Bob Freeman — 2020 Tennessee House, District 56 campaign
2020 Tennessee House, District 56 · totals since Jan 16, 2019
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 → · 8 filings · Mid-Year 2019–Q4 2020
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 →
$52,054
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 →
$434,918
includes $24,994 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
$1,503 refunded
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 →
$3,585
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$406,505
Donors
473
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, 66% of receipts on these reports.
Individuals, itemized $287K · 66%Organizations and PACs, itemized $124K · 28%Unitemized contributions $25K · 6%
Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds: −$1,503. Shares are of the $436,421 before it.
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 →
$789average gift
$500median gift
364individual 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 →
94% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (6% from out of state).
Tennessee $385,227 Out of state $26,200
- Nashville $293K71%
- Brentwood $30K7%
- Franklin $13K3%
- Washington, DC $5K1%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $49K
- Other out-of-state $21K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2019 – Jan 2021. Peak $101,101 in Oct 2019. Spending peaked at $244,255 in Oct 2020.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 437 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 38 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $5,600 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Tennessee Lifepoint Hospitals PAC | 3 | $12,000.00 |
| Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Tennessee PAC (WSWT) | 2 | $6,000.00 |
| TN Advance Financial PAC | 3 | $4,200.00 |
| Middle Tennessee Business Leaders for Common Sense PAC | 2 | $3,500.00 |
| Kathy Olsen | 2 | $3,200.00 |
| Blair Durham | 2 | $3,200.00 |
| La Green | 2 | $3,200.00 |
| Stephen Zralek | 2 | $3,200.00 |
| Olan Mills | 2 | $3,200.00 |
| Michael McWherter | 3 | $3,200.00 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31A Communications | 10 | $161,500.00 | |
| Gumbinner & Davies | 4 | $53,092.21 | |
| Caldwell, April | 13 | $52,259.85 | |
| Triumph Strategies | 17 | $46,854.00 | |
| Brushfire, LLC | 3 | $33,847.06 | |
| NGP VAN | 8 | $10,758.24 | |
| Davidson County Democratic Party ↺ donor $250.00 | 2 | $10,000.00 | |
| Actblue | 25 | $8,404.08 | |
| TN House Democratic Caucus | 1 | $5,000.00 | |
| Printing Etc | 3 | $4,107.80 | |
| Hustle | 2 | $2,994.00 | |
| Miller, James | 1 | $2,500.00 | |
| Gca Publishing Co ↺ donor $750.00 | 1 | $2,055.00 | |
| United States Postal Service | 5 | $1,614.00 | |
| 5 | $1,377.60 | ||
| Man Over Machine | 1 | $1,200.00 | |
| Indo Nashville | 1 | $1,150.00 | |
| Christie Cookie Co | 1 | $655.50 | |
| Davidson County Democratic Executive Committee | 2 | $600.00 | |
| Office Dept | 2 | $585.10 | |
| Kaplan Dearborn | 1 | $545.16 | |
| Survey Monkey | 1 | $419.52 | |
| Pinnacle Bank | 2 | $383.50 | |
| Sweetlab | 1 | $300.44 | |
| Pies | 1 | $275.00 | |
| Hubdialer | 2 | $273.00 | |
| Friends of Green Hills Park | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Florist , Rebel Hill | 1 | $123.40 | |
| Widmer, Lily | 1 | $103.00 | |
| Barton, Jonah | 1 | $103.00 | |
| Dauda, Kundiry | 1 | $103.00 | |
| Hines, Audrey | 1 | $103.00 | |
| Maher, Allie | 1 | $103.00 | |
| Malo, Alo | 1 | $103.00 | |
| Miller, Sofia | 1 | $103.00 | |
| Wolff, Mavis | 1 | $103.00 | |
| Squared, Emmy | 1 | $102.16 | |
| Jernigan, Darren | 1 | $100.00 |
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.
- Consulting & professional services $241,559 60%
- Field & voter contact $55,584 14%
- Other $35,052 9%
- Printing & mail $26,934 7%
- Office & operations $23,913 6%
- Contributions & donations $16,445 4%
- Advertising & media $3,433 0.9%
- Fundraising & events $1,182 0.3%
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 2020 Amended | $114,034.58 | $52,053.52 | Source: Q4 2020 filing Report 94683 |
| Pre-General 2020 Amended | $278,792.80 | $114,034.58 | Source: Pre-General 2020 filing Report 92994 |
| Q3 2020 Amended | $237,894.72 | $278,792.80 | Source: Q3 2020 filing Report 92993 |
| Pre-Primary 2020 | $240,054.45 | $237,894.72 | Source: Pre-Primary 2020 filing Report 89791 |
| Q2 2020 Amended | $205,737.86 | $240,054.45 | Source: Q2 2020 filing Report 90532 |
| Q1 2020 | $218,171.22 | $205,737.86 | Source: Q1 2020 filing Report 87131 |
| Year-End 2019 | $15,923.25 | $218,171.22 | Source: Year-End 2019 filing Report 85475 |
| Mid-Year 2019 | $23,641.37 | $15,923.25 | Source: Mid-Year 2019 filing Report 83985 |