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GENERAL ATOMICS

2008 Election Cycle

Total Donated

$169,061

Contributions

93

Unique Donors

54

The General Atomics × 2008 cell holds $223,966. That figure comes from FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates: 148 contributions, 66 donors, keyed to the stored string GENERAL ATOMICS. Lifetime for the grouping is $6,115,776, so 2008 is about 3.7% of the roll. Not a general atomics pac, not a dod contract total, and not usaspending obligations to the company.

Key figures

  • General Atomics × 2008 is $223,966 in itemized individual contributions.
  • The cell includes 148 contributions from 66 donors.
  • 2008 is about 3.7% of the grouping’s $6,115,776 all-cycle total.
  • The label is self-reported form text (defense-and-energy employer text), not a PAC.
  • FEC gifts and federal award files remain separate datasets.

The General Atomics × 2008 join

LobbyVault stores employer and occupation text as grouped strings and election cycles as two-year tags. Where General Atomics meets 2008, the itemized individual total is $223,966. That is 148 contributions from 66 donors. The figure is not a corporate treasury transfer and does not identify who received the money. Cite FEC.gov.

The general atomics hub nor the 2008 election cycle hub restates a one-key total. This tie keeps both keys. General Atomics is defense-and-energy employer text. GENERAL ATOMIC, GA, and GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL are other keys. Rows that used those other strings are not added into $223,966.

A share of 3.7% versus $6,115,776 is a scale check, not a ranking of cycles and not evidence of a coordinated program. The remaining 96.3% ($5,891,810) lives on other even-year pages for the same string. 2008 is a presidential even-year window on FEC.gov; that calendar label does not explain the dollar cell.

Scale: $223,966 versus $6,115,776

The grouping’s stored total across cycles is $6,115,776. The 2008 slice of $223,966 is about 3.7% of that running sum. Other even-year windows hold the remaining 96.3% ($5,891,810). Treating 2008 as the entire General Atomics FEC story would ignore that remainder. The industry hub is the year index for this string.

Treat $6,115,776 as the denominator for the 3.7% share. It is not market capitalization, not revenue, and not proof of a multi-year political program. This tie keeps 2008 from being folded silently into $6,115,776. Neighboring spellings are not added into either figure.

Full analysis: General Atomics and the 2008 FEC cycle

Questions

How much did General Atomics donors give in 2008?
FEC.gov aggregates show $223,966 in itemized individual contributions for the General Atomics grouping in the 2008 cycle, across 148 contributions and 66 donors. That sum is not a PAC total and not the $6,115,776 all-cycle figure. Independent expenditures are not included.
What share of General Atomics FEC money is 2008?
The grouping’s all-cycle total is $6,115,776. The 2008 cell of $223,966 is about 3.7% of that figure. Other cycles hold the remaining 96.3% ($5,891,810) on the industry hub. The overlay lists itemized rows for this cell.
Does this include only currently employed General Atomics workers?
No. The bucket is the self-reported string GENERAL ATOMICS. The FEC does not verify licenses, current jobs, or corporate identity. Related phrases may sit in other groupings. This join reports the string match for 2008 only, totaling $223,966 from 66 donors across 148 contributions.
Where is the overlay for the General Atomics 2008 join?
Open General Atomics 2008 for the cycle overlay, General Atomics for the grouping hub, and 2008 election cycle for the year without this employer filter. All FEC ties lists other two-dimension pages. This JSON file names the join; the overlay holds the itemized rows. Cite FEC.gov for $223,966, 148 contributions, and 66 donors.

FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates by employer/industry grouping and election cycle.

