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Charlie Baum — 2020 Tennessee House, District 37 campaign

Tennessee House, District 37 Republican

2020 Tennessee House, District 37 · 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 → · 8 filings · Mid-Year 2019–Q4 2020

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 →
$49,022
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 →
$135,150
includes $8,700 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
$3,200 refunded
Loan entries in filing detail: $16,000. The report totals above govern this headline.
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 →
$8,788
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$118,266
less $3,896 in refunds & credits → $114,370 net disbursements
Donors
162
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 2020 Amendment $49,022 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 2020 reported receipts $13,150
Pre-General 2020 reported receipts $20,725
Q3 2020 reported receipts $40,250
Pre-Primary 2020 reported receipts $3,300
Q2 2020 reported receipts $3,500
Q1 2020 reported receipts $0
Year-End 2019 reported receipts $53,225
Mid-Year 2019 reported receipts $1,000
Reported receipts $135,150
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 $118,256
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $10
Total spent $118,266
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Receipts
$135,150
Spent
$118,266

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, 48% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $63K · 46%Organizations and PACs, itemized $66K · 48%Unitemized contributions $9K · 6%

Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds: −$3,200. Shares are of the $138,350 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: $66,350 ÷ Reported receipts before the negative part: $138,350
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Organizations and PACs, itemized
Individuals, itemized $63,300
Organizations and PACs, itemized $66,350
Unitemized contributions $8,700
Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds -$3,200
From each filing:
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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 →

$659average gift
$300median gift
96individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0%
0%
$50–200
6%
1%
$200–1K
61%
28%
$1K–5K
31%
60%
$5K+
1%
10%

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: $63,300 ÷ Individual donors: 96
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $63,300
Median gift $300
Individual donors 96
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 →

93% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (7% from out of state).

Tennessee $120,000 Out of state $9,650
  • Murfreesboro $48K37%
  • Nashville $41K32%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $30K
  • Other out-of-state $10K

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: $9,650 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $129,650
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $9,650
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Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — May 2019 – Jan 2021. Peak $29,200 in Sep 2020. Spending peaked at $69,604 in Oct 2020.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 158 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 6 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $800 and their names are withheld.

158 named donors 220 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
House Republican Caucus In-Kind ↺ paid $2,000.00 8 $7,607.00
Tennessee REALTORS PAC (RPAC) 5 $3,250.00
Robert Adams ↺ $3,200.00 refunded 3 $3,200.00 net
$6,400.00 gross
Susanne Adams 2 $3,200.00
CAM PAC (Cameron Sexton) Includes In-Kind 3 $3,121.27
LAMBERTH PAC (William Lamberth) 1 $2,500.00
Marsh for Tennessee Business PAC 3 $2,500.00
BIV-PAC (Bivens) Includes In-Kind 3 $2,059.58
Middle Tennessee Business Leaders for Common Sense PAC 2 $2,000.00
Tennessee Highway Contractors PAC 2 $2,000.00

Expenditures

18 vendors 38 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
E. Allan Brandon LLC 9 $88,542.28 75%
Phoenix Solutions 2 $9,163.94 8%
Tennessee Republican Party State Account 1 $7,400.00 6%
Rachel Barrett & Company LLC 1 $2,930.00 2%
Five Senses 1 $2,571.81 2%
Front Street Sign Company 1 $2,090.74 2%
House Republican Caucus ↺ donor $7,607.00 2 $2,000.00 2%
Wax Printing 1 $1,959.26 2%
Stones River Liquors 1 $448.08 0.4%
Southern Valet Services 1 $385.00 0.4%

Loans

$16,000.00 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 $16,000
Loan principal shown $16,000
Source filings:
Itemized campaign loans
Lender Type Received Balance shown Repaid Outstanding
Self (Charlie Baum) Candidate loan — $16,000.00 $0.00 $16,000.00

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

  • Advertising & media $96,526 82%
  • Contributions & donations $9,400 8%
  • Fundraising & events $6,675 6%
  • Printing & mail $4,105 3%
  • Office & operations $1,513 1%
  • Other $37 0.1%

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 2020 Amended $61,710.41 $49,021.59 Source: Q4 2020 filing Report 93814
Pre-General 2020 Amended $92,206.19 $61,710.41 Source: Pre-General 2020 filing Report 93797
Q3 2020 Amended $82,688.75 $92,206.19 Source: Q3 2020 filing Report 93813
Pre-Primary 2020 Amended $79,388.75 $82,688.75 Source: Pre-Primary 2020 filing Report 90215
Q2 2020 Amended $75,888.75 $79,388.75 Source: Q2 2020 filing Report 89604
Q1 2020 $75,888.75 $75,888.75 Source: Q1 2020 filing Report 87046
Year-End 2019 Amended $29,231.54 $75,888.75 Source: Year-End 2019 filing Report 86635
Mid-Year 2019 Amended $28,241.54 $29,231.54 Source: Mid-Year 2019 filing Report 85578