What MD donors give in federal races

Abbreviation key, high line count

$14,302,179 is the occupation-level dollar total. 88,572 is the itemization count. 3,090 is the donor-record count. Mean contribution size is about $161. Mean dollars per donor record are about $4,628. Repeat giving is about 29 itemizations per donor record.

88,572 lines from 3,090 records is a high-repeat pattern. The per-line mean of about $161 is smaller than several spelled-out clinical titles in this harvest, which is why the contribution count explains the headline dollars.

These means are not typical-check estimates. The packet does not include a specialty split, a DO comparison, or a gift-size distribution.

MD is not PHYSICIAN and not DOCTOR

PHYSICIAN, DOCTOR, SURGEON, and M.D. — if the punctuated form exists as a separate key — are not rolled into this total unless the bulk extract normalized them to MD. This page cites only $14,302,179, 88,572 contributions, and 3,090 donors.

The FEC record does not verify a medical license. Managing directors who typed MD, Maryland residents who used the state postal code in the wrong field, and physicians who abbreviated the degree can all appear. Occupation is the donor’s typed word.

Reading the three facts together

A citation that showed only $14,302,179 would hide that the money arrived in 88,572 pieces. A citation that showed only 3,090 donors would hide how often those records reappear. Use all three facts.

LobbyVault does not infer party or health-policy motive from the occupation column. Recipient committees are a different join. Restated in compact millions, the occupation total is $14.3 million.

Occupation versus industry for a credential abbreviation

Industry pages group employers. A hospital MD and a private-practice MD share this occupation string if they typed MD. Adding occupation dollars to a health-care industry total double-counts overlapping itemizations.

Open the MD occupation page for rows. Use the occupations index to see neighboring clinical titles as separate keys. Do not add MD to PHYSICIAN and call the result physician giving.

Limits and source

Occupation is free text. Extra words (MD physician, retired MD) create parallel buckets when they do not normalize to MD. Unitemized receipts never carry an occupation code.

Source: FEC Form 3/3X itemizations indexed on LobbyVault. Quote occupation equals MD, then $14,302,179, 88,572 contributions, and 3,090 donors.

Credential abbreviation without a license match

MD in this extract is $14,302,179 on 88,572 itemizations from 3,090 donor records, or $14.3 million in compact millions. Arithmetic means are about $161 per contribution and about $4,628 per donor record, with roughly 29 itemizations per donor record. Means are not medians. PHYSICIAN and DOCTOR remain other occupation pages.

The two-letter string can collide with non-medical uses of MD. Combining MD with PHYSICIAN without naming each source total changes the unit from one FEC string to a homemade cluster. Industry pages should not be added to $14,302,179. A public-record citation that stays inside the packet is: occupation equals MD, dollars equal $14,302,179, contributions equal 88,572, donors equal 3,090. Live hub filters may change displayed sums; this file restates harvested packet facts only.

88,572 itemizations is the number that explains how $14.3 million accumulated on a mean line of about $161. MD physician and retired MD create parallel buckets when they do not normalize to MD. Medical licenses are not verified. Unitemized receipts never carry an occupation code. The punctuated form M.D., if stored separately, stays outside this total.

Keep MD on its own line. Compact millions ($14.3 million) are the same headline amount as $14,302,179, rounded to one decimal place. 3,090 is a contributor-record count, not a unique-person estimate after name matching. Quote occupation equals MD, then $14,302,179, 88,572 contributions, and 3,090 donors. The occupations index is the inventory of neighboring clinical titles. Candidate and committee pages hold the recipient side.

Credential abbreviation MD is 3,090 donor records, 88,572 itemizations, and $14,302,179. PHYSICIAN and DOCTOR are other hubs. Some donors may have meant managing director; the packet still stores the two-letter string. Mean line size of about $161 is an arithmetic mean. Do not merge MD into PHYSICIAN. Quote the three facts.

Medical licenses are not in the packet. 3,090 donor records is not a unique-person estimate after name matching. Restate the citation as occupation equals MD, dollars equal $14,302,179, contributions equal 88,572, donors equal 3,090.

Questions

How much have MD donors given in FEC records?

Itemizations that list MD sum to $14,302,179 across 88,572 contributions and 3,090 donor records in the LobbyVault index of FEC bulk data. The figure is an occupation-string total, not a count of licensed physicians. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.

Are physicians included in MD?

Only if they typed MD. PHYSICIAN and DOCTOR are separate occupation strings. This page covers MD: $14,302,179, 88,572 contributions, and 3,090 donors. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.

Could MD mean managing director?

The FEC occupation field is free text. Some donors may have meant managing director. This page still cites the exact string MD: $14,302,179, 88,572 contributions, and 3,090 donors. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.

What is the average MD contribution?

Dividing $14,302,179 by 88,572 itemizations yields about $161 per contribution. Dividing by 3,090 donors yields about $4,628 per donor record. Both are means, not medians. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.