POLITICAL CONSULTANT
2008 Election Cycle
Total Donated
$247,627
Contributions
289
Unique Donors
74
2008 is one even-year key; Political Consultant is one employer/occupation key. Together they yield $334,683 from 379 itemized contributions and 82 donors. FEC.gov is the underlying filing system. $4,327,768 is the denominator for the 7.7% share, not revenue and not a political program.
Key figures
- Political Consultant × 2008 is $334,683 in itemized individual contributions.
- The cell includes 379 contributions from 82 donors.
- 2008 is about 7.7% of the grouping’s $4,327,768 all-cycle total.
- The label is filer-entered form text (POLITICAL CONSULTANT), not a PAC disbursement and not a NAICS total.
- FEC gifts and federal award files remain separate datasets.
Stored string POLITICAL CONSULTANT crossed with 2008
Employer and occupation groupings sit on one axis; election cycles sit on the other. Rows that match both — Political Consultant (POLITICAL CONSULTANT) and 2008 — sum to $334,683. 379 itemized contributions and 82 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 Political Consultant hub nor the 2008 election cycle hub is this number; each hub drops one of the two keys. POLITICAL CONSULTANT is an occupation grouping, not a firm roster. CONSULTANT, CAMPAIGN CONSULTANT, and POLITICAL CONSULTING are other keys. 379 contributions from 82 donors implies repeat itemized lines. The packet does not split those repeats by recipient or party. LobbyVault does not merge neighboring spellings into $334,683. This URL exists because the two dimensions meet.
$334,683 inside a $4.3 million book
The grouping’s stored total across cycles is $4,327,768 ($4.3 million). The 2008 slice of $334,683 is about 7.7% of that running sum. Other even-year windows hold the remaining 92.3% ($3,993,085). Treating 2008 as the Political Consultant FEC story would ignore that remainder.
Treat $4,327,768 as the denominator for the 7.7% 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 $4,327,768.
Full analysis: Political Consultant political money — 2008 cycle →
Questions
- What did FEC.gov record for Political Consultant in 2008?
- FEC.gov aggregates show $334,683 in itemized individual contributions for the Political Consultant grouping in the 2008 cycle, across 379 contributions and 82 donors. That sum is not a PAC total and not the $4,327,768 all-cycle figure. Original reports remain on FEC.gov.
- What is left after the 2008 Political Consultant cell?
- The grouping’s all-cycle total is $4,327,768. The 2008 cell of $334,683 is about 7.7% of that figure. Other cycles hold the remaining 92.3% ($3,993,085) on the industry hub. The overlay lists itemized rows for this cell; the Political Consultant hub holds other cycles; the 2008 election cycle hub holds other employer strings from the same window.
- Is $334,683 an official Political Consultant organization gift?
- No. $334,683 is itemized individual contributions whose employer or occupation field grouped to Political Consultant (POLITICAL CONSULTANT) in the 2008 cycle. It is not committee disbursements, not independent expenditures, and not a verified employee census. 379 contributions came from 82 donors. Do not invent those names from the grouping label.
- Where are other FEC two-dimension pages?
- Open Political Consultant 2008 for the cycle overlay, Political Consultant 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. If a later extract disagrees, FEC.gov controls.
FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates by employer/industry grouping and election cycle.
Related ties
Top Donors in 2008
| # | Name | Total | Contributions | City / State | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | COLTON, ELIZABETH L | $25,600 | 22 | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | — |
