Memphis

Brian K Kelsey — 2022 Tennessee Senate, District 31 campaign

Tennessee Senate, District 31 Republican

2022 Tennessee Senate, District 31 · 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 → · 9 filings · Mid-Year 2019–Year-End 2022

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 →
$197,520
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 →
$240,826
includes $11,876 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
$3,500 refunded
Total Spent
$186,052
Donors
183
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
Year-End 2020 reported receipts $74,425
Mid-Year 2020 reported receipts $1,000
Year-End 2019 reported receipts $47,650
Mid-Year 2019 reported receipts $0
Year-End 2022 reported receipts $0
Q2 2022 reported receipts $0
Q1 2022 reported receipts -$3,500
Year-End 2021 reported receipts $118,551
Mid-Year 2021 reported receipts $2,700
Reported receipts $240,826
From each filing:
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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 $184,102
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,950
Total spent $186,052
From each filing:
  • Year-End 2020 Supplemental $42,733 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $42,586 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $147 filing-stated
  • Mid-Year 2020 Supplemental $17,903 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $17,877 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $26 filing-stated
  • Year-End 2019 Supplemental $16,244 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $15,978 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $266 filing-stated
  • Mid-Year 2019 Amendment $13,686 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $13,551 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $135 filing-stated
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  • Year-End 2022 Supplemental $11,964 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $11,778 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $186 filing-stated
  • Q2 2022 Initial $7,538 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $7,492 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $47 filing-stated
  • Q1 2022 Initial $32,574 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $32,103 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $471 filing-stated
  • Year-End 2021 Supplemental $20,343 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $20,164 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $179 filing-stated
  • Mid-Year 2021 Supplemental $23,065 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $22,573 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $493 filing-stated
Receipts
$240,826
Spent
$186,052

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, 52% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $105K · 43%Organizations and PACs, itemized $127K · 52%Unitemized contributions $12K · 5%

Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds: −$3,500. Shares are of the $244,326 before it.

Share of reported receipts: Organizations and PACs, itemized compares organizations and pacs, itemized with reported receipts before the negative part.

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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. Shares are of the receipts before the negative part.

Organizations and PACs, itemized: $126,700 ÷ Reported receipts before the negative part: $244,326
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Organizations and PACs, itemized
The candidate's own contributions, itemized $775
Individuals, itemized $104,975
Organizations and PACs, itemized $126,700
Unitemized contributions $11,876
Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds -$3,500
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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 →

$937average gift
$500median gift
112individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0%
0%
$50–200
5%
0.9%
$200–1K
50%
19%
$1K–5K
45%
80%
$5K+
0%
0%

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: $104,975 ÷ Individual donors: 112
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $104,975
Median gift $500
Individual donors 112
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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 →

88% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (12% from out of state).

Tennessee $204,675 Out of state $27,000
  • Nashville $72K31%
  • Memphis $64K28%
  • Germantown $21K9%
  • Brentwood $13K5%
  • Washington, DC $5K2%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $36K
  • Other out-of-state $22K

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: $27,000 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $231,675
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $27,000
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Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2019 – Dec 2022. Peak $51,200 in Aug 2021. Spending peaked at $23,321 in Oct 2020.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor figure above is a named-donor floor. A complete combined-term total is unavailable. This table names 178 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200.

178 named donors 289 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Memphis Fire Fighters Association PAC 4 $7,500.00
Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Tennessee PAC (WSWT) 1 $7,000.00
TN Advance Financial PAC 2 $6,000.00
Jack Daniel's PAC 3 $5,750.00
Comcast Corporation PAC 3 $4,000.00
Tennessee Volunteer PAC 3 $4,000.00
Jackson W Moore 4 $3,600.00
Att Tennessee PAC 4 $3,500.00
Wholesalers Assn PAC 3 $3,500.00
Paul Boyle 2 $3,200.00

Expenditures

24 vendors 153 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Starling Strategies 51 $105,152.55 57%
Senate Republican Caucus 1 $20,000.00 11%
Martinez, Jennifer 2 $12,245.74 7%
The Trafalgar Group LLC 1 $11,500.00 6%
Alpha Graphics 9 $8,962.40 5%
Watkins Uiberall PLLC 7 $5,100.00 3%
Red State PAC 3 $4,000.00 2%
Hog Wild 2 $2,567.85 1%
Simply To Impress 2 $2,389.38 1%
Anedot 37 $2,308.89 1%

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.

  • Consulting & professional services $109,200 59%
  • Fundraising & events $29,437 16%
  • Contributions & donations $25,000 14%
  • Printing & mail $13,668 7%
  • Office & operations $6,465 4%
  • Travel $198 0.2%
  • Advertising & media $135 0.1%

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
Year-End 2022 $209,484.04 $197,519.88 Source: Year-End 2022 filing Report 108040
Q2 2022 $217,022.31 $209,484.04 Source: Q2 2022 filing Report 100126
Q1 2022 $253,096.72 $217,022.31 Source: Q1 2022 filing Report 98583
Year-End 2021 $154,888.74 $253,096.72 Source: Year-End 2021 filing Report 96443
Mid-Year 2021 $175,253.96 $154,888.74 Source: Mid-Year 2021 filing Report 94840
Year-End 2020 $143,562.17 $175,253.96 Source: Year-End 2020 filing Report 93213
Mid-Year 2020 $160,457.44 $143,562.17 Source: Mid-Year 2020 filing Report 88846
Year-End 2019 $129,051.69 $160,457.44 Source: Year-End 2019 filing Report 85490
Mid-Year 2019 Amended $142,738.01 $129,051.69 Source: Mid-Year 2019 filing Report 85072

After the election

Reports ending after Jan 15, 2023.

Contributions and spending

No contributions reported · Spent $197,520

1 filing · Mid-Year 2023

After the election expenditures
Payee Purpose Amount Date
Red State PAC DONATIONS $196,883.77 06/01/2023
GoDaddy WEBSITE $123.02 05/08/2023
GoDaddy WEBSITE $20.17 05/08/2023
Watkins Uiberall PLLC ACCOUNTING $350.00 03/01/2023
Google EMAIL SERVICE $5.73 02/02/2023
Constant Contact SOFTWARE $137.19 01/19/2023
Campaign filing history
Filing Cash Beginning Cash Ending Source
Mid-Year 2023 $197,519.88 $0.00 Source: Mid-Year 2023 filing Report 109412