Craig Fitzhugh — 2018 Governor campaign
2018 Governor · 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 → · 6 filings · Mid-Year 2017–Q3 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 →
$0
as of the Q3 report
Receipts The sum of Total Receipts on the selected published reports. Open the receipt to check each report and any exclusions. Full definition →
$1,121,772
includes $49,300 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
$7,500 refunded
Loan entries in filing detail: $766,200. 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 →
$3,756
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$1,149,041
less $2,048 in refunds & credits → $1,146,993 net disbursements
Donors
462
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: loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds, 62% of receipts on these reports.
Individuals, itemized $299K · 27%Organizations and PACs, itemized $81K · 7%Unitemized contributions $49K · 4%Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $693K · 62%
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 →
$693average gift
$350median gift
431individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
$50–200
$200–1K
$1K–5K
$5K+
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 →
96% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (4% from out of state).
Tennessee $366,043 Out of state $13,620
- Nashville $110K29%
- Ripley $49K13%
- Columbia $30K8%
- Memphis $26K7%
- Franklin $14K4%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $137K
- Other out-of-state $14K
Contributions Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions by month — Aug 2017 – Aug 2018. Peak $77,000 in Aug 2017.
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 404 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 59 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $8,118 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Tennessee Employees Action Movement PAC | 1 | $11,800.00 |
| Fitz PAC | 1 | $11,800.00 |
| Tennessee Educ Assn Fund for Children Public Edu | 1 | $10,000.00 |
| Driving Tennessee PAC | 1 | $5,000.00 |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of TN PAC | 1 | $5,000.00 |
| Tennessee Bankers Association PAC | 1 | $5,000.00 |
| Jones Management Services PAC (JMS, W. Allan Jones) | 1 | $5,000.00 |
| The Plateau Group Inc. PAC | 1 | $5,000.00 |
| Blair Durham | 1 | $4,000.00 |
| John Ford | 1 | $4,000.00 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Screen Strategies Media | 4 | $213,281.00 | |
| 31A Communications | 4 | $135,500.00 | |
| Target Marketing | 3 | $80,000.00 | |
| GPS Impact | 5 | $60,744.33 | |
| Gumbinner & Davies | 17 | $47,826.22 | |
| West, Robert | 5 | $37,910.81 | |
| Ridderbraden, Inc. | 1 | $37,500.00 | |
| Iheartmedia | 2 | $36,366.40 | |
| Kuhn, Matt | 3 | $33,906.41 | |
| April Orange Consulting | 3 | $33,018.75 | |
| GMMB | 2 | $31,369.46 | |
| Lipe, Michael | 4 | $28,634.26 | |
| Smith, Christopher | 2 | $25,500.00 | |
| Smith, John | 2 | $24,963.38 | |
| The Maccabee Group | 2 | $18,077.00 | |
| Black Market Strategies ▨ may be sample ballot | 3 | $17,558.00 | |
| Alston, Sarita | 5 | $16,852.97 | |
| Ford, Chris | 7 | $15,841.91 | |
| New Blue Strategies, LLC | 1 | $15,000.00 | |
| NGP Van, Inc. | 3 | $14,000.00 | |
| Brasfield, Brooks | 1 | $12,107.36 | |
| Tennessee Press Service | 3 | $10,850.00 | |
| Middlebrook, Lakenya | 4 | $10,565.58 | |
| Bazemore, Trish | 4 | $10,046.91 | |
| Directfx | 1 | $10,000.00 | |
| Sarsour, Nora | 3 | $8,804.31 | |
| Sharp, Trace | 2 | $8,500.00 | |
| 76 Words | 2 | $8,030.60 | |
| Tennessee Democratic Party | 4 | $8,000.00 | |
| Bibbs, Miska | 2 | $7,500.00 | |
| Evans, Lelann | 3 | $7,151.12 | |
| Adamson, Trevor | 1 | $6,200.00 | |
| Ring, Dabney | 2 | $6,000.00 | |
| Stiffler, Katherine | 1 | $6,000.00 | |
| Harpeth Strategies ↺ donor $200.00 | 1 | $5,829.18 | |
| Memphicity Design | 2 | $5,615.45 | |
| Actblue Tennessee | 3 | $5,338.75 | |
| Cabana | 1 | $4,267.38 | |
| Cumulus | 2 | $4,144.00 | |
| Loeb Bros. Realty, L.P. | 4 | $4,101.39 | |
| Public Policy Polling | 1 | $3,500.00 | |
| Sadler, Alorian | 2 | $3,400.00 | |
| Trapp, Guthrie | 1 | $3,000.00 | |
| Multicultural Media Group | 2 | $2,982.00 | |
| U S Postmaster | 5 | $2,892.00 | |
| Relymedia | 1 | $2,625.00 | |
| Ross, Brenda | 1 | $2,600.00 | |
| Emma, Inc. | 3 | $2,100.00 | |
| Jig Insurance | 2 | $1,800.00 | |
| The Westin Chattanooga | 2 | $1,760.99 | |
| PS&S | 1 | $1,650.00 | |
| Holiday Inn Knoxville Downtown | 2 | $1,563.69 | |
| Pierce, Ryan | 2 | $1,500.00 | |
| Carnegie Hotel | 3 | $1,467.47 | |
| Jimmy Kelly's Steakhouse | 1 | $1,450.80 | |
| Hall, Rick | 2 | $1,350.00 | |
| Hotel Preston | 4 | $1,339.31 | |
| Hawn, Matt | 1 | $1,250.00 | |
| Harmon, LYNN | 1 | $1,200.00 | |
| Davidson County Democratic Party | 2 | $1,175.00 | |
| The Equity Alliance | 2 | $1,129.44 | |
| Costco | 1 | $1,071.31 | |
| Nautilus Insurance Company | 1 | $1,019.66 | |
