Bruce Dale Carr — 2018 Tennessee House, District 12 campaign

Tennessee House, District 12 Republican

2018 Tennessee House, District 12 · totals since Jan 16, 2017

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 → · 8 filings · Mid-Year 2017–Q4 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 →
$16,015
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 →
$63,609
Loan entries in filing detail: $348. The report totals above govern this headline.
Total Spent
$56,368
Donors
59
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:
  • Q4 2018 Amendment $16,015 filing-stated

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 2018 reported receipts $4,000
Pre-General 2018 reported receipts $11,250
Q3 2018 reported receipts $13,261
Pre-Primary 2018 reported receipts $3,600
Q2 2018 reported receipts $2,800
Q1 2018 reported receipts $248
Year-End 2017 reported receipts $26,100
Mid-Year 2017 reported receipts $2,350
Reported receipts $63,609
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 $55,298
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,071
Total spent $56,368
From each filing:
  • Q4 2018 Amendment $3,963 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $3,770 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $193 filing-stated
  • Pre-General 2018 Initial $2,942 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $2,842 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $100 filing-stated
  • Q3 2018 Initial $8,241 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $8,161 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $80 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2018 Initial $3,250 derived
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  • Q2 2018 Initial $6,121 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $6,093 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $29 filing-stated
  • Q1 2018 Initial $3,468 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $3,414 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $55 filing-stated
  • Year-End 2017 Amendment $20,716 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $20,347 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $369 filing-stated
  • Mid-Year 2017 Supplemental $7,668 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $7,422 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $245 filing-stated
Receipts
$63,609
Spent
$56,368

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, 85% of receipts on these reports.

The candidate's own contributions, itemized $2K · 3%Individuals, itemized $7K · 11%Organizations and PACs, itemized $54K · 85%

Share of reported receipts: Organizations and PACs, itemized compares organizations and pacs, 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.

Organizations and PACs, itemized: $54,150 ÷ Reported receipts: $63,609
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Organizations and PACs, itemized
The candidate's own contributions, itemized $2,209
Individuals, itemized $7,250
Organizations and PACs, itemized $54,150
From each filing:
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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 →

87% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (13% from out of state).

Tennessee $53,200 Out of state $8,200
  • Nashville $39K63%
  • Washington, DC $4K6%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $15K
  • Other out-of-state $4K

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: $8,200 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $61,400
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $8,200

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2017 – Jan 2019. Peak $11,500 in Oct 2018. Spending peaked at $9,554 in Oct 2017.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 60 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200.

60 named donors 89 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Tennessee Highway Contractors PAC 2 $10,000.00
Tennessee Hospitality and Tourism PAC 2 $3,500.00
Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Tennessee PAC (WSWT) 2 $2,500.00
Bruce Carr Self 3 $2,208.92
Tennessee First PAC 2 $2,000.00
Wholesalers Assn PAC 3 $2,000.00
Rogers Group Inc. PAC 1 $2,000.00
Tennessee REALTORS PAC (RPAC) 4 $2,000.00
Jerry King 1 $2,000.00
Tennessee Apartment PAC 3 $1,500.00

Expenditures

51 vendors 100 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Verizon 18 $7,679.57 14%
Brown, Brown & Associates PC 13 $6,335.00 11%
Harwell, Beth ↺ donor $250.00 2 $4,000.00 7%
House Republican Caucus 1 $3,000.00 5%
KBS Commissary 1 $2,876.50 5%
Gatlinburg Pittman High School 3 $2,300.00 4%
United States Postal Service 1 $2,099.99 4%
East TN Radio Group LP 3 $2,038.00 4%
The Mountain Press 4 $1,645.00 3%
Russell, Larry Lowell 1 $1,500.00 3%

Loans

$348.00 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 $348
Loan principal shown $348
Itemized campaign loans
Lender Type Received Balance shown Repaid Outstanding
Self (Bruce Dale Carr) Candidate loan — $348.00 $0.00 $348.00

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

  • Contributions & donations $19,063 34%
  • Office & operations $14,375 26%
  • Advertising & media $6,376 12%
  • Consulting & professional services $6,335 11%
  • Fundraising & events $3,708 7%
  • Printing & mail $2,100 4%
  • Travel $1,481 3%
  • Other $1,360 2%
  • Staff & payroll $300 0.6%
  • Field & voter contact $200 0.4%

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 2018 Amended $15,977.55 $16,014.53 Source: Q4 2018 filing Report 82175
Pre-General 2018 $7,669.37 $15,977.55 Source: Pre-General 2018 filing Report 81302
Q3 2018 $2,648.99 $7,669.37 Source: Q3 2018 filing Report 79950
Pre-Primary 2018 $2,298.99 $2,648.99 Source: Pre-Primary 2018 filing Report 78143
Q2 2018 $5,620.17 $2,298.99 Source: Q2 2018 filing Report 76628
Q1 2018 $8,840.54 $5,620.17 Source: Q1 2018 filing Report 74839
Year-End 2017 Amended $3,456.58 $8,840.54 Source: Year-End 2017 filing Report 74053
Mid-Year 2017 $8,774.08 $3,456.58 Source: Mid-Year 2017 filing Report 71859