Chuck Fleischmann — 2012 U.S. Representative, District 3 campaign
2012 U.S. Representative, District 3 · totals since Jan 1, 2011
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 → · 11 filings · Q1 2011–YE 2012
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 →
$21,215
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 →
$1,412,229
includes $19,051 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Known in-kind (included in receipts) 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 →
$3,378
goods or services
Total disbursed
$1,421,672
Donors
802
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: individuals, itemized (line 11a), 59% of receipts on these reports.
Individuals, itemized (line 11a) $831K · 59%Individuals, unitemized (line 11a) $19K · 1%PACs and other committees (line 11c) $556K · 39%
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 →
57% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (43% from out of state).
Tennessee $790,625 Out of state $595,413
- Washington, DC $176K13%
- Chattanooga $163K12%
- Knoxville $117K8%
- Nashville $86K6%
- Alexandria, VA $68K5%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $425K
- Other out-of-state $351K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2011 – Dec 2012. Peak $159,483 in Mar 2012. Spending peaked at $647,990 in Jul 2012.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 800 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 2 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $200 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Freedom Project The | 3 | $15,000.00 |
| National Beer Wholesalers Assoc PAC | 4 | $15,000.00 |
| Honeywell International PAC | 7 | $12,365.62 |
| INC Fund for Effective Government Energysolutions PAC Energysolutions | 6 | $10,000.00 |
| Unum Group Political Action Committee UNUMPAC | 3 | $10,000.00 |
| Majority Committee PAC | 2 | $10,000.00 |
| Every Republican Is Crucial ERICPAC | 2 | $10,000.00 |
| American Bankers Association PAC | 4 | $10,000.00 |
| Husch Blackwell Sanders Political Action Committee | 6 | $8,500.00 |
| Babcock Wilcox Company Political Action Committee Bw PAC The | 5 | $8,000.00 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strategic Media Placement, Inc. | 10 | $673,153.00 | |
| Candidate Command, LLC | 4 | $79,239.00 | |
| The Gula Graham Group | 24 | $65,930.54 | |
| Threadgill, Tyler | 21 | $53,654.20 | |
| Waddey & Patterson, P.C. | 5 | $51,523.12 | |
| Johns, Cari | 14 | $50,382.90 | |
| National Republican Congressional Committee | 2 | $43,779.01 | |
| Axiom Strategies | 4 | $42,563.39 | |
| Saltsman, John B Jr. | 7 | $31,670.08 | |
| Fleischmann, Charles J | 15 | $31,302.84 | |
| LCM Strategies | 18 | $27,652.44 | |
| Powell, Jordan | 10 | $25,695.41 | |
| Wpa Opinion Research | 1 | $21,700.00 | |
| Kaegi, Bryan | 2 | $21,400.00 | |
| Wilson Perkins Allen Opinion Research | 2 | $17,000.00 | |
| GSL Solutions, Inc. | 15 | $12,683.29 | |
| Redright Strategies | 5 | $12,500.00 | |
| Teletarget, LLC | 7 | $12,028.68 | |
| Thumbprint Creative | 2 | $10,115.44 | |
| Wilson Research Strategies, LLC | 1 | $10,000.00 | |
| Trimble, Archie III | 10 | $8,549.33 | |
| The Spalding Group | 1 | $6,715.00 | |
| Apple | 4 | $5,702.90 | |
| Capitol Hill Club | 11 | $5,281.07 | |
| Clippard, Mary Brette | 1 | $5,000.00 | |
| Imageworks | 5 | $4,871.77 | |
| National Payment Processing | 47 | $3,832.80 | |
| Joyner and Hogan Printing Company | 6 | $3,792.69 | |
| Hamilton County Republican Party | 4 | $3,540.00 | |
| Paypal, Inc. | 37 | $2,789.80 | |
| Martin Air, Inc. | 1 | $2,521.03 | |
| The Congressional Institute | 2 | $2,515.50 | |
| Tennessee Right To Life | 4 | $2,500.00 | |
| Berry, James C ↺ donor $5,000.00 | 1 | $2,500.00 | |
| Vital, Greg A ↺ donor $5,000.00 | 1 | $2,500.00 | |
| Accurate Word, LLC | 2 | $2,329.57 | |
| Davis, Katherine | 2 | $2,318.39 | |
| Barrett Johns Strategies | 1 | $2,000.00 | |
| 5 | $1,923.23 | ||
| Lawson Whittaker Photography | 2 | $1,785.00 | |
| Fleischmann, Brenda | 1 | $1,603.88 | |
| Fidelity Trust | 2 | $1,548.75 | |
| BBB Communications, LLC | 1 | $1,500.00 | |
| Welch, Ted ↺ donor $5,000.00 | 1 | $1,500.00 | |
| Jones, Allen ↺ donor $3,960.69 ⇄ in-kind (given, not paid) | 1 | $1,460.69 | |
| Moore Bestway Travel, Inc. | 1 | $1,400.00 | |
| Verizon | 10 | $1,380.86 | |
| Newsmax Advertising | 3 | $1,371.02 | |
| Miller, Andy ⇄ in-kind (given, not paid) | 1 | $1,325.12 | |
| Doubletree Hotel | 5 | $1,252.14 | |
| Brown, Shannon ↺ donor $4,750.00 | 1 | $1,250.00 | |
