Dawn White — 2018 Tennessee Senate, District 13 campaign

Tennessee Senate, District 13 Republican

2018 Tennessee Senate, District 13 · 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 → · 8 filings · Mid-Year 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 →
$20,500
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 →
$311,656
includes $4,284 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Loan entries in filing detail: $100,000. 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 →
$1,170
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$315,154
less $382 in refunds & credits → $314,772 net disbursements
Donors
178
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 2018 Initial $20,500 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 2018 reported receipts $5,450
Pre-General 2018 reported receipts $49,829
Q3 2018 reported receipts $39,167
Pre-Primary 2018 reported receipts $32,450
Q2 2018 reported receipts $47,280
Q1 2018 reported receipts $0
Year-End 2017 reported receipts $136,480
Mid-Year 2017 reported receipts $1,000
Reported receipts $311,656
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 $313,403
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,751
Total spent $315,154
From each filing:
  • Q4 2018 Initial $811 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $564 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $247 filing-stated
  • Pre-General 2018 Initial $8,366 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $8,225 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $141 filing-stated
  • Q3 2018 Initial $21,509 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $20,992 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $518 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2018 Initial $120,394 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $120,310 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $84 filing-stated
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  • Q2 2018 Initial $146,661 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $146,344 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $317 filing-stated
  • Q1 2018 Initial $12,196 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $11,977 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $219 filing-stated
  • Year-End 2017 Supplemental $5,067 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $4,846 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $221 filing-stated
  • Mid-Year 2017 Supplemental $150 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $145 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $5 filing-stated
Receipts
$311,656
Spent
$315,154

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, 39% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $82K · 26%Organizations and PACs, itemized $122K · 39%Unitemized contributions $4K · 1%Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $100K · 32%

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: $122,267 ÷ Reported receipts: $311,656
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Organizations and PACs, itemized
The candidate's own contributions, itemized $3,000
Individuals, itemized $82,105
Organizations and PACs, itemized $122,267
Unitemized contributions $4,284
Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $100,000
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 →

$846average gift
$500median gift
97individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0%
0%
$50–200
9%
2%
$200–1K
45%
20%
$1K–5K
45%
78%
$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: $82,105 ÷ Individual donors: 97
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $82,105
Median gift $500
Individual donors 97

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 $185,572 Out of state $18,800
  • Nashville $79K39%
  • Murfreesboro $32K16%
  • Hixson $11K5%
  • Knoxville $11K5%
  • Franklin $10K5%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $43K
  • Other out-of-state $19K

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: $18,800 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $204,372
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $18,800

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Feb 2017 – Jan 2019. Peak $48,905 in Oct 2018. Spending peaked at $124,996 in Jul 2018.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 172 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 8 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $1,155 and their names are withheld.

172 named donors 216 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Tennesseecan Action Fund PAC 2 $11,000.00
Tennessee REALTORS PAC (RPAC) 2 $10,500.00
BOWPAC (Bo Watson) 1 $8,000.00
KEYPAC (Ken Yager) 3 $6,500.00
Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Tennessee PAC (WSWT) 3 $6,000.00
MCPAC (Randy McNally) 1 $5,000.00
JACK PAC (Jack Johnson) 3 $4,000.00
Flex PAC 2 $3,500.00
Tennessee Bankers Association PAC 3 $3,250.00
Andy Garrett 2 $3,000.00

Expenditures

52 vendors 247 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Comcast Spotlight 6 $117,377.15 37%
United States Postal Service 17 $54,598.80 17%
Stones River Strategies 5 $48,495.64 15%
Red Ivory Strategies, LLC 6 $15,000.00 5%
Griffin Strategies 3 $8,872.50 3%
Navigation Advertising 3 $8,231.25 3%
Marcum, Tucker 14 $6,393.00 2%
Forrest, Micah 23 $6,014.60 2%
Penny, Ethan 10 $3,555.50 1%
Womick, Jonah 10 $3,214.00 1%

Loans

$100,000.00 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.

Loan principal shown adds together the amounts listed below.

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Loan schedules can repeat an outstanding debt on later reports. This is the reconstructed principal for each lender, counted once, split between candidate or family loans and all other lenders. Repayments and outstanding balances are shown separately in the ledger.

Inputs behind Loan principal shown
Candidate and family loans $100,000
Loan principal shown $100,000
Itemized campaign loans
Lender Type Received Balance shown Repaid Outstanding
Self (Dawn White) Candidate loan Jan 7, 2018 $100,000.00 $50,000.00 $50,000.00

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

  • Advertising & media $141,288 45%
  • Printing & mail $116,210 37%
  • Other $49,466 16%
  • Fundraising & events $3,776 1%
  • Consulting & professional services $1,935 0.7%
  • Office & operations $728 0.3%

Loans

Campaign 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.

Campaign filing history
Filing Cash Beginning Cash Ending Source
Q4 2018 $70,946.89 $20,499.55 Source: Q4 2018 filing Report 83040
Pre-General 2018 $31,620.21 $70,946.89 Source: Pre-General 2018 filing Report 81166
Q3 2018 $13,579.91 $31,620.21 Source: Q3 2018 filing Report 79783
Pre-Primary 2018 $101,524.22 $13,579.91 Source: Pre-Primary 2018 filing Report 78210
Q2 2018 $205,310.42 $101,524.22 Source: Q2 2018 filing Report 76665
Q1 2018 $217,506.59 $205,310.42 Source: Q1 2018 filing Report 75074
Year-End 2017 $86,093.24 $217,506.59 Source: Year-End 2017 filing Report 73209
Mid-Year 2017 $85,243.24 $86,093.24 Source: Mid-Year 2017 filing Report 71850