Bob Freeman — 2018 Tennessee House, District 56 campaign
2018 Tennessee House, District 56 · totals since Jul 1, 2017
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 → · 7 filings · Year-End 2017–Q4 2018
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 →
$23,641
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 →
$482,173
includes $28,520 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 →
$7,586
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$458,532
Donors
569
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: individuals, itemized, 76% of receipts on these reports.
The candidate's own contributions, itemized $6K · 1%Individuals, itemized $367K · 76%Organizations and PACs, itemized $81K · 17%Unitemized contributions $29K · 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 →
$726average gift
$500median gift
506individual 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 →
95% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (5% from out of state).
Tennessee $426,060 Out of state $21,850
- Nashville $357K80%
- Brentwood $23K5%
- Washington, DC $12K3%
- Franklin $9K2%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $37K
- Other out-of-state $10K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Nov 2017 – Jan 2019. Peak $81,309 in Sep 2018. Spending peaked at $272,817 in Oct 2018.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 499 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 72 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $10,075 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Tennessee First PAC | 3 | $15,350.00 |
| D R I V E Dc PAC | 2 | $10,000.00 |
| Let America Vote In-Kind | 3 | $6,945.72 |
| James A Webb | 4 | $6,000.00 |
| Bob Freeman Self | 6 | $5,692.80 |
| Cooper for Congress | 3 | $4,000.00 |
| Babs Freeman Loftis | 3 | $3,250.00 |
| Kevin Crumbo | 2 | $3,000.00 |
| Alex Jahangir | 2 | $3,000.00 |
| William Hostettler | 2 | $3,000.00 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Media Fortitude | 4 | $185,875.00 | |
| Gumbinner & Davies | 2 | $49,969.20 | |
| Meshell, Heather | 19 | $44,137.98 | |
| Tennessee Democratic Party | 1 | $25,000.00 | |
| Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research | 1 | $19,700.00 | |
| 31A Communications | 4 | $17,500.00 | |
| Harpeth Strategies | 2 | $16,478.62 | |
| 76 Words | 1 | $12,606.52 | |
| Kleinrock, Jacob | 6 | $12,318.17 | |
| Aboulmouna, Lorina | 6 | $11,098.58 | |
| Hopkins, Jeffrey | 3 | $7,000.00 | |
| Grindstone Research LLP | 1 | $7,000.00 | |
| 12 | $6,955.73 | ||
| NGP VAN | 6 | $6,484.93 | |
| Actblue | 6 | $6,170.88 | |
| Winning Connections | 1 | $5,500.00 | |
| Table 3 | 3 | $3,575.17 | |
| Fischer, Johannes | 1 | $2,000.00 | |
| Paypal | 2 | $1,673.61 | |
| The News | 2 | $1,665.00 | |
| TN Victory Fund | 1 | $1,500.00 | |
| Emma, Inc. | 8 | $1,361.00 | |
| Davidson County Democratic Party ↺ donor $1,000.00 | 2 | $1,250.00 | |
| Votercircle | 4 | $1,000.00 | |
| Haggerty, Carley | 1 | $805.00 | |
| USPS Berry Hill | 2 | $749.07 | |
| Staples | 5 | $741.71 | |
| Central Labor Council | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Friends of Green Hills Park | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Cheekwood | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Delta Airlines | 1 | $493.40 | |
| Wellstone | 1 | $471.45 | |
| Gaither, Travis | 1 | $430.00 | |
| Caldwell, April | 1 | $375.00 | |
| Nashville Business Breakfast | 1 | $350.00 | |
| Staybridge Seattle | 1 | $348.05 | |
| Foxs Donut Den | 1 | $313.85 | |
| Hundley, Frank ↺ donor $250.00 | 1 | $300.00 | |
| The Corner Market | 1 | $276.40 | |
| Pies | 1 | $275.00 | |
| Walmart | 1 | $176.41 | |
| Votebuilder | 1 | $122.43 | |
| Lyft | 1 | $109.53 | |
| McDowell, Clint | 1 | $105.00 | |
| Pinnacle Bank | 1 | $25.00 |
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 Bob Freeman’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Advertising & media $209,857 46%
- Consulting & professional services $74,213 16%
- Field & voter contact $70,765 16%
- Printing & mail $50,718 11%
- Contributions & donations $25,000 5%
- Office & operations $16,371 4%
- Fundraising & events $7,407 2%
- Other $855 0.2%
- Travel $603 0.2%
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 2018 Amended | $73,619.66 | $23,641.37 | Source: Q4 2018 filing Report 83064 |
| Pre-General 2018 Amended | $249,232.12 | $73,619.66 | Source: Pre-General 2018 filing Report 83056 |
| Q3 2018 Amended | $200,465.77 | $249,232.12 | Source: Q3 2018 filing Report 83315 |
| Pre-Primary 2018 Amended | $199,007.95 | $200,465.77 | Source: Pre-Primary 2018 filing Report 83050 |
| Q2 2018 Amended | $143,502.78 | $199,007.95 | Source: Q2 2018 filing Report 83046 |
| Q1 2018 Amended | $111,180.02 | $143,502.78 | Source: Q1 2018 filing Report 83059 |
| Year-End 2017 Amended | $0.00 | $111,180.02 | Source: Year-End 2017 filing Report 83060 |