New Jersey campaign finance next to federal obligations

New Jersey as a high-row, mid-dollar join

The spending extract is $328,412,376,279.18 and 1,170,518 awards. The FEC extract is $86,079,611.08 and 1,558 candidate committees. Virginia, earlier in this family, shows 1,181,515 awards against $840,797,163,149.75 — similar row counts, very different dollars. New Jersey’s 1,170,518 against $328,412,376,279.18 is the lower-dollar member of that row-count pair. Neither member is a campaign-finance result.

Open New Jersey federal spending for obligations. Open New Jersey FEC totals for receipts. All spending ties lists other pairs. NJ is a geography code, not a payment trail.

What 1,170,518 New Jersey awards are

Each row is an award action on USAspending.gov. The $328,412,376,279.18 sum is obligations, not outlays. Repeat recipients add rows. A high action count is not a claim that New Jersey “wins” federal spending versus a higher-dollar, lower-row state.

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

FEC.gov: Democratic committees at about 76.4%

New Jersey candidate receipts are $86,079,611.08 from 1,558 committees. Democratic committees reported $65,776,437.85 (about 76.4%). Republican committees reported $20,219,748.54 (about 23.5%). Other and unaffiliated filers reported $83,424.69 (about 0.1%). About 76.4% is close to Illinois’s Democratic receipt share in this family, on a smaller dollar total. Share similarity is not a reason to mix either state’s receipts with its awards.

1,558 is a filing count, including primary challengers and residual committees. It is not Trenton’s state-office roster and not a contractor headcount.

76.4% of receipts cannot label 1,170,518 awards

Printing a Democratic share next to New Jersey federal spending invents a party field. Adding $86,079,611.08 to $328,412,376,279.18 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.

How to cite New Jersey

Name USAspending.gov for $328,412,376,279.18 and 1,170,518 awards. Name FEC.gov for $86,079,611.08, 1,558 committees, Democratic $65,776,437.85, Republican $20,219,748.54, other $83,424.69. State-office campaigns file under New Jersey law and never enter either extract. Municipal procurement is outside USAspending.gov.

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

Trenton campaigns and municipal contracts are not this join

New Jersey state-office campaigns file under New Jersey law. Those reports never enter $86,079,611.08 and never enter $328,412,376,279.18. Municipal procurement is outside USAspending.gov. Award count 1,170,518 sits near Virginia’s 1,181,515 in this family against a much smaller dollar total than Virginia’s $840,797,163,149.75. Similar rows, different dollars: file mix, not a campaign result among 1,558 committees.

Independent expenditures are not extra packet facts. Democratic $65,776,437.85 (about 76.4%), Republican $20,219,748.54 (about 23.5%), and other $83,424.69 (about 0.1%) describe receipts only. About 76.4% is close to Illinois’s Democratic receipt share, on a smaller dollar total. Mapping 76.4% onto 1,170,518 awards invents a party field.

Cite USAspending.gov for $328,412,376,279.18 and 1,170,518 awards. Cite FEC.gov for $86,079,611.08 and 1,558 committees. New Jersey federal spending and New Jersey FEC totals are the live tables. All spending ties is the index. Donations do not fund the obligations.

One million one hundred seventy thousand five hundred eighteen award actions against $328,412,376,279.18 is a high-row, mid-dollar shape. $86,079,611.08 among 1,558 committees is a receipt extract. Keep the series labeled. New Jersey federal spending and New Jersey FEC totals are the live hubs. All spending ties is the join index.

Questions

Do New Jersey campaign donations pay for federal awards?

No. USAspending obligations of $328,412,376,279.18 and FEC receipts of $86,079,611.08 are different datasets joined only by state. Agencies record 1,170,518 awards as obligations. A shared NJ code is not a funding path.

How much federal spending is obligated in New Jersey?

USAspending.gov records indexed here show $328,412,376,279.18 in obligations across 1,170,518 awards tagged to New Jersey. That figure is an obligation total, not an outlay series. Award count is a row count, not a unique-recipient census.

How much have New Jersey federal candidates raised?

FEC.gov aggregates show $86,079,611.08 in candidate receipts across 1,558 federal committees tagged to New Jersey. Democratic filers reported $65,776,437.85 (about 76.4%). Republican filers reported $20,219,748.54 (about 23.5%). That split does not describe awards.

Why does New Jersey have so many award rows?

This extract includes 1,170,518 award actions against $328,412,376,279.18. Many small assistance rows can lift the count. The count is not explained by $86,079,611.08 in FEC receipts.