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Beth Harwell — 2016 Tennessee House, District 56 campaign

Tennessee House, District 56 Republican

2016 Tennessee House, District 56

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 → · 9 filings · Mid-Year 2015–Year-End 2016

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 →
$47,992
as of the Year-End 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 →
$570,323
includes $1,775 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
$1,500 refunded
Why this number?
Total Spent
$307,268
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 →
54%
$307,268 spent of $570,323 raised (cash)
Donors
362
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
Out-of-State
11%
$61,550 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 — Year-End 2016 states $47,992.05, Q4 2016 states $894,604.12. The figure shown is Year-End 2016'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 $568,548
Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $1,775
Raised (cash) $570,323
From each filing:
  • Year-End 2016 Supplemental $50,300 derived
  • Q4 2016 Initial $5,600 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $5,500 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $100 filing-stated
  • Pre-General 2016 Initial $25,080 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $24,550 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $530 filing-stated
  • Q3 2016 Initial $118,998 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $118,848 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $150 filing-stated
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  • Pre-Primary 2016 Initial $37,400 derived
  • Q2 2016 Initial $84,850 derived
  • Year-End 2015 Amendment $239,095 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $238,100 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $995 filing-stated
  • Mid-Year 2015 Supplemental $9,000 derived

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 $307,036
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $232
Total spent $307,268
From each filing:
  • Year-End 2016 Supplemental $2,315 derived
  • Q4 2016 Initial $65,506 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $65,410 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $96 filing-stated
  • Pre-General 2016 Initial $181,367 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $181,304 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $63 filing-stated
  • Q3 2016 Initial $56,303 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $56,230 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $73 filing-stated
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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 99% coverage).

Itemized money from outside Tennessee: $61,550 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $570,323
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $61,550
Source filings:
Raised incl. in-kind
$570,323
Spent
$307,268

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 →

Individuals gave 51%; organizations and PACs gave 49%.

Individuals $289K · 51% Organizations & PACs $282K · 49%
Why this number?

Share from individuals compares from individuals 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 individuals divided by the total.

From individuals: $288,723 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $570,323
Inputs behind Share from individuals
From individuals $288,723
From organizations and PACs $281,600
Source filings:

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 →

$1,148average gift
$1,000median gift
250individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0%
0%
$50–200
7%
0.7%
$200–1K
26%
8%
$1K–5K
66%
89%
$5K+
0.4%
2%
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: $286,948 ÷ Individual donors: 250
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $286,948
Median gift $1,000
Individual donors 250
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 →

89% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (11% from out of state).

Tennessee $505,998 Out of state $61,550
  • Nashville $349K61%
  • Brentwood $33K6%
  • Knoxville $30K5%
  • Memphis $26K5%
  • Franklin $18K3%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $50K
  • Other out-of-state $62K
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 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: $61,550 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $567,548
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $61,550
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Mar 2015 – Jan 2017. Peak $98,198 in Sep 2016. Spending peaked at $198,890 in Oct 2016.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names donors whose cumulative giving reached $200. Smaller donors contributed $1,898 total; their names are not disclosed here.

Named donor list 417 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Jack Daniel's PAC 2 $10,000.00
Friends of Police PAC 2 $10,000.00
Advance PAC 2 $10,000.00
Harwell PAC 2 $10,000.00
Insurors of TN PAC 3 $9,500.00
Att Tennessee PAC 1 $7,600.00
Tennessee Realtors PAC 2 $7,500.00
Fedex Corporation PAC 2 $7,400.00
Tennessee Professional Firefighters PAC 2 $6,000.00
Concerned Automotive Retailers PAC 2 $5,000.00

Expenditures

17 vendors 40 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Medium Buying 5 $191,030.00 62%
Margin of Victory Partners 6 $36,446.00 12%
Rachel Barrett & Co. LLC 2 $23,185.00 8%
Public Opinion Strategies 2 $15,000.00 5%
Passcode Creative 3 $11,450.00 4%
Whitt, Holt 2 $7,500.00 2%
Stoneridge Group 5 $6,696.00 2%
Abbotts Print Shop 2 $5,136.30 2%
Joyner & Hogan 2 $3,241.05 1%
Merchants 1 $2,315.23 0.8%

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.

  • Advertising & media $209,290 68%
  • Printing & mail $44,603 15%
  • Consulting & professional services $40,191 13%
  • Field & voter contact $7,500 2%
  • Fundraising & events $2,315 0.8%
  • Contributions & donations $1,500 0.5%
  • Other $834 0.3%
  • Office & operations $803 0.3%

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
Year-End 2016 $0.00 $47,992.05 Source ↗
Q4 2016 $954,495.53 $894,604.12 Source ↗
Pre-General 2016 $1,110,745.77 $954,495.53 Source ↗
Q3 2016 $1,049,535.94 $1,110,745.77 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2016 $1,012,399.42 $1,049,535.94 Source ↗
Q2 2016 $929,027.59 $1,012,399.42 Source ↗
Q1 2016 $929,012.56 $929,027.59 Source ↗
Year-End 2015 Amended $689,736.06 $929,012.56 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2015 $680,616.97 $689,736.06 Source ↗