David Weatherspoon — 2018 Tennessee Senate, District 31 campaign
2018 Tennessee Senate, District 31 · totals since Jul 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 → · 6 filings · Year-End 2017–Q4 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 →
$21,896
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 →
$93,481
includes $21,851 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 →
$1,680
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$71,584
Donors
146
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, 69% of receipts on these reports.
Individuals, itemized $65K · 69%Organizations and PACs, itemized $7K · 7%Unitemized contributions $22K · 23%
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 →
$464average gift
$250median gift
139individual 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 →
91% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (9% from out of state).
Tennessee $64,769 Out of state $6,341
- Memphis $51K72%
- Germantown $7K10%
- Cincinnati, OH $2K3%
- Cordova $1K2%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $5K
- Other out-of-state $4K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Nov 2017 – Jan 2019. Peak $21,530 in Jun 2018. Spending peaked at $48,028 in Jul 2018.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 120 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 27 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $3,815 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Sarah Weatherspoon | 3 | $3,000.00 |
| Steamfitters Local Union No 614 Political Edu | 1 | $2,500.00 |
| Iron Workers Local 167 Political Action League | 1 | $2,000.00 |
| David Richardson | 2 | $1,500.00 |
| Carol Richardson | 1 | $1,500.00 |
| Spence Wilson | 1 | $1,500.00 |
| Richard Glassman | 1 | $1,500.00 |
| Rebecca Wilson | 1 | $1,500.00 |
| Edwin Barnett | 1 | $1,500.00 |
| Meri Armour | 1 | $1,500.00 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gumbinner & Davies | 7 | $33,006.75 | |
| New Blue Strategies ↺ donor $125.00 | 6 | $10,552.95 | |
| Winning Connections | 1 | $7,800.00 | |
| Scooter Promo, LLC | 1 | $2,109.00 | |
| Salinas, Gabby | 2 | $1,500.00 | |
| Harvest Moon Pavilion | 2 | $1,431.40 | |
| Actblue Technical Services | 41 | $1,362.79 | |
| Hustle, Inc. | 3 | $1,344.05 | |
| Moore, Gary | 1 | $1,200.00 | |
| Spikners, Inc. | 1 | $1,108.89 | |
| Diamond Printing Company | 4 | $1,037.88 | |
| Shelby County Democratic Party | 1 | $1,024.95 | |
| Planned Parenthood Tennessee Action Fund | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Corky's | 1 | $993.69 | |
| Schonbaum, Danielle | 2 | $750.00 | |
| Shelby Democrat ▤ sample ballot | 2 | $550.00 | |
| 7 | $533.96 | ||
| Thompson, Hilman Dwayne | 1 | $500.00 | |
| 2 | $454.68 | ||
| Nationbuilder | 5 | $295.00 | |
| Justice, Alvin | 2 | $285.00 | |
| Shaw, Gary | 2 | $285.00 | |
| Manna House | 1 | $200.00 | |
| FedEx Office | 1 | $171.42 | |
| Office Depot | 4 | $154.80 | |
| United States Postal Service | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Hantouli, Layla | 1 | $120.00 | |
| The Home Depot | 2 | $118.34 |
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 Weatherspoon’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Advertising & media $34,184 49%
- Printing & mail $14,971 21%
- Consulting & professional services $10,553 15%
- Contributions & donations $4,975 7%
- Fundraising & events $2,425 3%
- Office & operations $1,518 2%
- Field & voter contact $570 0.9%
- Sample ballot placement $550 0.8%
- Other $295 0.5%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2018 Amended | $24,646.25 | $21,896.12 | Source: Q4 2018 filing Report 83628 |
| Q3 2018 | $36,299.65 | $24,646.25 | Source: Q3 2018 filing Report 79660 |
| Pre-Primary 2018 | $67,445.24 | $36,299.65 | Source: Pre-Primary 2018 filing Report 77895 |
| Q2 2018 Amended | $36,364.34 | $67,445.24 | Source: Q2 2018 filing Report 77887 |
| Q1 2018 | $18,278.95 | $36,364.34 | Source: Q1 2018 filing Report 74573 |
| Year-End 2017 | $0.00 | $18,278.95 | Source: Year-End 2017 filing Report 72711 |
After the election
Reports ending after Jan 15, 2019.
Contributions and spending
No contributions reported · Spent $21,896 4 filings · Mid-Year 2019–Year-End 2020
Includes $213 spent not itemized below.
| Payee | Purpose | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manna House | DONATIONS | $5,000.00 | 01/11/2021 |
| Community Legal Center | DONATIONS | $10,000.00 | 12/21/2020 |
| Future901 | CONTRIBUTION | $1,000.00 | 12/21/2020 |
| Mifa | DONATIONS | $2,333.58 | 12/21/2020 |
| Green, Jerri | CONTRIBUTION | $1,600.00 | 08/14/2020 |
| Milton, Reginald | CONTRIBUTION | $250.00 | 02/05/2020 |
| Green, Jerri | CONTRIBUTION | $1,500.00 | 11/06/2019 |
| Filing | Cash Beginning | Cash Ending | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Year-End 2020 | $20,022.85 | $0.00 | Source: Year-End 2020 filing Report 93740 |
| Mid-Year 2020 | $20,338.69 | $20,022.85 | Source: Mid-Year 2020 filing Report 88292 |
| Year-End 2019 | $21,878.42 | $20,338.69 | Source: Year-End 2019 filing Report 85427 |
| Mid-Year 2019 | $21,896.12 | $21,878.42 | Source: Mid-Year 2019 filing Report 84418 |