FARMER
2008 Election Cycle
Total Donated
$5,367,684
Contributions
6,988
Unique Donors
2,332
$6,180,725 in itemized individual contributions is the 2008-cycle join for the grouping Farmer. FEC.gov aggregates count 7,862 contributions from 2,610 donors. The same string totals $103,865,915 across every cycle in this table, so the 2008 cell is about 5.95% of the lifetime bucket. Farmer is occupation or employer text as typed, not an FSA farm number. Crop acreage is unpublished. The key is not a USDA farm-operator census and not a farm PAC.
Key figures
- Farmer × 2008: $6,180,725 in itemized individual contributions.
- 7,862 contributions from 2,610 donors; about $786.15 per gift and $2,368.09 per donor.
- 2008 is about 5.95% of the grouping’s $103,865,915 all-cycle total.
- RANCHER, AGRICULTURE, and FARMING remain other stored strings if filers typed them.
- Itemized individual receipts only — not PAC disbursements and not USAspending awards.
Farmer as stored text × cycle 2008
Employer and occupation groupings sit on one axis; election cycles sit on the other. Rows that match both — Farmer and 2008 — sum to $6,180,725. The cell holds 7,862 itemized contributions and 2,610 unique donors. The total is not an official organization disbursement and does not name recipients. Independent expenditures and committee transfers live in other FEC tables.
Neither the Farmer hub nor the 2008 election cycle hub is this number; each hub drops one of the two keys. Farmer is occupation or employer text as typed, not an FSA farm number. Crop acreage is unpublished. RANCHER, AGRICULTURE, and FARMING remain other stored strings if filers typed them. Open Farmer 2008 for the overlay rows, Farmer for other cycles, and the 2008 election cycle for other employer strings.
Dividing $6,180,725 by 7,862 contributions yields about $786.15 per itemized gift. Dividing by 2,610 donors yields about $2,368.09 per donor. Contributions per donor average about 3.0. Those means describe the arithmetic on the packet. They are not medians, not a party split, and not a typical salary.
2008 as a slice of the Farmer running sum
The grouping’s stored total across cycles is $103,865,915. The 2008 slice of $6,180,725 is about 5.95% of that running sum. Other even-year windows hold the remaining 94.05%. Treating 2008 as the entire Farmer FEC story would ignore that remainder.
Treat $103,865,915 as the denominator for the 5.95% share. It is not market capitalization, not revenue, and not proof of a multi-year political program. The industry hub is the year index for this string. This tie keeps 2008 from being folded silently into $103,865,915.
Full analysis: Farmer contributions in the 2008 FEC cycle →
Questions
- How much did Farmer donors give in 2008?
- FEC.gov aggregates show $6,180,725 in itemized individual contributions for the Farmer grouping in the 2008 cycle, across 7,862 contributions and 2,610 donors. That sum is not a PAC total and not the $103,865,915 all-cycle figure.
- What share of Farmer FEC money is 2008?
- The grouping’s all-cycle total is $103,865,915. The 2008 cell of $6,180,725 is about 5.95% of that figure. Other cycles hold the remaining 94.05% on the industry hub. Do not treat 2008 as the whole Farmer story.
- Is this a USDA or farm-PAC total?
- No. The join is itemized individual receipts whose employer or occupation text grouped to Farmer in 2008. USDA obligations and committee PAC filings are other files. The overlay lists itemized rows for this cell; the Farmer hub holds other cycles; the 2008 election cycle hub holds other employer strings from the same window.
- Where is the overlay for the Farmer 2008 join?
- Open Farmer 2008 for the cycle overlay, Farmer for the grouping hub, and the 2008 election cycle for the year without this employer filter. All FEC ties lists other two-dimension pages. This JSON names the join; the overlay holds the rows.
FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates by employer/industry grouping and election cycle.
