Lawyer political contributions from California
California donors who listed their occupation as Lawyer account for $14,696,112 in FEC itemized individual contributions. That join covers 61,078 contributions from 2,510 donors. Nationwide, Lawyer-coded receipts total $105,321,940 from 362,611 contributions and 19,031 donors. California holds about 14% of those dollars and about 17% of the contributions.
Key figures
- California Lawyer-coded donors account for $14,696,112, 61,078 contributions, and 2,510 donors.
- The national Lawyer occupation total is $105,321,940 from 19,031 donors and 362,611 contributions.
- California holds about 14% of Lawyer-coded dollars and about 17% of Lawyer-coded contributions.
- This CA join is a separate filter from the New York Lawyer tie.
Lawyer plus California on FEC itemized rows
Occupation LAWYER and state CA produce $14,696,112, 61,078 contributions, and 2,510 donors. The occupation nationwide is $105,321,940, 362,611 contributions, and 19,031 donors. California’s dollar share is about 14%. Contribution share is about 17% (61,078 of 362,611). Donor share is about 13% (2,510 of 19,031).
California’s contribution share exceeds its dollar share. Other states’ Lawyer joins can show the reverse pattern. That contrast, if read at all, is two separate joins, not a contest. This page keeps California’s $14,696,112 on its own.
Lawyer–California is a high-row slice whose dollar share sits slightly below its contribution share: $14,696,112 of $105,321,940 (about 14%), 61,078 of 362,611 contributions (about 17%), 2,510 of 19,031 donors (about 13%). Sixty-one thousand contributions from 2,510 donors is frequent itemization inside the CA filter, on a nationally thick occupation (362,611 from 19,031). Other states’ Lawyer pages are other queries against $105,321,940. This page reports California only and does not rank those states. LAWYER is not a bar-membership file. PAC receipts are not in $14,696,112. Donor state CA is not recipient geography. The Lawyer hub holds $105,321,940. The California hub holds every occupation coded to CA.
Lawyer as a national occupation grouping
LAWYER is the string filers typed. Attorney or counsel would be other pages. National counts are 19,031 donors, 362,611 contributions, and $105,321,940.
Three hundred sixty-two thousand contributions from 19,031 donors shows heavy repeat itemization. California’s 61,078 contributions from 2,510 donors is the CA-coded volume, not a count of California bar numbers.
California donor-state activity
The CA side is $14,696,112 from 61,078 contributions and 2,510 donors. Donor address is not recipient geography. Lawyer-coded money from California can support committees in any state.
California campaign finance overall includes Founder, Investor, and Teacher. This tie isolates Lawyer. Firm employer pages are a different dimension.
What a 14% share does not establish
California holding about 14% of Lawyer-coded dollars does not show that the legal profession in the state funded a result, and it does not treat individual receipts as federal awards. Occupation plus state is not causation.
Itemized individual contributions from FEC.gov. Independent expenditures are excluded. Occupation labels are filer-entered.
Hubs and the New York Lawyer sibling
Lawyer donations holds the $105,321,940 national total. California campaign finance holds all CA-coded itemized individual receipts. All occupations and all FEC ties index other Lawyer-state joins as separate filters against the same occupation total.
Two thousand five hundred ten California Lawyer-coded donors are 13% of 19,031. Their 61,078 contributions are 17% of 362,611. Their $14,696,112 is 14% of $105,321,940. Rows slightly lead dollars in this CA filter.
Lawyer California as a high-row slice of a thick occupation
Sixty-one thousand seventy-eight contributions from 2,510 donors is frequent itemization inside California’s Lawyer join. Nationally the occupation has 362,611 contributions from 19,031 donors totaling $105,321,940. This page is the CA filter only. Other states’ Lawyer ties are other queries and are not ranked here.
LAWYER is filer-entered, not a bar extract. Donor state CA is not recipient geography. Lawyer donations and California campaign finance are the parent hubs. All occupations and all FEC ties collect other Lawyer-state joins against the same occupation total. Itemized individual contributions from FEC.gov. Independent expenditures excluded. This page is the occupation-and-state intersection, not a State Bar extract, and not a ranking against Lawyer joins in other states except as separate filters. Occupation LAWYER and donor state CA produce every number on this page. The $14,696,112 from 61,078 contributions and 2,510 donors is that intersection inside $105,321,940, not a State Bar roster. Those California totals remain itemized individual contributions on FEC.gov, not independent expenditures and not a bar-membership extract.
Questions
- How much have Lawyer donors in California given?
- FEC itemized individual contributions from donors listing occupation Lawyer and state California total $14,696,112, from 61,078 contributions and 2,510 donors. Nationwide, Lawyer-coded receipts are $105,321,940 from 362,611 contributions and 19,031 donors. California is about 14% of those dollars.
- Is California larger than New York for Lawyer-coded FEC money?
- This page reports California only: $14,696,112 from 2,510 donors. Lawyer receipts in other states are different joins. Both kinds of page are slices of the same $105,321,940 national Lawyer total. This page does not rank states.
- What share of Lawyer contributions are from California?
- About 17% of Lawyer-coded contributions (61,078 of 362,611) and about 13% of donors (2,510 of 19,031) are in this California join, alongside about 14% of dollars ($14,696,112 of $105,321,940). Donor state is the address on the record.
- Does this include law-firm partnership PACs?
- No. The $14,696,112 is itemized individual contributions grouped by occupation and donor state. PAC and partnership committee receipts are not in this join. The California join is $14,696,112 from 61,078 contributions and 2,510 donors.
FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates by self-reported occupation and donor state. Occupation labels are filer-entered.