Member political contributions from Tennessee

The Member–Tennessee overlap

Itemized individual receipts carry a self-reported occupation and a donor state. This tie keeps occupation MEMBER and state TN. The match is $739,351, 266 contributions, and 26 donors. The occupation nationwide is $7,536,549, 10,480 contributions, and 851 donors. Tennessee holds about 9.8% of Member-coded dollars, about 2.5% of Member-coded contribution rows, and about 3.1% of Member-coded donors.

Almost 10% of the dollars and about 3% of the donors is a concentrated dollar slice. Twenty-six Tennessee identities sit on a larger share of money than of people. A national Member list would hide that concentration. A Tennessee state list would hide that the receipts are tagged MEMBER rather than OWNER, PARTNER, or another title.

Twenty-six Tennessee donors and 266 contribution rows produced $739,351 under MEMBER. The occupation side is $7,536,549, 10,480 contributions, and 851 donors. Almost 10% of the dollars from about 3% of the donors is the join’s headline imbalance. MEMBER remains a noisy string: LLC membership, firm membership, and leftover fragments of longer titles can share the same four letters. This page does not resolve those meanings. It reports the labeled intersection with Tennessee.

Why MEMBER is a noisy occupation string

MEMBER is one of the least specific occupation labels in FEC individual data. Filers use it for LLC membership, firm membership, board membership, or as a fragment of a longer title that did not fit. MANAGING MEMBER is a different occupation page with different totals. This join does not merge them.

Nationally, 851 donors produced 10,480 contributions totaling $7,536,549. Those figures describe the labeled bucket, not 851 people who share a profession. This page only locates the Tennessee-coded portion of that bucket.

Tennessee’s 26-donor cut

Twenty-six Tennessee donors produced 266 contributions totaling $739,351. Other Tennessee occupations, including Pathologist and Film Producer joins if published, are separate files with their own facts. Member receipts from other states fill the remainder up to $7,536,549.

TN is the donor-state field. It does not prove the contributor lives in Tennessee now or that Tennessee federal candidates received the $739,351. Recipient committee geography is not part of this aggregate.

Dollar share without a matching row share

Tennessee’s about 9.8% of Member dollars against about 2.5% of Member contribution rows means the Tennessee-coded lines are dollar-heavier than the national occupation taken as a whole, as those two aggregates compare. The page still does not compute a typical gift and does not assume the 26 donors gave similar amounts.

Amendments that change occupation or state would move rows out of this join. The relationship is only the current two-field intersection.

A vague title with a dollar-heavy Tennessee cut

Tennessee’s Member join is $739,351 from 26 donors and 266 contributions. The occupation nationwide is $7,536,549 from 851 donors and 10,480 contributions. About 9.8% of dollars, about 3.1% of donors, and about 2.5% of rows: Tennessee is much more present in Member money than in Member people or lines.

MEMBER is among the least specific FEC occupation strings. MANAGING MEMBER is a different page with a different national total. This join does not merge them. The 26 Tennessee donors are whoever typed MEMBER and TN. The 266 rows are their itemized individual lines, not a census of LLC memberships.

Pathologist and Film Producer also use Tennessee. They share TN only. Unitemized gifts and independent expenditures are omitted. See Member donations, Tennessee campaign finance, all occupations, and all FEC ties.

What not to infer from Member

This page does not treat MEMBER as a proxy for wealth, for LLCs, or for Tennessee’s business community. It does not rank states. Two columns matched. Correlation is not causation.

Unitemized giving and independent expenditures are omitted. Use Member donations, Tennessee campaign finance, all occupations, and all FEC ties for the unjoined hubs.

Questions

How much have Member donors in Tennessee given?

FEC itemized individual contributions from donors listing occupation Member and state Tennessee total $739,351. That join includes 266 contributions and 26 donors. Nationwide, Member-coded receipts are $7,536,549 from 851 donors and 10,480 contributions. Occupation labels are filer-entered.

Does Member mean LLC managing members?

Not necessarily. MEMBER is the string as entered. MANAGING MEMBER is a separate occupation bucket. Nationally MEMBER covers 851 donors and $7,536,549. This tie only adds the Tennessee state filter. The page does not verify entity type Donor state is the address on the itemized individual record, not a map of Tennessee races. This join is $739,351 from 26 donors and 266 contributions against $7,536,549 nationwide. Recipients can be committees anywhere in the FEC system.

Why is Tennessee’s dollar share larger than its donor share?

Tennessee holds about 9.8% of Member dollars ($739,351 of $7,536,549) but only 26 of 851 donors and 266 of 10,480 contributions. The join is dollar-heavy relative to headcount. Donors are not named here Donor state is the address on the itemized individual record, not a map of Tennessee races. This join is $739,351 from 26 donors and 266 contributions against $7,536,549 nationwide. Recipients can be committees anywhere in the FEC system.

Is this money for Tennessee campaigns?

Not necessarily. Donor state is Tennessee on the record. Recipients can be committees anywhere that file with the FEC. This page does not allocate the $739,351 by office Donor state is the address on the itemized individual record, not a map of Tennessee races. This join is $739,351 from 26 donors and 266 contributions against $7,536,549 nationwide. Recipients can be committees anywhere in the FEC system.