Government Relations political contributions from the District of Columbia

GOVERNMENT RELATIONS × DC

Occupation GOVERNMENT RELATIONS plus contributor state DC produces $3,961,624. That is about 39% of $10,141,599 nationally. DC’s 6,374 contributions are about 30% of 21,145. Its 308 donors are about 22% of 1,398. Dollar share leads donor share: DC receipts under this label run larger and more repeated, on average, than the national mix.

Average itemized gift in the DC join is about $622 ($3,961,624 / 6,374). Lobbyist, consultant, and public affairs are neighboring strings. They are not added into GOVERNMENT RELATIONS nationally or in DC. The two-word phrase is the whole bucket on this page.

Six thousand three hundred seventy-four DC GOVERNMENT RELATIONS gifts are about 30% of 21,145 nationally. Three hundred eight of 1,398 donors is about 22%. Dollars ($3,961,624 of $10,141,599) are about 39%. LOBBYIST in DC is a different string. LDA registration is a different file. This join is the two-word phrase plus a DC address.

A mid-size national advocacy label

One thousand three hundred ninety-eight donors used GOVERNMENT RELATIONS on itemized receipts totaling $10,141,599 across 21,145 gifts. The series is smaller than lawyer and larger than some boutique titles. A single jurisdiction can therefore hold a plurality of dollars without holding most of the people.

LDA lobbying registration is a different legal regime. FEC occupation text is not an LDA check. People who do government-relations work and write lobbyist appear on the LOBBYIST occupation page, including its DC tie, not in the $10,141,599 or the $3,961,624.

Three hundred eight DC donors

Three hundred eight DC donors produced 6,374 GOVERNMENT RELATIONS-tagged contributions totaling $3,961,624. Repeat itemization is the rule. The District of Columbia campaign-finance hub places this title beside lobbyist, lawyer, and other DC strings so two advocacy labels are not collapsed into one influence total.

A Virginia or Maryland home address for someone who works on K Street will not appear here unless the receipt lists DC. Donor state and workplace city are different fields. The join follows the state on the contribution.

Virginia has a GOVERNMENT RELATIONS occupation path in the index as well as a LOBBYIST join. This page is DC × GOVERNMENT RELATIONS only. Recipients of the $3,961,624 are a committee-level question. Occupation did not cause the gifts.

What the phrase does not prove

The table does not identify clients, issues, or employers. Individual receipts are personal as reported. The join does not say DC government-relations staff funded DC candidates or that the job caused the gifts.

Use the occupations index for lobbyist and related titles, the DC LOBBYIST tie for the other advocacy cell, and the ties index for other joins. Source: FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates; occupation labels are filer-entered.

Parent hubs

See Government Relations donations for the $10,141,599 national total, District of Columbia campaign finance for all DC occupations, the occupations index for lobbyist and consultant variants, and all FEC ties for other occupation–state cells.

An advocacy phrase that is not LOBBYIST

DC GOVERNMENT RELATIONS at $3,961,624 from 308 donors and 6,374 gifts is about 39% of $10,141,599 nationally, about 30% of 21,145 gifts, and about 22% of 1,398 donors. Average gift about $622. LOBBYIST in DC is a larger dollar cell ($5,593,193 from 438 donors) on a larger occupation ($15,512,853). The two titles are neighbors in ordinary speech and strangers in these tables.

LDA lists still do not match either string. Consultant and public affairs, if present, are additional fragments. A DC-addressed person who wrote government affairs rather than GOVERNMENT RELATIONS is absent from the 308 keys.

Three hundred eight DC donors, 6,374 gifts, $3,961,624, about 39% of $10,141,599. LOBBYIST in DC is a different string with a larger dollar total. LDA lists match neither. Virginia addresses for people who work in Washington are not in the 308 keys unless the receipt lists DC. Cite 39% of dollars against 22% of donors so the plurality is not mistaken for a headcount of the city’s advocacy workforce.

Questions

How much did DC Government Relations donors give according to the FEC?

Donors listing occupation GOVERNMENT RELATIONS with a District of Columbia address reported $3,961,624 in itemized individual contributions, from 308 donors and 6,374 receipts. That is about 39% of the $10,141,599 recorded nationally under that string. The total is not an LDA registration count.

Is government relations the same as lobbyist in these files?

No. GOVERNMENT RELATIONS is $10,141,599 from 1,398 donors nationally and $3,961,624 in DC. LOBBYIST is a separate occupation page with its own DC tie. Combining them would mix different strings and different donor counts. This join keeps the two-word phrase intact.

How large is DC’s share of Government Relations contributions?

DC is about 39% of dollars ($3,961,624 of $10,141,599), about 30% of contributions (6,374 of 21,145), and about 22% of donors (308 of 1,398). Average itemized gift in the DC join is about $622. Other states still hold about 61% of the occupation total.

Did these contributions go to District of Columbia races?

The join filters donor state and occupation, not recipient. A DC-addressed donor can give to any FEC-registered committee. The $3,961,624 is not mapped to DC or federal office races on this page The packet totals for this join remain the occupation–state filter described above, with no extra dollar figures beyond those facts.