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Andrew Ellis Farmer — 2018 Tennessee House, District 17 campaign

Tennessee House, District 17 Republican

2018 Tennessee House, District 17 · totals since Jan 16, 2017

Final This campaign’s election cycle is closed — no further reports for it are due, so these totals are settled rather than mid-race. They cover every filing we hold for the campaign; if the source archive later adds one, we load it. Full definition → · 8 filings · Mid-Year 2017–Q4 2018

Ended With What was left in the campaign’s account when its reporting closed — the ending balance on its final report for this race. It is a leftover, not a war chest: money still to be spent, refunded, given away, or carried into the next campaign. Full definition →
$27,750
as of the Q4 report
Receipts The sum of Total Receipts on the selected published reports. Open the receipt to check each report and any exclusions. Full definition →
$77,950
Total Spent
$80,171
Donors
95
total donors; qualifying names are listed below

Cash on hand is the amount reported on the filing listed below.

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The ending cash balance the campaign reported on its most recent filing (as filed, not computed).

Reported on this filing:
  • Q4 2018 Amendment $27,750 filing-stated

Reported receipts adds together the amounts listed below.

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Sum of Total Receipts reported on the selected source reports.

Inputs behind Reported receipts
Q4 2018 reported receipts $3,700
Pre-General 2018 reported receipts $7,450
Q3 2018 reported receipts $23,950
Pre-Primary 2018 reported receipts $2,350
Q2 2018 reported receipts $4,000
Q1 2018 reported receipts $0
Year-End 2017 reported receipts $31,900
Mid-Year 2017 reported receipts $4,600
Reported receipts $77,950
From each filing:
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Total spent adds together the amounts listed below.

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Itemized expenditure rows plus the stated spending a filer reported as a lump sum without itemizing it.

Inputs behind Total spent
Itemized expenditures $79,972
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $199
Total spent $80,171
From each filing:
  • Q4 2018 Amendment $10,286 derived
  • Pre-General 2018 Initial $2,559 derived
  • Q3 2018 Initial $23,611 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $23,545 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $66 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2018 Amendment $3,849 derived
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  • Q2 2018 Initial $8,272 derived
  • Q1 2018 Amendment $6,209 derived
  • Year-End 2017 Amendment $14,666 derived
  • Mid-Year 2017 Amendment $10,720 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $10,587 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $133 filing-stated
Receipts
$77,950
Spent
$80,171

Who funds this campaign The sources split breaks down the receipts the headline adds up, by the lines of each report behind it; its parts add up to the headline. Open its “Why this number?” for each report’s lines. Gift-size and location figures cover itemized contributions only. Aggregates count everyone who gave, including donors below the $200 disclosure floor — a share across all donors identifies no one. Full definition →

Largest part: organizations and PACs, itemized, 83% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $14K · 17%Organizations and PACs, itemized $64K · 83%

Share of reported receipts: Organizations and PACs, itemized compares organizations and pacs, itemized with reported receipts.

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Each selected report's reported receipts split by the report's own lines; the parts of every report add up to its total, and the totals to the headline.

Organizations and PACs, itemized: $64,450 ÷ Reported receipts: $77,950
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Organizations and PACs, itemized
Individuals, itemized $13,500
Organizations and PACs, itemized $64,450
From each filing:
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Gift size Each individual donor’s total giving to this campaign this cycle. Organizations, PACs, and the candidate’s own money are excluded (this is about people); a donor who gave under several name spellings is counted once. A donor named on the page can still sit in a small bucket — these are cycle totals, not “unnamed donors.” Full definition →

$450average gift
$250median gift
30individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0%
0%
$50–200
17%
3%
$200–1K
70%
56%
$1K–5K
13%
41%
$5K+
0%
0%

Average gift per individual donor compares total from individual donors with individual donors.

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Every individual donor's total contributions to this campaign, divided by the number of individual donors. Organizations and PACs are excluded (this measures people); a donor who gave under several name spellings is counted once. The median and the gift-size buckets are computed over the same individual-donor totals. Based on itemized contributions only (loans and money a filer reported as an unitemized lump sum are not included).

