Oklahoma federal obligations beside FEC candidate receipts

Oklahoma’s pair is geography, not an energy-contribution trail

OK joins $172,714,552,032 from 368,371 awards to $29.3 million from 639 committees. Energy, aviation, and tribal-award stories may explain traffic to both hubs. They do not create a mapping from Schedule A to an award ID. The match key is the state code. That is the entire relationship.

368,371 is an unusually large action count relative to many smaller states in this slice. 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 $468,860 if you divide $172,714,552,032 by 368,371.

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

Reading 368,371 award actions as a row count

368,371 describes how many award records were written, including modifications. $172,714,552,032 describes commitments. They are independent columns. Inferring a typical Oklahoma award from those two facts would invent a number this page already flags as an average only. Health, defense, and civilian agencies can all appear without appearing on a campaign report.

Place of performance tagged to Oklahoma 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 $25.5 million (86.8% of $29.3 million). Democratic committees reported $3.8 million (13.0%). Other filers reported $31,733 (0.1%). 639 federal candidate committees tagged to Oklahoma sit behind those lines. Sort Oklahoma 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 $172,714,552,032 would require a column this packet does not contain. State-office campaigns sit outside the FEC total.

Tulsa versus Oklahoma City is not in this extract

Neither $29.3 million nor $172,714,552,032 is split by metro. 639 committees and 368,371 awards are statewide. A metro cut would be a different file. Independent expenditures about Oklahoma candidates can be paid from elsewhere and sit in neither total.

Do not add $29.3 million to $172,714,552,032. Do not treat 368,371 ÷ 639 as awards per campaign. Candidate committees are not award recipients in this join. Correlation across states is not evidence that donors funded awards.

Oklahoma citation lines

USAspending.gov: $172,714,552,032; 368,371 awards. FEC.gov: $29.3 million; 639 committees; Republican $25.5 million; Democratic $3.8 million; other $31,733. Campaign contributions are not federal awards. 639 is a filing count, not a November ballot census. 368,371 is an action count, not unique vendors. Tulsa-versus-Oklahoma City splits are not in this packet. State-office campaigns file under Oklahoma law and sit outside the FEC extract. Local procurement paid without a federal award sits outside the obligation total. Amended candidate reports move receipts; award restatements move obligations.

A high row count is not a contractor census

368,371 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 368,371 labeled as an action count even when a headline wants a headcount of Oklahoma contractors.

Energy and aviation folklore are not packet NAICS. Open Oklahoma federal spending for agency fields that exist. Keep 86.8% on the FEC sentence only. All spending ties does not assign party to $172,714,552,032. Do not rank Oklahoma as more politically connected because a large award-action count sits beside a campaign book. Influence is not a field in this packet. Energy folklore remains outside both extracts unless it appears as an agency or recipient row on the spending hub.

Questions

Do Oklahoma campaign donations fund federal awards in Oklahoma?

No. $29.3 million in FEC receipts and $172,714,552,032 in USAspending obligations are joined only by the OK code. 639 committees and 368,371 awards are different reporting systems. Donations do not become obligations on this page.

Why is Oklahoma’s award count so high?

USAspending lists 368,371 award actions coded to Oklahoma totaling $172,714,552,032. 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 Oklahoma’s federal candidate fundraising?

Republican committees reported $25.5 million, or 86.8% of $29.3 million. Democratic committees reported $3.8 million (13.0%). Other filers reported $31,733. Those shares describe 639 committees, not USAspending recipients. Party labels travel with the candidate file only.

Where are Oklahoma’s two public tables?

Oklahoma federal spending on SpendingVault holds USAspending obligations. Oklahoma 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.