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Charles M Sargent Jr. — 2008 Tennessee House, District 61 campaign

Tennessee House, District 61 Republican

2008 Tennessee House, District 61

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 2007–Q4 2008

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 →
$75,412
as of the Q4 report
→ carried into 2010 TN House 61
Why this number?
Raised (cash) Cash and cash-like receipts the campaign took in: contributions, the candidate’s own money, loans, and transfers from affiliated committees. Donated goods and services are not cash; they appear separately as In-Kind Received. Bookkeeping entries such as a carried balance, accounting adjustment, or refund also stay only in the filing’s own totals. Full definition →
$104,615
includes $1,035 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Why this number?
In-Kind Received 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. Full definition →
$200
goods or services
Total Spent
$94,616
Why this number?
Spent of Cash Raised How much of the cash this campaign took in it went on to spend, measured now that its reporting has closed. Above 100% means it spent more than it raised for this race, drawing on money it already had when the cycle opened. Full definition →
90%
$94,616 spent of $104,615 raised (cash)
Donors
222
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
Out-of-State
19%
$19,625 from outside TN
Why this number?

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 2008 Amendment $75,412 filing-stated

Raised (cash) adds together the amounts listed below.

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Sum of every cash receipt bucket: itemized contributions from others + the candidate's own contributions + loans + filer-stated unitemized + (federal) transfers and other receipts. Excludes the value of donated goods & services, shown separately as In-Kind Received.

Inputs behind Raised (cash)
Itemized contributions from others $103,580
Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $1,035
Raised (cash) $104,615
From each filing:
  • Q4 2008 Amendment $6,350 derived
  • Pre-General 2008 Initial $6,600 derived
  • Q3 2008 Initial $19,050 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $18,700 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $350 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2008 Amendment $29,040 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $28,355 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $685 filing-stated
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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 $93,084
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,532
Total spent $94,616
From each filing:
  • Q4 2008 Amendment $6,472 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $6,390 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $82 filing-stated
  • Pre-General 2008 Initial $2,900 derived
  • Q3 2008 Initial $23,173 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $22,873 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $300 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2008 Amendment $34,924 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $34,884 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $40 filing-stated
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  • Q2 2008 Initial $12,607 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $12,093 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $514 filing-stated
  • Q1 2008 Initial $1,325 derived
  • Year-End 2007 Supplemental $9,090 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $8,976 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $114 filing-stated
  • Mid-Year 2007 Amendment $4,127 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $3,644 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $483 filing-stated

Out-of-state share compares itemized money from outside tennessee with raised incl. in-kind.

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Itemized contributions from a state other than Tennessee, divided by everything the campaign raised (shown only when the state of most itemized money is known — above 99% coverage).

Itemized money from outside Tennessee: $19,625 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $104,815
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $19,625
Source filings:
Raised incl. in-kind
$104,815
Spent
$94,616

Who funds this campaign The sources split breaks down everything the campaign raised: the candidate’s own money (including self-loans), individuals (including unitemized small gifts), organizations and PACs, and “other” (in-kind contributions, loans other than the candidate’s, and the like) — open its “Why this number?” for the full breakdown. 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 →

Individuals gave 41%; organizations and PACs gave 58%.

Individuals $43K · 41% Organizations & PACs $61K · 58%
Why this number?

Share from individuals compares from individuals with everything the campaign raised.

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Everything the campaign raised, split into the candidate's own money (own contributions plus self- and family loans), individuals, organizations and PACs, and everything else — loans other than the candidate's, in-kind contributions, and (for federal filers) committee transfers and other receipts. Unitemized small donations count as individual money. The parts add up to the total raised. The headline share is individuals divided by the total.

From individuals: $43,490 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $104,815
Inputs behind Share from individuals
From individuals $43,490
From organizations and PACs $61,125
In-kind contributions (goods & services) $200
Source filings:

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 →

$319average gift
$200median gift
133individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0.8%
0.1%
$50–200
27%
8%
$200–1K
62%
59%
$1K–5K
10%
33%
$5K+
0%
0%
Why this number?

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: $42,455 ÷ Individual donors: 133
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $42,455
Median gift $200
Individual donors 133
Source filings:

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 →

81% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (19% from out of state).

Tennessee $83,955 Out of state $19,625
  • Nashville $45K44%
  • Franklin $19K18%
  • Murfreesboro $6K6%
  • Brentwood $4K3%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $11K
  • Other out-of-state $20K
Why this number?

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: $19,625 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $103,580
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $19,625
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2007 – Jan 2009. Peak $36,305 in Jul 2008. Spending peaked at $35,109 in Jul 2008.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names donors whose cumulative giving reached $200. Smaller donors contributed $3,605 total; their names are not disclosed here.

Named donor list 231 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Nat L Health Corp PAC 2 $3,500.00
Insurors of TN PAC 2 $3,000.00
Tennessee Realtors PAC 2 $2,500.00
Tennessee Highway Contractors PAC 2 $2,000.00
Insurance and Financial Advisors PAC 4 $2,000.00
Lee A Beaman 2 $2,000.00
Wholesalers Assn PAC 2 $1,750.00
Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Tennessee PAC (WSWT) 1 $1,500.00
Tennessee Dental PAC 2 $1,500.00
Tennessee Bankers Assn PAC 3 $1,500.00

Expenditures

80 vendors 139 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Majority Strategies 4 $23,488.55 25%
Comcast Cable 4 $8,289.30 9%
Mp Films 3 $6,000.00 6%
Tennessee Republican Caucus 2 $5,100.00 5%
Ipromoteu 2 $4,117.96 4%
Craig, Brad 8 $4,000.00 4%
W.A.K.M. 950 Radio 6 $3,225.06 3%
A Vintage Affair 2 $2,500.00 3%
Williamson County Republican Party 5 $1,935.00 2%
Verizon Wireless 2 $1,807.74 2%

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 Charles M Sargent Jr.’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Printing & mail $28,727 31%
  • Contributions & donations $23,855 26%
  • Advertising & media $19,818 21%
  • Other $6,621 7%
  • Office & operations $5,574 6%
  • Field & voter contact $3,800 4%
  • Fundraising & events $3,701 4%
  • Travel $690 0.8%
  • Consulting & professional services $297 0.4%

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 2008 Amended $74,108.62 $75,411.82 Source ↗
Pre-General 2008 $70,408.62 $74,108.62 Source ↗
Q3 2008 $74,531.18 $70,408.62 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2008 Amended $80,415.05 $74,531.18 Source ↗
Q2 2008 $69,071.97 $80,415.05 Source ↗
Q1 2008 $70,396.97 $69,071.97 Source ↗
Year-End 2007 $59,861.84 $70,396.97 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2007 Amended $63,988.40 $59,861.84 Source ↗