RET (filer text) and the 2008 FEC election cycle

RET as stored text, 2008 as cycle

Employer and occupation groupings sit on one axis; election cycles sit on the other. Rows that match both — RET and 2008 — sum to $123,971. 163 itemized contributions and 70 unique donors produced it. The total is not an official organization disbursement and does not name recipients. Independent expenditures and committee transfers live in other FEC tables. Cite FEC.gov for this intersection.

Neither the RET hub nor the 2008 election cycle hub is this number; each hub drops one of the two keys. RET is filer-entered abbreviation, not a verified payroll file. 70 donors and 163 lines in 2008 matched that stored string. People who typed a neighboring spelling sit in other buckets. Named affiliates and related titles are other keys. This page is the exact string RET.

The join exists so a reader does not treat $2,515,339 (all cycles for this string) as the 2008 story, and does not treat the 2008 cycle hub as a RET-only list. Two filters, one cell: $123,971.

4.9% of the RET roll

The grouping’s stored total across cycles is $2,515,339. The 2008 slice of $123,971 is about 4.9% of that running sum. Other even-year windows hold the remaining 95.1% ($2,391,368). Treating 2008 as the entire RET FEC story would ignore that remainder. The industry hub is the year index for this string.

Treat $2,515,339 as the denominator for the 4.9% share. It is not market capitalization, not revenue, and not proof of a multi-year political program. This tie keeps 2008 from being folded silently into $2,515,339. Neighboring spellings are not added into either figure.

163 contributions from 70 donors

Dividing $123,971 by 163 contributions yields about $761 per itemized gift. Dividing by 70 donors yields about $1,771 per donor. Contributions per donor average about 2.3. Those means describe the arithmetic on the packet. They are not medians and not a party split. FEC.gov itemized individual receipts are the universe.

70 unique donors are contributor identities, not a headcount of employees, licensees, or members. Retirees and household members who reuse a workplace or title can appear. Repeat gifts raise the contribution count faster than the donor count.

2008 as the cycle dimension

The 2008 election cycle hub includes every stored employer and occupation for that window. RET is one cell in that matrix. This packet does not publish a cycle-wide denominator, so no national share is stated. Open the 2008 election cycle to drop the occupation filter and RET to drop the year.

Gifts from both years of the two-year FEC window sit in the $123,971 cell because the cycle is a two-year tag, not a single Tuesday. That mechanical fact is easy to forget when a searcher wants an election-night number. The overlay is where dates become visible. This join publishes the cycle total, the 163 contributions, the 70 unique donors, and the 4.9% share of $2,515,339.

What the Commission does not verify

Itemized individual receipts are the universe. Unitemized gifts, independent expenditures, and PAC disbursements sit outside $123,971. Federal awards in other databases are different datasets. Sharing an employer string and a calendar year does not turn these gifts into contracts or grants. The page is filer-entered abbreviation, not a company named RET, a verified retiree census, or the longer string RETIRED stored as its own key.

RET is three letters as stored. Filers often abbreviate retired that way; the Commission does not expand it. RETIRED, RETIRED TEACHER, and similar phrases are other groupings if stored separately. Do not read RET as a company ticker or a corporate family. All FEC ties lists other two-dimension pages. Live hubs override this snapshot. If the overlay disagrees, the overlay and FEC.gov control.

Citing RET and 2008 together

Start with $123,971, then RET 2008 for rows, then the industry hub or the 2008 election cycle if a filter needs to come off. Citation template: RET, 2008, $123,971, 163 contributions, 70 donors, 4.9% of $2,515,339, source FEC.gov. Keep neighboring spellings and occupation titles out of the total unless they grouped to this exact string.

The 4.9% share, the 70-donor count, and the $761 mean gift belong to this intersection. Carry them onto a successor label or a sibling occupation word and they stop being facts from this packet. This prose is a packet snapshot. 163 itemized contributions totaling $123,971 average about $761 per line. Unitemized gifts never appear. Campaign contributions are not federal awards.

Questions

How much FEC money is coded RET in 2008?

FEC.gov aggregates show $123,971 in itemized individual contributions for the RET grouping in the 2008 cycle, across 163 contributions and 70 donors. That sum is not a PAC total and not the $2,515,339 all-cycle figure. Independent expenditures are not included.

What share of RET FEC money is 2008?

The grouping’s all-cycle total is $2,515,339. The 2008 cell of $123,971 is about 4.9% of that figure. Other cycles hold the remaining 95.1% ($2,391,368) on the industry hub. The overlay lists itemized rows for this cell.

Does the FEC verify RET as a license or job?

No. The bucket is the self-reported string RET. The FEC does not verify licenses, current jobs, or corporate identity. Related phrases may sit in other groupings. This join reports the string match for 2008 only, totaling $123,971 from 70 donors across 163 contributions.

Where is the overlay for the RET 2008 join?

Open RET 2008 for the cycle overlay, RET for the grouping hub, and the 2008 election cycle for the year without this occupation filter. All FEC ties lists other two-dimension pages. This JSON file names the join; the overlay holds the itemized rows. Cite FEC.gov for $123,971, 163 contributions, and 70 donors.