REAL ESTATE
2008 Election Cycle
Total Donated
$2,899,407
Contributions
2,681
Unique Donors
755
$3,922,050 in itemized individual contributions is the 2008-cycle join for the grouping Real Estate. FEC.gov aggregates count 3,251 contributions from 923 donors. The same string totals $66,412,750 across every cycle in this table, so the 2008 cell is about 5.91% of the lifetime bucket. Real Estate is a two-word sector-style occupation or employer string, not a license roster from a state commission. The key is not a NAICS real-estate total and not a Realtor PAC.
Key figures
- Real Estate × 2008: $3,922,050 in itemized individual contributions.
- 3,251 contributions from 923 donors; about $1,206.41 per gift and $4,249.24 per donor.
- 2008 is about 5.91% of the grouping’s $66,412,750 all-cycle total.
- REALTOR, REAL ESTATE BROKER, and REAL ESTATE AGENT remain other keys when those longer titles appear.
- Itemized individual receipts only — not PAC disbursements and not USAspending awards.
Real Estate stored text × cycle 2008
Employer and occupation groupings sit on one axis; election cycles sit on the other. Rows that match both — Real Estate and 2008 — sum to $3,922,050. The cell holds 3,251 itemized contributions and 923 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 Real Estate hub nor the 2008 election cycle hub is this number; each hub drops one of the two keys. Real Estate is a two-word sector-style occupation or employer string, not a license roster from a state commission. REALTOR, REAL ESTATE BROKER, and REAL ESTATE AGENT remain other keys when those longer titles appear. Open Real Estate 2008 for the overlay rows, Real Estate for other cycles, and the 2008 election cycle for other employer strings.
Dividing $3,922,050 by 3,251 contributions yields about $1,206.41 per itemized gift. Dividing by 923 donors yields about $4,249.24 per donor. Contributions per donor average about 3.5. Those means describe the arithmetic on the packet. They are not medians, not a party split, and not a typical salary.
2008 inside the Real Estate running sum
The grouping’s stored total across cycles is $66,412,750. The 2008 slice of $3,922,050 is about 5.91% of that running sum. Other even-year windows hold the remaining 94.09%. Treating 2008 as the entire Real Estate FEC story would ignore that remainder.
Treat $66,412,750 as the denominator for the 5.91% 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 $66,412,750.
Full analysis: Real Estate contributions in the 2008 FEC cycle →
Questions
- How much did Real Estate donors give in 2008?
- FEC.gov aggregates show $3,922,050 in itemized individual contributions for the Real Estate grouping in the 2008 cycle, across 3,251 contributions and 923 donors. That sum is not a PAC total and not the $66,412,750 all-cycle figure.
- What share of Real Estate FEC money is 2008?
- The grouping’s all-cycle total is $66,412,750. The 2008 cell of $3,922,050 is about 5.91% of that figure. Other cycles hold the remaining 94.09% on the industry hub. Do not treat 2008 as the whole Real Estate story.
- Is Real Estate the same as Realtor?
- No. Real Estate and Realtor are separate stored strings. This 2008 cell uses only Real Estate. Named brokerages typed as employer sit on firm pages instead. The overlay lists itemized rows for this cell; the Real Estate hub holds other cycles; the 2008 election cycle hub holds other employer strings from the same window.
- Where is the overlay for the Real Estate 2008 join?
- Open Real Estate 2008 for the cycle overlay, Real Estate 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 | THOMPSON, DAVID | $92,460 | 114 | SEATTLE, WA | — |
| 2 | KRUPP, DOUGLAS | $89,654 | 14 | BOSTON, MA | — |
| 3 | FETNER, HAROLD | $62,300 | 6 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 4 | RUTHVEN, JOE P | $61,850 | 5 | LAKELAND, FL | — |
