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Cornelia A Clark — 2014 Tennessee Supreme Court campaign

Tennessee Supreme Court Nonpartisan

2014 Tennessee Supreme Court · totals since Jan 16, 2014

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 → · 5 filings · Pre-General 2014–Q4 2014

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 →
$2,944
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 →
$322,765
includes $42,289 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
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 →
$4,487
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$319,820
Donors
498
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). Note: the opening cash balance on Q4 2014 is $2,460.77, and the ending cash balance on the previous filing, Pre-General 2014, is $97,311.49 — both as filed.

Reported on this filing:
  • Q4 2014 Amendment $2,944 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 2014 reported receipts $484
Pre-General 2014 reported receipts $79,335
Q3 2014 reported receipts $26,746
Q2 2014 reported receipts $212,400
Q1 2014 reported receipts $3,800
Reported receipts $322,765
From each filing:
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  • Q1 2014 Initial $3,800 filing-stated

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 $319,793
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $27
Total spent $319,820
From each filing:
  • Pre-General 2014 Amendment $159,060 derived
  • Q3 2014 Amendment $121,597 derived
  • Q2 2014 Amendment $36,512 derived
  • Q1 2014 Initial $2,652 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $2,625 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $27 filing-stated
Receipts
$322,765
Spent
$319,820

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, 81% of receipts on these reports.

The candidate's own contributions, itemized $8K · 2%Individuals, itemized $260K · 81%Organizations and PACs, itemized $13K · 4%Unitemized contributions $42K · 13%

Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized compares individuals, 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.

Individuals, itemized: $259,836 ÷ Reported receipts: $322,765
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized
The candidate's own contributions, itemized $7,600
Individuals, itemized $259,836
Organizations and PACs, itemized $13,040
Unitemized contributions $42,289
From each filing:
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  • Q1 2014 Initial $3,800 filing-stated

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 →

$541average gift
$250median gift
480individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0%
0%
$50–200
10%
3%
$200–1K
69%
43%
$1K–5K
21%
55%
$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: $259,836 ÷ Individual donors: 480
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $259,836
Median gift $250
Individual donors 480
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 →

97% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (3% from out of state).

Tennessee $264,026 Out of state $8,850
  • Nashville $105K39%
  • Franklin $36K13%
  • Memphis $18K6%
  • Knoxville $17K6%
  • Brentwood $11K4%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $77K
  • Other out-of-state $9K

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: $8,850 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $272,876
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $8,850
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Feb 2014 – Sep 2014. Peak $121,175 in May 2014. Spending peaked at $207,332 in Jul 2014.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 456 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 47 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $6,554 and their names are withheld.

456 named donors 523 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Frank Garrison 1 $3,800.00
Amy Garrison 1 $3,800.00
Margaret Behm 1 $3,800.00
Bibb Julian 2 $3,800.00
Cornelia Clark Self 1 $3,800.00
BBS Good Govt Committee 1 $3,800.00
Adrian Altshuler 1 $3,800.00
Cornelia Clark Self 1 $3,800.00
Judy Johnson 1 $3,800.00
Barbara Bennett 1 $3,800.00

Expenditures

46 vendors 108 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Buying Time, LLC 4 $168,666.00 53%
Right Target Strategies 2 $29,752.40 9%
Murphy Vogel Askew Reilly LLC 4 $23,178.17 7%
McCullough, Victoria 12 $18,099.89 6%
Gadd, Brenda 11 $13,721.66 4%
Henry, Candi 4 $13,284.13 4%
Stites & Harbison PLLC 6 $8,107.26 3%
McNeely Piggot & Fox Public Relations 5 $7,208.31 2%
JLB, LLC 4 $5,991.80 2%
Puckett's Events 2 $5,219.42 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 Cornelia A Clark’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Advertising & media $233,569 73%
  • Consulting & professional services $62,608 20%
  • Fundraising & events $12,489 4%
  • Office & operations $7,765 2%
  • Field & voter contact $2,667 0.9%
  • Printing & mail $662 0.3%
  • Other $33 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
Q4 2014 Amended $2,460.77 $2,944.36 Source: Q4 2014 filing Report 60556
Pre-General 2014 Amended $177,036.46 $97,311.49 Source: Pre-General 2014 filing Report 55110
Q3 2014 Amended $97,311.49 $2,460.77 Source: Q3 2014 filing Report 60552
Q2 2014 Amended $1,148.10 $177,036.46 Source: Q2 2014 filing Report 54559
Q1 2014 $0.00 $1,148.10 Source: Q1 2014 filing Report 50669