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POTOMAC, MD

FEC.gov itemizations listing contributor city POTOMAC, MD sum to $97,890,043 across 173,515 contributions. Potomac, Maryland’s mean near $564 follows from $97,890,043 divided by 173,515 lines. The table is a contributor-city aggregate, not a unique-donor census and not a party score. Original reports remain on FEC.gov.

Key figures

  • Potomac’s federal itemized city book is $97,890,043 across 173,515 contributions.
  • Cite contributor city, dollars, and line count together.
  • No party split is published on this Potomac aggregate.
  • Source: FEC.gov aggregates indexed on LobbyVault.

Potomac, MD: the itemized dollar total

Divide $97,890,043 by 173,515 and the average itemized line is about $564. Averages hide mixed line sizes. This packet has no distribution, so $564 is a mean, not a typical resident gift.

The city total can include a PAC or joint-fundraising committee address when that is the city filers typed. LobbyVault does not recode those rows out of the city string. Montgomery County, Maryland, orients Potomac. It is not a ranking of D.C. influence.

Readers who live near Bethesda or Rockville still need the city string as filed. A Potomac mailing habit is not the FEC dimension. POTOMAC, MD sums to $97,890,043 on 173,515 lines (about $564 each). Chevy Chase remains outside that pair.

Volume and average on the Potomac book

Potomac sits in a mid-range mean band on this extract: about $564 from $97,890,043 divided by 173,515. The pair is a city-field average, not a ranking of political intensity.

A later extract can move Potomac across that description if large lines are refunded or if many small lines are added. Recheck $97,890,043 and 173,515 on the hub.

Full analysis: POTOMAC, MD: $97.9M on 173,515 FEC receipts β†’

Questions

What does LobbyVault show for Potomac federal contributions?
FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor city POTOMAC, MD total $97,890,043 across 173,515 contributions in the LobbyVault aggregate. That figure is a city-string roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of people who live in Potomac. Unitemized gifts sit outside it.
How should I read the 173,515 figure for POTOMAC, MD?
LobbyVault counts 173,515 itemized contributions for POTOMAC, MD. That is a line count, not a headcount of unique people. Repeat gifts, redesignations, and memo entries can add rows without adding new donors. This packet does not publish a unique-donor figure, so 173,515 should not be quoted as a population. The matching dollar total on the same extract is $97,890,043.
What city field does FEC use for Potomac?
No. The city is the contributor-city value on the FEC itemization. Filers typed POTOMAC with state MD. Office addresses and mail that list Potomac can be part of $97,890,043 when that is the city string on the receipt. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a residential-only book. The 173,515-line count follows the same rule.
How current is the $97,890,043 total for Potomac?
The numbers come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $97,890,043 and 173,515 lines for POTOMAC, MD. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Unitemized federal gifts and non-federal filings from MD are outside both figures. If a later extract disagrees with this snapshot, the Commission’s filing controls. The mean of about $564 is arithmetic from those two packet facts.

City is the contributor city on FEC itemizations. Totals can include PAC and joint-fundraising addresses, not only residents.

City ties

All data ties β†’

Total Donations

$97,890,043

Contributions

173,515

Top Industry

HOMEMAKER

Top Industries

HOMEMAKER
$8K
INSURANCE
$7K
HOUSEWIFE
$6K
PHYSICIAN
$6K
MCGREGOR PRINTING CORP
$5K
REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER
$5K
AMBASSADOR
$5K
PEAT, MARWICK & MITCHELL
$4K
RETIRED
$4K
MARTIN-MARIETTA
$4K

Donation Trend by Cycle

1980
$132K
1982
$97K
1984
$108K
1986
$109K
1988
$124K
1990
$121K
1992
$131K
1994
$137K
1996
$249K
1998
$82K
2000
$140K
2002
$87K
2004
$151K
2006
$148K
2008
$266K
2010
$123K
2012
$174K
2014
$86K

