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Brad Thompson — 2012 Tennessee Senate, District 24 campaign

Tennessee Senate, District 24 Democratic

2012 Tennessee Senate, District 24 · totals since Apr 1, 2012

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 → · 5 filings · Pre-General 2012–Q4 2012

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 →
$0
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 →
$275,045
includes $7,290 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Loan entries in filing detail: $10,000. The report totals above govern this headline.
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 →
$49,224
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$278,717
less $7,800 in refunds & credits → $270,917 net disbursements
Donors
404
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:

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
Q4 2012 reported receipts $27,525
Pre-General 2012 reported receipts $41,843
Q3 2012 reported receipts $77,219
Pre-Primary 2012 reported receipts $14,523
Q2 2012 reported receipts $113,935
Reported receipts $275,045
From each filing:
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  • Q2 2012 Amendment $113,935 filing-stated

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 $278,030
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $687
Total spent $278,717
From each filing:
  • Q4 2012 Initial $29,038 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $28,530 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $508 filing-stated
  • Pre-General 2012 Initial $111,468 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $111,441 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $27 filing-stated
  • Q3 2012 Amendment $119,172 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $119,075 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $97 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2012 Initial $14,815 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $14,760 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $55 filing-stated
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Receipts
$275,045
Spent
$278,717

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 $181K · 66%Organizations and PACs, itemized $77K · 28%Unitemized contributions $7K · 3%Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $10K · 4%

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: $181,005 ÷ Reported receipts: $275,045
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized
Individuals, itemized $181,005
Organizations and PACs, itemized $76,750
Unitemized contributions $7,290
Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $10,000
From each filing:
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  • Q2 2012 Amendment $113,935 filing-stated

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 →

$484average gift
$200median gift
374individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0%
0%
$50–200
40%
9%
$200–1K
44%
30%
$1K–5K
16%
58%
$5K+
0.3%
3%

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: $181,005 ÷ Individual donors: 374
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $181,005
Median gift $200
Individual donors 374
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 →

95% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (5% from out of state).

Tennessee $245,255 Out of state $12,500
  • Union City $91K35%
  • Nashville $60K23%
  • Martin $18K7%
  • Jackson $11K4%
  • Washington, DC $8K3%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $64K
  • Other out-of-state $5K

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: $12,500 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $257,755
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $12,500
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Apr 2012 – Dec 2012. Peak $62,250 in May 2012. Spending peaked at $133,045 in Oct 2012.

Cash contributions Spent

Bars show $257,255 of $257,755 in itemized contributions. The other $500 can’t be placed in a month — the filing gave no usable date, or recorded no identifiable source.

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 259 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 149 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $15,830 and their names are withheld.

259 named donors 355 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Tennessee Democratic Party Includes In-Kind ↺ paid $31,512.93 6 $55,380.02
Plumbers Pipefitters Education Committee 3 $16,000.00
Tennessee Educ Assn Fund for Children Public Edu 3 $9,000.00
Tennessee Keep Your Legislature Efficient PAC Includes In-Kind 3 $6,950.00
Steamfitters Local Union No 614 Political Edu 1 $5,000.00
Int L Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Education 1 $5,000.00
Tennessee Employees Action Movement PAC 2 $4,200.00
United Transportation Union PAC (UTU) 2 $3,250.00
Michael McWherter 2 $2,800.00
Ronald Cooper 2 $2,800.00

Expenditures

34 vendors 102 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Fletcher Rowley 8 $151,780.00 55%
Tennessee Democratic Party ↺ donor $55,380.02 3 $31,512.93 11%
Andrews, Carol ↺ donor $400.00 6 $27,750.00 10%
American Mail Direct 4 $18,959.77 7%
Postoak, Seth 14 $13,000.00 5%
Myers Research & Strategic Services 1 $12,000.00 4%
Mark Weiss Associates 2 $6,356.68 2%
Pace, Warner 6 $5,850.00 2%
Charter Communications 7 $1,718.92 0.7%
Smolen, Brent 1 $1,000.00 0.4%

Loans

$10,000.00 in loan balances shown. The filings date all of it to this campaign. Later reports can repeat an outstanding loan, so each reconstructed lender balance is counted once below.

Loan principal shown adds together the amounts listed below.

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Loan schedules can repeat an outstanding debt on later reports. This is the reconstructed principal for each lender, counted once, split between candidate or family loans and all other lenders. Repayments and outstanding balances are shown separately in the ledger.

Inputs behind Loan principal shown
Candidate and family loans $10,000
Loan principal shown $10,000
Source filings:
Itemized campaign loans
Lender Type Received Balance shown Repaid Outstanding
Self (Brad Thompson) Candidate loan Oct 29, 2012 $10,000.00 $4,128.18 $5,871.82

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 Brad Thompson’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Consulting & professional services $204,473 74%
  • Field & voter contact $41,499 15%
  • Contributions & donations $10,630 4%
  • Office & operations $9,578 3%
  • Printing & mail $8,092 3%
  • Advertising & media $2,237 0.9%
  • Other $1,401 0.6%
  • Travel $120 0.1%

Loans

Campaign loans
Lender Amount Date Received Outstanding Repaid

Each loan shows its balance as of the candidate's most recent filing; repayments since then appear when the next report is filed.

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 2012 $5,640.88 $0.00 Source: Q4 2012 filing Report 45429
Pre-General 2012 $75,266.26 $5,640.88 Source: Pre-General 2012 filing Report 44276
Q3 2012 Amended $109,418.91 $75,266.26 Source: Q3 2012 filing Report 47048
Pre-Primary 2012 $109,710.72 $109,418.91 Source: Pre-Primary 2012 filing Report 42059
Q2 2012 Amended $0.00 $109,710.72 Source: Q2 2012 filing Report 41617

After the election

Reports ending after Jan 15, 2013.

Contributions and spending

No contributions or expenditures reported

1 filing · Mid-Year 2013

No individual donors or expenditures are published for this campaign.

Campaign filing history
Filing Cash Beginning Cash Ending Source
Mid-Year 2013 $0.00 $0.00 Source: Mid-Year 2013 filing Report 47874