| 5 | WEISS, RICHARD | $61,130 | 35 | BEVERLY HILLS, CA | — |
| 6 | JENKINS, DAVID | $55,416 | 36 | MANITOU SPRINGS, CO | — |
| 7 | GRAY, RICHARD | $54,342 | 32 | BEAUFORT, SC | — |
| 8 | STUDLEY, JULIEN J | $46,300 | 8 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 9 | ZELL, SAMUEL | $44,400 | 18 | CHICAGO, IL | — |
| 10 | Walters, William T. Mr. | $40,000 | 6 | Las Vegas, NV | — |
| 11 | WILLIAMS, JOHN A | $37,200 | 7 | MARIETTA, GA | — |
| 12 | HOWARD, JOHN | $34,787 | 47 | BRANDON, MS | — |
| 13 | LYNCH, ROBERT H | $33,100 | 3 | COLORADO SPRINGS, CO | — |
| 14 | SMITH, ROBERT H | $33,050 | 7 | WASHINGTON, DC | — |
| 15 | KERR, MICHAEL | $32,000 | 13 | WOODSBURGH, NY | — |
| 16 | TRAUTZ, JOHN | $28,500 | 14 | EDINA, MN | — |
| 17 | BENDIT, CHARLES R | $27,000 | 2 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 18 | SULLIVAN, WILLIAM | $26,100 | 31 | TUCSON, AZ | — |
| 19 | RAPPAPORT, KURT | $25,300 | 5 | BEVERLY HILLS, CA | — |
| 20 | JAFFE, NORA T | $23,000 | 11 | LA JOLLA, CA | — |
| 21 | CORRELL, WARD | $22,000 | 5 | SOMERSET, KY | — |
| 22 | SHIFFMAN, GARY | $22,000 | 5 | WEST BLOOMFIELD, MI | — |
| 23 | JENSEN, JULIE | $21,400 | 19 | RAPID CITY, SD | — |
| 24 | WEINDLING, LESTER | $20,800 | 18 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 25 | GRAY, STEPHEN | $20,210 | 17 | SPRINGFIELD, MA | — |
| 26 | ALLEN, CHARLES | $20,125 | 26 | CHICKASHA, OK | — |
| 27 | MYERS, MIKE | $19,428 | 9 | TUCSON, AZ | — |
| 28 | COLIN, FRED | $19,000 | 16 | GARDEN CITY, NY | — |
| 29 | STUDLEY, JULIEN | $18,600 | 7 | NEW YORK, NY | — |
| 30 | FORD, TOM | $17,600 | 5 | MENLO PARK, CA | — |
| 31 | DAVIS, JONATHAN | $17,500 | 17 | CHESTNUT HILL, MA | — |
| 32 | LEFRAK, RICHARD | $17,150 | 9 | FOREST HILLS, NY | — |
| 33 | KADISH, LAWRENCE | $17,000 | 5 | GARDEN CITY, NY | — |
| 34 | HARTMAN, STEVE | $16,900 | 14 | ST JOSEPH, IL | — |
| 35 | YOUNG, CHARLES | $16,650 | 40 | MERIDIAN, MS | — |
| 36 | BRIDGFORTH, BARRY | $16,300 | 10 | SOUTHAVEN, MS | — |
| 37 | CARSTENS, DEBORAH | $16,000 | 14 | TELLURIDE, CO | — |
| 38 | URBAN, TONI O | $15,500 | 10 | DES MOINES, IA | — |
| 39 | SWEZY, LEWIS | $15,400 | 10 | HIALEAH, FL | — |
| 40 | POPE, ART | $15,225 | 3 | RALEIGH, NC | — |
| 41 | MEANY, CHRISTOPHER | $15,000 | 7 | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | — |
| 42 | CASE, ROBERT | $15,000 | 4 | ELLENSBURG, WA | — |
| 43 | LYNCH, THOMAS | $14,796 | 35 | IRVINE, CA | — |
| 44 | AARON, BARBARA | $14,050 | 11 | RESTON, VA | — |
| 45 | SWEET, ALBERT | $13,750 | 13 | MALIBU, CA | — |
| 46 | FIELD, LAWRENCE | $13,513 | 16 | BEVERLY HILLS, CA | — |
| 47 | TAYLOR, LARRY | $13,095 | 23 | ELM GROVE, LA | — |
| 48 | WRIGHT, MICHAELON | $12,500 | 5 | VANCOUVER, WA | — |
| 49 | FEINBERG, DAVID H | $11,500 | 4 | DENVER, CO | — |
| 50 | BENSON, DAVID | $11,470 | 21 | COLORADO SPRINGS, CO | — |
Top Recipients in 2008
| # | Committee | Total | Contributions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C00431445 | $302,337 | 390 |
| 2 | C00431569 | $270,925 | 275 |
| 3 | C00451393 | $98,320 | 86 |
| 4 | C00208991 | $89,654 | 14 |
| 5 | C00302422 | $65,800 | 10 |
| 6 | C00027466 | $65,450 | 33 |
| 7 | C00440859 | $62,350 | 6 |
| 8 | C00410522 | $61,630 | 36 |
| 9 | C00042366 | $57,300 | 45 |
| 10 | C00430470 | $57,005 | 34 |
| 11 | C00099259 | $55,042 | 34 |
| 12 | C00366401 | $47,300 | 9 |
| 13 | C00445320 | $45,400 | 19 |
| 14 | C00247403 | $44,850 | 30 |
| 15 | C00431205 | $43,070 | 40 |
| 16 | C00431577 | $40,580 | 39 |
| 17 | C00161810 | $34,787 | 47 |
| 18 | C00193342 | $33,700 | 19 |
| 19 | C00149641 | $33,050 | 7 |
| 20 | C00410118 | $28,500 | 14 |
| 21 | C00401224 | $28,460 | 29 |
| 22 | C00432286 | $28,000 | 11 |
| 23 | C00290825 | $27,000 | 2 |
| 24 | C00386458 | $26,513 | 34 |
| 25 | C00452706 | $25,500 | 11 |