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Bo Watson — 2010 Tennessee Senate, District 11 campaign

Tennessee Senate, District 11 Republican

2010 Tennessee Senate, District 11 · 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 → · 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
Receipts The sum of Total Receipts on the selected published reports. Open the receipt to check each report and any exclusions. Full definition →
$172,103
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 →
$75
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$99,927
less $2,754 in refunds & credits → $61,908 net disbursements
Donors
223
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 2010 Amendment $143,173 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
Year-End 2008 reported receipts $17,900
Mid-Year 2008 reported receipts $0
Year-End 2007 reported receipts $18,768
Mid-Year 2007 reported receipts $0
Q4 2010 reported receipts $3,500
Pre-General 2010 reported receipts $16,050
Q3 2010 reported receipts $4,400
Pre-Primary 2010 reported receipts $1,650
Q2 2010 reported receipts $500
Q1 2010 reported receipts $0
Year-End 2009 reported receipts $109,335
Mid-Year 2009 reported receipts $0
Reported receipts $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
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Receipts
$172,103
Spent
$99,927

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, 59% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $102K · 59%Organizations and PACs, itemized $71K · 41%

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: $101,600 ÷ Reported receipts: $172,103
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized
Individuals, itemized $101,600
Organizations and PACs, itemized $70,503
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 →

$673average gift
$500median gift
151individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0%
0%
$50–200
23%
3%
$200–1K
48%
27%
$1K–5K
29%
69%
$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: $101,600 ÷ Individual donors: 151
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $101,600
Median gift $500
Individual donors 151
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

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
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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 189 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200.

189 named donors 266 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Tennessee Medical Association PAC (TMA) 4 $8,500.00
Tennessee Dental PAC 3 $4,250.00
Tennessee Physical Therapy PAC 4 $3,000.00
Tennessee Bankers Association PAC 2 $2,500.00
David Watson 2 $2,000.00
Waste Management Employees Better Govt Fund PAC 3 $2,000.00
INC PAC Cash America International 3 $2,000.00
Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Tennessee PAC (WSWT) 2 $2,000.00
Allan Jones 2 $2,000.00
Amy Walden 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: Q4 2010 filing Report 36787
Pre-General 2010 Amended $149,671.21 $144,686.67 Source: Pre-General 2010 filing Report 36629
Q3 2010 $162,581.53 $149,671.21 Source: Q3 2010 filing Report 33122
Pre-Primary 2010 $161,364.96 $162,581.53 Source: Pre-Primary 2010 filing Report 32079
Q2 2010 $167,148.15 $161,364.96 Source: Q2 2010 filing Report 30879
Q1 2010 $169,343.75 $167,148.15 Source: Q1 2010 filing Report 29686
Year-End 2009 Amended $68,285.26 $169,343.75 Source: Year-End 2009 filing Report 37847
Mid-Year 2009 $69,645.73 $68,285.26 Source: Mid-Year 2009 filing Report 27417
Year-End 2008 Amended $59,649.75 $69,645.73 Source: Year-End 2008 filing Report 27646
Mid-Year 2008 Amended $65,279.45 $59,649.75 Source: Mid-Year 2008 filing Report 37854
Year-End 2007 $63,495.46 $65,279.45 Source: Year-End 2007 filing Report 14405
Mid-Year 2007 $67,967.40 $63,495.46 Source: Mid-Year 2007 filing Report 13377