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Bill W Harmon — 2008 Tennessee House, District 37 campaign

Tennessee House, District 37 Democratic

2008 Tennessee House, District 37 · 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 →
$129,589
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 →
$116,947
includes $581 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
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 →
$466
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$53,461
Donors
315
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 $129,589 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 $500
Pre-General 2008 reported receipts $32,417
Q3 2008 reported receipts $23,010
Pre-Primary 2008 reported receipts $9,520
Q2 2008 reported receipts $4,500
Q1 2008 reported receipts $0
Year-End 2007 reported receipts $47,000
Mid-Year 2007 reported receipts $0
Reported receipts $116,947
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 $53,397
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $64
Total spent $53,461
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  • Q2 2008 Amendment $6,375 derived
  • Q1 2008 Initial $700 derived
  • Year-End 2007 Amendment $8,581 derived
  • Mid-Year 2007 Amendment $2,049 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $1,985 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $64 filing-stated
Receipts
$116,947
Spent
$53,461

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, 53% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $62K · 53%Organizations and PACs, itemized $54K · 46%

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: $62,141 ÷ Reported receipts: $116,947
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized
Individuals, itemized $62,141
Organizations and PACs, itemized $54,225
Unitemized contributions $581
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 →

$266average gift
$173median gift
234individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
6%
0.6%
$50–200
44%
16%
$200–1K
41%
50%
$1K–5K
8%
34%
$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: $62,141 ÷ Individual donors: 234
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $62,141
Median gift $173
Individual donors 234
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 →

91% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (9% from out of state).

Tennessee $106,141 Out of state $10,225
  • Nashville $40K34%
  • Dunlap $14K12%
  • South Pittsburg $6K5%
  • Chattanooga $5K4%
  • Monteagle $5K4%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $36K
  • Other out-of-state $10K

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: $10,225 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $116,366
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $10,225
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Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Feb 2007 – Jan 2009. Peak $32,336 in Oct 2008. Spending peaked at $10,945 in Oct 2008.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 199 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 118 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $10,160 and their names are withheld.

199 named donors 301 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Tennessee REALTORS PAC (RPAC) 4 $5,000.00
Tennessee Pipe Trades Council Educational Committee PAC 1 $2,500.00
Tennessee Highway Contractors PAC 2 $2,000.00
Oaat PAC Committee 2 $2,000.00
Gary Odom 3 $2,000.00
Tennessee Hospital Association (THA) 3 $1,500.00
Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Tennessee PAC (WSWT) 2 $1,500.00
Corrections Corporation of America INC PAC 2 $1,500.00
Gregory Maloof 2 $1,500.00
Bobby Wiggins 2 $1,250.00

Expenditures

77 vendors 193 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Happy Bottom Office Services 9 $4,741.51 9%
Harmon, Bill 9 $4,437.19 8%
House Democratic Caucus 2 $3,000.00 6%
Marion County Newspaper 7 $2,654.53 5%
Verizon Wireless 24 $2,208.98 4%
Tennessee Valley Signs 2 $2,177.82 4%
Waterhouse Grill 1 $2,100.00 4%
House Senate Democratic Caucus 1 $2,000.00 4%
Sports Wine & Spirits 4 $1,933.34 4%
Sports Place 5 $1,672.73 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 Bill W Harmon’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Contributions & donations $14,073 26%
  • Advertising & media $8,267 15%
  • Printing & mail $8,208 15%
  • Fundraising & events $6,538 12%
  • Other $5,989 11%
  • Travel $5,181 10%
  • Office & operations $4,189 8%
  • Field & voter contact $952 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
Q4 2008 $140,872.84 $129,589.26 Source: Q4 2008 filing Report 26080
Pre-General 2008 Amended $117,203.46 $140,872.84 Source: Pre-General 2008 filing Report 25352
Q3 2008 Amended $107,044.00 $117,203.46 Source: Q3 2008 filing Report 25309
Pre-Primary 2008 $99,898.01 $107,044.00 Source: Pre-Primary 2008 filing Report 22749
Q2 2008 Amended $101,773.40 $99,898.01 Source: Q2 2008 filing Report 22094
Q1 2008 $102,473.19 $101,773.40 Source: Q1 2008 filing Report 20139
Year-End 2007 Amended $64,054.88 $102,473.19 Source: Year-End 2007 filing Report 25041
Mid-Year 2007 Amended $66,103.94 $64,054.88 Source: Mid-Year 2007 filing Report 22156