Maine FEC totals for occupation Restaurant Owner

Both filters: RESTAURANT OWNER and state ME

The Maine × Restaurant Owner join is a database match, not a narrative about a profession. $178,020 entered the extract because itemized receipts carried occupation RESTAURANT OWNER and state ME at the same time. 143 is the matching line count. 9 is the matching donor-key count. $5,509,629 is what remains when the state filter is lifted for the same occupation string.

Dividing $178,020 by 143 yields about $1,245 per contribution. Dividing by 9 yields about $19,780 per donor. Gifts per donor average about 15.9 (143 ÷ 9). Nationally the occupation averages about $389 per gift and 10.7 gifts per donor. Those ratios describe this string, not payroll at firms that employ people with similar titles.

How FEC stores Restaurant Owner as an occupation

What the occupation side includes: itemized individual receipts tagged RESTAURANT OWNER, summing to $5,509,629 across 14,176 contributions and 1,329 donors, of which $178,020 is the Maine cell. What it excludes: other occupation strings, unitemized gifts, independent expenditures, and committee filings that are not individual contribution aggregates.

Per-gift and per-donor dollars in Maine

About $1,245 per contribution is $178,020 divided by 143. About $19,780 per donor is $178,020 divided by 9. About 15.9 gifts per donor is 143 divided by 9. Three ratios, three jobs. Dropping any input turns the ratio into an unsourced claim.

Donor state ME is the address code on the itemized record. Live occupation hubs can move as amended individual reports arrive. If a live hub disagrees with $178,020 or $5,509,629, the newer FEC extract controls.

$178,020 versus $5,509,629

Never write that Restaurant Owner gave $5,509,629 in Maine. $5,509,629 is the national occupation total. Never write that the occupation’s only state is Maine unless 3.2% is 100%, which it is not here. $178,020 is the Maine cell. The two columns are labeled stateTotal and occupationTotal in the packet for that reason.

3.2% is the only legitimate bridge between the columns. It is a quotient, not a second source. Independent expenditures still sit outside both columns.

FEC receipts are not federal awards

USAspending publishes federal obligations by agency and place. FEC publishes campaign finance. $178,020 does not become an award total because a state appears in both systems. $5,509,629 does not become an award total because an occupation string can be compared with a NAICS title in a researcher’s head. This page never claims receipts funded federal awards.

Internal links remain the four packet hrefs only. No other path is cited. Independent expenditures remain outside the dollar columns used here. RESTAURANT OWNER is the typed title. Owner, Restaurateur, and Restaurant Manager are other keys when those are the words on the form.

Why this page is not a Restaurant Owner directory

This page is not a directory of Restaurant Owner professionals in Maine, not a membership list, and not a health-department permit list, a NAICS restaurant census, or a franchise roster. 9 is a donor-key count inside one FEC aggregate. Most people who use a similar job title never appear in $178,020.

The four packet links are the only hrefs used: Restaurant Owner donations, Maine campaign finance, all occupations, and all FEC ties. No other URL is cited. Source: FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates by self-reported occupation and donor state.

Repeat the join in one sentence for citation: occupation Restaurant Owner, donor state Maine (ME), $178,020 itemized, 143 contributions, 9 donors, 3.2% of $5,509,629 from 1,329 national donors. RESTAURANT OWNER is the typed title. Owner, Restaurateur, and Restaurant Manager are other keys when those are the words on the form. Restaurateur, Owner, and Business Owner stay on other occupation pages. The Maine campaign finance hub still mixes every other title. All occupations and All FEC ties are indexes, not extra dollar columns.

What a reader may not do with $178,020: treat it as payroll, treat 9 as a workforce census, treat 3.2% as a share of Maine statewide receipts, or treat the cell as money that funded USAspending awards. What a reader may do: quote the pair, quote the source FEC.gov, and follow the four internal links. Mean about $1,245 per contribution and $19,780 per donor remain attached to 143 and 9. About 15.9 lines per donor remains 143 divided by 9.

Questions

How much did Restaurant Owner filers in Maine donate?

Filers who listed Restaurant Owner and Maine itemized $178,020 in FEC individual contributions, from 143 receipts and 9 donors. That is 3.2% of $5,509,629 under RESTAURANT OWNER. Restaurateur, Owner, and Business Owner are other keys when those are the words on the form. Figures are FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates.

Does this count a professional association’s PAC spending?

No. $178,020 is individual contributions tagged Restaurant Owner and Maine. Association committee filings file as committees. Mixing PAC spending with $178,020 would blend FEC tables. See Restaurant Owner donations or Maine campaign finance for committee names. The join is $178,020 on 143 receipts from 9 donors.

Are restaurant owner labels standardized on FEC forms?

No. FEC.gov stores the occupation as typed. This join uses RESTAURANT OWNER. Restaurateur, Owner, and Business Owner are other keys when those characters appear. LobbyVault does not recode the string into a health-department permit list, a NAICS restaurant census, or a franchise roster. Cite $178,020 for this title in Maine on 143 receipts from 9 donors.

What two tables meet on this page?

Restaurant Owner donations ($5,509,629 for the string) and Maine campaign finance. The overlap is $178,020 from 143 receipts and 9 donors. All FEC ties lists other occupation-state cells. All occupations lists neighboring titles. Figures are FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates for Restaurant Owner in Maine.