Total from individual donors: $13,500 ÷ Individual donors: 30
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $13,500
Median gift $250
Individual donors 30
Source filings:

Where the money comes from Shares of itemized dollars, by the contributor’s state and city as filed. A city is named only when at least 5 donors gave from it or it holds at least 5% of the located dollars; everyone else is grouped into “elsewhere.” Shown only when at least 80% of dollars carry a usable state. Full definition →

93% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (7% from out of state).

Tennessee $72,350 Out of state $5,600
  • Nashville $48K61%
  • Franklin $4K5%
  • Brentwood $3K4%
  • Knoxville $3K4%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $14K
  • Other out-of-state $6K

Out-of-state share of located dollars compares itemized money from outside tennessee with itemized money with a known state.

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Itemized contribution dollars from outside Tennessee, divided by all itemized dollars whose contributor state is known. A city is named only when at least 5 donors gave from it OR it holds at least 5% of the located dollars; everyone else is grouped into elsewhere-in-Tennessee and other-out-of-state. Shown only above 99% state coverage. Based on itemized contributions only (loans and money a filer reported as an unitemized lump sum are not included).

Itemized money from outside Tennessee: $5,600 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $77,950
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $5,600
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Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Nov 2016 – Jan 2019. Peak $17,050 in Sep 2017. Spending peaked at $20,849 in Jul 2018.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 90 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 5 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $450 and their names are withheld.

90 named donors 117 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Tennessee Highway Contractors PAC 2 $6,000.00
Lawyers Involved for TN PAC 2 $4,500.00
Tennessee REALTORS PAC (RPAC) 4 $3,000.00
Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Tennessee PAC (WSWT) 1 $2,000.00
Tennessee Volunteer PAC 2 $2,000.00
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings Tennessee State PAC 2 $2,000.00
Tennessee Medical Association PAC (TMA) 4 $2,000.00
Rogers Group Inc. PAC 1 $2,000.00
Tennessee Association of Broadcasters PAC 2 $2,000.00
King Group Rental 2 $2,000.00

Expenditures

71 vendors 113 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Tennessee State Victory PAC 2 $15,000.00 19%
Etrg 11 $12,780.00 16%
Denver T. Stevens Creative 1 $4,690.00 6%
House Republican Caucus 1 $4,500.00 6%
New Center Little League Football 3 $2,450.00 3%
Jefferson County Post 4 $2,250.00 3%
Pottery House Cafe 1 $2,075.00 3%
Gatlinburg Pittman Hs - Girls Volleyball 1 $2,000.00 3%
Holsclaw, John B. 1 $2,000.00 3%
King's Academy 2 $2,000.00 3%

Where the money went Each expenditure carries a short description of what it was for, written by the campaign. We sort those descriptions into a fixed set of categories; one expenditure goes in one category, so the amounts add up to Andrew Ellis Farmer’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Contributions & donations $47,786 60%
  • Advertising & media $15,201 19%
  • Other $6,380 8%
  • Field & voter contact $4,690 6%
  • Fundraising & events $3,311 4%
  • Office & operations $1,831 2%
  • Travel $623 0.8%
  • Consulting & professional services $150 0.2%

Filing History

Totals as filed with the Tennessee Registry of Election Finance; see About for how this data is processed.

Campaign filing history
Filing Cash Beginning Cash Ending Source
Q4 2018 Amended $34,335.54 $27,749.54 Source: Q4 2018 filing Report 119485
Pre-General 2018 $29,444.54 $34,335.54 Source: Pre-General 2018 filing Report 81055
Q3 2018 $29,105.17 $29,444.54 Source: Q3 2018 filing Report 79989
Pre-Primary 2018 Amended $30,604.17 $29,105.17 Source: Pre-Primary 2018 filing Report 78401
Q2 2018 $34,876.17 $30,604.17 Source: Q2 2018 filing Report 76758
Q1 2018 Amended $41,084.86 $34,876.17 Source: Q1 2018 filing Report 119484
Year-End 2017 Amended $23,850.82 $41,084.86 Source: Year-End 2017 filing Report 73752
Mid-Year 2017 Amended $29,970.83 $23,850.82 Source: Mid-Year 2017 filing Report 72298