Valhi Incorporated political money in the 2008 election cycle

2008 is a different presidential file than 2012

Most industry–cycle pages in this batch sit on 2012 or 2014. Valhi Incorporated × 2008 is an earlier even-year window. The cell is still built the same way: employer key plus cycle. $2,936,497, 23 lines, 1 donor. Average line size is about $127,674. The entire cycle amount sits on one donor key.

One-donor concentration in a presidential year can reflect Super PAC-era gifts (independent expenditure-only committees were active in 2008’s aftermath and the cycle’s filings), candidate support, or joint fundraising. The facts do not split those buckets. They count 23 and 1.

2008 is earlier than most pages in this slice, but the join contract is the same: employer string times even-year cycle. Valhi Incorporated × 2008 = $2,936,497 on 23 lines from 1 donor, 36.3% of $8,089,138. One donor and about $127,674 per line is a concentrated presidential-era cell. Holding-company trees, subsidiary names, and later cycles are not imported here. The residual $5,152,641 sits in other years of this same key.

36.3% of the Valhi Incorporated roll

Eight million eighty-nine thousand one hundred thirty-eight dollars is the grouping across all cycles. $2,936,497 is 36.3% of that. 2008 is a heavy year for this string, not the entire history. Other even-year windows hold $5,152,641. This packet does not name those years’ amounts.

The industry hub is the running roll. This tie keeps 2008 visible so it is not flattened into $8,089,138.

As-filed corporate name

Valhi Incorporated is the grouped spelling. Subsidiaries, ticker-style abbreviations, and related holding names can sit in other keys. This join does not recode corporate trees. If a researcher expected a larger 2008 total, missing receipts may use a different employer string.

The overlay lists recipient committees for this intersection. The 2008 election-cycle hub places Valhi Incorporated among other employer strings from that year, including occupation labels that look nothing like this 1-donor shape.

Exclusions

Corporate PACs, independent expenditures, and state gifts are outside $2,936,497. USAspending awards to related operating companies are a different dataset. A holding-company name in FEC and a vendor name in USAspending are not a funding path from this donor key to those awards.

Unitemized gifts are absent. One donor key is a matching result, not a claim about household members who might have given under other names.

Related pages

The Valhi Incorporated 2008 overlay is the data join. The industry hub holds $8,089,138. The 2008 election-cycle hub holds that year’s employer list. The ties index holds other industry–cycle pages. Quote $2,936,497 with the 23-line, 1-donor shape and the 36.3% share.

Citing a 2008 holding-company cut

Name Valhi Incorporated and 2008, then $2,936,497, 23 contributions, 1 donor, 36.3% of $8,089,138, from FEC individual-contribution aggregates. State that these are individual receipts, not corporate treasury gifts. State that one donor produced 23 lines, so “one donor” is not “one check.” Open the overlay for recipients. Open the 2008 cycle hub to see this shape among other 2008 employer strings.

The industry hub holds $8,089,138. The ties index holds other industry–cycle pages, including later years for this key if they exist as separate files. USAspending awards to related operating companies are a different dataset. A holding-company name in FEC and a vendor name in awards files are not a trail from this donor key to those awards. Unitemized gifts never enter the 23-line count.

A 2008 one-donor cell of $2,936,497 on 23 lines is 36.3% of $8,089,138. That share is heavy for a single even-year window. It still leaves $5,152,641 in other years of the same key. Cite Valhi Incorporated × 2008 with both the concentration (1 donor, 23 lines) and the share. Do not convert individual receipts into treasury spending. Do not match the holding name to USAspending vendors as a funding path.

Questions

How much FEC money is tagged Valhi Incorporated in 2008?

The join records $2,936,497 in itemized individual contributions for Valhi Incorporated in 2008, from 23 contributions and 1 donor. The grouping’s all-cycle total is $8,089,138.

Why 2008 instead of 2012 or 2014?

Because this packet’s cycle fact is 2008. Other years for the same key, if they exist, are other tie pages. 2008’s cell is $2,936,497, 36.3% of $8,089,138.

Does one donor mean one check?

No. One donor key produced 23 itemized lines totaling $2,936,497—about $127,674 per line. Multiple committees generate multiple rows.

Is this corporate treasury money?

No. These are individual receipts with Valhi Incorporated in the employer field. Corporate treasury contributions to candidates are a different legal category and are not this cell.