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Bill Gibbons — 2010 Governor campaign

Governor Republican

2010 Governor · totals since Jul 1, 2008

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 · Year-End 2008–Year-End 2010

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 →
$3,638
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 →
$617,234
includes $32,900 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
$47,025 refunded
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 →
$7,393
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$614,196
less $599 in refunds & credits → $613,596 net disbursements
Donors
692
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:

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
Year-End 2008 reported receipts $0
Year-End 2010 reported receipts $175
Q2 2010 reported receipts -$46,025
Q1 2010 reported receipts $23,100
Year-End 2009 reported receipts $223,218
Mid-Year 2009 reported receipts $416,765
Reported receipts $617,234
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 $601,654
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $12,541
Total spent $614,196
From each filing:
  • Year-End 2010 Amendment $7,513 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $7,333 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $180 filing-stated
  • Q2 2010 Amendment $50,559 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $49,388 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,172 filing-stated
  • Q1 2010 Amendment $160,103 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $156,034 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $4,070 filing-stated
  • Year-End 2009 Amendment $280,051 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $274,672 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $5,379 filing-stated
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  • Mid-Year 2009 Supplemental $115,969 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $114,228 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,741 filing-stated
Receipts
$617,234
Spent
$614,196

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, 89% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $588K · 89%Organizations and PACs, itemized $39K · 6%Unitemized contributions $33K · 5%

Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds: −$47,025. Shares are of the $664,259 before it.

Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized compares individuals, itemized with reported receipts before the negative part.

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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. Shares are of the receipts before the negative part.

Individuals, itemized: $587,852 ÷ Reported receipts before the negative part: $664,259
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized
The candidate's own contributions, itemized $4,318
Individuals, itemized $587,852
Organizations and PACs, itemized $39,188
Unitemized contributions $32,900
Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds -$47,025
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 →

$892average gift
$500median gift
659individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0.2%
0.1%
$50–200
4%
0.6%
$200–1K
52%
22%
$1K–5K
42%
67%
$5K+
2%
10%

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: $587,852 ÷ Individual donors: 659
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $587,852
Median gift $500
Individual donors 659
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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 →

95% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (5% from out of state).

Tennessee $596,390 Out of state $30,650
  • Memphis $428K68%
  • Germantown $60K10%
  • Nashville $23K4%
  • Cordova $22K3%
  • Collierville $18K3%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $45K
  • Other out-of-state $31K

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: $30,650 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $627,040
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $30,650
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2001 – Oct 2010. Peak $174,349 in Apr 2009. Spending peaked at $65,148 in Jul 2009.

Cash contributions Spent

Bars show $626,540 of $627,040 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 figure above is a named-donor floor. A complete combined-term total is unavailable. This table names 671 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200.

671 named donors 828 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Farris Bobango PAC 2 $6,000.00
Bill Gibbons Dist Atty Self 2 $4,318.41
Bico Associates Special Account PAC 6 $4,180.00
Abc Ed PAC 1 $3,750.00
James McGehee Jr ↺ $1,500.00 refunded 3 $3,500.00 net
$5,000.00 gross
Ben Adams ↺ $1,000.00 refunded 2 $2,500.00 net
$3,500.00 gross
Michael Keeney 1 $2,500.00
Metro Memphis Hotel Lodging Assn PAC 1 $2,500.00
J Bayard Boyle Jr 1 $2,500.00
John Bobango ↺ $2,500.00 refunded 2 $2,500.00 net
$5,000.00 gross

Expenditures

139 vendors 724 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Carter, Wendy ↺ donor $1,050.00 22 $92,879.57 15%
Thomas, Josh 22 $59,903.73 10%
Nickas, Adam 26 $55,911.98 9%
Benedict, Cade 21 $28,300.53 5%
Roberts, Laura 10 $27,285.71 5%
Bryant Adams 3 $23,850.00 4%
US Treasury 13 $22,939.75 4%
Jay, Bonny Kinney 6 $18,616.60 3%
Crawford, Kevin 9 $16,933.40 3%
Moore, Oretha 8 $15,000.00 2%

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

  • Field & voter contact $322,366 54%
  • Office & operations $45,438 8%
  • Printing & mail $44,830 7%
  • Consulting & professional services $44,600 7%
  • Advertising & media $38,936 6%
  • Staff & payroll $32,666 5%
  • Travel $30,125 5%
  • Fundraising & events $20,930 3%
  • Contributions & donations $12,350 2%
  • Other $9,412 2%

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 2010 Amended $10,975.36 $3,637.69 Source: Year-End 2010 filing Report 36443
Q2 2010 Amended $107,559.65 $10,975.36 Source: Q2 2010 filing Report 36442
Q1 2010 Amended $244,562.64 $107,559.65 Source: Q1 2010 filing Report 30251
Year-End 2009 Amended $301,214.49 $244,562.64 Source: Year-End 2009 filing Report 36412
Mid-Year 2009 $0.00 $301,214.49 Source: Mid-Year 2009 filing Report 27329
Year-End 2008 $0.00 $0.00 Source: Year-End 2008 filing Report 26564

After the election

Reports ending after Jan 15, 2011.

Contributions and spending

No contributions reported · Spent $3,638

1 filing · Mid-Year 2011

After the election expenditures
Payee Purpose Amount Date
TN Safe Communities PAC DONATIONS $3,637.69 03/22/2011
Campaign filing history
Filing Cash Beginning Cash Ending Source
Mid-Year 2011 $3,637.69 $0.00 Source: Mid-Year 2011 filing Report 37291