Bart Gordon — 2004 U.S. Representative, District 6 campaign

U.S. Representative, District 6 Democratic

2004 U.S. Representative, District 6 · totals since Jan 1, 2003

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 → · 11 filings · Q1 2003–YE 2004

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 →
$318,501
as of the Year-End report
Receipts The sum of Total Receipts on the selected published reports. Open the receipt to check each report and any exclusions. Full definition →
$616,787
includes $115,193 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Known in-kind (included in receipts) Goods or services donated to the campaign instead of cash — say, free printing or donated consulting — reported at fair-market value. Counted toward the same $200 disclosure threshold as cash gifts. Full definition →
$330
goods or services
Total disbursed
$852,697
Donors
389
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:
  • YE 2004 YEAR-END $318,501 filing-stated

Total receipts adds together the amounts listed below.

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Sum of Total Receipts reported on the selected source reports.

Inputs behind Total receipts
YE 2004 reported receipts $609
30G 2004 reported receipts $67,849
12P 2004 reported receipts $40,946
Q3 2004 reported receipts $118,880
12P 2004 reported receipts $41,110
Q2 2004 reported receipts $28,469
Q1 2004 reported receipts $122,783
YE 2003 reported receipts $58,988
Q3 2003 reported receipts $115,415
Q2 2003 reported receipts $15,205
Q1 2003 reported receipts $6,531
Total receipts $616,787
From each filing:
  • YE 2004 YEAR-END $609 filing-stated
  • 30G 2004 POST-GENERAL $67,849 filing-stated
  • 12P 2004 PRE-PRIMARY $40,946 filing-stated
  • Q3 2004 OCTOBER QUARTERLY $118,880 filing-stated
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  • 12P 2004 PRE-PRIMARY $41,110 filing-stated
  • Q2 2004 JULY QUARTERLY $28,469 filing-stated
  • Q1 2004 APRIL QUARTERLY $122,783 filing-stated
  • YE 2003 YEAR-END $58,988 filing-stated
  • Q3 2003 OCTOBER QUARTERLY $115,415 filing-stated
  • Q2 2003 JULY QUARTERLY $15,205 filing-stated
  • Q1 2003 APRIL QUARTERLY $6,531 filing-stated
Excluded reports:
  • YE 2004 — Replaced by an amended report
  • 30G 2004 — Replaced by an amended report
  • 12P 2004 — Replaced by an amended report
  • 12P 2004 — Replaced by an amended report
  • Q3 2004 — Replaced by an amended report
  • 12P 2004 — Replaced by an amended report
  • Q2 2004 — Replaced by an amended report
  • Q1 2004 — Replaced by an amended report
  • YE 2003 — Replaced by an amended report
  • Q3 2003 — Replaced by an amended report
  • Q2 2003 — Replaced by an amended report

Total disbursed adds together the amounts listed below.

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Total disbursements on the selected FEC reports, including operating expenditures, transfers, loan repayments, contribution refunds and other disbursements.

Inputs behind Total disbursed
Reported disbursements $852,697
Total disbursed $852,697
From each filing:
  • YE 2004 YEAR-END $70,052 filing-stated
  • 30G 2004 POST-GENERAL $97,033 filing-stated
  • 12P 2004 PRE-PRIMARY $3,713 filing-stated
  • Q3 2004 OCTOBER QUARTERLY $128,353 filing-stated
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  • 12P 2004 PRE-PRIMARY $3,446 filing-stated
  • Q2 2004 JULY QUARTERLY $189,036 filing-stated
  • Q1 2004 APRIL QUARTERLY $80,662 filing-stated
  • YE 2003 YEAR-END $79,515 filing-stated
  • Q3 2003 OCTOBER QUARTERLY $84,708 filing-stated
  • Q2 2003 JULY QUARTERLY $47,799 filing-stated
  • Q1 2003 APRIL QUARTERLY $68,380 filing-stated
Receipts
$616,787
Total disbursed
$852,697

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 →

52% of this campaign’s individual contributions came as small unitemized donations — gifts under the federal itemization threshold (about $200 a cycle) that the filer reports only as a lump sum, never broken out by donor. The gift-size and location breakdowns below cover the itemized 48%.

Itemized $107K · 48% Small unitemized gifts $115K · 52%

Share of individual money that is small unitemized gifts compares unitemized small donations (filer-stated lump sum) with all individual contributions.

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The money a filer reported as an unitemized lump sum — small individual gifts that never cross the federal ~$200 cycle itemization threshold, so they are disclosed only as a total, never by donor — divided by all individual contributions (itemized plus that lump sum). Both figures come straight from the filer's own report summaries. The gift-size and geography figures on this page cover the itemized portion only; this share is the part they cannot break down.

Unitemized small donations (filer-stated lump sum): $115,193 ÷ All individual contributions: $222,318
Inputs behind Share of individual money that is small unitemized gifts
Itemized individual contributions $107,125
Unitemized small donations $115,193

Largest part: PACs and other committees (line 11c), 62% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized (line 11a) $106K · 17%Individuals, unitemized (line 11a) $115K · 19%PACs and other committees (line 11c) $379K · 62%Offsets and other receipts (lines 14, 15) $14K · 2%

Share of total receipts: PACs and other committees (line 11c) compares pacs and other committees (line 11c) with total receipts.