Top Donors in 2008
| # | Name | Total | Contributions | City / State | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BROWN, DAVID | $127,155 | 195 | CHAMBERINO, NM | — |
| 2 | DREW, JOHN | $92,949 | 25 | CLEGHORN, IA | — |
| 3 | WALLACE, SCOTT | $75,600 | 19 | SEATTLE, WA | — |
| 4 | MYERS, KEITH | $58,240 | 14 | PALMETTO, LA | — |
| 5 | SMITH, ELIZABETH | $45,580 | 49 | CHICO, PA | — |
| 6 | BELL, THOMAS | $40,790 | 26 | KNOX, IN | — |
| 7 | THOMAS, ROBERT | $34,725 | 56 | TAMPA, FL | — |
| 8 | LINDQUIST, WILLIAM | $33,900 | 16 | ALEDO, IL | — |
| 9 | TURNER, DAVID | $33,750 | 42 | TEXICO, NM | — |
| 10 | JOHNSON, KEVIN | $33,185 | 54 | RUSSELLVILLE, IN | — |
| 11 | METZ, LLOYD | $33,100 | 3 | FAIRBURY, IL | — |
| 12 | MARTORI, ANTHONY | $31,900 | 4 | SCOTTSDALE, AZ | — |
| 13 | HEYERDAHL, BARBARINA | $30,800 | 2 | BAR HARBOR, ME | — |
| 14 | PILGRIM, PATTY R | $30,800 | 2 | PITTSBURG, TX | — |
| 15 | ANDERSON, MARK | $30,350 | 61 | EAGLE LAKE, TX | — |
| 16 | JONES, PAUL | $29,650 | 25 | FRANKLIN, LA | — |
| 17 | BALL, ROBERT | $27,350 | 15 | YAKIMA, WA | — |
| 18 | DAVIS, JARED A | $26,000 | 17 | CINCINNATI, OH | — |
| 19 | HUNT, JAMES | $25,606 | 37 | ATLANTIC, IA | — |
| 20 | HILL, JAMES | $25,400 | 38 | THIBODAUX, LA | — |
| 21 | SCOTT, JOE | $25,262 | 8 | COOKEVILLE, TN | — |
| 22 | HAWKS, BILL | $24,500 | 14 | HERNANDO, MS | — |
| 23 | JOHNSON, FRANK | $23,786 | 24 | HECTOR, MN | — |
| 24 | WILLIAMS, STEVE | $23,130 | 25 | DAWSON, GA | — |
| 25 | HILLIARD, JOE MARLIN | $19,981 | 10 | CLEIVISTON, FL | — |
| 26 | JACKSON, HAROLD | $19,700 | 17 | STEELE, MO | — |
| 27 | WHITE, DONALD | $19,410 | 12 | WILLIAMSTON, NC | — |
| 28 | HILLIARD, JOE | $17,350 | 15 | CLEWISTON, FL | — |
| 29 | HARRIS, JOHN C | $17,350 | 15 | COALINGA, CA | — |
| 30 | SMITH, KENT | $17,250 | 15 | DENVER CITY, TX | — |
| 31 | NEAL, JAMES | $17,050 | 20 | PEARSALL, TX | — |
| 32 | STONE, THOMAS | $16,850 | 21 | QUITMAN, GA | — |
| 33 | GERAWAN, MIKE | $16,500 | 5 | REEDLEY, CA | — |
| 34 | HUTCHINSON, THOMAS | $15,370 | 6 | MURFREESBORO, TN | — |
| 35 | CHERINGTON, CHARLES | $15,300 | 5 | SAN BENITO, TX | — |
| 36 | KENNEDY, THOMAS | $14,760 | 21 | NEWMAN GROVE, NE | — |
| 37 | WILLIAMS, TOM | $14,566 | 17 | THOMASVILLE, GA | — |
| 38 | MURRAY, MICHAEL | $14,465 | 22 | HANFORD, CA | — |
| 39 | STEELE, GIBB | $14,300 | 15 | HOLLANDALE, MS | — |
| 40 | FANJUL, ALEXANDER L | $14,100 | 4 | PALM BEACH, FL | — |
| 41 | GUDAJTES, JOHN | $13,900 | 8 | MINTO, ND | — |
| 42 | BERGER, KENNETH | $13,200 | 18 | HILLSBORO, OR | — |
| 43 | JULIAN, ELLA MAE | $12,900 | 9 | JOHNSON, KS | — |
| 44 | JOHNSON, MARLENE | $12,540 | 5 | GREGORY, MI | — |
| 45 | MOORE, MICHAEL J | $12,450 | 8 | PIKE ROAD, AL | — |
| 46 | RANKIN, JOHN | $12,394 | 5 | FAUNSDALE, AL | — |
| 47 | WEBER, MARK | $12,305 | 27 | BORUP, MN | — |
| 48 | DAWSON, JOHN W | $12,300 | 2 | HAWKINSVILLE, GA | — |
| 49 | GREER, REX | $12,300 | 2 | LONDON, KY | — |
| 50 | WARD, GARY | $12,250 | 8 | BLOUNTSTOWN, FL | — |
Top Recipients in 2008
| # | Committee | Total | Contributions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C00110338 | $837,133 | 979 |
| 2 | C00431445 | $577,612 | 928 |
| 3 | C00042366 | $144,330 | 216 |
| 4 | C00451393 | $140,607 | 130 |
| 5 | C00430470 | $96,781 | 87 |
| 6 | C00081414 | $95,809 | 127 |
| 7 | C00440073 | $92,949 | 25 |
| 8 | C00266932 | $90,801 | 146 |
| 9 | C00447714 | $90,250 | 34 |
| 10 | C00253187 | $87,798 | 95 |
| 11 | C00401224 | $84,156 | 138 |
| 12 | C00453738 | $81,999 | 131 |
| 13 | C00431569 | $78,941 | 131 |
| 14 | C00309567 | $76,400 | 126 |
| 15 | C00314575 | $63,790 | 18 |
| 16 | C00369033 | $62,696 | 64 |
| 17 | C00027466 | $57,960 | 28 |
| 18 | C00000935 | $53,600 | 65 |
| 19 | C00422923 | $45,580 | 49 |
| 20 | C00431205 | $42,491 | 45 |
| 21 | C00431809 | $41,474 | 49 |
| 22 | C00164939 | $39,611 | 70 |
| 23 | C00091892 | $36,850 | 42 |
| 24 | C00370056 | $35,100 | 33 |
| 25 | C00148783 | $33,900 | 16 |