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Beth Harwell — 2008 Tennessee House, District 56 campaign

Tennessee House, District 56 Republican

2008 Tennessee House, District 56 · totals since Jan 16, 2007

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 2007–Q4 2008

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 →
$230,857
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 →
$119,100
includes $200 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Total Spent
$13,674
Donors
172
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 2008 Initial $230,857 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 2008 reported receipts $3,450
Pre-General 2008 reported receipts $1,350
Q3 2008 reported receipts $8,500
Pre-Primary 2008 reported receipts $750
Q2 2008 reported receipts $1,600
Q1 2008 reported receipts $0
Year-End 2007 reported receipts $103,450
Mid-Year 2007 reported receipts $0
Reported receipts $119,100
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 $13,613
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $61
Total spent $13,674
From each filing:
  • Q2 2008 Initial $383 derived
  • Q1 2008 Initial $4,015 derived
  • Year-End 2007 Amendment $4,304 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $4,243 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $61 filing-stated
  • Mid-Year 2007 Amendment $4,971 derived
Receipts
$119,100
Spent
$13,674

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: individuals, itemized, 78% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $93K · 78%Organizations and PACs, itemized $26K · 22%

Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized compares individuals, 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.

Individuals, itemized: $92,750 ÷ Reported receipts: $119,100
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized
Individuals, itemized $92,750
Organizations and PACs, itemized $26,150
Unitemized contributions $200
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 →

$725average gift
$1,000median gift
128individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
2%
0.1%
$50–200
12%
2%
$200–1K
30%
14%
$1K–5K
57%
85%
$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: $92,750 ÷ Individual donors: 128
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $92,750
Median gift $1,000
Individual donors 128
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 →

94% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (6% from out of state).

Tennessee $112,275 Out of state $6,625
  • Nashville $89K75%
  • Brentwood $5K4%
  • Memphis $5K4%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $13K
  • Other out-of-state $7K

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: $6,625 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $118,900
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $6,625
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Mar 2007 – Jan 2009. Peak $53,725 in Aug 2007. Spending peaked at $4,971 in Mar 2007.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 155 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 17 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $1,450 and their names are withheld.

155 named donors 171 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Nat L Health Corp PAC 2 $5,000.00
Justin P Wilson 2 $2,000.00
Carolyn Amiot 2 $2,000.00
Gary Baker 2 $2,000.00
Woody Miller 2 $2,000.00
Bruce Wolf 2 $2,000.00
Tennessee Medical Association PAC (TMA) 2 $1,500.00
Tennessee REALTORS PAC (RPAC) 3 $1,500.00
Benjamin Ernest 2 $1,500.00
Tennessee Bankers Association PAC 2 $1,250.00

Expenditures

10 vendors 13 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
IRS 3 $3,855.84 28%
Allegra 1 $2,757.86 20%
Banker, Barry 1 $2,000.00 15%
Watkins, Reuben 2 $1,350.00 10%
U. S. Post Office 1 $984.00 7%
Advantage 1 $956.41 7%
City Paper 1 $845.00 6%
Integram 1 $501.39 4%
Jacobs, Cohen and Ass. 1 $270.00 2%
Corporate Video 1 $92.00 0.7%

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 Beth Harwell’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Office & operations $4,357 32%
  • Printing & mail $3,742 27%
  • Advertising & media $2,195 16%
  • Contributions & donations $2,000 15%
  • Field & voter contact $956 7%
  • Consulting & professional services $362 3%

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 2008 $227,407.12 $230,857.12 Source: Q4 2008 filing Report 25839
Pre-General 2008 $226,057.12 $227,407.12 Source: Pre-General 2008 filing Report 25004
Q3 2008 Amended $217,557.12 $226,057.12 Source: Q3 2008 filing Report 26057
Pre-Primary 2008 $216,807.12 $217,557.12 Source: Pre-Primary 2008 filing Report 22470
Q2 2008 $215,589.96 $216,807.12 Source: Q2 2008 filing Report 21744
Q1 2008 $219,605.37 $215,589.96 Source: Q1 2008 filing Report 20049
Year-End 2007 Amended $120,459.86 $219,605.37 Source: Year-End 2007 filing Report 15179
Mid-Year 2007 Amended $125,430.86 $120,459.86 Source: Mid-Year 2007 filing Report 14166