reported $51,961,435.55 (about 90.7%). Republican filers reported $5,006,463.81 (about 8.7%). That split does not describe awards.
Does the 90.7% Democratic receipt share apply to Massachusetts contracts?: No. About 90.7% is a share of FEC candidate-committee receipts only. This packet has no party field on the 331,691 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.