Bo Watson — 2014 Tennessee Senate, District 11 campaign

Tennessee Senate, District 11 Republican

2014 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 2011–Q4 2014

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 →
$282,828
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 →
$284,972
Why this number?
Total Spent
$145,616
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 →
51%
$145,616 spent of $284,972 raised (cash)
Donors
At least 256 named
full total unavailable for this combined term
Out-of-State
14%
$40,750 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).

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 $260.80 the filer reported on Schedule A as a refund or reimbursement — money paid back to the committee, not money it raised, so it is not counted here. It remains in the filing's own totals.

Inputs behind Raised (cash)
Itemized contributions from others $284,972
Raised (cash) $284,972
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 $145,616
Total spent $145,616
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: $40,750 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $284,972
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $40,750
Raised incl. in-kind
$284,972
Spent
$145,616

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 38%; organizations and PACs gave 62%.

Individuals $108K · 38% Organizations & PACs $177K · 62%
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: $108,391 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $284,972
Inputs behind Share from individuals
From individuals $108,391
From organizations and PACs $176,581

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 →

86% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (14% from out of state).

Tennessee $244,222 Out of state $40,750
  • Nashville $92K32%
  • Chattanooga $41K14%
  • Chatt $12K4%
  • Signal Mountain $9K3%
  • Ooltewah $9K3%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $82K
  • Other out-of-state $41K
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: $40,750 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $284,972
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $40,750

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2011 – Jan 2015. Peak $89,675 in Dec 2013. Spending peaked at $39,491 in Sep 2012.

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 256 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Independent Medicine S PAC TN 2 $5,500.00
Tennessee Action Committee for Rural Electrification 3 $5,000.00
Att Tennessee PAC 3 $4,000.00
Tennessee Health Care Assn PAC 2 $3,500.00
Tennessee Volunteer PAC 3 $3,500.00
Tennessee Bankers Assn PAC 2 $3,500.00
Eye M D S PAC 3 $3,500.00
Tennessee Federation for Children PAC 1 $3,500.00
Jones Management Services PAC (JMS, W. Allan Jones) 3 $3,000.00
Amy Walden 2 $3,000.00

Expenditures

187 vendors 438 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Tennessee Republican Caucus 2 $45,000.00 31%
Senate Republican Caucus 1 $10,000.00 7%
Tennessee Legislative Campaign Committee 3 $7,500.00 5%
Hamilton County Republican Party 6 $5,956.00 4%
At&T 49 $5,232.79 4%
Raampac 1 $5,000.00 3%
Jackson, Edward S. 1 $3,000.00 2%
Chef and His Wife 1 $2,894.36 2%
Hensley, Joey 2 $2,800.00 2%
Bowling, Janice 1 $2,800.00 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 $99,454 68%
  • Other $24,926 17%
  • Travel $6,691 5%
  • Fundraising & events $5,130 4%
  • Office & operations $4,032 3%
  • Printing & mail $3,427 2%
  • Advertising & media $1,825 1%
  • Field & voter contact $129 0.1%

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 2014 $262,811.39 $282,828.40 Source ↗
Pre-General 2014 $257,575.10 $262,811.39 Source ↗
Q3 2014 $268,054.28 $257,575.10 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2014 $262,623.53 $268,054.28 Source ↗
Q2 2014 $265,899.98 $262,623.53 Source ↗
Q1 2014 Amended $268,179.21 $265,899.98 Source ↗
Year-End 2013 Amended $114,998.68 $268,179.21 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2013 Amended $121,142.57 $114,998.68 Source ↗
Year-End 2012 $158,770.85 $121,142.57 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2012 $164,107.77 $158,770.85 Source ↗
Year-End 2011 Amended $141,271.78 $164,107.77 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2011 $143,172.88 $141,271.78 Source ↗