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David Alexander — 2014 Tennessee House, District 39 campaign

Tennessee House, District 39 Republican

2014 Tennessee House, District 39 · totals since Jan 16, 2013

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 2013–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 →
$13,324
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 →
$48,903
Total Spent
$51,068
Donors
74
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 2014 Initial $13,324 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 $3,120
Pre-General 2014 reported receipts $5,200
Q3 2014 reported receipts $4,433
Pre-Primary 2014 reported receipts $8,850
Q2 2014 reported receipts $16,050
Q1 2014 reported receipts $0
Year-End 2013 reported receipts $11,250
Mid-Year 2013 reported receipts $0
Reported receipts $48,903
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 $51,068
Total spent $51,068
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Receipts
$48,903
Spent
$51,068

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, 85% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $7K · 15%Organizations and PACs, itemized $42K · 85%

Share of reported receipts: Organizations and PACs, itemized compares organizations and pacs, 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.

Organizations and PACs, itemized: $41,733 ÷ Reported receipts: $48,903
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Organizations and PACs, itemized
Individuals, itemized $7,170
Organizations and PACs, itemized $41,733
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 →

$312average gift
$200median gift
23individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
4%
0.3%
$50–200
22%
7%
$200–1K
65%
65%
$1K–5K
9%
28%
$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: $7,170 ÷ Individual donors: 23
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $7,170
Median gift $200
Individual donors 23
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 →

79% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (21% from out of state).

Tennessee $38,453 Out of state $10,450
  • Nashville $23K47%
  • Oakton, VA $6K11%
  • Winchester $3K6%
  • Brentwood $3K5%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $10K
  • Other out-of-state $5K

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: $10,450 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $48,903
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $10,450
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Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2013 – Jan 2015. Peak $9,850 in Jul 2014. Spending peaked at $17,597 in Oct 2014.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 68 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 6 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $520 and their names are withheld.

68 named donors 82 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Jack Daniel's PAC 2 $5,500.00
Tennessee Educ Assn Fund for Children Public Edu 2 $3,000.00
Tennessee Bankers Association PAC 3 $2,500.00
Hometown Pharmacy PAC 2 $2,000.00
Tennessee Health Care Assn PAC 2 $1,500.00
Tennessee Highway Contractors PAC 2 $1,500.00
Tennesseans for Good State Government PAC 1 $1,500.00
Concerned Automotive Retailers PAC 2 $1,000.00
Comcast Corporation PAC 2 $1,000.00
Right Tennessee PAC 1 $1,000.00

Expenditures

23 vendors 49 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Direct Edge Campaigns LLC 4 $21,915.25 43%
Tennessee Legislative Campaign Committee 2 $14,768.96 29%
Herald Chronicle Newspaper 8 $2,726.31 5%
Exchange 5 $2,397.00 5%
The Lamar Companies 1 $2,200.00 4%
San Miguel Coffee Company 1 $2,036.50 4%
House Republican Caucus 2 $1,600.00 3%
Lakeway Publishers 2 $798.11 2%
Wiseman Media WZYX Radio 6 $636.00 1%
Daniell the Printer 1 $426.08 0.9%

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

  • Advertising & media $35,574 70%
  • Consulting & professional services $10,422 20%
  • Other $2,487 5%
  • Contributions & donations $1,600 3%
  • Printing & mail $557 1%
  • Office & operations $372 0.8%
  • Travel $57 0.2%

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 $10,531.26 $13,324.31 Source: Q4 2014 filing Report 58840
Pre-General 2014 Amended $22,830.41 $10,531.26 Source: Pre-General 2014 filing Report 57663
Q3 2014 $22,549.46 $22,830.41 Source: Q3 2014 filing Report 56597
Pre-Primary 2014 $27,603.15 $22,549.46 Source: Pre-Primary 2014 filing Report 53806
Q2 2014 Amended $25,708.55 $27,603.15 Source: Q2 2014 filing Report 53478
Q1 2014 $25,798.55 $25,708.55 Source: Q1 2014 filing Report 51190
Year-End 2013 $15,434.55 $25,798.55 Source: Year-End 2013 filing Report 49723
Mid-Year 2013 $15,569.55 $15,434.55 Source: Mid-Year 2013 filing Report 47804