Government Relations political contributions from Maryland

GOVERNMENT RELATIONS plus Maryland donor state

Occupation GOVERNMENT RELATIONS and donor state MD produce $1,108,571, 2,513 contributions, and 121 donors. The occupation hub is $10,141,599, 21,145 contributions, and 1,398 donors. Maryland’s dollar share is about 10.9% ($1,108,571 of $10,141,599). Its contribution share is about 11.9% (2,513 of 21,145). Its donor share is about 8.7% (121 of 1,398).

Contribution share slightly exceeds dollar share. One hundred twenty-one Maryland donors produced about one ninth of occupation dollars and about one eighth of occupation contributions. That is a volume-tilted cell relative to several concentrated titles in this packet wave.

LOBBYIST, GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, and CONSULTANT are other keys if stored separately. They are not inside $10,141,599 unless grouped here. This packet does not claim that grouping.

A workplace phrase, not an LDA registrant list

GOVERNMENT RELATIONS is typed on the receipt. FEC.gov does not match it to Lobbying Disclosure Act filings, to a Maryland ethics registration, or to a trade-association payroll. One thousand three hundred ninety-eight national donors used the string. People who typed LOBBYIST sit in another occupation total if that string is a separate slug.

Twenty-one thousand one hundred forty-five contributions from 1,398 donors nationwide is about 15 itemized gifts per donor. Maryland’s 2,513 contributions from 121 donors is about 21 gifts per donor. Repeat itemization is denser in the Maryland cell than in the national occupation average.

Maryland cell averages and nearby geography

Dividing $1,108,571 by 2,513 contributions yields about $441 per gift. Dividing by 121 donors yields about $9,162 per donor. Nationally, $10,141,599 divided by 21,145 contributions is about $480 per gift. Maryland’s mean is close to the national occupation mean. The distinctive pattern here is contribution volume (11.9% of lines) rather than oversized checks.

Donor state MD is the address on the receipt. Suburban Maryland sits next to the District of Columbia; that geography is not proof of federal employment, of LDA activity, or of gifts to particular offices. Social Worker donors in Maryland is a neighboring occupation join with 139 donors and $1,721,935.

One hundred twenty-one Maryland donors produced 2,513 contributions, about 21 itemized gifts per person, versus about 15 nationally. Frequency is the distinctive Maryland pattern in this occupation. Mean gift (about $441 versus about $480) is slightly lower. That is why contribution share (11.9%) can exceed dollar share (10.9%).

Do not read the title as a lobbying accusation

Itemized individual contributions are public receipts. GOVERNMENT RELATIONS on the occupation line is a field value. It is not evidence of a specific client, a specific bill, or a quid pro quo. The join reports occupation × state. It does not assign motive.

Maryland’s 10.9% share is a table split, not causation. Coverage is itemized individual contributions from FEC.gov. Unitemized money and independent expenditures are out of scope. Occupation labels are filer-entered.

Social Worker donors in Maryland ($1,721,935, 139 donors) share a donor state and a different title. GOVERNMENT RELATIONS is not LOBBYIST. An LDA registrant who typed LOBBYIST is not in $1,108,571. An LDA registrant who typed GOVERNMENT RELATIONS is, if the donor state is MD.

Occupation hub, state hub, other Maryland titles

Government Relations donations carries the $10,141,599 national occupation total. Maryland campaign finance carries all MD-coded itemized individual activity. All occupations and All FEC ties keep GOVERNMENT RELATIONS separate from LOBBYIST and from Social Worker’s Maryland cell so $1,108,571 is not folded into either.

The occupation hub still holds $9,033,028 outside Maryland ($10,141,599 minus $1,108,571). Use Government Relations donations for that remainder. Do not read $1,108,571 as Maryland lobbying spending or as a client list.

Volume near the District is still just a field match

Maryland’s 11.9% of Government Relations contributions from 121 donors is a volume slice, not a lobbying-disclosure extract. $1,108,571 does not list clients. LDA reports live in another system. This join only requires GOVERNMENT RELATIONS in the occupation box and MD as donor state.

Social Worker’s Maryland cell ($1,721,935) shows the same donor state with a different title and a different receipt shape. Keep the two Maryland joins separate so 121 Government Relations donors are not mixed with 139 Social Worker donors.

Questions

How much have Government Relations donors in Maryland given?

FEC itemized individual contributions from donors listing occupation Government Relations and state Maryland total $1,108,571, from 2,513 contributions and 121 donors. Nationwide, Government Relations-coded receipts are $10,141,599 from 21,145 contributions and 1,398 donors. Maryland is about 10.9% of those dollars.

Does Government Relations mean registered lobbyists in Maryland?

GOVERNMENT RELATIONS is the occupation text as entered on itemized filings. FEC aggregates do not verify LDA or state lobbying registration. LOBBYIST can exist as a separate key. The 121 Maryland donors are people whose records used this phrase.

Why is Maryland’s contribution share higher than its dollar share?

Maryland holds about 11.9% of Government Relations-coded contributions (2,513 of 21,145) and about 10.9% of dollars ($1,108,571 of $10,141,599). Mean gift in the cell is about $441, close to the national mean of about $480. The cell is volume-tilted, not a handful of oversized gifts.

Is this money given to Maryland candidates?

Not necessarily. MD is the donor state on the contribution. The $1,108,571 can be received by any FEC-filing committee. This page does not break receipts by office or by in-state versus out-of-state committees.