David Kustoff — 2018 U.S. Representative, District 8 campaign
2018 U.S. Representative, District 8 · totals since Jan 1, 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 → · 19 filings · Q1 2017–YE 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 →
$71,900
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 →
$1,792,247
includes $18,222 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 →
$5,245
goods or services
Total disbursed
$1,835,726
Donors
966
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), 58% of receipts on these reports.
Individuals, itemized (line 11a) $1.0M · 58%Individuals, unitemized (line 11a) $18K · 1%PACs and other committees (line 11c) $719K · 40%Offsets and other receipts (lines 14, 15) $18K · 1%
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 →
58% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (42% from out of state).
Tennessee $1,009,460 Out of state $738,507
- Memphis $517K30%
- Washington, DC $320K18%
- Germantown $111K6%
- Nashville $72K4%
- Collierville $40K2%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $269K
- Other out-of-state $419K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2017 – Dec 2018. Peak $296,985 in Mar 2017. Spending peaked at $671,624 in Jul 2018.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 968 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Las LLC | 4 | $10,800.00 |
| Mass Mutual Life Insurance Co PAC MMPAC | 2 | $10,000.00 |
| New York Life Insurance PAC | 3 | $10,000.00 |
| Deloitte PAC | 6 | $10,000.00 |
| Majority Committee PAC | 2 | $10,000.00 |
| Great America Committee | 2 | $10,000.00 |
| National Association of Insurance Financial Advisors PAC Naifa | 5 | $10,000.00 |
| Committee for A Better Government Autozone, Inc. | 2 | $10,000.00 |
| Title Industry PAC TIPAC | 6 | $10,000.00 |
| American Resort Development Assoc Resort Owners Coalition PAC Arda Roc PAC | 4 | $10,000.00 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium Buying | 10 | $818,500.00 | |
| Kaegi Resources | 32 | $161,965.28 | |
| Gula Graham | 24 | $106,203.45 | |
| Public Opinion Strategies | 5 | $96,250.00 | |
| Kustoff, David | 7 | $92,165.90 | |
| Direct Edge Campaigns LLC | 9 | $84,069.31 | |
| Red Dog Media | 3 | $65,566.54 | |
| Passcode Creative LLC | 3 | $57,633.58 | |
| S & S Strategies, LLC | 7 | $46,002.94 | |
| Johnson, Kevin | 22 | $36,984.86 | |
| Watkins Uiberall PLLC | 16 | $36,101.91 | |
| Red Right Strategies | 15 | $33,845.35 | |
| Deep Root Analytics LLC | 2 | $30,000.00 | |
| The Levatino Group | 3 | $20,093.53 | |
| Aristotle International, Inc. | 9 | $16,200.00 | |
| Anedot, Inc. | 123 | $15,030.98 | |
| Voter Gravity Inc. | 21 | $13,199.35 | |
| Clark Hill PLC | 4 | $8,126.50 | |
| Competitive Edge Inc. | 4 | $5,885.43 | |
| Capitol Hill Club | 20 | $5,661.22 | |
| Cannon Research Group | 1 | $5,000.00 | |
| Tennessee Republican Party | 1 | $5,000.00 | |
| Imageworks | 2 | $3,879.04 | |
| American Airlines | 12 | $3,704.60 | |
| Marriott | 2 | $3,238.22 | |
| Shelby County Republican Party | 4 | $3,055.00 | |
| Restaurant Associates | 1 | $2,706.93 | |
| CMR PAC ↺ donor $9,500.00 ⇄ in-kind (given, not paid) | 1 | $2,527.75 | |
| TNFRW Convention Fund | 1 | $2,500.00 | |
| Memphis Marriott East | 2 | $2,374.98 | |
| Congressional Institute Inc. | 2 | $2,276.84 | |
| Four Seasons Hotel | 1 | $2,069.30 | |
| Spalding Group | 3 | $1,860.82 | |
| Strategic Advance Services, LLC | 2 | $1,834.73 | |
| Belz Properties | 2 | $1,800.00 | |
| Corky's BBQ | 2 | $1,716.21 | |
| Folk's Folly Prime Steak House | 1 | $1,687.43 | |
| Southern Valet LLC | 2 | $1,580.00 | |
| Build PAC | 1 | $1,500.00 | |
| The Venetian | 1 | $1,456.40 | |
| The Shirt Place | 1 | $1,376.22 | |
| Accurate Word LLC | 2 | $1,331.85 | |
| At&T | 1 | $1,269.73 | |
| Delta Airlines | 2 | $1,034.10 | |
| Grand Hyatt New York | 1 | $1,017.78 | |
| Madison County Republican Party | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| CFY Catering | 1 | $993.43 | |
