Andrew Rome Withers — 2006 Tennessee House, District 87 campaign

Tennessee House, District 87 Democratic

2006 Tennessee House, District 87

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 → · 3 filings · Post-Primary 2005 2005–Pre-Primary 2005

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 →
$0
as of the Pre-General report
Why this number?
Raised (cash) Cash and cash-like receipts the campaign took in: contributions, the candidate’s own money, loans, and transfers from affiliated committees. Donated goods and services are not cash; they appear separately as In-Kind Received. Bookkeeping entries such as a carried balance, accounting adjustment, or refund also stay only in the filing’s own totals. Full definition →
$7,330
Why this number?
Total Spent
$9,405
Why this number?
Spent of Cash Raised How much of the cash this campaign took in it went on to spend, measured now that its reporting has closed. Above 100% means it spent more than it raised for this race, drawing on money it already had when the cycle opened. Full definition →
128.3%
$9,405 spent of $7,330 raised (cash)
Donors
64
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
Self-Funded
37%
$2,680 of $7,330 raised · self-contributions
Out-of-State
0.5%
$30 from outside TN
Why this number?

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). Note: 2 filings covering periods that end on the same day state different ending balances — Post-Primary 2005 2005 states $0.00, Pre-Primary 2005 states $36.49. The figure shown is Post-Primary 2005 2005's; the reports have not been reconciled against each other.

Reported on this filing:

Raised (cash) adds together the amounts listed below.

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Sum of every cash receipt bucket: itemized contributions from others + the candidate's own contributions + loans + filer-stated unitemized + (federal) transfers and other receipts.

Inputs behind Raised (cash)
Itemized contributions from others $4,650
Candidate's own contributions $2,680
Raised (cash) $7,330
From each filing:

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 $9,405
Total spent $9,405
From each filing:

Out-of-state share compares itemized money from outside tennessee with raised incl. in-kind.

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Itemized contributions from a state other than Tennessee, divided by everything the campaign raised (shown only when the state of most itemized money is known — above 98% coverage).

Itemized money from outside Tennessee: $30 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $7,330
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $30
Raised incl. in-kind
$7,330
Spent
$9,405

Who funds this campaign The sources split breaks down everything the campaign raised: the candidate’s own money (including self-loans), individuals (including unitemized small gifts), organizations and PACs, and “other” (in-kind contributions, loans other than the candidate’s, and the like) — open its “Why this number?” for the full breakdown. 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 →

The candidate’s own money made up 37% of the campaign’s funds — individuals gave 54%, organizations and PACs 9%.

Candidate’s own money $3K · 37% Individuals $4K · 54% Organizations & PACs $685 · 9%
Why this number?

Share from the candidate compares from the candidate's own money with everything the campaign raised.

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Everything the campaign raised, split into the candidate's own money (own contributions plus self- and family loans), individuals, organizations and PACs, and everything else — loans other than the candidate's, in-kind contributions, and (for federal filers) committee transfers and other receipts. Unitemized small donations count as individual money. The parts add up to the total raised. The headline share is the candidate divided by the total.

From the candidate's own money: $2,680 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $7,330
Inputs behind Share from the candidate
Candidate's own money (incl. self-loans) $2,680
From individuals $3,965
From organizations and PACs $685

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 →

$71average gift
$25median gift
56individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
55%
14%
$50–200
32%
38%
$200–1K
13%
48%
$1K–5K
0%
0%
$5K+
0%
0%
Why this number?

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: $3,965 ÷ Individual donors: 56
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $3,965
Median gift $25
Individual donors 56

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 →

99.3% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (0.7% from out of state).

Tennessee $4,550 Out of state $30
  • Memphis $4K92%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $325
  • Other out-of-state $30
Why this number?

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 98% 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: $30 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $4,580
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $30

Contributions Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions by month — May 2005 – Aug 2005. Peak $2,350 in Jul 2005.

Bars show $4,530 of $4,650 in itemized contributions. The other $120 can’t be placed in a month — the filing gave no usable date, or recorded no identifiable source.

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names donors whose cumulative giving reached $200. Smaller donors contributed $2,070 total; their names are not disclosed here.

Named donor list 17 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Andrew Rome Withers Self 1 $2,679.99
Lavestia A Gaston 1 $425.00
R S Lewis Sons Funeral Home 1 $300.00
Ernest Withers 2 $270.00
Bob Blake 1 $250.00
Dorothy Withers 1 $250.00
Anthony Tate 1 $200.00
Michael A Eskridge 1 $200.00
Farris Mathews Branan Bobango Hellen PAC 1 $150.00
Wholesale Auto Etcetera LLC 1 $150.00

Expenditures

44 vendors 54 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Huddingston, Steve 1 $2,440.00 26%
Withers, Andrew 2 $1,200.00 13%
Ship, Aruthur 2 $650.00 7%
Moore, Gwen 1 $615.00 7%
Byte Mail 2 $501.51 5%
Taylor, Matthew A. 1 $415.00 4%
Exxon Express 2 $332.79 4%
Williams/Jazz Cafe, Roger 1 $300.00 3%
Askew, Steven 2 $290.00 3%
Grand Rental Station 1 $277.58 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 Rome Withers’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Printing & mail $3,838 41%
  • Other $1,424 15%
  • Fundraising & events $1,200 13%
  • Field & voter contact $978 10%
  • Office & operations $906 10%
  • Travel $522 6%
  • Loan & debt repayment $425 5%
  • Advertising & media $112 1%

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
Post-Primary 2005 2005 Amended $36.49 $0.00 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2005 $0.00 $36.49 Source ↗
Pre-General 2005 $0.00 $0.00 Source ↗