CONTRACTOR as FEC text: $28.4M itemized

A trades-and-vendors word

Construction GCs, federal-vendor employees, and gig independents share the letters CONTRACTOR. The $28.4M total is that mixed word. People who typed a construction company, SELF-EMPLOYED, or CONSULTANT are in other rows.

NAICS 23 is not applied. LobbyVault does not recode this title into building construction versus professional contracting.

2,273 donors and 67,148 lines

2,273 donors produced 67,148 CONTRACTOR contribution lines totaling $28.4M. Unique-donor count is in the same band as RANCHER and REALTOR. Repeat giving explains receipts above unique donors.

Party share is not on this industry headline. Construction and defense PACs are committees, not this individual-label rollup.

SELF-EMPLOYED and CONSULTANT nearby

Independents often choose among CONTRACTOR, CONSULTANT, SELF, and SELF-EMPLOYED. Those four strings are four totals. Adding them would invent a 'no boss' recode that is not on this page.

Occupation pages show when occupation is CONTRACTOR and employer is a named firm — harvest may send the line to the firm. State contractor-license boards and SAM.gov are not copied into this row. The $28.4M total does not prove a federal vendor number or a state GC license. It proves 2,273 donors produced 67,148 itemized lines tagged CONTRACTOR. License checks belong on those other sites.

Donor table

The CONTRACTOR donor table lists disclosed names and amounts. A large gift is a public contribution. It is not evidence about a bid, a SAM registration, or a prevailing-wage dispute. LobbyVault does not infer which kind of contractor the donor is.

Read employer text on the line before writing a construction or defense story. Defense primes and residential remodelers share the word. A citation that says construction giving must show employer text from the donor table, not the industry headline alone. The headline is the mixed string.

Source

FEC.gov via LobbyVault: $28.4M, 67,148 contributions, 2,273 donors, top employer CONTRACTOR. Unitemized and non-federal activity are omitted.

Follow recipient committees from the table. Independent-work neighbors (SELF-EMPLOYED, CONSULTANT, SELF) absorb people who might have typed CONTRACTOR. Those dollars are not in $28.4M. Named construction companies absorb people who typed a letterhead instead of the title.

Construction, vendors, and independent-work neighbors

CONTRACTOR mixes general contractors, federal vendors, and independents. The $28.4M total, 67,148 contribution lines, and 2,273 donors do not split those groups. SELF-EMPLOYED, CONSULTANT, SELF, and named construction companies are other keys. Unitemized gifts, state races, and construction PACs are omitted. LobbyVault does not apply NAICS 23 or a SAM-registration flag.

Occupation pages show CONTRACTOR as occupation with a firm employer — harvest may send the line to the firm. Open the CONTRACTOR donor table and read employer text before writing a construction or defense narrative. The word is self-reported FEC text, not a NAICS industry, from FEC.gov via LobbyVault. Prevailing-wage and bid-protest stories need procurement files. This page supplies disclosed political gifts only, from FEC.gov via LobbyVault, under the CONTRACTOR label. Construction reporters and procurement reporters will both over-claim this row if they skip employer text. CONTRACTOR on FEC forms covers 2,273 donors and 67,148 lines totaling $28.4M, mixing GCs, vendors, and independents. License boards and SAM.gov remain the places to verify status. SELF-EMPLOYED, CONSULTANT, SELF, and named construction companies are the keys that already hold related people. Those dollars are not in $28.4M. Occupation pages recover CONTRACTOR as occupation with a firm employer when harvest sent the line to the firm. Unitemized gifts, state races, and construction PACs stay outside the industry headline. The word is self-reported FEC text from FEC.gov via LobbyVault, not NAICS 23. Bid tabs and SAM records stay on procurement sites. This CONTRACTOR table stays on political gifts: 2,273 people, 67,148 lines, $28.4M. A remodeler and a defense vendor can share a row because the stored word is the same. Named GC letterheads already left for company keys. SELF-EMPLOYED independents who never typed CONTRACTOR never arrived. Read employer text on the line before publishing a construction figure. Occupation pages catch title-versus-firm splits. Unitemized amounts remain invisible here. FEC.gov via LobbyVault is the source for the string, not NAICS 23.

Questions

How much have CONTRACTOR donors given federally?

LobbyVault attributes $28.4M to the CONTRACTOR FEC string, from 67,148 contributions and 2,273 donors. SELF-EMPLOYED, CONSULTANT, and named firms are separate. The label is not a NAICS construction total. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.

Are these construction contractors or government vendors?

The FEC string does not say. Both groups type CONTRACTOR. The $28.4M total is the mixed word. Check employer text on each receipt to classify a person. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.

Is CONTRACTOR merged with SELF-EMPLOYED?

No. They are different free-text values. CONSULTANT, SELF, and DEVELOPER are also separate rows. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted. This answer uses only the packet totals for that FEC employer/occupation string as indexed on LobbyVault from FEC.gov, with no NAICS overlay applied.

How many unique contractor donors are listed?

The rollup counts 2,273 donors and 67,148 contribution lines. Repeat gifts raise the receipt count. This is not a licensed-contractor census. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.