SSGT contributions to Sean Eldridge for Congress

A short rank abbreviation on a candidate committee

SSGT is stored as typed. Filers often use it for staff sergeant; the FEC does not certify rank, branch, or active-duty status. $4,255,000 is the overlap with one candidate committee, C00541227, not a Department of Defense giving total.

79.7% of the SSGT occupation book landed here. 246 receipts at mean $17,297 is a sparse, large-check pattern—the opposite of a 50,000-line labor PAC. Mean is still arithmetic. A few large gifts can dominate $4,255,000.

Links: SSGT occupation hub, Sean Eldridge for Congress committee page, All occupations, All FEC ties. Other candidate committees that received SSGT sit in the occupation hub’s remainder of $1,082,836.

Keep SSGT → Sean Eldridge for Congress (C00541227): $4,255,000 in 246 receipts. on one sentence and the occupation-wide total on another. All FEC ties is the index for other occupation-to-committee pages. This snapshot does not replace FEC.gov bulk files.

SSGT’s occupation-wide book

All committees that received occupation SSGT total $5,337,836. This candidate committee holds 79.7%. 20.3% ($1,082,836) went to other federal recipients of the same abbreviation.

SSgt, staff sergeant, and E-6 can exist as other occupation keys. They are not inside $5,337,836 unless stored as SSGT. LobbyVault does not recode military rank tables into one MOS total.

Quote SSGT for the occupation-wide $5,337,836 and quote SEAN ELDRIDGE FOR CONGRESS (C00541227) for the committee overlay. The overlap remains $4,255,000 across 246 itemized receipts, 79.7% of the occupation book, mean $17,297. Remainder $1,082,836 (20.3%) went to other federal committees that stored the same occupation string. All occupations and All FEC ties keep the pair in the index. Itemized individual contributions only; independent expenditures are outside the source note. Later FEC bulk files override this snapshot. Do not add $4,255,000 to $5,337,836. Do not treat 246 as unique donors.

C00541227 as a candidate committee

SEAN ELDRIDGE FOR CONGRESS is the recipient name on the overlay. $4,255,000 is receipts from occupation SSGT only, not the campaign’s total from all occupations. Other titles on C00541227 sit outside this join.

The packet does not publish election cycle, office sought, or outcome. Candidate committees file with the FEC; this page does not score the race. Independent expenditures about the candidate are outside the source note.

Amended Schedule A filings move $4,255,000 and $5,337,836. Rewrite only the sentence whose source moved. This /ties/ page is a join snapshot, not a substitute for the occupation hub or the committee file on FEC.gov. Coverage stops at itemized individual contributions grouped by occupation and recipient committee. Unitemized gifts never enter either integer.

Concentration is not a unit roster

A 79.7% share of a rank abbreviation is not evidence that a unit bundled $4,255,000. Bundling, command influence, and duty-status rules are not fields in this packet. The table is itemized individual contributions with two labels.

Do not treat 246 as unique donors. Do not treat mean $17,297 as a typical enlisted gift. Large itemized receipts can sit next to smaller ones in the same count.

Keep SSGT → Sean Eldridge for Congress (C00541227): $4,255,000 in 246 receipts. on one sentence and the occupation-wide total on another. All FEC ties is the index for other occupation-to-committee pages. This snapshot does not replace FEC.gov bulk files.

Citation

FEC.gov: occupation SSGT $5,337,836; SSGT to C00541227 $4,255,000 in 246 contributions. Not independent expenditures. Not a Pentagon recode.

All FEC ties lists other occupation-to-committee pages. The occupation hub and committee overlay are the live tables. This prose is a snapshot.

Quote SSGT for the occupation-wide $5,337,836 and quote SEAN ELDRIDGE FOR CONGRESS (C00541227) for the committee overlay. The overlap remains $4,255,000 across 246 itemized receipts, 79.7% of the occupation book, mean $17,297. Remainder $1,082,836 (20.3%) went to other federal committees that stored the same occupation string. All occupations and All FEC ties keep the pair in the index. Itemized individual contributions only; independent expenditures are outside the source note. Later FEC bulk files override this snapshot. Do not add $4,255,000 to $5,337,836. Do not treat 246 as unique donors.

Questions

How much did SSGT filers give to Sean Eldridge for Congress?

$4,255,000 in 246 itemized contributions to C00541227, 79.7% of SSGT’s $5,337,836 occupation total. Mean $17,297 is total divided by receipt count. Unique donors are unpublished. Independent expenditures are excluded. Cite FEC.gov itemized individual aggregates; independent expenditures are excluded.

Does SSGT mean all donors were staff sergeants?

The FEC stores the occupation string SSGT as typed. It does not certify military rank, branch, or current service. Other spellings of the rank are other keys. This join does not recode service records into the occupation field. Cite FEC.gov itemized individual aggregates; independent expenditures are excluded.

Why is the average gift so large?

Because $4,255,000 is spread across only 246 receipts. Mean $17,297 is arithmetic. A small number of large itemized gifts can raise the mean. The packet has no median. Cite the two integers rather than the mean alone.

Is this the campaign’s total fundraising?

No. $4,255,000 is the SSGT occupation slice of C00541227. Other occupations on Sean Eldridge for Congress sit on the committee overlay. The occupation hub holds SSGT gifts to every other committee as well. Cite FEC.gov itemized individual aggregates; independent expenditures are excluded.