Self-Employed/Physician money in federal elections

A slash pair, not two separate keys merged

FEC forms store Self-Employed/Physician when that exact pair is what the filer typed. LobbyVault does not build the row by adding SELF-EMPLOYED plus PHYSICIAN. The $5,473,429 total is itemized individual gifts whose grouped employer text matches the slash string. It is not a Census of private-practice offices and not a state medical-board licensee file.

People who typed SELF-EMPLOYED, PHYSICIAN, SELF EMPLOYED PHYSICIAN without the slash, MD, or a clinic legal name sit in other rows if stored that way. LobbyVault does not recode those variants into this mixed-case pair. The FEC field is not an AMA membership list. Occupation pages show titles stored beside the pair.

1,109 donors and 13,392 lines

1,109 unique donors produced 13,392 Self-Employed/Physician contribution lines totaling $5,473,429. That is on the order of 12 itemized receipts per donor — fewer repeats than high-volume payroll strings in this dollar band. The packet does not publish a mean gift or a split among specialties.

Party share is not on the industry headline. Independent expenditures and association PAC filings are outside the $5,473,429 unless an individual receipt itself carries this slash string. Unitemized gifts never appear. Coverage is federal itemized individual receipts only.

PHYSICIAN, SURGEON, and SELF-EMPLOYED stay separate

PHYSICIAN, SURGEON, MD, and SELF-EMPLOYED are separate keys. Combining them with Self-Employed/Physician would mix a slash pair, a credential, a specialty word, and a generic self-employment label. This page stays at $5,473,429 for Self-Employed/Physician only.

Occupation breakdowns list titles next to the pair. Hospital legal names remain other keys when donors typed a facility instead of the slash phrase. State filings are omitted from the $5,473,429.

Donor table

The Self-Employed/Physician donor table lists disclosed names, amounts, and recipient committees. A large gift is a public individual contribution. LobbyVault does not infer a private-practice EIN, a board certification, or a motive from the slash pair. The 1,109 unique-person count is not a census of self-employed physicians.

Follow committees on the table for party and office. This page does not assign a partisan percentage to the pair. Repeat names among 13,392 lines from 1,109 people are expected. People who typed PHYSICIAN only are not in these 1,109 unless a receipt also grouped to Self-Employed/Physician.

Source

FEC.gov via LobbyVault: $5,473,429, 13,392 contributions, 1,109 donors, top employer Self-Employed/Physician. The ranking uses FEC employer/occupation self-reports, not NAICS. Compare other industry keys on the industry index. Use occupation pages for titles stored next to this pair.

Keep Self-Employed/Physician’s $5,473,429, 13,392 contributions, and 1,109 donors on this mixed-case slash string. PHYSICIAN, SELF-EMPLOYED, SURGEON, unitemized gifts, and committee PAC documents stay on their own records. The donor table lists disclosed recipients without converting the string into a NAICS office-of-physicians total.

Slash-pair dollars versus PHYSICIAN and SELF-EMPLOYED

Self-Employed/Physician is a mixed-case slash pair, not a sum of the PHYSICIAN row plus the SELF-EMPLOYED row. The $5,473,429, 13,392 lines, and 1,109 donors describe only receipts whose grouped text matches that pair. Hospital legal names, SURGEON, and MD remain other keys.

About 12 receipts per person is a lighter repeat pattern than payroll-style employer strings near this dollar band. Unitemized gifts and association PAC filings stay out. The packet does not split specialties and does not certify a private-practice EIN.

Occupation pages show titles stored beside the slash pair. The industry index ranks other clinical and self-employment strings separately. Follow the donor table for disclosed recipients. This page does not assign a partisan percentage to Self-Employed/Physician. Source: FEC.gov via LobbyVault.

Keep Self-Employed/Physician’s 1,109 donors and 13,392 lines on the mixed-case slash pair. PHYSICIAN and SELF-EMPLOYED remain other keys. The donor table lists disclosed recipients for the $5,473,429 only.

Questions

How much have Self-Employed/Physician-listed donors given federally?

LobbyVault attributes $5,473,429 to the Self-Employed/Physician employer string, from 13,392 contributions and 1,109 donors. These are itemized individual receipts, not a medical-association PAC and not a NAICS physician-office 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 the same as the PHYSICIAN or SELF-EMPLOYED rows?

No. Self-Employed/Physician is a distinct slash-joined pair as stored, including mixed case. PHYSICIAN and SELF-EMPLOYED are separate keys if stored that way. LobbyVault does not add those rows into this total. Figures are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.

Does this include hospital-employed physicians?

Only if the grouped employer text is Self-Employed/Physician. Hospital legal names are separate keys if stored that way. A receipt counted here carries the slash pair. Staff who typed SURGEON or MD sit in those other rows. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.

How many unique donors listed Self-Employed/Physician?

The rollup counts 1,109 donors and 13,392 contribution lines. Repeat gifts raise the receipt count. This is not a medical-board headcount of private-practice physicians. Figures are limited to the FEC string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.