What state-senator occupation donors give in federal races

Fewest donor records in this dollar band, high means

$9,951,389, 3,774 itemizations, and 471 donor records are the occupation-level facts. Mean contribution size is about $2,637. Mean dollars per donor record are about $21,128. Repeat giving is about 8 itemizations per donor record.

3,774 lines from 471 records is a concentrated office-title stack: few donor records, large arithmetic means. The per-donor mean of about $21,128 is not a typical legislative salary redirected to federal races.

The packet has no chamber, no state, and no median gift. A few large itemizations can dominate the average.

STATE SENATOR is a self-typed office label

The FEC record does not verify that the donor currently sits in a state senate. Former members, staff who typed the office loosely, and people in other chambers can all appear. Best-efforts rules do not force a legislative roster.

This page cites only $9,951,389, 3,774 contributions, and 471 donors. CANDIDATE and other office strings remain other keys unless the bulk extract merged them.

Donor records and dual office titles

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

Occupation is stored per transaction. LobbyVault does not infer party from the office string.

Industry pages do not replace this office key

Industry pages group employers. STATE SENATOR as occupation is the donor’s office text, not an employer-industry code. Adding $9,951,389 to an industry total double-counts.

Open the STATE SENATOR occupation page for rows. Use the occupations index to place the string next to other office and candidate titles.

Citation language

A usable sentence is: occupation equals STATE SENATOR, dollars equal $9,951,389, contributions equal 3,774, donors equal 471, sourced from FEC Form 3/3X itemizations indexed on LobbyVault.

Unitemized receipts never carry an occupation code. Quote the three facts together so the concentrated means are visible next to the headline dollars.

Refunds and memo entries follow FEC presentation in the underlying schedules; this guide does not invent a fourth occupation-level fact beyond $9,951,389, 3,774 contributions, and 471 donors. Neighboring office titles stay on their own pages unless the extract merged them into STATE SENATOR.

Reading STATE SENATOR as federal-schedule occupation text

STATE SENATOR in this extract is $9,951,389 on 3,774 itemizations from 471 donor records, or $10.0 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. Unitemized receipts never carry an occupation code, so they never enter the total. Refunds and memo entries follow FEC presentation in the underlying schedules. People who type legislator, attorney, or candidate may sit on other occupation pages. Only the exact STATE SENATOR key is in $9,951,389.

Arithmetic means on this key are about $2,637 per contribution and about $21,128 per donor record, with roughly 8 itemizations per donor record. Means are not medians. The packet has no gift-size distribution and no party split. Combining STATE SENATOR with neighboring office strings without naming each source total changes the unit from one FEC string to a homemade cluster. 471 donor records on 3,774 lines is a concentrated office-label pool, not a state-senate census.

Industry pages group employer-side categories and should not be added to $9,951,389. A person who listed STATE SENATOR on some gifts and a neighboring title on others will appear in both occupation totals for the respective lines. A public-record citation that stays inside the packet is: occupation equals STATE SENATOR, dollars equal $9,951,389, contributions equal 3,774, donors equal 471. Candidate and committee pages hold the recipient side.

Researchers who need cycle cuts, employer text, or recipient lists should leave this guide and open the live STATE SENATOR occupation hub. This file restates harvested packet facts only. Compact millions ($10.0 million) are the same headline amount as $9,951,389, rounded to one decimal place. Keep 3,774 contributions and 471 donor records in any sentence that quotes the dollars, so readers can see the concentrated office-label pattern rather than a chamber roll call. Exact-string matching is the method. Anything else is a different query. The occupation field is donor-supplied free text on federal schedules, not a state-senate roster. A citation that stays inside the packet names STATE SENATOR, $9,951,389, 3,774, and 471 together.

Questions

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

The STATE SENATOR occupation string is attached to $9,951,389 across 3,774 contributions and 471 donor records in LobbyVault’s FEC bulk index. The figure is itemized occupation money on federal schedules, not a census of sitting state senators. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.

Does STATE SENATOR include former members?

The string matches whatever donors typed. The FEC does not verify current office. This page covers STATE SENATOR: $9,951,389, 3,774 contributions, and 471 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 state-senator contribution?

Dividing $9,951,389 by 3,774 itemizations yields about $2,637 per contribution. Dividing by 471 donors yields about $21,128 per donor record. Both are means, not medians. Repeat giving is about 8 itemizations per donor record. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.

Does listing state senator prove the donor currently holds that office?

No. Occupation is self-reported free text. The FEC record does not verify chamber membership. Quote 3,774 contributions and 471 donor records with the $9,951,389 total. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.