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Dolores Gresham — 2008 Tennessee Senate, District 26 campaign

Tennessee Senate, District 26 Republican

2008 Tennessee Senate, District 26

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 → · 9 filings · Mid-Year 2007–Year-End 2008

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 →
$29,684
as of the Year-End report
Why this number?
Raised (cash) Cash and cash-like receipts the campaign took in: contributions, the candidate’s own money, loans, and transfers from affiliated committees. Donated goods and services are not cash; they appear separately as In-Kind Received. Bookkeeping entries such as a carried balance, accounting adjustment, or refund also stay only in the filing’s own totals. Full definition →
$504,331
includes $30,820 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
$1,300 refunded
Why this number?
In-Kind Received 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 →
$3,355
goods or services
Total Spent
$501,508
Why this number?
Spent of Cash Raised How much of the cash this campaign took in it went on to spend, measured now that its reporting has closed. Above 100% means it spent more than it raised for this race, drawing on money it already had when the cycle opened. Full definition →
99.4%
$501,508 spent of $504,331 raised (cash)
Donors
433
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
Out-of-State
4%
$22,450 from outside TN
Why this number?

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). Note: 2 filings covering periods that end on the same day state different ending balances — Year-End 2008 states $29,684.19, Q4 2008 states $33,081.09. The figure shown is Year-End 2008's; the reports have not been reconciled against each other.

Reported on this filing:

Raised (cash) adds together the amounts listed below.

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Sum of every cash receipt bucket: itemized contributions from others + the candidate's own contributions + loans + filer-stated unitemized + (federal) transfers and other receipts. Excludes the value of donated goods & services, shown separately as In-Kind Received.

Inputs behind Raised (cash)
Itemized contributions from others $473,511
Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $30,820
Raised (cash) $504,331
From each filing:
  • Year-End 2008 Supplemental $11,000 derived
  • Q4 2008 Amendment $52,855 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $48,135 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $4,720 filing-stated
  • Pre-General 2008 Amendment $138,171 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $131,525 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $6,646 filing-stated
  • Q3 2008 Amendment $208,885 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $200,125 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $8,760 filing-stated
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  • Pre-Primary 2008 Initial $8,310 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $6,900 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $1,410 filing-stated
  • Q2 2008 Amendment $54,535 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $47,326 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $7,209 filing-stated
  • Year-End 2007 Amendment $30,575 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $28,500 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $2,075 filing-stated

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 $499,413
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $2,095
Total spent $501,508
From each filing:
  • Q4 2008 Amendment $49,812 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $49,498 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $314 filing-stated
  • Pre-General 2008 Amendment $196,030 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $195,760 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $269 filing-stated
  • Q3 2008 Amendment $143,774 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $143,572 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $202 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2008 Initial $62,368 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $62,243 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $125 filing-stated
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  • Q2 2008 Amendment $36,180 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $36,026 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $154 filing-stated
  • Q1 2008 Initial $5,419 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $5,314 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $105 filing-stated
  • Year-End 2007 Amendment $5,291 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $4,648 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $643 filing-stated
  • Mid-Year 2007 Amendment $2,634 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $2,352 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $282 filing-stated

Out-of-state share compares itemized money from outside tennessee with raised incl. in-kind.

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Itemized contributions from a state other than Tennessee, divided by everything the campaign raised (shown only when the state of most itemized money is known — above 99% coverage).

Itemized money from outside Tennessee: $22,450 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $507,686
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $22,450
Source filings:
Raised incl. in-kind
$507,686
Spent
$501,508

Who funds this campaign The sources split breaks down everything the campaign raised: the candidate’s own money (including self-loans), individuals (including unitemized small gifts), organizations and PACs, and “other” (in-kind contributions, loans other than the candidate’s, and the like) — open its “Why this number?” for the full breakdown. 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 →

Individuals gave 61%; organizations and PACs gave 39%.

Individuals $308K · 61% Organizations & PACs $197K · 39%
Why this number?

Share from individuals compares from individuals with everything the campaign raised.

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Everything the campaign raised, split into the candidate's own money (own contributions plus self- and family loans), individuals, organizations and PACs, and everything else — loans other than the candidate's, in-kind contributions, and (for federal filers) committee transfers and other receipts. Unitemized small donations count as individual money. The parts add up to the total raised. The headline share is individuals divided by the total.

From individuals: $307,756 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $507,686
Inputs behind Share from individuals
From individuals $307,756
From organizations and PACs $196,575
In-kind contributions (goods & services) $3,355
Source filings:

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 →

$812average gift
$500median gift
341individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0%
0%
$50–200
8%
1%
$200–1K
58%
27%
$1K–5K
33%
59%
$5K+
0.9%
12%
Why this number?

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: $276,936 ÷ Individual donors: 341
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $276,936
Median gift $500
Individual donors 341
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 →

95% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (5% from out of state).

Tennessee $451,061 Out of state $22,450
  • Nashville $171K36%
  • Jackson $41K9%
  • Memphis $24K5%
  • Germantown $22K5%
  • Knoxville $20K4%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $175K
  • Other out-of-state $22K
Why this number?

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: $22,450 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $473,511
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $22,450
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Oct 2006 – Feb 2009. Peak $134,125 in Oct 2008. Spending peaked at $204,879 in Oct 2008.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names donors whose cumulative giving reached $200. Smaller donors contributed $3,385 total; their names are not disclosed here.

Named donor list 595 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Tennessee Republican Caucus 2 $40,000.00
Tennessee Legislative Campaign Committee 2 $30,000.00
RAAMPAC 2 $15,000.00
MPAC 2 $15,000.00
Leaders of Tennessee 2 $15,000.00
Majority Tennessee 2 $10,000.00
Government Accountabilty Project Includes In-Kind 4 $9,935.17
Volunteer PAC Tennessee 1 $7,500.00
Lawyers Involved for TN 2 $5,500.00
Tennessee Federation Republican Women B McAndrew Iris Fund 3 $3,500.00

Expenditures

90 vendors 265 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Margin of Victory Partners, LLC 30 $299,659.27 60%
Rachel Barrett 13 $37,617.75 8%
John Jackson 15 $31,427.62 6%
Public Opinion Strategies 3 $25,650.00 5%
Beale Street Studios 4 $19,386.35 4%
Campaign Graphics 2 $9,195.37 2%
US Postmaster 23 $6,937.49 1%
Em Printing, LLC 2 $6,170.42 1%
Mango Marketing 1 $6,000.00 1%
Conquest Communications 8 $5,193.10 1%

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

  • Advertising & media $252,875 51%
  • Consulting & professional services $120,926 24%
  • Printing & mail $99,170 20%
  • Other $7,862 2%
  • Field & voter contact $5,625 1%
  • Fundraising & events $5,053 1%
  • Travel $4,149 0.9%
  • Office & operations $3,753 0.8%

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
Year-End 2008 $18,684.19 $29,684.19 Source ↗
Q4 2008 Amended $29,684.19 $33,081.09 Source ↗
Pre-General 2008 Amended $77,530.43 $18,684.19 Source ↗
Q3 2008 Amended $12,358.18 $77,530.43 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2008 $66,382.87 $12,358.18 Source ↗
Q2 2008 Amended $48,263.12 $66,382.87 Source ↗
Q1 2008 $53,573.88 $48,263.12 Source ↗
Year-End 2007 Amended $17,743.01 $53,573.88 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2007 Amended $20,272.00 $17,743.01 Source ↗