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Bradley Mercer — 2012 Tennessee House, District 05 campaign

Tennessee House, District 05 Republican

2012 Tennessee House, District 05 · totals since Jan 16, 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 → · 4 filings · Pre-Primary 2012–Q3 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 Q3 report
Receipts The sum of Total Receipts on the selected published reports. Open the receipt to check each report and any exclusions. Full definition →
$11,109
includes $3,531 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Loan entries in filing detail: $500. The report totals above govern this headline.
Total Spent
$10,609
Donors
9
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
Q3 2012 reported receipts $1,335
Pre-Primary 2012 reported receipts $3,400
Q2 2012 reported receipts $6,374
Q1 2012 reported receipts $0
Reported receipts $11,109
From each filing:

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 $10,300
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $308
Total spent $10,609
From each filing:
  • Q3 2012 Initial $929 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $890 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $39 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2012 Initial $7,187 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $7,079 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $108 filing-stated
  • Q2 2012 Initial $2,493 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $2,331 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $161 filing-stated
Receipts
$11,109
Spent
$10,609

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, 62% of receipts on these reports.

The candidate's own contributions, itemized $228 · 2%Individuals, itemized $7K · 62%Unitemized contributions $4K · 32%Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $500 · 5%

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: $6,850 ÷ Reported receipts: $11,109
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized
The candidate's own contributions, itemized $228
Individuals, itemized $6,850
Unitemized contributions $3,531
Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $500
From each filing:

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 →

100% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (0% from out of state).

Tennessee $6,850 Out of state $0
  • Morristown $2K34%
  • Greeneville $2K31%
  • Nashville $2K27%
  • Afton $5007%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $100

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: $0 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $6,850
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $0
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — May 2012 – Sep 2012. Peak $3,400 in Jul 2012. Spending peaked at $7,236 in Jul 2012.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 8 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 2 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $250 and their names are withheld.

8 named donors 10 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Johnson Poss Government Relations 1 $1,500.00
Steve Southerland ↺ paid $193.36 1 $1,300.00
Carolyn Parman 1 $1,100.00
Dan McLean 1 $1,000.00
Patricia Bonnett 1 $1,000.00
Jack Quillen 1 $500.00
Bradley Mercer Self 3 $227.60
Spencer Mercer 1 $200.00

Expenditures

11 vendors 17 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Washington Political Group 1 $4,300.00 42%
Greeneville Radio Group 1 $1,767.00 17%
Victorystore.Com 1 $1,455.32 14%
Signs Plus 3 $928.49 9%
Greeneville Sun, The 3 $913.76 9%
Murphy Usa 3 $227.60 2%
Artisitic Printers 1 $197.55 2%
Southerland, Steve ↺ donor $1,300.00 1 $193.36 2%
Sign Shack 1 $175.60 2%
East Tennessee Promotions 1 $121.54 1%

Loans

$500.00 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 $500
Loan principal shown $500
Source filings:
Itemized campaign loans
Lender Type Received Balance shown Repaid Outstanding
Self (Bradley Mercer) Candidate loan Jul 16, 2012 $500.00 $500.00 $0.00

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

  • Advertising & media $6,981 68%
  • Printing & mail $2,879 28%
  • Travel $228 2%
  • Contributions & donations $193 2%
  • Office & operations $20 0.2%

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
Q3 2012 $93.90 $0.00 Source: Q3 2012 filing Report 42635
Pre-Primary 2012 $3,881.14 $93.90 Source: Pre-Primary 2012 filing Report 40990
Q2 2012 $0.00 $3,881.14 Source: Q2 2012 filing Report 40430
Q1 2012 $0.00 $0.00 Source: Q1 2012 filing Report 39790