SURGEON

Surgeon as stored text, 2008 as cycle

Employer groupings sit on one axis; election cycles sit on the other. Rows that match both — Surgeon and 2008 — sum to $333,369. The cell holds 383 itemized contributions and 145 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 Surgeon hub nor the 2008 election cycle hub is this number; each hub drops one of the two keys. Surgeon on an FEC line is a self-reported title, not an ACS fellowship roster. One hundred forty-five donors in 2008 produced 383 lines. Physicians who typed Physician or MD sit in those other buckets. Hospital employer names sit on firm pages. PHYSICIAN, MD, ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON, and named hospitals or practices are other keys. This page is the one-word Surgeon string.

6.1% of the Surgeon roll

The grouping’s stored total across cycles is $5,485,696 ($5.5 million). The 2008 slice of $333,369 is about 6.1% of that running sum. Other even-year windows hold the remaining 93.9%. Treating 2008 as the Surgeon FEC story would ignore that remainder.

Treat $5,485,696 as the denominator for the 6.1% 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 $5,485,696.

Questions

How much did Surgeon donors give in 2008?

FEC.gov aggregates show $333,369 in itemized individual contributions for the Surgeon grouping in the 2008 cycle, across 383 contributions and 145 donors. That sum is not a PAC total and not the $5,485,696 all-cycle figure.

What share of Surgeon FEC money is 2008?

The grouping’s all-cycle total is $5,485,696. The 2008 cell of $333,369 is about 6.1% of that figure. Other cycles hold the remaining 93.9% on the industry hub. The overlay lists itemized rows for this cell; the Surgeon 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 surgeons?

No. The bucket is the self-reported string Surgeon. 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 $333,369 from 145 donors.

Where is the overlay for the Surgeon 2008 join?

Open Surgeon 2008 for the cycle overlay, Surgeon 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.