State of Ohio and the 2008 FEC election cycle

State of Ohio as stored text, 2008 as cycle

Employer and occupation groupings sit on one axis; election cycles sit on the other. Rows that match both — STATE OF OHIO and 2008 — sum to $125,833. 175 itemized contributions and 87 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 State of Ohio hub nor the 2008 election cycle hub is this number; each hub drops one of the two keys. State of Ohio is public-employer text, not a verified payroll file. 87 donors and 175 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 STATE OF OHIO.

The join exists so a reader does not treat $9,902,902 (all cycles for this string) as the 2008 story, and does not treat the 2008 cycle hub as a State of Ohio-only list. Two filters, one cell: $125,833.

1.3% of the State of Ohio roll

The grouping’s stored total across cycles is $9,902,902. The 2008 slice of $125,833 is about 1.3% of that running sum. Other even-year windows hold the remaining 98.7% ($9,777,069). Treating 2008 as the entire State of Ohio FEC story would ignore that remainder. The industry hub is the year index for this string.

Treat $9,902,902 as the denominator for the 1.3% 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 $9,902,902. Neighboring spellings are not added into either figure.

175 contributions from 87 donors

Dividing $125,833 by 175 contributions yields about $719 per itemized gift. Dividing by 87 donors yields about $1,446 per donor. Contributions per donor average about 2.0. 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.

87 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. State of Ohio 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 employer filter and State of Ohio to drop the year.

Gifts from both years of the two-year FEC window sit in the $125,833 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 175 contributions, the 87 unique donors, and the 1.3% share of $9,902,902.

What the Commission does not verify

Itemized individual receipts are the universe. Unitemized gifts, independent expenditures, and PAC disbursements sit outside $125,833. 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 public-employer text, not a State of Ohio PAC, an Ohio treasury disbursement, or every Ohio agency name stored as its own key.

Public payroll and a state name on a contribution form are not the same as a state government making a political contribution. The FEC records itemized individuals who typed STATE OF OHIO. Agency-by-agency spellings, university systems, and city governments inside the state are other keys. All FEC ties lists other two-dimension pages. Live hubs override this snapshot. If the overlay disagrees, the overlay and FEC.gov control.

Citing State of Ohio and 2008 together

Start with $125,833, then State of Ohio 2008 for rows, then the industry hub or the 2008 election cycle if a filter needs to come off. Citation template: STATE OF OHIO, 2008, $125,833, 175 contributions, 87 donors, 1.3% of $9,902,902, source FEC.gov. Keep neighboring spellings and occupation titles out of the total unless they grouped to this exact string.

The 1.3% share, the 87-donor count, and the $719 mean gift belong to this intersection. Carry them onto a successor label or a sibling employer word and they stop being facts from this packet. This prose is a packet snapshot. 175 itemized contributions totaling $125,833 average about $719 per line. Unitemized gifts never appear. Campaign contributions are not federal awards.

Questions

How much did State of Ohio donors give in 2008?

FEC.gov aggregates show $125,833 in itemized individual contributions for the State of Ohio grouping in the 2008 cycle, across 175 contributions and 87 donors. That sum is not a PAC total and not the $9,902,902 all-cycle figure. Independent expenditures are not included.

What share of State of Ohio FEC money is 2008?

The grouping’s all-cycle total is $9,902,902. The 2008 cell of $125,833 is about 1.3% of that figure. Other cycles hold the remaining 98.7% ($9,777,069) on the industry hub. The overlay lists itemized rows for this cell.

Does this include only currently employed State of Ohio donors?

No. The bucket is the self-reported string STATE OF OHIO. 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 $125,833 from 87 donors across 175 contributions.

Where is the overlay for the State of Ohio 2008 join?

Open State of Ohio 2008 for the cycle overlay, State of Ohio for the grouping hub, and the 2008 election cycle for the year without this employer 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 $125,833, 175 contributions, and 87 donors.