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DENTIST

Total Donated

$36,685,531

Contributions

143,346

Unique Donors

10,521

Donors who entered DENTIST as occupation account for $36,685,531 in itemized federal receipts in LobbyVault’s index of FEC.gov files. That sum sits on 143,346 contributions from 10,521 donor records. The string is self-reported on Form 3 and Form 3X schedules, not a state dental-board extract. In compact form the occupation total is $36.7 million.

Key figures

  • DENTIST itemizations sum to $36,685,531 from 143,346 contributions and 10,521 donors.
  • Occupation is donor-supplied Form 3/3X text, not a dental-board roster.
  • Mean amounts are about $256 per contribution and about $3,487 per donor record.
  • DOCTOR and PHYSICIAN are separate occupation buckets unless normalized to DENTIST.

Broad donor pool, modest mean line

$36,685,531 is the occupation-level dollar total. 143,346 is the itemization count. 10,521 is the donor-record count. Mean contribution size is about $256. Mean dollars per donor record is about $3,487. Repeat giving is about 14 itemizations per donor record.

10,521 donor records is a wide pool relative to several executive titles with similar headline dollars. The per-line mean sits with other licensed-trade strings that generate many small itemizations.

These means are not typical-check estimates. The packet does not include a distribution.

DENTIST is not physician and not a specialty title

DOCTOR, PHYSICIAN, and specialty strings such as orthodontist (if present as a separate key) are not rolled into this total unless the bulk extract normalized them to DENTIST. This page cites only $36,685,531, 143,346 contributions, and 10,521 donors.

The FEC record does not verify an active dental license. Retired dentists, specialists who typed the generic noun, and people using the word loosely can all appear. Cross-walking this page to a dental-board list would overstate or understate the overlap.

Full analysis: What DENTIST donors give in federal races →

Questions

How much have DENTIST donors given in FEC records?
Itemizations that list DENTIST sum to $36,685,531 across 143,346 contributions and 10,521 donor records in the LobbyVault index of FEC bulk data. The figure is an occupation-string total, not a count of licensed dentists. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.
Are physicians included in the DENTIST total?
No. DOCTOR and PHYSICIAN are separate occupation strings unless the bulk extract normalized them to DENTIST. This page covers DENTIST: $36,685,531, 143,346 contributions, and 10,521 donors. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.
What is the average DENTIST contribution?
Dividing $36,685,531 by 143,346 itemizations yields about $256 per contribution. Dividing by 10,521 donors yields about $3,487 per donor record. Both are means, not medians. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.
Does listing DENTIST prove an active dental license?
No. Occupation is self-reported free text. The FEC record does not verify a dental-board credential. Retirees and specialists who typed the generic noun can appear. Quote 143,346 contributions and 10,521 donor records with the dollars. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.

Occupation is self-reported on FEC Form 3/3X itemizations. Indexed on LobbyVault from FEC bulk data.

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