PHARMACIST as FEC employer text: $7.3 million

A credential parked in the employer field

Many pharmacists type a chain, a hospital, or an independent store. 393 donors typed PHARMACIST instead. LobbyVault groups that title as an industry key. The $7,321,276 total is those itemized gifts. It is not retail pharmacy revenue and not every person with a pharmacy license.

Donors who listed a chain legal name, a hospital pharmacy, or only PHARMACY as a business word sit in other rows if stored that way. Occupation pages can show pharmacist as a title beside a named employer. This page stays on the employer-box string PHARMACIST.

Independent owners, chain employees, and hospital pharmacists can share PHARMACIST if they skipped the store name. The $7,321,276 total cannot be read as independent-pharmacy political spending. Named chains remain other keys.

393 donors and 9,483 lines

393 unique donors produced 9,483 PHARMACIST contribution lines totaling $7,321,276. That is on the order of 24 itemized receipts per donor. Dollar volume is close to MEDICAL DOCTOR’s row, with far fewer people and fewer lines. The packet does not publish a mean gift or a retail-versus-hospital split.

Party share is not on the industry headline. Independent expenditures and any pharmacy-association committee filings are outside the $7,321,276 unless an individual receipt itself carries this employer string. Unitemized gifts never appear.

393 unique donors produced 9,483 lines. That is fewer people than MEDICAL DOCTOR’s row and a smaller line count. The comparison is qualitative only; this page reports PHARMACIST’s own three facts.

Clinician title siblings, not a drugstore rollup

PHYSICIAN, MEDICAL DOCTOR, MD, DENTIST, and named chains are separate strings. Combining them with PHARMACIST would mix distinct FEC fields. This page reports $7,321,276 for PHARMACIST only.

PFIZER INC and KAISER PERMANENTE are manufacturer and health-system employer names in this batch. Staff there who typed those companies are not in these 393 donors unless a receipt also grouped to PHARMACIST.

Donor table

The PHARMACIST donor table lists disclosed names, amounts, and recipient committees. A large gift is a public individual contribution. LobbyVault does not attach a dispensing record, a DEA registration, or a motive to that line. Retired pharmacists who still type the title share the string with people currently licensed. The FEC field is not a state board roster.

Repeat names are expected among 9,483 lines from 393 people. Follow committees on the table for party and office. This page does not assign a partisan percentage to the title string.

The PHARMACIST donor table will mix independent owners and chain employees whenever both typed the license title. That mix is a property of the FEC field, not a LobbyVault recode. The $7,321,276 total from 393 donors does not isolate either group. Named pharmacy employers remain other keys for receipts that carried those legal names.

Source

FEC.gov via LobbyVault: $7,321,276, 9,483 contributions, 393 donors, top employer PHARMACIST. Coverage is itemized federal individual receipts. State filings are omitted.

The ranking uses FEC employer/occupation self-reports, not NAICS. Open the industry index for PHYSICIAN and named pharmacy employers. Use occupation breakdowns for titles stored beside a chain name.

Title rows versus chain and manufacturer payroll

PHARMACIST as employer text captures 393 people and 9,483 lines totaling $7,321,276. Chain legal names, hospital pharmacies, and PFIZER INC are other keys. A pharmacist who typed a store is not in these 393 donors on that receipt. Combining title and company rows without a recode overstates one FEC field.

KAISER PERMANENTE is a health-system employer. MEDICAL DOCTOR and PHYSICIAN are clinician titles. None of those totals belong inside the $7,321,276. Unitemized gifts and association PAC filings stay out unless the individual receipt lists PHARMACIST.

The donor table lists disclosed names and committees. LobbyVault does not attach a DEA registration to a large gift. Occupation pages show the license title beside a named employer when that is how the form was filled. Cite FEC.gov via LobbyVault, not a NAICS drugstore total.

Keep PHARMACIST’s $7,321,276, 9,483 contributions, and 393 donors on this license title. Named chains, PFIZER INC, and PHYSICIAN stay on their own pages. Unitemized gifts remain omitted. Occupation breakdowns show the title beside a store when that is how the form was filled. The donor table lists disclosed recipients; this guide does not assign party percentages. FEC.gov via LobbyVault is the source, not a NAICS drugstore total.

Questions

How much have PHARMACIST-listed donors given federally?

LobbyVault attributes $7,321,276 to the PHARMACIST employer string, from 9,483 contributions and 393 donors. These are itemized individual receipts, not a drugstore PAC and not a NAICS pharmacy total. Unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.

Is this CVS, Walgreens, or Pfizer political spending?

No. The $7,321,276 total is individual contributions whose employer text grouped to PHARMACIST. Named chains and PFIZER INC are other FEC employer keys. LobbyVault does not fold those rows into this title string. Figures are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.

Does this include every licensed pharmacist?

No. Pharmacists who typed a store, hospital, or manufacturer name are in those other rows. A receipt counted here carries the grouped text PHARMACIST. Occupation pages may still list the title beside a company. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.

How many unique donors listed PHARMACIST?

The rollup counts 393 donors and 9,483 contribution lines. Repeat gifts raise the receipt count. This is not a census of pharmacy licenses. Figures are limited to the FEC string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.