Metal Bellows Corp contributions received by Ray Shamie for U.S. Senate
$4,512,901 in itemized individual contributions is the join between the Metal Bellows Corp grouping and RAY SHAMIE FOR U S SENATE (C00143008). That cell covers 161 contributions. The grouping totals $4,788,423; this committee is 94.2% of that labeled book. METAL BELLOWS CORP is grouped employer text — not a NAICS fabricated-metal sector and not independent-expenditure spending.
Key figures
- Ray Shamie for U.S. Senate received $4,512,901 from Metal Bellows Corp-coded individual contributions across 161 itemized gifts.
- The Metal Bellows Corp grouping totals $4,788,423, so this committee accounts for about 94.2% of that labeled money.
- 161 lines average about $28,030 each; that mean is arithmetic on the packet, not a typical small gift.
- Figures are FEC itemized individual contributions, not independent expenditures or USAspending awards.
One hundred sixty-one lines carrying $4,512,901
Metal Bellows Corp is the grouped employer or occupation key. RAY SHAMIE FOR U S SENATE is committee C00143008. This page is the overlap: itemized individual gifts whose field grouped to METAL BELLOWS CORP and whose recipient is that committee. The $4,512,901 figure is the intersection.
161 contributions averaging about $28,030 ($4,512,901 ÷ 161) describe a manufacturer employer string meeting a Senate campaign at a high share of the employer book. One hundred sixty-one lines averaging about $28,031 are a denser line count than a 28-line AMG cell and still a high mean. The packet does not name the filers or describe the product line.
The join exists so the industry hub ($4,788,423) and the committee hub are not treated as the same list. C00143008 is the FEC committee ID on this URL.
METAL BELLOWS CORP as employer text
METAL BELLOWS CORP is filer-entered text. METAL BELLOWS without CORP and a successor legal name can sit in other keys. This page does not recode a corporate family or a NAICS sector into $4,788,423.
Corp is part of the stored spelling. This page does not merge a later name change into $4,788,423. Occupation ENGINEER without this employer is another hub.
RAY SHAMIE FOR U S SENATE (C00143008)
C00143008 is disclosed as RAY SHAMIE FOR U S SENATE. This page does not list independent expenditures the committee made. The $4,512,901 is Metal Bellows Corp-coded individual receipts. Other employers giving to Ray Shamie for U.S. Senate appear on the committee hub. Adding them here would break the 161-line filter.
RAY SHAMIE FOR U S SENATE received $4,512,901 from Metal Bellows Corp-coded receipts. The committee hub also includes every other employer. This page does not list campaign expenditures.
Ninety-four percent of the manufacturer grouping
About 94.2% of $4,788,423 is $4,512,901 to Ray Shamie for U.S. Senate. That percentage describes overlap of two FEC groupings, not a finding that Metal Bellows Corp as an entity directed the gifts. A 94.2% share of a manufacturer book sitting in one Senate campaign is concentration in the table, not a finding that the corporation directed the gifts.
The leftover $275,522 (5.8% of $4,788,423) went to other committees under the same Metal Bellows Corp grouping, or sits outside this recipient filter. The Metal Bellows Corp industry hub holds that remainder. The RAY SHAMIE FOR U S SENATE page holds receipts whose employer field did not group to METAL BELLOWS CORP.
A bellows-maker string is not a defense-award ledger
Defense or industrial USAspending awards tagged to similarly named manufacturers are a different dataset. This join does not claim that $4,512,901 in itemized gifts funded federal work, or that federal work funded the gifts. Campaign contributions are not federal awards. Two datasets can share a name without sharing a payment trail.
Cite $4,512,901, 161 contributions, $4,788,423, and C00143008. Keep both sides named: Metal Bellows Corp as grouped text, RAY SHAMIE FOR U S SENATE as recipient. Motive is outside the packet. Unitemized gifts never appear.
I Squared R Element’s Davis for Congress cell in this slice is a cousin manufacturer-to-House shape. Do not stack those campaign totals.
How to cite this manufacturer × Senate join
The Metal Bellows Corp industry page holds the $4,788,423 grouping and the committees that received the other 5.8%. The Ray Shamie for U.S. Senate page holds C00143008 receipts from every employer. All industries and all FEC ties collect neighboring pairs without mixing independent expenditures into this 161-line cell.
Researchers who need names behind the 161 contribution lines must leave this prose page for the committee and industry tables. This tie only publishes the overlap: $4,512,901 coded to METAL BELLOWS CORP and received by RAY SHAMIE FOR U S SENATE (C00143008), against a grouping of $4,788,423. About 94.2% of that grouping is here; $275,522 is not. Dollars per line average about $28,030.
Cite $4,512,901, 161 contributions, $4,788,423, and C00143008. Keep both sides named: Metal Bellows Corp as employer text, Ray Shamie for U.S. Senate as recipient.
Questions
- How much did Metal Bellows Corp donors give Ray Shamie for Senate?
- FEC.gov aggregates of itemized individual contributions show $4,512,901 coded to the Metal Bellows Corp grouping and received by RAY SHAMIE FOR U S SENATE (C00143008). That join covers 161 contributions. The broader grouping across all committees is $4,788,423. These figures are not independent expenditures.
- Did Metal Bellows Corp donate $4,512,901 from its treasury?
- No. The total is itemized individual contributions whose employer field grouped to METAL BELLOWS CORP. One hundred sixty-one lines averaging about $28,031 do not identify the filers or verify employment. Corporate treasury gifts, if any, are other schedules.
- What share of this manufacturer FEC money went to that campaign?
- About 94.2% of the $4,788,423 Metal Bellows Corp total is in this join: $4,512,901 to Ray Shamie for U.S. Senate. About $275,522 went to other committees. That percentage describes overlap of two FEC groupings, not a finding that the labeled entity directed the gifts.
- Why are there 161 contributions in this Senate cell?
- The packet lists 161 itemized contribution lines totaling $4,512,901, about $28,030 per line. That is a receipt count, not a unique-donor count. Unitemized gifts and independent expenditures are not in this join. Use the C00143008 hub for other receipt types.
FEC.gov aggregates of itemized individual contributions grouped by employer/industry and recipient committee. Not independent expenditures.