What senator-occupation donors give in federal races

Smallest donor pool, a $2,899 mean

$7,082,198, 2,443 itemizations, and 276 donor records are the occupation-level facts. Mean contribution size is about $2,899. Mean dollars per donor record are about $25,660. Repeat giving is about 9 itemizations per donor record.

2,443 lines from 276 records is a thin, high-mean office-title stack. The $2,899 per-line mean is among the highest in this occupation extract. Arithmetic means are not medians; a handful of large itemizations can dominate the average on a 276-record pool.

276 donor records on 2,443 lines is the thinnest pool in this batch. Mean dollars per donor record of about $25,660 and a $2,899 per-line mean are the highest among these keys. On a 276-record pool, a handful of large itemizations can dominate both averages. The packet has no chamber field, no incumbency flag, and no party split, so $7,082,198 cannot be read as a sitting-senator census.

SENATOR is an occupation string, not an office roster

The FEC record does not verify that the donor currently holds a Senate seat. Former officeholders, state senators, staff who typed the word, and people using it as a courtesy title can all appear. Best-efforts rules do not force a legislative-office taxonomy.

This page cites only $7,082,198, 2,443 contributions, and 276 donors. STATE SENATOR, LEGISLATOR, and ELECTED OFFICIAL remain other keys unless the bulk extract merged them. Combining those strings without naming each source total changes the unit from one FEC occupation to a homemade cluster.

Donor records and dual office titles

276 donor records used SENATOR on at least one matching itemization. Address variants split records. A person who listed SENATOR on some gifts and RETIRED or ATTORNEY on others will appear in both occupation totals for those lines.

Occupation is stored per transaction. LobbyVault does not infer party, chamber, or incumbency from the one-word string. Unitemized receipts never carry an occupation code, so they never enter $7,082,198.

Committees receiving these itemizations are not named in the packet. The 2,443 lines are occupation-side totals only. Refunds, redesignations, and memo entries follow FEC presentation in the underlying Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Do not treat $7,082,198 as net of refunds unless a later extract says so.

Industry pages group employers, not this office word

Industry pages group employer-side categories. A state senator and a former U.S. senator share this occupation string if they typed SENATOR. Adding $7,082,198 to an industry total double-counts.

Open the SENATOR occupation page for rows. Use the occupations index to place the office word next to other elected-title keys.

Citation language

A usable sentence is: occupation equals SENATOR, dollars equal $7,082,198, contributions equal 2,443, donors equal 276, sourced from FEC Form 3/3X itemizations indexed on LobbyVault.

Quote the three facts together so the high mean on a small donor pool is visible next to the headline dollars. Refunds and memo entries follow FEC presentation in the underlying schedules.

Reading SENATOR as a self-reported office key

SENATOR in this extract is $7,082,198 on 2,443 itemizations from 276 donor records, or $7.1 million in compact millions. Those dollars are itemized activity on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules indexed on LobbyVault from FEC.gov bulk data. People who type STATE SENATOR, U.S. SENATOR, or LEGISLATOR may sit on other occupation pages. Only the exact SENATOR key is in $7,082,198.

Arithmetic means on this key are about $2,899 per contribution and about $25,660 per donor record, with roughly 9 itemizations per donor record. Means are not medians. The packet has no chamber field, no incumbency flag, and no party split. 276 donor records on 2,443 lines is a thin high-mean pool, not a census of sitting senators.

Industry pages should not be added to $7,082,198. Candidate and committee pages hold the recipient side. A public-record citation that stays inside the packet is: occupation equals SENATOR, dollars equal $7,082,198, contributions equal 2,443, donors equal 276.

SENATOR and STATE SENATOR can describe overlapping people in ordinary speech and remain separate FEC strings. This page is only SENATOR: $7,082,198, 2,443 contributions, 276 donors. Former officeholders and courtesy-title users sit on the same key if they typed SENATOR. Quote the three facts and the exact string rather than inferring a chamber roster.

Questions

How much have senator-occupation donors given in FEC data?

The SENATOR occupation string is attached to $7,082,198 across 2,443 contributions and 276 donor records in LobbyVault’s FEC bulk index. The figure is itemized occupation money, not a census of sitting senators. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.

Does SENATOR include state senators and former officeholders?

Only if those donors typed SENATOR. STATE SENATOR is a separate key unless the extract merged them. This page covers SENATOR: $7,082,198, 2,443 contributions, and 276 donors. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules.

What is the average senator-occupation contribution?

Dividing $7,082,198 by 2,443 itemizations yields about $2,899 per contribution. Dividing by 276 donors yields about $25,660 per donor record. Both are means, not medians. Repeat giving is about 9 itemizations per donor record. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.

Does listing senator prove a current Senate seat?

No. Occupation is self-reported free text. The FEC record does not verify incumbency or chamber. Quote 2,443 contributions and 276 donor records with the $7,082,198 total. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.