PUBLISHER
2008 Election Cycle
Total Donated
$479,245
Contributions
386
Unique Donors
81
On FEC.gov, the employer/industry grouping Publisher and the 2008 election cycle join at $505,345. 91 donors and 426 itemized individual contributions produced that total. The same grouping’s stored lifetime figure is $7,681,847, so this window is about 6.6% of the book. Read the cell as a relationship between a stored string and a two-year tag, not as a publishers PAC, a house census, or a media NAICS total.
Key figures
- Publisher × 2008 equals $505,345 in itemized individual contributions.
- 91 donors and 426 receipts are the volume fields.
- 6.6% of $7,681,847 falls in 2008; $7,176,502 is other years.
- PUBLISHER is exact-match occupation string, not a publishers PAC, a house census, or a media NAICS total.
- Quote both dimensions; do not mix in USAspending.
Publisher money that is tagged 2008
$505,345 requires both filters. Publisher alone is the $7,681,847 hub. 2008 alone is every other stored label in that window. The intersection is 426 receipts and 91 donors. Independent expenditures and committee transfers are other FEC tables and are not folded in. The total is not a corporate treasury gift.
PUBLISHER is a title string. Named houses and WRITER or EDITOR labels sit in other groupings. The stored string is PUBLISHER. PUBLISHING, EDITOR, AUTHOR, WRITER, and named houses stay outside this total. Exact-match grouping is mechanical. It is not a judgment about which label is “correct.” Named donors are not invented on this page; 91 is an identity count from the packet.
Use Publisher 2008 for the overlay, Publisher for the grouping, 2008 election cycle for the year, and All FEC ties for other joins. Those four links are the map. This prose does not replace the overlay.
Share of the Publisher lifetime grouping
6.6% of $7,681,847 is $505,345. The other 93.4% is $7,176,502 in other cycles. Because this packet does not list those other cycle dollars one by one, they are cited only as a remainder. Open the Publisher hub to drop the year filter. Treating 2008 as the entire Publisher FEC story would ignore $7,176,502.
A 6.6% cell can be larger or smaller than other even-year windows on the same hub. Without those other amounts in the packet, no year-over-year percent is stated. The lifetime total is a denominator, not a business valuation. Neighboring spellings are not added into $7,681,847 or $505,345.
Full analysis: Publisher political money — 2008 cycle →
Questions
- How much did Publisher donors contribute in 2008?
- $505,345 in itemized individual contributions, from 426 receipts and 91 donors, for the stored grouping PUBLISHER in the 2008 cycle. That is the two-key join, not the $7,681,847 all-cycle figure. Source: FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates. Cite FEC.gov. PUBLISHER in 2008 is $505,345 on 426 itemized receipts from 91 donors; the all-cycle grouping is $7,681,847.
- Is the Publisher 2008 total a PAC figure?
- No. $505,345 is itemized individual Schedule A activity grouped to PUBLISHER. PAC disbursements and independent expenditures are other tables. 426 contributions and 91 donors describe the individual-receipt cell only, not a committee total. Cite FEC.gov. PUBLISHER in 2008 is $505,345 on 426 itemized receipts from 91 donors; the all-cycle grouping is $7,681,847.
- Why not treat $7,681,847 as the 2008 number?
- $7,681,847 includes every cycle for this string. 2008 is $505,345, about 6.6%. The remaining $7,176,502 belongs on the Publisher hub under other years. This page exists so those filters stay separate and the join is not restated as a hub.
- Do these Publisher gifts appear in USAspending?
- Not as a fact in this packet. FEC contributions and USAspending awards are different datasets under different reporting rules. $505,345 is not an obligation total and does not fund federal awards here. Keep the join on Schedule A only. Cite FEC.gov. PUBLISHER in 2008 is $505,345 on 426 itemized receipts from 91 donors; the all-cycle grouping is $7,681,847.
FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates by employer/industry grouping and election cycle.
