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Bo Watson — 2010 Tennessee Senate, District 11 campaign

Tennessee Senate, District 11 Republican

2010 Tennessee Senate, District 11

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 → · 12 filings · Mid-Year 2007–Q4 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 →
$143,173
as of the Q4 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 →
$172,103
Why this number?
In-Kind Received 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. Full definition →
$75
goods or services
Total Spent
$99,927
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 →
58%
$99,927 spent of $172,103 raised (cash)
Donors
At least 190 named
full total unavailable for this combined term
Out-of-State
10%
$17,868 from outside TN
Why this number?

Cash on hand is the amount reported on the filings listed below.

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The ending cash balances the campaign's 2 committees each reported on their most recent filing, added together (each as filed, not computed).

Source filings:

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. Excludes the value of donated goods & services, shown separately as In-Kind Received.

Inputs behind Raised (cash)
Itemized contributions from others $172,103
Raised (cash) $172,103
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 $99,795
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $131
Total spent $99,927
From each filing:
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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: $17,868 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $172,178
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $17,868
Source filings:
Raised incl. in-kind
$172,178
Spent
$99,927

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 59%; organizations and PACs gave 41%.

Individuals $102K · 59% Organizations & PACs $71K · 41%
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: $101,600 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $172,178
Inputs behind Share from individuals
From individuals $101,600
From organizations and PACs $70,503
In-kind contributions (goods & services) $75
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 →

90% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (10% from out of state).

Tennessee $154,235 Out of state $17,868
  • Nashville $40K23%
  • Chattanooga $29K17%
  • Chatt $24K14%
  • Ooltewah $12K7%
  • Signal Mountain $6K3%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $44K
  • Other out-of-state $18K
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: $17,868 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $172,103
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $17,868
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2007 – Jan 2011. Peak $67,200 in Nov 2009. Spending peaked at $21,045 in Oct 2010.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor figure above is a named-donor floor. A complete combined-term total is unavailable. This table names donors whose cumulative giving reached $200.

Named donor list 190 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Independent Medicine S PAC TN 2 $4,500.00
Tennessee Bankers Assn PAC 2 $2,500.00
Jack McKee 2 $2,000.00
Betty McKee 2 $2,000.00
Steve Hunt 2 $2,000.00
Chris Crimmins 2 $2,000.00
HCA Good Government Fund PAC 2 $2,000.00
Leslie M Stout 2 $2,000.00
John Foy 2 $2,000.00
Somo Enterprises 2 $2,000.00

Expenditures

128 vendors 339 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Senate Republican Caucus 1 $20,000.00 20%
Tennessee Republican Caucus 1 $10,000.00 10%
At&T 35 $5,997.35 6%
Tennessee Legislative Campaign Committee 4 $5,700.00 6%
Hamilton County Republican Party 4 $3,100.00 3%
Aerie Design 5 $2,295.00 2%
Beavers, Mae 1 $2,000.00 2%
Campfield, Stacey 1 $2,000.00 2%
Ketron, Bill 1 $2,000.00 2%
McLeary, Don 1 $2,000.00 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 Bo Watson’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Contributions & donations $59,518 60%
  • Other $25,517 26%
  • Printing & mail $5,624 6%
  • Office & operations $4,333 4%
  • Advertising & media $3,595 4%
  • Travel $837 0.9%
  • Fundraising & events $267 0.3%
  • Field & voter contact $103 0.2%

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 2010 Amended $144,686.67 $143,172.88 Source ↗
Pre-General 2010 Amended $149,671.21 $144,686.67 Source ↗
Q3 2010 $162,581.53 $149,671.21 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2010 $161,364.96 $162,581.53 Source ↗
Q2 2010 $167,148.15 $161,364.96 Source ↗
Q1 2010 $169,343.75 $167,148.15 Source ↗
Year-End 2009 Amended $68,285.26 $169,343.75 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2009 $69,645.73 $68,285.26 Source ↗
Year-End 2008 Amended $59,649.75 $69,645.73 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2008 Amended $65,279.45 $59,649.75 Source ↗
Year-End 2007 $63,495.46 $65,279.45 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2007 $67,967.40 $63,495.46 Source ↗