| April 4th Foundation, Inc. | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| The Tennessee Tribune | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Olsen, Raven | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Wlok Radio Station | 1 | $990.00 | |
| The Hertz Corporation | 1 | $921.77 | |
| The Leader | 1 | $915.72 | |
| Knox County Democratic Party | 2 | $900.00 | |
| Fresh Chefs | 1 | $837.44 | |
| RHS Baseball Booster Club | 2 | $800.00 | |
| Wjbe | 1 | $800.00 | |
| The Brownsville Press | 2 | $778.64 | |
| Comcast Business | 2 | $714.74 | |
| Memphis Light Gas and Water Division | 2 | $591.14 | |
| Hilton Knoxville | 1 | $547.04 | |
| Phillips' Designs | 1 | $521.31 | |
| Pinewood Social | 1 | $516.24 | |
| Tennessee Federation of Democratic Women | 1 | $510.00 | |
| Andy Berke for Mayor | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Shooting Stars Basketball Camp | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Nashville Farmers Market | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Sumner County Democratic Party | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Kissells Kitchen | 1 | $489.76 | |
| The Lauderdale County Enterprise | 2 | $471.40 | |
| The Lauderdale Voice | 2 | $453.00 | |
| Maury County Democratic Party | 2 | $450.00 | |
| Cook, Kesha | 1 | $400.00 | |
| KQPN Radio Am 730 | 1 | $400.00 | |
| State Legislative Leadership Foundation | 1 | $395.00 | |
| East Tennessee Enlightener | 1 | $395.00 | |
| Western World Insurance Company | 1 | $394.41 | |
| Frugal McDougal's | 2 | $364.84 | |
| Tennessee State Museum Store | 1 | $363.26 | |
| Shelby Democrat ▤ sample ballot | 1 | $350.00 | |
| Madison County Democratic Party | 1 | $350.00 | |
| University Center | 1 | $350.00 | |
| Godaddy.Com, LLC | 1 | $348.19 | |
| Millennium Maxwell House Nashville | 1 | $327.58 | |
| Weatherspoon, David | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Ford, Barry | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Fairfield Inn & Suites | 1 | $290.66 | |
| Crockett Rocket, Inc. | 1 | $275.00 | |
| The Crockett County Times | 1 | $264.00 | |
| Shoney's Restaurant | 1 | $259.94 | |
| Emerge Tennessee Emerge America | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Ripley Bit & Spur Club | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Friends of Daren Hall | 1 | $250.00 | |
| The Oam Network | 2 | $240.00 | |
| Holiday Inn Express & Suites Sweetwater | 1 | $213.44 | |
| Yarbroughs Music, Inc. | 1 | $213.04 | |
| Holiday Inn Express | 1 | $212.32 | |
| Mt. Juliet Chamber of Commerce | 1 | $210.00 | |
| Friends of John McManus | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Ripley High School Alumni | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Sticker Mule | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Rutherford County Democratic Party | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Logans | 1 | $197.37 | |
| Kroger | 1 | $178.18 | |
| Hyatt Place Memphis Germantown | 1 | $166.45 | |
| The Centennial | 1 | $159.00 | |
| At&T | 1 | $157.46 | |
| Sapphire | 1 | $154.00 | |
| Hampton Inn & Suites Memphis | 1 | $151.82 | |
| La Quinta Inn & Suites Knoxville | 1 | $151.27 | |
| College Democrats of Tennessee | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Baymont By Wyndham Murfreesboro | 1 | $143.84 | |
| Humboldt Chamber of Commerce | 1 | $135.00 | |
| Bar Louie | 1 | $126.05 | |
| Staples | 1 | $114.68 | |
| Xtreme Wireless | 1 | $114.61 | |
| Printng Etc. | 1 | $109.25 | |
| Gamma-Iota Zeta Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta | 1 | $107.62 | |
| 1 | $107.36 | ||
| Palm Restaurant | 1 | $103.91 | |
| Walmart | 1 | $101.25 |
Dates
| Payee | Location | Purpose | Amount | Date |
|---|
Loans
$766,200.00 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.
| Lender | Type | Received | Balance shown | Repaid | Outstanding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self (Craig Fitzhugh) | Candidate loan | Jan 5, 2018 | $766,200.00 | $766,200.00 | $0.00 |
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 Craig Fitzhugh’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Advertising & media $451,466 39%
- Other $316,705 28%
- Field & voter contact $117,807 10%
- Consulting & professional services $117,077 10%
- Printing & mail $68,161 6%
- Staff & payroll $19,622 2%
- Office & operations $19,331 2%
- Fundraising & events $18,959 2%
- Travel $11,530 1%
- Contributions & donations $4,325 0.4%
- Sample ballot placement $350 0.1%
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.
| Filing | Cash Beginning | Cash Ending | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2018 | $145,310.28 | $0.00 | Source: Q3 2018 filing Report 78686 |
| Pre-Primary 2018 | $467,264.17 | $145,310.28 | Source: Pre-Primary 2018 filing Report 76894 |
| Q2 2018 Amended | $643,130.76 | $467,264.17 | Source: Q2 2018 filing Report 78493 |
| Q1 2018 | $681,855.76 | $643,130.76 | Source: Q1 2018 filing Report 74281 |
| Year-End 2017 | $12,076.07 | $681,855.76 | Source: Year-End 2017 filing Report 72419 |
| Mid-Year 2017 | $25,220.33 | $12,076.07 | Source: Mid-Year 2017 filing Report 72263 |