Brenda Freeman Short — 2010 U.S. Representative, District 3 campaign
2010 U.S. Representative, District 3 · totals since Mar 5, 2010
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 → · 3 filings · 12P 2010–TER 2010
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 →
12% of this campaign’s individual contributions came as small unitemized donations — gifts under the federal itemization threshold (about $200 a cycle) that the filer reports only as a lump sum, never broken out by donor. The gift-size and location breakdowns below cover the itemized 88%.
Largest part: individuals, itemized (line 11a), 90% of receipts on these reports.
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 →
90% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (10% from out of state).
- Chattanooga $9K85%
- Montgomery, AL $1K10%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $500
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Mar 2010 – Aug 2010. Peak $4,800 in Apr 2010. Spending peaked at $4,306 in Jul 2010.
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 10 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Olan Mills | 1 | $2,400.00 |
| George D Short ↺ paid $142.11 | 1 | $2,400.00 |
| Paul E Smith | 4 | $2,000.00 |
| Marilyn Lloyd Includes In-Kind ↺ paid $1,444.37 | 2 | $1,944.37 |
| Charles D Freeman | 1 | $1,000.00 |
| Dave L Freeman | 2 | $500.00 |
| Bobby Fryar | 1 | $500.00 |
| Phyllis Brown | 1 | $400.00 |
| Mary M Headrick | 1 | $250.00 |
| Richard H Dawson | 1 | $250.00 |
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Printing Edge | 5 | $5,597.68 | |
| Chattanooga, WRCB | 2 | $1,559.20 | |
| Lloyd, Marilyn ↺ donor $1,944.37 ⇄ in-kind (given, not paid) | 1 | $1,444.37 | |
| Fm Radio, WJTT | 1 | $800.00 | |
| Short, Brenda Freeman MRS. | 5 | $386.92 | |
| Radio, J103 | 1 | $363.00 | |
| Chronicle, Chattanooga News | 1 | $350.00 | |
| Way, Women's | 1 | $343.75 | |
| Spotlight, Comcast | 1 | $297.50 | |
| Short, George D. ↺ donor $2,400.00 | 3 | $142.11 |
| 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 Brenda Freeman Short’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Printing & mail $5,598 50%
- Advertising & media $3,713 33%
- Fundraising & events $1,664 15%
- Travel $309 3%
Filing History
Totals as filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC); see About for how this data is processed.
| Filing | Cash Beginning | Cash Ending | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| TER 2010 | $3,350.43 | $0.00 | Source: TER 2010 filing |
| 12P 2010 | $2,752.50 | $3,350.43 | Source: 12P 2010 filing |
| Q2 2010 | $0.00 | $2,752.50 | Source: Q2 2010 filing |