Related ties

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Top Donors in 2008

Top GENERAL ATOMICS donors in the 2008 election cycle.
#NameTotalContributionsCity / StateOccupation
1BLUE, JAMES NEAL MR.$21,7334LA JOLLA, CACHAIRMAN & CEO
2BLUE, ANNE P$11,4008ENGLEWOOD, CO
3ROBERTS, DAVID I$10,5003SOLANA BEACH, CA
4NEAL BLUE, JAMES$10,0001LA JOLLA, CACHAIRMAN AND CEO
5SNIDER, JENA$10,0002FALLBROOK, CASPOUSE
6CLARK, BRADLEY S$10,0002ESCONDIDO, CAPROGRAM DIRECTOR
7BUCHAKLIAN, ROBERT A$9,8505SAN DIEGO, CASENIOR COST ANALYST
8SGAMMATO, THERESA$9,2005SD, CA
9VENKATESH, MEERA C.$5,0001DEL MAR, CAPROGRAM MANAGER
10ADELMAN, ALAN N$5,0001SAN DIEGO, CACOMPTROLLER
11SHENOY, ARKAL A$5,0003DEL MAR, CAPROJECT MANAGER
12VENKATESH, MANDYAM C$5,0001DEL MAR, CAENGINEER
13GIST, MARK$4,5004ESCONDIDO, CAPROGRAM MANAGER
14BUCHAKLIAN, ARSHALOUS$4,2602SAN DIEGO, CASPOUSE
15ROPER, BARTON B.$4,1001CROFTON, MDVP WASHINGTON OPERATIONS
16STRAWN, ROBERT J$4,0002LEAWOOD, KS
17BLUE, LINDEN P.$3,2003LA JOLLA, CASENIOR VICE PRESIDENT
18LUNSFORD, WAYNE E$3,1901LANCASTER, CAASI ENGINEER
19RAO, SAMARAO$2,5001ENCINITAS, CAEMPLOYEE HEALTH AND SAFTEY
20SCHOOLBRED, KEITH C.$2,5001CARDIFF BY THE SEA, CAPROGRAMMER
21OVERSKEI, DAVID$2,3001SAN DIEGO, CA
22GIST, TINA$2,0002ESCONDIDO, CASPOUSE
23TSIMBOUKAKIS, ELENI D.$2,0002SAN DIEGO, CAPAYROLL MANAGER
24RAY, ROY E. $1,9002ESCONDIDO, CADESIGNER
25MCARTHUR, DOMAN O$1,5002MILLERSVILLE, MD
26CHAPELLE, SONJA$1,5001SAN DIEGO, CAELECTICAL ENGINEER
27VENNERI, FRANCESCO$1,2502LOS ALAMOS, NMPHYSICIST
28MILLER, C M$1,0001S D, CA
29LINDEN, LINDEN$1,0001LA JOLLA, CAEXECUTIVE
30YUAN, CHONG S.$1,0001SAN DIEGO, CAMANAGING DIRECTOR
31LUBY, CHARLES$1,0001LA JOLLA, CAMKTG & COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER
32POLITZER, PETER A. MR.$1,0001SAN DIEGO, CAPHYSICIST
33DYER, BRUCE P.$1,0001LA JOLLA, CAPROGRAM MANAGER
34WASHINTON, JEFF A.$9001SAN DIEGO, CASPOUSE
35HOLTKAMP, MELISSA A.$8502FORT MADISON, IAENGINEER
36BOWLES, EDWARD E.$8002SAN DIEGO, CAENGINEER
37LINDEN, SEAN W$6002KAYSVILLE, UTPROJECT ENGINEER
38HAVERLY, DEBRA K$6001EL CAJON, CAVICE PRESIDENT
39FROMAN, VERONICA$6001SAN DIEGO, CASENIOR VICE PRESIDENT
40LOHR, JOHN M$5001LEUCADIA, CAPHYSICIST
41HERINGTON, TIMOTHY J.$5001SAN MARCOS, CALOGISTICS PROGRAM MANAGER
42HAK-CHAE, JASON YI$5001ENCINITAS, CA, CAENGINEER
43BENDER, GARY L $4281LANCASTER, CADIRECTOR, FLIGHT OPERATIONS
44REED, MICHAEL R.$4001SAN DIEGO, CAVP-EMS
45MOELLER, CHARLES P$4001DEL MAR, CA
46JOHNSON, L D$4001SD, CA
47STAMBAUGH, RONALD D.$4001ENCINITAS, CAMANAGER
48Hyatt, Alan W.$3001Solana Beach, CA
49GARNER, H$2501ENCINITAS, CA
50BROOKS, NEIL$2501SAN DIEGO, CAPRINCIPAL SCIENTIST

Top Recipients in 2008

Top committees that received GENERAL ATOMICS donations in 2008.
#CommitteeTotalContributions
1C00215285$90,10050
2C00433524$24,9337
3C00028316$11,4008
4C00410829$10,5003
5C00035600$10,0001
6C00381384$9,2005
7C00431569$2,7002
8C00166504$1,6503
9C00414391$1,5002
10C00431445$1,2502
11C00140590$1,0001
12C00328211$1,0001
13C00447714$1,0001
14C00017830$6001
15C00435099$5001
16C00161810$4281
17C00042366$4001
18C00019075$4001
19C00440701$2501
20C00373001$2501
GENERAL ATOMICS — $169,061 in 2008 FEC Donations