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

PACs and other committees (line 11c): $379,435 ÷ Total receipts: $616,787
Inputs behind Share of total receipts: PACs and other committees (line 11c)
Individuals, itemized (line 11a) $106,300
Individuals, unitemized (line 11a) $115,193
PACs and other committees (line 11c) $379,435
Party committees and the candidate (lines 11b, 11d) $690
Transfers from authorized committees (line 12) $750
Offsets and other receipts (lines 14, 15) $14,419
From each filing:
  • YE 2004 YEAR-END $609 filing-stated
  • 30G 2004 POST-GENERAL $67,849 filing-stated
  • 12P 2004 PRE-PRIMARY $40,946 filing-stated
  • Q3 2004 OCTOBER QUARTERLY $118,880 filing-stated
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  • 12P 2004 PRE-PRIMARY $41,110 filing-stated
  • Q2 2004 JULY QUARTERLY $28,469 filing-stated
  • Q1 2004 APRIL QUARTERLY $122,783 filing-stated
  • YE 2003 YEAR-END $58,988 filing-stated
  • Q3 2003 OCTOBER QUARTERLY $115,415 filing-stated
  • Q2 2003 JULY QUARTERLY $15,205 filing-stated
  • Q1 2003 APRIL QUARTERLY $6,531 filing-stated
Excluded reports:
  • YE 2004 — Replaced by an amended report
  • 30G 2004 — Replaced by an amended report
  • 12P 2004 — Replaced by an amended report
  • 12P 2004 — Replaced by an amended report
  • Q3 2004 — Replaced by an amended report
  • 12P 2004 — Replaced by an amended report
  • Q2 2004 — Replaced by an amended report
  • Q1 2004 — Replaced by an amended report
  • YE 2003 — Replaced by an amended report
  • Q3 2003 — Replaced by an amended report
  • Q2 2003 — Replaced by an amended report

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 →

78% of located dollars came from outside Tennessee (22% from inside).

Tennessee $106,790 Out of state $380,030
  • Washington, DC $162K33%
  • Murfreesboro $22K5%
  • Arlington, VA $19K4%
  • Nashville $18K4%
  • Alexandria, VA $16K3%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $67K
  • Other out-of-state $184K

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: $380,030 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $486,820
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $380,030

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2003 – Dec 2004. Peak $72,590 in Oct 2004. Spending peaked at $158,506 in Jun 2004.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 366 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 24 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $2,225 and their names are withheld.

366 named donors 497 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Bellsouth Telecommunication ↺ paid $2,000.00 10 $12,000.00
Machinists Non Partisan Pol League of the Int L As 2 $10,000.00
National Emergency Medicine PAC 4 $10,000.00
National Cable Television PAC 2 $10,000.00
Federal Express Corporation PAC 2 $10,000.00
Realtors PAC 3 $10,000.00
National Automobile Dealers Assoc PAC 4 $9,500.00
Laborers Political League 3 $8,000.00
National Rural Electric 2 $7,500.00
International Assoc of Firefighters PAC 3 $6,000.00

Expenditures

214 vendors 867 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Democratic Congressional Campaign Comm. 6 $100,000.00 12%
Comcast Cable Tv 24 $94,447.04 11%
Terry, Mike 49 $62,504.22 8%
Tennessee Democratic Party 7 $61,500.00 7%
Democratic Congressional Campaign 3 $50,000.00 6%
Capital Advantage 8 $41,172.68 5%
Visa, First Tennessee 23 $28,659.95 3%
Consulting, Fletcher & Rowley 4 $27,062.13 3%
Bass-Ward Limited 2 $22,000.00 3%
Bank One Visa 19 $21,767.12 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 Bart Gordon’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Contributions & donations $226,625 28%
  • Advertising & media $149,982 18%
  • Other $111,235 14%
  • Staff & payroll $100,165 12%
  • Printing & mail $71,764 9%
  • Office & operations $68,643 8%
  • Consulting & professional services $64,765 8%
  • Fundraising & events $21,292 3%
  • Travel $8,823 1%
  • Transfers between accounts $185 0.1%

Filing History

Totals as filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC); see About for how this data is processed.

Campaign filing history
Filing Cash Beginning Cash Ending Source
YE 2004 $387,944.21 $318,501.42 Source: YE 2004 filing
30G 2004 $417,127.62 $387,944.21 Source: 30G 2004 filing
12P 2004 $405,027.99 $442,260.84 Source: 12P 2004 filing
Q3 2004 $414,500.55 $405,027.99 Source: Q3 2004 filing
12P 2004 $376,836.53 $414,500.55 Source: 12P 2004 filing
Q2 2004 $537,403.53 $376,836.53 Source: Q2 2004 filing
Q1 2004 $495,282.55 $537,403.53 Source: Q1 2004 filing
YE 2003 $515,809.41 $495,282.55 Source: YE 2003 filing
Q3 2003 $485,102.42 $515,809.41 Source: Q3 2003 filing
Q2 2003 $517,696.39 $485,102.42 Source: Q2 2003 filing
Q1 2003 $579,544.93 $517,696.39 Source: Q1 2003 filing