How much did Virginia Lobbyist donors give in FEC data?

Donors listing occupation LOBBYIST with a Virginia address reported $4,305,477 in itemized individual contributions, from 545 donors and 8,057 receipts. That is about 28% of the $15,512,853 recorded nationally under LOBBYIST. The total is not an LDA registration count.

Are Virginia and DC lobbyist totals the same people?

They are different address-state filters on the same occupation string. Virginia is $4,305,477 from 545 donors; the national occupation is $15,512,853 from 2,173 donors. A person appears in this join only if the receipt lists VA. A DC-coded receipt belongs on the District tie, not here. The two pages are not a de-duplicated capital-area total.

Is this the same as registered lobbyists?

No. FEC occupation is free text. LDA registration is separate. Someone who lobbies and wrote attorney or government relations will not appear in the $4,305,477. Someone who wrote LOBBYIST will, whether or not they appear on an LDA list.

Did these contributions go to Virginia candidates?

The join filters donor state and occupation, not recipient. A Virginia-addressed LOBBYIST can give to any FEC committee. Tracing the $4,305,477 from 545 donors and 8,057 receipts requires committee-level receipts The packet totals for this join remain the occupation–state filter described above, with no extra dollar figures beyond those facts.

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Lobbyist political contributions from Virginia

Virginia donors listing occupation LOBBYIST reported $4,305,477 in itemized individual contributions to FEC committees. The join includes 8,057 contributions from 545 donors. Nationwide, LOBBYIST totals $15,512,853 from 2,173 donors and 29,384 gifts. Virginia holds about 28% of those dollars and about 27% of those receipts — a large suburb-of-the-capital slice that sits beside, and is not the same as, the District of Columbia LOBBYIST join.

Key figures

Virginia LOBBYIST donors reported $4,305,477 in 8,057 FEC contributions from 545 donors.
National LOBBYIST totals are $15,512,853, 29,384 contributions, and 2,173 donors.
Virginia is about 28% of occupation dollars, 27% of contributions, and 25% of donors.
Average itemized gift in the Virginia join is about $534.
LOBBYIST on an FEC receipt is not an LDA match; Virginia and DC joins are separate address filters.

LOBBYIST crossed with Virginia

Occupation LOBBYIST plus contributor state Virginia yields $4,305,477. That is about 28% of $15,512,853 nationally. Virginia’s 8,057 contributions are about 27% of 29,384. Its 545 donors are about 25% of 2,173. The three percentages sit together. Virginia is a large, proportional piece of this advocacy title as filed, not a two-donor outlier.

Average itemized gift in the Virginia join is about $534 ($4,305,477 / 8,057). Government relations and consultant are neighboring labels and are not included. This page is the word LOBBYIST only.

Eight thousand fifty-seven Virginia LOBBYIST gifts are about 27% of 29,384 nationally. Five hundred forty-five of 2,173 donors is about 25%. Dollars ($4,305,477 of $15,512,853) are about 28%. The three shares agree. DC’s LOBBYIST join is the other capital-area address filter and is not added here.

LOBBYIST nationwide, with two capital-area states

Two thousand one hundred seventy-three donors used LOBBYIST on receipts totaling $15,512,853 across 29,384 itemized gifts. LDA registration is a different filing system; FEC occupation text is not an LDA match.

DC’s LOBBYIST join and this Virginia join use the same $15,512,853 national total. They are not added together on this page, because some questions are about one state’s address field. People who work in Washington and live in Virginia appear here only if the receipt lists VA. People coded DC appear on the DC tie, not here.

Five hundred forty-five Virginia donors

Five hundred forty-five Virginia donors produced 8,057 LOBBYIST-tagged contributions totaling $4,305,477. Repeat itemization is visible. The Virginia campaign-finance hub places LOBBYIST beside director, principal, and other VA strings so an advocacy title is not treated as all Northern Virginia professional giving.

Address state can be Arlington, Richmond, or anywhere else in VA. The join does not distinguish suburban commuting from in-state lobbying. It reports the FEC state field plus this occupation string.

The 545 Virginia keys include Richmond and other in-state addresses, not only Northern Virginia. The join does not split those geographies. Contributor state VA is the whole filter. Recipients of the $4,305,477 remain a committee-level question.

What the label does not authorize

The table does not identify clients or issues. Individual receipts are personal as reported. The join does not say Virginia lobbyists funded Virginia candidates or that lobbying caused the gifts. Correlation between an advocacy title and a Virginia address is a join, not a theory of influence.

Use the occupations index for government-relations variants, the DC LOBBYIST tie for the District cell, and the ties index for other joins. Source: FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates; occupation labels are filer-entered.

Parent tables

See Lobbyist donations for the $15,512,853 national series, Virginia campaign finance for all VA occupations, the occupations index for related titles, and all FEC ties for other occupation–state cells.

Suburban addresses on an advocacy title

Virginia LOBBYIST at $4,305,477 from 545 donors and 8,057 gifts is about 28% of $15,512,853 nationally, with contribution and donor shares (27% and 25%) close behind. Average gift about $534. DC’s LOBBYIST join is $5,593,193 from 438 donors on the same denominator. Virginia has more people in this string; DC has more dollars. That is a shape contrast, not a ranking of influence.

LDA registration remains a different file. Government relations is a different occupation (DC has a GOVERNMENT RELATIONS join). People who live in Virginia, work in Washington, and wrote attorney are in neither LOBBYIST cell unless they also used this word.

Five hundred forty-five Virginia donors, 8,057 gifts, $4,305,477, about 28% of $15,512,853 and about 25% of 2,173 donors. DC’s LOBBYIST join has fewer people and more dollars. LDA registration matches neither. GOVERNMENT RELATIONS is another occupation. Cite Virginia as an address filter on LOBBYIST, then stop before turning suburban ZIP codes into a theory of influence.

Questions

How much did Virginia Lobbyist donors give in FEC data?: Donors listing occupation LOBBYIST with a Virginia address reported $4,305,477 in itemized individual contributions, from 545 donors and 8,057 receipts. That is about 28% of the $15,512,853 recorded nationally under LOBBYIST. The total is not an LDA registration count.
Are Virginia and DC lobbyist totals the same people?: They are different address-state filters on the same occupation string. Virginia is $4,305,477 from 545 donors; the national occupation is $15,512,853 from 2,173 donors. A person appears in this join only if the receipt lists VA. A DC-coded receipt belongs on the District tie, not here. The two pages are not a de-duplicated capital-area total.
Is this the same as registered lobbyists?: No. FEC occupation is free text. LDA registration is separate. Someone who lobbies and wrote attorney or government relations will not appear in the $4,305,477. Someone who wrote LOBBYIST will, whether or not they appear on an LDA list.
Did these contributions go to Virginia candidates?: The join filters donor state and occupation, not recipient. A Virginia-addressed LOBBYIST can give to any FEC committee. Tracing the $4,305,477 from 545 donors and 8,057 receipts requires committee-level receipts The packet totals for this join remain the occupation–state filter described above, with no extra dollar figures beyond those facts.

FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates by self-reported occupation and donor state. Occupation labels are filer-entered.