MD

MD as stored text, 2008 as cycle

Employer and occupation groupings sit on one axis; election cycles sit on the other. Rows that match both — MD and 2008 — sum to $718,633. 677 itemized contributions and 248 unique donors produced it. 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 MD hub nor the 2008 election cycle hub is this number; each hub drops one of the two keys. MD is an abbreviation stored as an industry grouping, not a medical-board roster and not the state of Maryland. Two hundred forty-eight donors and 677 lines in 2008 matched those two letters. PHYSICIAN and DOCTOR are neighboring titles. Named hospitals typed as employer sit on firm pages. M.D., PHYSICIAN, DOCTOR, MEDICAL DOCTOR, and named hospitals or practices are other keys. This page is the two-letter MD abbreviation.

3.6% of the MD roll

The grouping’s stored total across cycles is $20,116,027 ($20.1 million). The 2008 slice of $718,633 is about 3.6% of that running sum. Other even-year windows hold the remaining 96.4% ($19,397,394). Treating 2008 as the MD FEC story would ignore that remainder.

Treat $20,116,027 as the denominator for the 3.6% 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 $20,116,027.

Questions

How much did MD donors give in 2008?

FEC.gov aggregates show $718,633 in itemized individual contributions for the MD grouping in the 2008 cycle, across 677 contributions and 248 donors. That sum is not a PAC total and not the $20,116,027 all-cycle figure.

What share of MD FEC money is 2008?

The grouping’s all-cycle total is $20,116,027. The 2008 cell of $718,633 is about 3.6% of that figure. Other cycles hold the remaining 96.4% ($19,397,394) on the industry hub. The overlay lists itemized rows for this cell; the MD hub holds other cycles; the 2008 election cycle hub holds other employer strings from the same window.

Does this include only licensed or currently employed MD donors?

No. The bucket is the self-reported string MD. The FEC does not verify licenses or current jobs. Related phrases may sit in other groupings. This join reports the string match for 2008 only, totaling $718,633 from 248 donors.

Where is the overlay for the MD 2008 join?

Open MD 2008 for the cycle overlay, MD 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 file names the join; the overlay holds the itemized rows.