Brian K Kelsey — 2018 Tennessee Senate, District 31 campaign
2018 Tennessee Senate, District 31 · totals since Jan 16, 2015
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 → · 13 filings · Mid-Year 2015–Year-End 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 →
$142,738
as of the Year-End report
Receipts The sum of Total Receipts on the selected published reports. Open the receipt to check each report and any exclusions. Full definition →
$485,463
includes $12,563 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
$1,750 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 →
$2,221
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$502,250
Donors
302
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: organizations and PACs, itemized, 54% of receipts on these reports.
Individuals, itemized $212K · 43%Organizations and PACs, itemized $263K · 54%Unitemized contributions $13K · 3%
Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds: −$1,750. Shares are of the $487,213 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 →
$1,163average gift
$800median gift
182individual 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 →
90% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (10% from out of state).
Tennessee $428,850 Out of state $45,800
- Nashville $151K32%
- Memphis $113K24%
- Germantown $30K6%
- Brentwood $14K3%
- Collierville $12K3%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $109K
- Other out-of-state $46K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2015 – Jan 2019. Peak $84,083 in Aug 2018. Spending peaked at $106,562 in Jul 2016.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor figure above is a named-donor floor. A complete combined-term total is unavailable. This table names 299 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| BOWPAC (Bo Watson) | 2 | $11,000.00 |
| Tennessee Highway Contractors PAC | 2 | $10,000.00 |
| Fedex Corporation PAC | 2 | $8,750.00 |
| Tennessee REALTORS PAC (RPAC) | 6 | $8,000.00 |
| Wholesalers Assn PAC | 5 | $7,500.00 |
| Tennessee Medical Association PAC (TMA) | 4 | $7,000.00 |
| Att Tennessee PAC | 5 | $6,100.00 |
| Flex PAC | 4 | $6,000.00 |
| Tennessee Volunteer PAC | 3 | $6,000.00 |
| Tennessee Bankers Association PAC | 3 | $6,000.00 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red State PAC | 30 | $112,599.92 | |
| Standard Club PAC | 1 | $106,341.66 | |
| Tennessee Legislative Campaign Committee ↺ donor $500.00 | 2 | $61,000.00 | |
| Senate Republican Caucus | 3 | $57,500.00 | |
| Martinez, Jennifer | 21 | $43,025.10 | |
| Caissa Public Strategy | 2 | $28,928.24 | |
| The Stoneridge Group LLC | 2 | $12,126.08 | |
| Darr, Jackson | 2 | $8,192.39 | |
| Public Opinion Strategies, LLC | 1 | $6,900.00 | |
| Watkins Uiberall PLLC | 10 | $6,100.00 | |
| Smith, Thomas | 3 | $5,600.00 | |
| The Bonderud Law Firm | 1 | $5,500.00 | |
| Aperture Solutions LLC | 5 | $5,125.21 | |
| Conservative Solutions PAC | 1 | $5,000.00 | |
| Statecraft, PLLC | 2 | $4,071.25 | |
| Anedot | 42 | $3,073.36 | |
| Dickerson, Steven | 1 | $3,000.00 | |
| Shelby Farms Park Conservancy | 3 | $2,076.80 | |
| Shelby County Republican Party | 1 | $1,900.00 | |
| Drapers Catering of Memphis | 2 | $1,543.95 | |
| Asadoorian, Benjamin | 2 | $1,346.04 | |
| Lee, Bill | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Mark Green for Congress | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Leah Vukmir for US Senate | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Roberts, Kerry | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Marco Rubio for President | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Grant Starrett for Congress | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| The Graphic Cow | 2 | $992.00 | |
| Post Meridian Website Design | 5 | $902.50 | |
| Flyte Restaurant | 1 | $778.06 | |
| Southern Valet LLC | 2 | $770.00 | |
| Rush, Matthew | 2 | $720.00 | |
| Dooney , Roarke | 2 | $696.00 | |
| Haley Leppert, Anna | 2 | $550.00 | |
| Bailey, Shirley | 1 | $550.00 | |
| Constant Contact | 4 | $546.24 | |
| Kennelly, Edward | 2 | $510.00 | |
| Madison County Republican Party | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Pacilli, Emma | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Baker, Mitchell | 1 | $480.00 | |
| Minted LLC | 1 | $398.53 | |
| Ogles, Charles | 1 | $360.00 | |
| FedEx Office | 1 | $340.50 | |
| Wix.Com | 2 | $336.96 | |
| The Standard | 1 | $300.00 | |
| GoDaddy | 5 | $298.33 | |
| Postmaster | 4 | $296.60 | |
| Marriott Memphis East | 1 | $275.31 | |
| Johnson, Deanna | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Friends of Kemp Conrad ↺ donor $250.00 | 1 | $250.00 | |
| E M Printing | 1 | $217.31 | |
| Hussein, Abulamzi | 1 | $180.00 | |
| Gresham, Dolores | 1 | $175.00 | |
| Fairlane Hotel | 1 | $152.25 | |
| Tennessee Federation of Republican Women | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Morton, Richard | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Alpha Graphics | 1 | $121.11 | |
| Summers, George | 1 | $120.00 | |
| The Well Coffeehouse | 1 | $105.22 |
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 Brian K Kelsey’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Contributions & donations $352,267 70%
- Consulting & professional services $52,571 11%
- Advertising & media $29,678 6%
- Printing & mail $19,439 4%
- Fundraising & events $18,451 4%
- Field & voter contact $10,954 2%
- Other $10,825 2%
- Office & operations $5,735 1%
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 | $190,469.49 | $131,738.01 | Source: Q4 2018 filing Report 81905 |
| Pre-General 2018 Amended | $258,989.40 | $190,469.49 | Source: Pre-General 2018 filing Report 85997 |
| Q3 2018 Amended | $174,279.99 | $258,989.40 | Source: Q3 2018 filing Report 81822 |
| Pre-Primary 2018 | $132,978.97 | $174,279.99 | Source: Pre-Primary 2018 filing Report 77479 |
| Q2 2018 | $120,811.78 | $132,978.97 | Source: Q2 2018 filing Report 75872 |
| Q1 2018 | $141,455.56 | $120,811.78 | Source: Q1 2018 filing Report 74635 |
| Year-End 2018 | $131,738.01 | $142,738.01 | Source: Year-End 2018 filing Report 83099 |
| Year-End 2017 Amended | $52,311.55 | $141,455.56 | Source: Year-End 2017 filing Report 73963 |
| Mid-Year 2017 Amended | $68,850.57 | $52,311.55 | Source: Mid-Year 2017 filing Report 78950 |
| Year-End 2016 | $102,441.66 | $68,850.57 | Source: Year-End 2016 filing Report 70530 |
| Mid-Year 2016 | $153,315.26 | $102,441.66 | Source: Mid-Year 2016 filing Report 65095 |
| Year-End 2015 Amended | $135,737.21 | $153,315.26 | Source: Year-End 2015 filing Report 64072 |
| Mid-Year 2015 | $158,525.14 | $135,737.21 | Source: Mid-Year 2015 filing Report 60418 |