Top Donors

Top individual donors in POTOMAC, MD, ranked by total donated.
#NameTotalContributionsEmployerCycles
1HELLMUTH, C T$6,5003INSURANCE1980
2COHEN, RICHARD S$5,2507REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER1980
3KRAKOWER, VICTOR$4,2006MCGREGOR PRINTING CORP1980
4KIM, JAY W DR$4,0004PHYSICIAN1980
5HARLAN, STEPHEN D$4,0005PEAT, MARWICK & MITCHELL1980
6COOPERSMITH, ESTHER L MS$4,0004HOMEMAKER1980
7ADAMS, L J$3,5005MARTIN-MARIETTA1980
8LANKFORD, THOMAS J$3,2005THOS J LANKFORD INC1980
9FOULGER, SID W$3,0003β€”1980
10KRAKOWER, NANCY L$3,0003HOUSE WIFE1980
11JOHNSON, DONALD R$3,0003β€”1980
12COOPERSMITH, ESTHER LIPSEN$3,0005HOUSEWIFE1980
13COOPERSMITH, ESTHER L HON$3,0002AMBASSADOR1980
14MURRAY, MICHAEL D$2,5003THEVENOT MURRAY & SCHEER1980
15MILLER, JOHN F III MR$2,5001MILLER & LONG CO INC1980
16FOLEY, BANCROFT T JR$2,2502ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR1980
17COOPERSMITH, ESTHER L$2,2503HOME MAKER1980
18KAY, EDWARD W$2,1002C P A1980
19MARRIOTT, RICHARD E MR$2,0001RESTAURANTS & HOTELS1980
20BYRON, LINDA M$2,0002HOUSEWIFE1980
21KAY, EDWARD W MR$2,0002CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT1980
22MILLER, GEORGE$1,8004CWA1980
23CLARK, VERNON A$1,7005OUTDOOR ADVERTISING ASSOC1980
24COOPERSMITH, ESTER$1,5001AMBASSADOR1980
25FRIEDMAN, BARRY MR$1,5002CPA1980
26BELOFF, STUART A$1,5002COMMERCIAL CARPENTRY1980
27DONOHOE, DAVID A$1,3062β€”1980
28ABRAMS, MILTON MR$1,2502MILTON ABRAMS ASSOCIATES1980
29KUNZ, FOSTER M$1,2502MARRIOTT CORP1980
30CAMALIER, CHARLES A JR$1,2502SELF EMPLOYED1980
31FEARING, FRED A$1,2002MCGREGOR PRINTING CORP1980
32HALVORSEN, JERALD V$1,2004β€”1980
33BOARDMAN, WILLIAM J$1,1252WHEELABRATOR CLEANFUEL CORP1980
34CLYBURN, JOHN B$1,0001CONSULTANT1980
35FERNEAU, ROBERT H$1,0001FINANCIAL GENERAL BANKSHARES INC1980
36COLEMAN, VERNON$1,0001β€”1980
37COLEMAN, BARBARA$1,0001β€”1980
38DELL, CAROLE O MS$1,0002β€”1980
39GORE, JAMES G$1,0003β€”1980
40FRIEDMAN, BARRY$1,0001β€”1980
41GEOGMEGAU, WM A MR$1,0001PIERSON BALL & DAVID1980
42BELOFF, FAE C MRS$1,0001COMMERCIAL COMPENTARY CORP1980
43COOPERSMITH, JONATHAN MR$1,0001β€”1980
44GERSHOWITZ, SYLVAN$1,0001MONUMENT PARKING CO1980
45BAKIR, ROSIE H$1,0001HOMEMAKER1980
46FREEDMAN, CARL$1,0001β€”1980
47FREEMAN, CARL M MR$1,0001β€”1980
48EISINGER, ROGER JR$1,0002BETHESDA LAND CO1980
49CALHOON, J M$1,0001EXECUTIVE1980
50HARRIS, NANCY L MS$1,0001β€”1980

Top Recipients

Top political committees that received donations from POTOMAC, MD.
#CommitteeTotal Received
1ACTBLUEC00401224$220,642
2NRSCC00027466$189,997
3REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEEC00003418$147,989
4DNC-NON-FEDERAL INDIVIDUALC60000254$116,000
5WINREDC00694323$93,948
6REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE - CONTRIBUTIONS (AKA REPUBLICAN NATIONAL FINANCE COMMITTEEC00003376$84,850
7AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP CIVIC ACTION COMMITTEE (AKA AKIN GUMP PAC)C00104901$68,406
8DNC SERVICES CORP / DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEEC00010603$52,982
9MCCAIN VICTORY 2008C00448498$40,600
10ROMNEY VICTORY, INC.C00518282$36,050
11DCCCC00000935$32,052
12NATIONAL REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL COMMITTEE - CONTRIBUTIONS *C00091009$29,700
13ROMNEY FOR PRESIDENT, INC.C00431171$26,626
14OBAMA FOR AMERICAC00431445$24,110
15NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE CONTRIBUTIONSC00002931$23,500