Bo Mitchell — 2012 Tennessee House, District 50 campaign
2012 Tennessee House, District 50 · totals since Apr 1, 2012
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 → · 5 filings · Pre-General 2012–Q4 2012
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 →
$5,239
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 →
$175,602
includes $10,116 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 →
$900
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$171,713
less $1,350 in refunds & credits → $170,363 net disbursements
Donors
125
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
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: organizations and PACs, itemized, 71% of receipts on these reports.
Individuals, itemized $40K · 23%Organizations and PACs, itemized $125K · 71%Unitemized contributions $10K · 6%
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 →
$612average gift
$250median gift
66individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
$50–200
$200–1K
$1K–5K
$5K+
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 $147,836 Out of state $17,650
- Nashville $120K73%
- Washington, DC $14K8%
- Joelton $9K6%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $18K
- Other out-of-state $4K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Apr 2012 – Dec 2013. Peak $64,550 in Oct 2012. Spending peaked at $88,068 in Oct 2012.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 122 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 3 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $425 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Tennessee Tomorrow PAC ↺ paid $250.00 | 3 | $18,500.00 |
| Plumbers Pipefitters Education Committee | 3 | $14,100.00 |
| Tennessee Democratic Party ↺ paid $180.00 | 3 | $12,500.00 |
| Tennessee Educ Assn Fund for Children Public Edu | 4 | $9,600.00 |
| Nashville Fire Fighters Local 140 PAC | 2 | $7,500.00 |
| Int L Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Education | 3 | $7,200.00 |
| Tennessee State Council, Service Employees International Union (SEIU) | 1 | $7,100.00 |
| House Democratic Caucus | 1 | $7,000.00 |
| D R I V E Dc PAC | 2 | $6,000.00 |
| Iron Workers L U 492 PAC | 3 | $5,000.00 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mailsource | 5 | $49,422.44 | |
| Fletcher Rowley | 3 | $38,000.00 | |
| Cordell, Kevin | 4 | $17,400.00 | |
| Hammond, Wil | 3 | $7,650.00 | |
| Harpeth Strategies | 3 | $7,000.00 | |
| Loveless Cafe | 1 | $5,377.40 | |
| Brookside Properties | 4 | $5,000.00 | |
| McDonald & McDonald | 1 | $2,700.00 | |
| Signs, PC | 2 | $2,172.58 | |
| Hussey, Jerry | 1 | $2,000.00 | |
| Smith, Jennifer | 2 | $2,000.00 | |
| Tennessean | 2 | $1,950.00 | |
| Hertz | 1 | $1,702.70 | |
| Wood, Chase | 2 | $1,500.00 | |
| Joelton Shopper | 2 | $1,210.00 | |
| Cart, Paul | 1 | $1,200.00 | |
| Belleview Newspaper | 3 | $1,200.00 | |
| TN Campaign Basics | 2 | $1,010.33 | |
| Ilg Web Services | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Comcast | 2 | $941.99 | |
| Sam's Club | 4 | $936.76 | |
| Nashville Electric Service | 3 | $904.78 | |
| The Home Depot | 3 | $841.00 | |
| The Community Ledger | 3 | $840.00 | |
| Cantina Laredo | 1 | $792.26 | |
| S & S Sales | 2 | $676.35 | |
| Sportswear Express | 3 | $652.74 | |
| Castanza, Denise | 2 | $650.00 | |
| Corner Pub In the Woods | 1 | $610.00 | |
| Wood, Clay ↺ donor $500.00 | 1 | $600.00 | |
| A & B Graphics | 2 | $580.20 | |
| Joslin Sign | 1 | $491.63 | |
| The UPS Store | 1 | $467.87 | |
| Outlet Shirts | 2 | $458.36 | |
| Uline | 2 | $444.62 | |
| Baai | 1 | $410.00 | |
| United States Postal Service | 2 | $405.00 | |
| At&T | 1 | $371.25 | |
| Metro Parks | 1 | $337.75 | |
| Farm Bureau of Dickson | 1 | $253.00 | |
| Tennessee Tomorrow PAC ↺ donor $18,500.00 | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Harpeth Valley Pto Burial & Benevolence | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Goodlettsville Hope Center | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Flour Girls | 1 | $218.75 | |
| Baskin-Robbins | 1 | $218.50 | |
| Balloon Media | 1 | $205.78 | |
| Bsaa | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Hemmer, Caleb ↺ donor $250.00 | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Dashner, Marcus | 1 | $200.00 | |
| LYNN McNeil | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Staples | 1 | $184.17 | |
| Tennessee Democratic Party ↺ donor $12,500.00 | 1 | $180.00 | |
| Harpeth Valley Pto | 1 | $180.00 | |
| Smith, David | 1 | $150.00 | |
| The Nashvillian | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Goodlettsville Baseball | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Bellevue Chamber of Commerce | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Goodlettsville Chamber of Commerce | 1 | $140.00 | |
| Hampton Inn | 1 | $125.82 | |
| Verizon | 1 | $124.60 | |
| Academy Sports | 1 | $121.77 | |
| Ikea | 1 | $117.59 |
Dates
| Payee | Location | Purpose | Amount | Date |
|---|
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 Bo Mitchell’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Printing & mail $67,607 41%
- Advertising & media $43,800 26%
- Consulting & professional services $23,410 14%
- Office & operations $9,069 5%
- Field & voter contact $9,026 5%
- Fundraising & events $6,920 4%
- Other $1,975 1%
- Contributions & donations $1,826 1%
- Travel $1,703 1%
- Staff & payroll $792 0.5%
Filing History
Totals as filed with the Tennessee Registry of Election Finance; see About for how this data is processed.
| Filing | Cash Beginning | Cash Ending | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2012 Amended | $22,024.12 | $5,238.53 | Source: Q4 2012 filing Report 46904 |
| Pre-General 2012 Amended | $44,288.48 | $22,024.12 | Source: Pre-General 2012 filing Report 46903 |
| Q3 2012 Amended | $37,765.31 | $44,288.48 | Source: Q3 2012 filing Report 44201 |
| Pre-Primary 2012 | $37,703.32 | $37,765.31 | Source: Pre-Primary 2012 filing Report 42305 |
| Q2 2012 Amended | $0.00 | $37,703.32 | Source: Q2 2012 filing Report 42996 |