Dolores Gresham — 2008 Tennessee Senate, District 26 campaign
2008 Tennessee Senate, District 26 · totals since Jan 16, 2007
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
Receipts The sum of Total Receipts on the selected published reports. Open the receipt to check each report and any exclusions. Full definition →
$513,544
includes $30,820 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
$1,300 refunded
Loan entries in filing detail: $50,388. 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 →
$3,355
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$501,508
Donors
429
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, 54% of receipts on these reports.
Individuals, itemized $277K · 54%Organizations and PACs, itemized $197K · 38%Unitemized contributions $31K · 6%Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $9K · 2%
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 →
$819average gift
$500median gift
338individual 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 →
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
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 figure above is a named-donor floor. A complete combined-term total is unavailable. This table names 403 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200.
| 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 |
| Government Accountabilty Project Includes In-Kind | 5 | $10,935.17 |
| Majority Tennessee | 2 | $10,000.00 |
| Tennessee Volunteer PAC | 1 | $7,500.00 |
| Lawyers Involved for TN PAC | 2 | $5,500.00 |
| Tennessee Federation Republican Women B McAndrew Iris Fund | 3 | $3,500.00 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Margin of Victory Partners | 30 | $299,659.27 | |
| Rachel Barrett | 13 | $37,617.75 | |
| John Jackson | 15 | $31,427.62 | |
| Public Opinion Strategies | 3 | $25,650.00 | |
| Beale Street Studios | 4 | $19,386.35 | |
| Campaign Graphics | 2 | $9,195.37 | |
| US Postmaster | 23 | $6,937.49 | |
| Em Printing, LLC | 2 | $6,170.42 | |
| Mango Marketing | 1 | $6,000.00 | |
| Conquest Communications | 8 | $5,193.10 | |
| O'Connell, David | 3 | $4,525.95 | |
| Palladium Properties | 7 | $4,100.00 | |
| Doyle, Heather | 5 | $4,000.00 | |
| Sean Bloemer Productions | 1 | $3,750.00 | |
| Bolivar Bulletin Times | 11 | $2,566.00 | |
| Print Solutions | 6 | $2,359.93 | |
| Wmod | 10 | $1,982.50 | |
| Somerville Farm Supply | 2 | $1,717.66 | |
| Central Image | 4 | $1,700.91 | |
| Smith, Pearl | 3 | $1,500.00 | |
| Office Depot | 12 | $1,469.84 | |
| Me & My Tea Room | 2 | $1,301.75 | |
| Premier Place | 2 | $1,170.94 | |
| Emma Lincoln Caterer | 1 | $1,160.00 | |
| Lowes Vanderbilt Hotel | 3 | $958.31 | |
| Wsib | 1 | $880.00 | |
| Walmart | 6 | $850.75 | |
| Mike Hopper Productions | 1 | $806.87 | |
| Covington Leader | 2 | $763.50 | |
| Simply Special | 3 | $747.34 | |
| Savannah Courier | 2 | $700.00 | |
| Don Johnson | 3 | $700.00 | |
| WKWX | 1 | $638.00 | |
| Chester Independent | 1 | $594.00 | |
| Kan-Do Printing | 4 | $577.41 | |
| Wwon | 1 | $547.20 | |
| McNairy Independent Appeal | 1 | $486.00 | |
| Birch Communications | 1 | $459.85 | |
| Chamber of Commerce | 2 | $457.50 | |
| Fayette Falcon | 1 | $448.00 | |
| Cornerstone Computers | 1 | $429.90 | |
| Nashville City Club | 1 | $401.25 | |
| Smith, Doug | 1 | $400.00 | |
| State of TN | 1 | $400.00 | |
| Office Max | 3 | $391.62 | |
| Wayne County News | 1 | $351.00 | |
| McNairy County Rep. Party | 1 | $330.00 | |
| Suburban Community Newspapers | 2 | $307.50 | |
| Communitylink | 1 | $295.00 | |
| Novoprint Usa | 1 | $295.00 | |
| WKBL - Am | 1 | $295.00 | |
| Fayette County Review | 1 | $280.50 | |
| M. Lee Smith Publishers LLC | 1 | $277.00 | |
| John Harvey Consulting | 2 | $275.00 | |
| Wsib Selmer Radio | 1 | $270.00 | |
| Todd Pulse Band | 1 | $250.00 | |
| DoubleTree | 2 | $234.81 | |
| Hurricane Inn | 2 | $203.12 | |
| 51 Radio | 1 | $175.00 | |
| Jack Parnell | 1 | $175.00 | |
| West 10 Newspapers | 1 | $165.00 | |
| Murphy Oil | 2 | $140.42 | |
| Dale Bruno | 1 | $140.00 | |
| Best Buy | 1 | $137.18 | |
| Commercial Appeal | 1 | $127.00 | |
| Hampton Inn | 1 | $123.20 | |
| Days Inn | 1 | $104.94 | |
| Corvette Memphis | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Hardin County Chamber of Commerce | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Alec | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Pit Stop | 4 | $92.08 | |
| Extended Stay America | 1 | $87.12 | |
| Brownsville State Gazette | 1 | $82.50 | |
| Anna Renae's Tea Room | 1 | $79.15 | |
| Bp Oil | 1 | $72.45 | |
| Hilltop Liquor | 1 | $70.66 | |
| Exxon Mobile | 1 | $68.18 | |
| Party City | 1 | $56.14 | |
| Crockett County Chamber of Commerce | 1 | $50.00 | |
| Hardeman County Library | 1 | $50.00 | |
| Walgreen Drugs | 1 | $44.30 | |
| Farmers Hardware | 1 | $44.12 | |
| S.Tipton County C of C | 1 | $35.00 | |
| Kay's Food Market | 1 | $34.61 | |
| David Kelley Jewelers | 1 | $32.78 | |
| Family Dollar Store | 3 | $29.98 | |
| Reimb.D.Gresham for Vol. Food | 1 | $23.73 | |
| T & S Motorparts | 1 | $16.05 | |
| Michaels | 1 | $6.11 | |
| Live Wire Electronix | 1 | $6.00 |
Dates
| Payee | Location | Purpose | Amount | Date |
|---|
Loans
$50,388.00 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.
| Lender | Type | Received | Balance shown | Repaid | Outstanding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self (Dolores Gresham) | Candidate loan | Jan 7, 2008 | $50,388.00 | $0.00 | $50,388.00 |
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 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%
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.
| Filing | Cash Beginning | Cash Ending | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2008 Amended | $29,684.19 | $33,081.09 | Source: Q4 2008 filing Report 26811 |
| Pre-General 2008 Amended | $77,530.43 | $18,684.19 | Source: Pre-General 2008 filing Report 26225 |
| Q3 2008 Amended | $12,358.18 | $77,530.43 | Source: Q3 2008 filing Report 24647 |
| Pre-Primary 2008 | $66,382.87 | $12,358.18 | Source: Pre-Primary 2008 filing Report 22430 |
| Q2 2008 Amended | $48,263.12 | $66,382.87 | Source: Q2 2008 filing Report 22274 |
| Q1 2008 | $53,573.88 | $48,263.12 | Source: Q1 2008 filing Report 20060 |
| Year-End 2008 | $18,684.19 | $29,684.19 | Source: Year-End 2008 filing Report 26853 |
| Year-End 2007 Amended | $17,743.01 | $53,573.88 | Source: Year-End 2007 filing Report 15211 |
| Mid-Year 2007 Amended | $20,272.00 | $17,743.01 | Source: Mid-Year 2007 filing Report 15207 |