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Becky Duncan Massey — 2011 Tennessee Senate, District 06 campaign

Tennessee Senate, District 06 Republican

2011 Tennessee Senate, District 06 · totals since 2011

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 → · 6 filings · Pre-General 2011–Year-End 2011

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 →
$66,211
as of the Year-End report
Receipts Selected source reports cover overlapping dates. Their totals cannot yet be added without checking whether they repeat the same money; the filing history below links to each report. Full definition →
Under review
Selected reports overlap. This campaign’s receipt total is held for report-level review.
Itemized in-kind 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. This figure adds the in-kind contributions itemized on the selected reports. The Registry reports in-kind apart from receipts, so it is not part of the receipts figure. Full definition →
$4,171
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$171,862
less $112 in refunds & credits → $171,750 net disbursements
Donors
642
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). Another report, Year-End 2011, gives the same end date and states $83,926.82.

Reported on this filing:
  • Q4 2011 Amendment $66,211 filing-stated

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 $171,798
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $64
Total spent $171,862
From each filing:
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Who funds this campaign 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 →

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 →

$322average gift
$200median gift
574individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
10%
0.7%
$50–200
38%
10%
$200–1K
40%
44%
$1K–5K
12%
46%
$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: $184,703 ÷ Individual donors: 574
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $184,703
Median gift $200
Individual donors 574
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 →

97% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (3% from out of state).

Tennessee $247,503 Out of state $8,050
  • Knoxville $160K63%
  • Nashville $44K17%
  • Oak Ridge $5K2%
  • Lenoir City $4K2%
  • Sevierville $3K1%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $32K
  • Other out-of-state $8K

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: $8,050 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $255,553
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $8,050
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jul 2001 – Jan 2012. Peak $64,475 in Oct 2011. Spending peaked at $69,799 in Sep 2011.

Cash contributions Spent

Bars show $255,053 of $255,553 in itemized contributions. The other $500 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 373 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 274 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $19,165 and their names are withheld.

373 named donors 494 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
RAAMPAC 1 $5,000.00
Randy McNally 5 $3,500.00
Sevier County Good Government PAC 2 $3,000.00
David Arnholt 2 $2,800.00
Cynthia Arnholt 2 $2,800.00
Tennessee REALTORS PAC (RPAC) 1 $2,500.00
James Haslam 2 $2,400.00
Concerned Automotive Retailers PAC 2 $2,000.00
Tennessee First PAC 2 $2,000.00
Tennessee Wine & Spirits Retailers Good Gov't Fund PAC 2 $2,000.00

Expenditures

139 vendors 327 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Russell Printing Options 10 $28,255.33 16%
Wbir-Channel 10 3 $13,885.00 8%
United States Postal Service 25 $9,756.15 6%
United Printers of Knoxville 12 $9,194.99 5%
Redmon, LYNN 6 $6,500.00 4%
Bacon & Company, Inc. 5 $6,427.93 4%
Wate-Channel 6 3 $5,700.00 3%
Parrott Printing 4 $5,221.56 3%
Burn's Printing 4 $5,200.24 3%
Direct Mail Services 3 $4,577.25 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 Becky Duncan Massey’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Printing & mail $71,686 42%
  • Advertising & media $40,745 24%
  • Field & voter contact $17,695 10%
  • Fundraising & events $16,054 9%
  • Consulting & professional services $12,643 7%
  • Office & operations $8,904 5%
  • Travel $1,856 1%
  • Other $1,639 1.0%
  • Contributions & donations $575 0.4%

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 2011 Amended $90,328.56 $66,211.03 Source: Q4 2011 filing Report 39363
Year-End 2011 $66,211.03 $83,926.82 Source: Year-End 2011 filing Report 38747
Pre-General 2011 Amended $56,129.34 $90,328.56 Source: Pre-General 2011 filing Report 39362
Pre-Primary 2011 Amended $72,767.03 $84,792.82 Source: Pre-Primary 2011 filing Report 38403
Q3 2011 Amended $84,792.82 $56,129.34 Source: Q3 2011 filing Report 38455
Q2 2011 Late $0.00 $72,767.03 Source: Q2 2011 filing Report 37442