| 2 | MALCOLM, ELLEN R | $21,300 | 33 | WASHINGTON, DC | — |
| 3 | COLLINS, DENNIS | $17,650 | 13 | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | — |
| 4 | CARVILLE, JAMES | $15,700 | 9 | WASHINGTON, DC | — |
| 5 | ADLER, KAREN R | $14,600 | 8 | MIAMI BEACH, FL | — |
| 6 | O'HANLON, G JOHN | $12,300 | 7 | ARLINGTON, IA | — |
| 7 | CLOUD, RANDOLPH E | $10,400 | 7 | RALEIGH, NC | — |
| 8 | PRITCHARD, AMY | $9,500 | 18 | LONG BEACH, CA | — |
| 9 | BRANDEBERRY, JENIFER | $8,300 | 4 | DENVER, CO | — |
| 10 | WILLHITE, DEBORAH K | $7,400 | 5 | HARTFORD, CT | — |
| 11 | DOTZAUER, RONALD | $7,250 | 9 | SEATTLE, WA | — |
| 12 | CLAUSSEN, RICHARD | $5,500 | 7 | CALDWELL, ID | — |
| 13 | MULHAUSER, KAREN | $5,247 | 8 | WASHINGTON, DC | — |
| 14 | DEWITT, JAMES | $4,700 | 4 | LEANDER, TX | — |
| 15 | MANGHAM, ELIZABETH M | $4,300 | 4 | BATON ROUGE, LA | — |
| 16 | HEYL, DOUGLAS | $4,050 | 5 | RALEIGH, NC | — |
| 17 | WORRALL, THOMAS | $3,500 | 5 | ANNAPOLIS, MD | — |
| 18 | WRIGHT, ROBIN | $3,350 | 4 | WASHINGTON, DC | — |
| 19 | BJORNSTAD, JEFF | $3,300 | 3 | OLYMPIA, WA | — |
| 20 | TOWNSEND, DAVID J | $3,300 | 2 | SACRAMENTO, CA | — |
| 21 | HORIUCHI, RANDY | $3,050 | 3 | MIDVALE, UT | — |
| 22 | SLANKER, MIKE | $3,000 | 3 | LAS VEGAS, NV | — |
| 23 | SMULLIN, ALIX | $3,000 | 12 | SWAMPSCOTT, MA | — |
| 24 | GARRETT, DUG | $2,800 | 3 | WASHINGTON, DC | — |
| 25 | SHOCK, TIM | $2,300 | 1 | OWENSBORO, KY | — |
| 26 | PERATA, DON | $2,300 | 1 | ALAMEDA, CA | — |
| 27 | STRICKLAND, MARY | $2,300 | 6 | MANCHESTER, NH | — |
| 28 | THORNE, DAVID H | $2,300 | 1 | BOSTON, MA | — |
| 29 | IGOE, KEVIN | $2,300 | 2 | COLLEGE PARK, MD | — |
| 30 | THURBER, EMILY | $2,250 | 3 | LOS ALTOS, CA | — |
| 31 | KNUTH, STEVEN R | $2,000 | 2 | EAGAN, MN | — |
| 32 | BIAMONTE, WILLIAM | $2,000 | 1 | OCEANSIDE, NY | — |
| 33 | HOROWITZ, KEN | $2,000 | 5 | WATCHUNG, NJ | — |
| 34 | MILLER, RICHARD D | $1,925 | 6 | SACRAMENTO, CA | — |
| 35 | STOLL, TINA | $1,750 | 4 | WASHINGTON, DC | — |
| 36 | HART, DAN | $1,575 | 2 | HENDERSON, NV | — |
| 37 | BELL, LAURA | $1,500 | 2 | RICHMOND, VA | — |
| 38 | SHURE, JUDITH | $1,500 | 6 | DALLAS, TX | — |
| 39 | PRESLEY, BETTY | $1,488 | 1 | ALISO VIEJO, CA | — |
| 40 | WEINBERG, JEAN | $1,250 | 2 | BRIGHTON, MA | — |
| 41 | FORNELLI, ANTHONY | $1,250 | 2 | CHICAGO, IL | — |
| 42 | ALCOM, SUSIE | $1,150 | 1 | NASHVILLE, TN | — |
| 43 | GADDY, MARIANNE A | $1,000 | 1 | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | — |
| 44 | SCHRAYER, ELIZABETH | $1,000 | 1 | ROCKVILLE, MD | — |
| 45 | PARKER, ELISA DUNAVANT | $1,000 | 1 | NASHVILLE, TN | — |
| 46 | BERNSTEIN, ROBIN | $800 | 2 | PITTSBURGH, PA | — |
| 47 | RIVERA, RALPH | $750 | 2 | CHICAGO, IL | — |
| 48 | DENISH, HERB | $750 | 2 | ALBUQUERQUE, NM | — |
| 49 | WILLIAMSON, JULIE | $750 | 2 | PORTLAND, OR | — |
| 50 | DICKERSON, RICHARD | $700 | 3 | RICHMOND, VA | — |
Top Recipients in 2008
| # | Committee | Total | Contributions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C00433391 | $40,200 | 30 |
| 2 | C00433979 | $30,350 | 39 |
| 3 | C00443820 | $20,000 | 13 |
| 4 | C00401224 | $19,900 | 31 |
| 5 | C00411124 | $17,650 | 13 |
| 6 | C00431445 | $15,347 | 33 |
| 7 | C00431569 | $13,550 | 19 |
| 8 | C00166827 | $12,300 | 7 |
| 9 | C00431205 | $10,400 | 7 |
| 10 | C00432732 | $7,250 | 9 |
| 11 | C00439075 | $6,300 | 14 |
| 12 | C00441105 | $5,500 | 7 |
| 13 | C00443770 | $4,700 | 4 |
| 14 | C00442111 | $4,050 | 5 |
| 15 | C00044842 | $3,500 | 5 |
| 16 | C00345546 | $3,300 | 3 |
| 17 | C00285569 | $3,000 | 3 |
| 18 | C00331256 | $2,800 | 3 |
| 19 | C00431171 | $2,300 | 2 |
| 20 | C00445288 | $2,300 | 1 |
| 21 | C00435750 | $2,300 | 1 |
| 22 | C00244129 | $2,000 | 2 |
| 23 | C00331439 | $1,925 | 6 |
| 24 | C00139659 | $1,750 | 4 |
| 25 | C00143743 | $1,575 | 2 |