Top Donors in 2008
| # | Name | Total | Contributions | City / State | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WOLF, MICHAEL | $100,766 | 25 | HIGHLAND PARK, IL | — |
| 2 | CAMPBELL, JAMES | $63,035 | 65 | KENTFIELD, CA | — |
| 3 | SAGAN, BRUCE | $61,900 | 13 | CHICAGO, IL | — |
| 4 | BROWN, PETER | $28,340 | 36 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 5 | DANIELS, FRANK JR | $15,800 | 8 | RALEIGH, NC | — |
| 6 | PERETZ, MARTIN | $15,600 | 5 | CAMBRIDGE, MA | — |
| 7 | JOHNSON, BRETT | $11,550 | 7 | HOPKINS, MN | — |
| 8 | HEFNER, HUGH M | $11,500 | 5 | LOS ANGELES, CA | — |
| 9 | KELLY, HENRY | $11,340 | 12 | PARK RIVER, ND | — |
| 10 | MAHER, JOHN F | $10,300 | 12 | BOWMAN, ND | — |
| 11 | PEER, RALPH | $10,000 | 2 | LOS ANGELES, CA | — |
| 12 | WALSWORTH, DON | $10,000 | 1 | MARCELINE, MO | — |
| 13 | FIELD, MARSHALL | $8,500 | 8 | CHICAGO, IL | — |
| 14 | BLOCK, MILTON J | $7,300 | 3 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 15 | SCHROEDER, BILL | $7,250 | 10 | PADUCAH, KY | — |
| 16 | CLOYES, SHIRLEY A | $7,000 | 3 | BROOKLYN, NY | — |
| 17 | JONES, LINDA | $6,325 | 14 | WINDSOR, ME | — |
| 18 | GLICKSTEIN, DAVID L | $6,050 | 9 | PHILADELPHIA, PA | — |
| 19 | ESCOBEDO, EDMUNDO | $5,500 | 8 | LAS VEGAS, NV | — |
| 20 | BROUSSARD, BRUCE | $4,576 | 11 | PORTLAND, OR | — |
| 21 | SINGMASTER, AMY | $4,250 | 3 | COLUMBIA, SC | — |
| 22 | PETERSEN, ROBERT | $4,065 | 11 | LOS ANGELES, CA | — |
| 23 | HUNTINGTON, TRUMBULL | $3,900 | 6 | EAST ORLEANS, MA | — |
| 24 | FLYNT, LARRY | $3,300 | 2 | LOS ANGELES, CA | — |
| 25 | REGARDIE, WILLIAM A | $3,000 | 3 | WASHINGTON, DC | — |
| 26 | BEER, LEONARD | $3,000 | 5 | SHERMAN OAK, CA | — |
| 27 | SCHURZ, MARY | $3,000 | 3 | DANVILLE, KY | — |
| 28 | MCNEELY, JAMES | $3,000 | 2 | JEDDO, MI | — |
| 29 | MILLER, DONALD L | $2,495 | 3 | ALEXANDRIA, VA | — |
| 30 | LUNDQUIST, JOEGIL | $2,400 | 2 | MEDINA, WA | — |
| 31 | CARNEAL, JEFFREY J | $2,300 | 1 | POTOMAC, MD | — |
| 32 | HEFNER, HUGH | $2,300 | 1 | LOS ANGELES, CA | — |
| 33 | BORLAUG, DAVID | $2,250 | 3 | WASHBURN, ND | — |
| 34 | DELAPLAINE, GEORGE | $2,200 | 4 | FREDERICK, MD | — |
| 35 | FERNALD, H ALLEN | $2,000 | 1 | ROCKPORT, ME | — |
| 36 | SINAUER, ANDREW | $2,000 | 5 | AMHERST, MA | — |
| 37 | MESSER, MARSHALL E | $2,000 | 1 | NEW YORK, NY | WRITER |
| 38 | WINEBERG, JOEL | $1,700 | 3 | WILMETTE, IL | — |
| 39 | GORMAN, TED | $1,500 | 2 | WINTERSET, IA | — |
| 40 | SUMMER, CAROL | $1,200 | 2 | VAN NUYS, CA | — |
| 41 | Opdycke, Leonard E. Mr. | $1,200 | 2 | Poughkeepsie, NY | — |
| 42 | SKOUSEN, MARK | $1,103 | 3 | WINTER PARK, FL | — |
| 43 | BRACKSIECK, GEORGE | $1,000 | 1 | BOULDER, CO | — |
| 44 | HOWE, THOMAS JR | $1,000 | 3 | PARK RIDGE, IL | — |
| 45 | WOOD, JAMES M | $1,000 | 1 | FOREST PARK, GA | — |
| 46 | VINCENT, ADA | $1,000 | 1 | LAKE CHARLES, LA | — |
| 47 | EYLER, JOHN | $1,000 | 3 | RYE, NY | — |
| 48 | DUNPHY, JOAN S | $1,000 | 2 | FAR HILLS, NJ | — |
| 49 | THOMSON, GALE | $1,000 | 2 | ORFORD, NH | — |
| 50 | COPPENS, REGINA | $1,000 | 2 | BELGRADE, ME | — |
Top Recipients in 2008
| # | Committee | Total | Contributions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C00443846 | $100,766 | 25 |
| 2 | C00431445 | $98,650 | 113 |
| 3 | C00417600 | $61,900 | 13 |
| 4 | C00451393 | $34,390 | 45 |
| 5 | C00431205 | $23,750 | 20 |
| 6 | C00432278 | $15,600 | 5 |
| 7 | C00340083 | $11,550 | 7 |
| 8 | C00326264 | $11,500 | 5 |
| 9 | C00410233 | $10,300 | 12 |
| 10 | C00135558 | $10,000 | 1 |
| 11 | C00412619 | $10,000 | 2 |
| 12 | C00431569 | $9,550 | 16 |
| 13 | C00350785 | $8,500 | 8 |
| 14 | C00278689 | $7,000 | 3 |
| 15 | C00401224 | $6,000 | 13 |
| 16 | C00431577 | $5,500 | 8 |
| 17 | C00339655 | $4,576 | 11 |
| 18 | C00432914 | $4,250 | 3 |
| 19 | C00008409 | $4,065 | 11 |
| 20 | C00325704 | $3,300 | 2 |
| 21 | C00331439 | $3,000 | 3 |
| 22 | C00193342 | $3,000 | 3 |
| 23 | C00156612 | $3,000 | 2 |
| 24 | C00164939 | $2,495 | 3 |
| 25 | C00397737 | $2,400 | 2 |