TEACHER

Teacher as stored text, 2008 as cycle

Employer and occupation groupings sit on one axis; election cycles sit on the other. Rows that match both — Teacher and 2008 — sum to $726,203. 830 itemized contributions and 245 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 Teacher hub nor the 2008 election cycle hub is this number; each hub drops one of the two keys. Teacher is a self-reported title, not a state teaching-credential roster. Two hundred forty-five donors and 830 lines in 2008 matched that word. PROFESSOR and named school districts typed as employer sit on other keys. The union as a committee is not this rollup. EDUCATOR, PROFESSOR, TEACHER/RETIRED, SCHOOL DISTRICT employer names, and named universities are other keys.

7.1% of the Teacher roll

The grouping’s stored total across cycles is $10,159,471 ($10.2 million). The 2008 slice of $726,203 is about 7.1% of that running sum. Other even-year windows hold the remaining 92.9% ($9,433,268). Treating 2008 as the Teacher FEC story would ignore that remainder.

Treat $10,159,471 as the denominator for the 7.1% 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 $10,159,471.

Questions

How much did Teacher donors give in 2008?

FEC.gov aggregates show $726,203 in itemized individual contributions for the Teacher grouping in the 2008 cycle, across 830 contributions and 245 donors. That sum is not a PAC total and not the $10,159,471 all-cycle figure.

What share of Teacher FEC money is 2008?

The grouping’s all-cycle total is $10,159,471. The 2008 cell of $726,203 is about 7.1% of that figure. Other cycles hold the remaining 92.9% ($9,433,268) on the industry hub. The overlay lists itemized rows for this cell; the Teacher 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 Teacher donors?

No. The bucket is the self-reported string Teacher. 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 $726,203 from 245 donors.

Where is the overlay for the Teacher 2008 join?

Open Teacher 2008 for the cycle overlay, Teacher 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.