Do North Carolina campaign donations pay for federal awards?

No. USAspending obligations of $381,663,750,341.17 and FEC receipts of $113,723,193.92 are different datasets joined only by state. Agencies record 583,283 awards as obligations. A shared NC code is not a funding path.

How much federal spending is obligated in North Carolina?

USAspending.gov records indexed here show $381,663,750,341.17 in obligations across 583,283 awards tagged to North Carolina. That figure is an obligation total, not an outlay series and not an FEC receipt total.

How much have North Carolina federal candidates raised?

FEC.gov aggregates show $113,723,193.92 in candidate receipts across 1,305 federal committees tagged to North Carolina. Democratic filers reported $59,655,886.99 (about 52.5%). Republican filers reported $53,535,763.89 (about 47.1%). That split does not describe awards.

Does the North Carolina party split apply to contracts?

No. About 52.5% / 47.1% is a share of FEC candidate-committee receipts only. This packet has no party field on the 583,283 USAspending awards.

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North Carolina campaign finance next to federal obligations

USAspending.gov records $381,663,750,341.17 in federal obligations to North Carolina recipients across 583,283 awards. FEC.gov candidate committees tagged to North Carolina reported $113,723,193.92 in receipts across 1,305 filers. Receipts here are large relative to several states with similar obligation books — a campaign-file fact, not a claim that $113,723,193.92 funded $381,663,750,341.17. Donations do not pay for the awards.

Key figures

North Carolina USAspending obligations are $381,663,750,341.17 across 583,283 awards.
North Carolina FEC candidate receipts are $113,723,193.92 across 1,305 committees.
Democratic committees reported about 52.5% of those receipts; Republican committees about 47.1%.
A large FEC total next to awards is still two ledgers.
Donations do not fund the obligations on this page.

North Carolina’s two extracts, both sizable on their own terms

The spending extract is $381,663,750,341.17 and 583,283 awards. The FEC extract is $113,723,193.92 and 1,305 candidate committees. Ohio and Michigan also show nine-figure FEC totals in this family; North Carolina’s $113,723,193.92 sits with them. Award count (583,283) sits between Ohio’s 524,221 and Michigan’s 861,129. Those comparisons are still two ledgers per state.

Open North Carolina federal spending for obligations. Open North Carolina FEC totals for receipts. All spending ties lists other pairs. NC is a geography code, not a funding path.

USAspending.gov in North Carolina

The $381,663,750,341.17 total is obligations, not outlays. The 583,283 rows are award actions. Repeat recipients add rows. This packet has no unique-vendor census and no party field on awards.

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

One thousand three hundred five North Carolina committees and 583,283 awards share only the NC code. $113,723,193.92 does not sit inside $381,663,750,341.17. A large receipt book is still a separate ledger.

FEC.gov: a modest Democratic-committee edge

North Carolina candidate receipts are $113,723,193.92 from 1,305 committees. Democratic committees reported $59,655,886.99 (about 52.5%). Republican committees reported $53,535,763.89 (about 47.1%). Other and unaffiliated filers reported $531,543.04 (about 0.5%). About 52.5% / 47.1% is a competitive receipt split. It is not an award split.

1,305 is a filing count, including primary challengers and residual committees. It is not Raleigh’s state-office roster and not a contractor headcount.

A 52–47 receipt split cannot label 583,283 awards

Competitive FEC numbers invite horse-race language about federal spending. Do not. Awards have no party field here. Adding $113,723,193.92 to $381,663,750,341.17 invents a combined total. Treating a large receipt book as a bigger slice of the award book is still a category error.

Correlation is not causation. Different statutes, different filers.

How to cite North Carolina

Name USAspending.gov for $381,663,750,341.17 and 583,283 awards. Name FEC.gov for $113,723,193.92, 1,305 committees, Democratic $59,655,886.99, Republican $53,535,763.89, other $531,543.04. State-office campaigns file under North Carolina law and never enter either extract. Local procurement is outside USAspending.gov.

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

Raleigh campaigns and local buying stay off this join

North Carolina state-office campaigns file under North Carolina law. Those reports never enter $113,723,193.92 and never enter $381,663,750,341.17. Local procurement is outside USAspending.gov. Receipts of $113,723,193.92 are large relative to several similar-dollar obligation books. Large is a campaign-file fact. It is not a funding share of 583,283 awards.

Independent expenditures are not extra packet facts. Democratic $59,655,886.99 (about 52.5%), Republican $53,535,763.89 (about 47.1%), and other $531,543.04 (about 0.5%) describe 1,305 committees. A competitive receipt split invites horse-race language about federal spending. Do not. Awards have no party field here.

Cite USAspending.gov for $381,663,750,341.17 and 583,283 awards. Cite FEC.gov for $113,723,193.92 and 1,305 committees. North Carolina federal spending and North Carolina FEC totals are the live tables. All spending ties is the index. Donations do not fund the obligations.

A $113,723,193.92 receipt total among 1,305 committees is large relative to several similar-dollar obligation books. Large is not a funding share of $381,663,750,341.17 or 583,283 awards. Quote both sources. North Carolina federal spending and North Carolina FEC totals stay separate. All spending ties lists other pairs.

Questions

Do North Carolina campaign donations pay for federal awards?: No. USAspending obligations of $381,663,750,341.17 and FEC receipts of $113,723,193.92 are different datasets joined only by state. Agencies record 583,283 awards as obligations. A shared NC code is not a funding path.
How much federal spending is obligated in North Carolina?: USAspending.gov records indexed here show $381,663,750,341.17 in obligations across 583,283 awards tagged to North Carolina. That figure is an obligation total, not an outlay series and not an FEC receipt total.
How much have North Carolina federal candidates raised?: FEC.gov aggregates show $113,723,193.92 in candidate receipts across 1,305 federal committees tagged to North Carolina. Democratic filers reported $59,655,886.99 (about 52.5%). Republican filers reported $53,535,763.89 (about 47.1%). That split does not describe awards.
Does the North Carolina party split apply to contracts?: No. About 52.5% / 47.1% is a share of FEC candidate-committee receipts only. This packet has no party field on the 583,283 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.