| Bobby Stewart Campaign for State Representative | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Committee To Re-Elect John Ragan | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Kent Calfee for State Representative | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Todd Gardenshire for State Senate | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Committee To Elect Johnny Horne for State Senate | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Mason, Thomas ↺ donor $3,500.00 | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Decosimo, Joseph F ↺ donor $4,500.00 | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Pasta Italia | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Bradley County Republican Party | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Federation of Republican Women | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Kerry Roberts for State Senate | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Tapco Underwriters | 1 | $984.90 | |
| Friends of the Nra | 2 | $940.00 | |
| Allegra Marketing Print Mail | 1 | $899.99 | |
| Mountain City Publishing | 1 | $865.22 | |
| Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP ↺ donor $1,500.00 | 2 | $851.75 | |
| Flatwater Grill | 2 | $685.65 | |
| Screen Industry | 1 | $650.04 | |
| Elite Reporting Services | 1 | $650.00 | |
| Lowe's Home Improvement | 1 | $613.74 | |
| Airtran | 1 | $603.20 | |
| Delta Airlines | 2 | $572.90 | |
| Vowell and Jennings | 1 | $569.20 | |
| Zaxby's | 2 | $560.99 | |
| United States Postal Service | 1 | $554.73 | |
| Church House Creative Group | 1 | $550.00 | |
| Roane County Republican Party PAC ↺ donor $500.00 | 2 | $550.00 | |
| Curtis Professional Investegators | 1 | $545.00 | |
| Union County Republican Party ↺ donor $1,000.00 | 2 | $500.00 | |
| Tennessee Eagle Forum | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Riverside Wine and Spirits | 1 | $455.74 | |
| Chattanooga Valet | 1 | $420.00 | |
| Tony's Pasta Shop | 1 | $407.28 | |
| First National Processing | 19 | $380.00 | |
| The Daily Post | 1 | $364.60 | |
| Creative Business Forms | 1 | $358.43 | |
| Mountain City Club | 1 | $339.88 | |
| Hampton Inn | 3 | $339.33 | |
| Perkerson, Dawn | 1 | $338.00 | |
| Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce | 1 | $327.75 | |
| Regions Bank | 13 | $307.46 | |
| Rhea County Republican Party | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Maddi Mas | 1 | $278.82 | |
| United Parcel Service INC. PAC ↺ donor $6,000.00 ⇄ in-kind (given, not paid) | 2 | $267.20 | |
| Claiborne County Republican Party | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Jefferson County Republican Party | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Gault and Associates, Inc. | 1 | $229.43 | |
| Harris Teeter | 1 | $218.11 | |
| Aladdin Printing & Copying Inc. | 1 | $199.00 | |
| Comcast Cable | 1 | $168.68 | |
| White, Robert | 1 | $161.16 | |
| Kangaroo Express | 4 | $120.18 | |
| Act Business Machines | 1 | $101.18 | |
| Walmart | 1 | $78.35 | |
| Jenkins Grill | 1 | $60.02 |
Dates
| Payee | Location | Purpose | Amount | Date |
|---|
Loans
$500,000.00 in loan balances shown. $0.00 was borrowed in this campaign; $500,000.00 was carried into these filings from an earlier period. Later reports can repeat an outstanding loan, so each reconstructed lender balance is counted once below.
| Lender | Type | Received | Balance shown | Repaid | Outstanding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self (Chuck Fleischmann) | Candidate loan | — | $500,000.00 | $273,462.31 | $226,537.69 |
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 Chuck Fleischmann’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Advertising & media $787,878 56%
- Consulting & professional services $257,934 18%
- Other $118,267 8%
- Fundraising & events $61,808 4%
- Contributions & donations $60,820 4%
- Staff & payroll $42,000 3%
- Office & operations $29,076 2%
- Loan & debt repayment $23,462 2%
- Printing & mail $20,899 1%
- Travel $10,534 0.8%
- Field & voter contact $223 0.1%
Loans
| Lender | Amount | Date Received | Outstanding | Repaid |
|---|
Of the $500,000 lent, $0 was borrowed during the filings shown here. The other $500,000 was drawn before them and is still listed because it has not been fully repaid — so it counts as debt this campaign owes, not as money it raised.
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 Federal Election Commission (FEC); see About for how this data is processed.
| Filing | Cash Beginning | Cash Ending | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| YE 2012 | $50,989.93 | $21,214.64 | Source: YE 2012 filing |
| 30G 2012 | $117,630.62 | $50,989.93 | Source: 30G 2012 filing |
| 12G 2012 | $122,319.22 | $117,630.62 | Source: 12G 2012 filing |
| Q3 2012 | $399,309.57 | $122,319.22 | Source: Q3 2012 filing |
| 12P 2012 | $730,538.14 | $399,309.57 | Source: 12P 2012 filing |
| Q2 2012 | $759,526.95 | $730,538.14 | Source: Q2 2012 filing |
| Q1 2012 | $617,323.20 | $759,526.95 | Source: Q1 2012 filing |
| YE 2011 | $352,287.64 | $617,323.20 | Source: YE 2011 filing |
| Q3 2011 | $261,470.84 | $352,287.64 | Source: Q3 2011 filing |
| Q2 2011 | $135,449.17 | $261,470.84 | Source: Q2 2011 filing |
| Q1 2011 | $30,657.51 | $135,449.17 | Source: Q1 2011 filing |