What RANCHER donors give in federal races

Mid-width agricultural-title pool

$17,057,096 is the occupation-level dollar total. 40,878 is the itemization count. 3,387 is the donor-record count. Mean contribution size is about $417. Mean dollars per donor record are about $5,036. Repeat giving is about 12 itemizations per donor record.

3,387 donor records is a mid-width pool. The per-line mean of about $417 sits between high-volume workplace titles and concentrated finance strings in this harvest band.

These means are not typical-check estimates and not a measure of ranch revenue allocated to politics. The packet has no acreage field, no cattle-versus-other-livestock split, and no gift-size distribution.

RANCHER is not FARMER

FARMER is a neighboring occupation key already indexed as its own hub. This page cites only RANCHER: $17,057,096, 40,878 contributions, and 3,387 donors. Ranch owner, cattleman, and grazier stay outside the total unless the bulk extract normalized those words to RANCHER.

The FEC does not verify brand registrations, grazing permits, or USDA producer lists. People who ranch as a side occupation and donors who used RANCHER as a land-ownership label can all appear. Occupation is the donor’s typed word.

What the dollars do not measure

$17,057,096 is not an agriculture-industry PAC total and not a farm-bill scorecard. Industry pages group employers. Occupation RANCHER will not equal a livestock or crop industry page dollar for dollar.

Party is not stored in the occupation column. Open the RANCHER occupation page for recipient rows rather than reading bloc preference from the job word. Restated in compact millions, the occupation total is $17.1 million.

Occupation versus industry for livestock work

A donor who listed RANCHER on some gifts and FARMER on others will appear in both occupation totals for the respective lines. Occupation is stored per transaction. Adding those keys without naming each source total changes the unit from one FEC string to a homemade cluster.

Use the occupations index to see neighboring agricultural titles as separate keys. Use industry pages for employer-side cuts.

Limits and source

Occupation is free text. Extra words (retired rancher, ranch owner) create parallel buckets when they do not normalize to RANCHER. Unitemized receipts never carry an occupation code, so they never enter $17,057,096.

3,387 is a contributor-record count, not a unique-person estimate after name matching. Source: FEC Form 3/3X itemizations indexed on LobbyVault from FEC bulk data.

Livestock title without a producer roster

RANCHER in this extract is $17,057,096 on 40,878 itemizations from 3,387 donor records. About 12 itemizations per donor record is a moderate repeat rate. Mean line size is about $417; mean dollars per donor record are about $5,036. FARMER is the neighboring agricultural string and is not included.

Industry pages for agriculture will not equal $17,057,096. Brand and permit status are not verified. A public-record citation that stays inside the packet is: occupation equals RANCHER, dollars equal $17,057,096, contributions equal 40,878, donors equal 3,387. LobbyVault does not infer motive from the occupation column. Compact millions ($17.1 million) are the same headline amount as $17,057,096, rounded to one decimal place. Live hub filters may change displayed sums; this file restates harvested packet facts only.

3,387 donor records is a mid-width pool. Ranch owner, cattleman, and retired rancher create parallel buckets when they do not normalize to RANCHER. Unitemized receipts never carry an occupation code, so they never enter $17,057,096. USDA producer lists are not matched to this occupation string.

Keep RANCHER on its own line with its own dollar, contribution, and donor facts. The occupations index is the inventory of neighboring agricultural titles. 3,387 is a contributor-record count, not a unique-person estimate after name matching. Quote occupation equals RANCHER, then $17,057,096, 40,878 contributions, and 3,387 donors. Candidate and committee pages hold the recipient side.

Grazing, cattle, and mixed-operation donors share RANCHER only when that word is the occupation text. 40,878 itemizations from 3,387 donor records produced $17,057,096. FARMER remains a separate agricultural key. USDA producer lists are not matched. Cite the three facts and leave industry pages on the employer side.

Grazing permits are not in the packet. 3,387 donor records is not a unique-person estimate after name matching. Restate the citation as occupation equals RANCHER, dollars equal $17,057,096, contributions equal 40,878, donors equal 3,387.

Questions

How much have RANCHER donors given in FEC records?

Occupation RANCHER is attached to $17,057,096 in LobbyVault’s FEC bulk index, from 40,878 contributions and 3,387 donor records. The total is itemized occupation money, not a USDA producer census. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.

Is FARMER included in the RANCHER total?

No. FARMER is a separate occupation string. This page covers RANCHER only: $17,057,096, 40,878 contributions, and 3,387 donors. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total. The live hub may apply cycle filters; this packet is the harvested occupation key.

What is the average RANCHER contribution?

Dividing $17,057,096 by 40,878 itemizations yields about $417 per contribution. Dividing by 3,387 donors yields about $5,036 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.

Does listing RANCHER prove a working ranch?

No. Occupation is self-reported free text. The FEC record does not verify grazing permits or brand registrations. Quote 40,878 contributions and 3,387 donor records with the $17,057,096 total. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.