| Tennessee Residence Household | 1 | $958.17 | |
| Longleaf Services Inc. | 1 | $858.32 | |
| Southwest Airlines | 2 | $855.44 | |
| Kolar, Jake | 2 | $838.00 | |
| New York Marriott | 1 | $814.84 | |
| Targeted Strategy | 1 | $800.00 | |
| Hogin, Andrew H. | 1 | $790.72 | |
| Republican Jewish Coalition PAC | 1 | $750.00 | |
| Sutton Reid Advertising Inc. | 1 | $700.78 | |
| Postmaster | 5 | $656.00 | |
| Lankford, Vicky ↺ donor $650.00 ⇄ in-kind (given, not paid) | 1 | $650.00 | |
| Fayette County Republican Party | 1 | $635.50 | |
| Hampton Inns | 1 | $617.95 | |
| Bartlett, Doyle ↺ donor $607.95 ⇄ in-kind (given, not paid) | 1 | $607.95 | |
| McAllister, John ↺ donor $1,080.00 ⇄ in-kind (given, not paid) | 1 | $580.00 | |
| Latham's Meat Co. | 1 | $548.75 | |
| Hyatt Place | 1 | $535.29 | |
| Karl Rove + Company | 1 | $492.00 | |
| The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers | 1 | $454.40 | |
| East Shelby Republican Party | 1 | $450.00 | |
| United Airlines | 1 | $416.30 | |
| Milano's Pizza | 1 | $400.00 | |
| Levelup Potbelly | 2 | $391.79 | |
| Penny Pantry Inc. | 1 | $389.68 | |
| Tom's Pizza & Steak House | 1 | $379.42 | |
| Brezina, Bonnie ↺ donor $1,000.00 | 1 | $363.75 | |
| Sweet Jones Photography | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Hotels.Com | 1 | $293.01 | |
| Reitberger, S. Jason ↺ donor $2,988.80 ⇄ in-kind (given, not paid) | 1 | $288.80 | |
| 8 | $287.63 | ||
| Maroney, Steve ↺ donor $2,783.18 ⇄ in-kind (given, not paid) | 1 | $283.18 | |
| Boyette's Dining Room | 1 | $269.62 | |
| Tipton County Republican Party | 1 | $250.00 | |
| The Front Porch | 1 | $246.68 | |
| Renasant Bank | 8 | $240.50 | |
| Moore, Melvin | 1 | $240.00 | |
| Campaign Financial Services | 1 | $221.00 | |
| Amtrak | 1 | $216.00 | |
| Precision Metalforming Assoc. PAC (Pmavic PAC) ↺ donor $1,191.62 ⇄ in-kind (given, not paid) | 1 | $191.62 | |
| Chick Fil A | 1 | $135.96 | |
| Pinnacle Bank | 8 | $128.66 | |
| Honeywell International PAC ↺ donor $2,000.00 ⇄ in-kind (given, not paid) | 2 | $115.47 | |
| Uber | 2 | $100.23 | |
| Obion County Republican Party | 1 | $35.00 |
Dates
| Payee | Location | Purpose | Amount | Date |
|---|
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 Kustoff’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Advertising & media $998,490 55%
- Consulting & professional services $304,508 17%
- Fundraising & events $209,141 11%
- Loan & debt repayment $92,000 5%
- Printing & mail $85,287 5%
- Office & operations $51,560 3%
- Other $48,745 3%
- Travel $28,782 2%
- Contributions & donations $9,005 0.5%
- Field & voter contact $1,300 0.1%
- Staff & payroll $240 0.1%
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 2018 | $552.76 | $552.76 | Source: YE 2018 filing |
| YE 2018 | $103,534.48 | $71,347.60 | Source: YE 2018 filing |
| 30G 2018 | $216,646.30 | $103,534.48 | Source: 30G 2018 filing |
| 12G 2018 | $305,810.88 | $216,646.30 | Source: 12G 2018 filing |
| Q3 2018 | $552.76 | $552.76 | Source: Q3 2018 filing |
| Q3 2018 | $596,150.96 | $305,810.88 | Source: Q3 2018 filing |
| 12P 2018 | $808,341.06 | $596,150.96 | Source: 12P 2018 filing |
| Q2 2018 | $552.76 | $552.76 | Source: Q2 2018 filing |
| Q2 2018 | $954,563.64 | $808,341.06 | Source: Q2 2018 filing |
| Q1 2018 | $552.76 | $552.76 | Source: Q1 2018 filing |
| Q1 2018 | $726,685.43 | $954,563.64 | Source: Q1 2018 filing |
| YE 2017 | $552.76 | $552.76 | Source: YE 2017 filing |
| YE 2017 | $592,298.53 | $726,685.43 | Source: YE 2017 filing |
| Q3 2017 | $552.76 | $552.76 | Source: Q3 2017 filing |
| Q3 2017 | $528,409.39 | $592,298.53 | Source: Q3 2017 filing |
| Q2 2017 | $2,552.76 | $552.76 | Source: Q2 2017 filing |
| Q2 2017 | $422,825.55 | $528,409.39 | Source: Q2 2017 filing |
| Q1 2017 | $2,552.76 | $2,552.76 | Source: Q1 2017 filing |
| Q1 2017 | $112,826.21 | $422,825.55 | Source: Q1 2017 filing |