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Eric Watson — 2005 Tennessee House, District 22 campaign

Tennessee House, District 22 Republican

2005 Tennessee House, District 22 · totals since 2005

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 → · 3 filings · Post-General 2005 2005–Pre-Primary 2005

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 →
$260
as of the Pre-Primary report
Receipts The sum of Total Receipts on the selected published reports. Open the receipt to check each report and any exclusions. Full definition →
$53,533
includes $7,099 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Loan entries in filing detail: $5,000. 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 →
$12,574
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$48,273
Donors
56
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). Other reports give the same end date: Pre-Primary 2005 states $460.35; Post-Primary 2005 2005 states $13,700.06.

Reported on this filing:

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
Post-General 2005 2005 reported receipts $6,692
Post-Primary 2005 2005 reported receipts $32,387
Pre-Primary 2005 reported receipts $14,454
Reported receipts $53,533
From each filing:

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 $45,328
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $2,946
Total spent $48,273
From each filing:
  • Post-General 2005 2005 Initial $20,133 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $17,987 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $2,146 filing-stated
  • Post-Primary 2005 2005 Initial $14,147 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $13,640 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $507 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2005 Amendment $13,993 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $13,701 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $293 filing-stated
Receipts
$53,533
Spent
$48,273

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, 44% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $23K · 44%Organizations and PACs, itemized $18K · 34%Unitemized contributions $7K · 13%Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $5K · 9%

Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized compares individuals, 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.

Individuals, itemized: $23,468 ÷ Reported receipts: $53,533
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized
Individuals, itemized $23,468
Organizations and PACs, itemized $17,965
Unitemized contributions $7,099
Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $5,000
From each filing:

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 →

$499average gift
$500median gift
47individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0%
0%
$50–200
2%
0.7%
$200–1K
85%
74%
$1K–5K
13%
26%
$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: $23,468 ÷ Individual donors: 47
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $23,468
Median gift $500
Individual donors 47
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 →

100% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (0% from out of state).

Tennessee $41,434 Out of state $0
  • Cleveland $12K29%
  • Nashville $10K25%
  • Bluff City $4K8%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $16K

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: $0 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $41,434
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $0
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jul 2005 – Jan 2006. Peak $27,450 in Dec 2005. Spending peaked at $559 in Aug 2005.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 57 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 1 person gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $150 and their names are withheld.

57 named donors 64 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Tennessee Legislative Campaign Committee In-Kind 2 $9,783.37
Target PAC 2 $7,500.00
Bradley Co Republican Party Includes In-Kind 3 $3,726.47
Tennessee Conservative PAC 1 $3,500.00
Ron Moreland Includes In-Kind 2 $1,500.00
Bob Card 2 $1,000.00
Red State PAC 1 $1,000.00
Volunteer PAC 1 $1,000.00
Justin Wilson 1 $1,000.00
Dewayne Gilbert 1 $1,000.00

Expenditures

25 vendors 48 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
The Lukens Company 2 $15,434.35 34%
Designer Graphics 3 $5,613.97 12%
Cleveland Banner 8 $3,401.50 8%
Mountain View Inn 1 $3,383.14 7%
Neely Printing 6 $2,921.15 6%
Athens Paper (Dpa) 2 $2,380.63 5%
Bradley Weekly 3 $1,931.20 4%
Industrial Services 2 $1,578.55 3%
Polk County News 3 $1,304.14 3%
Nextel Communications 2 $836.05 2%

Loans

$5,000.00 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 $5,000
Loan principal shown $5,000
Source filings:
Itemized campaign loans
Lender Type Received Balance shown Repaid Outstanding
Self (Eric Watson) Candidate loan Aug 10, 2005 $5,000.00 $0.00 $5,000.00

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

  • Printing & mail $24,301 54%
  • Advertising & media $10,937 24%
  • Other $5,479 12%
  • Field & voter contact $3,383 7%
  • Fundraising & events $726 2%
  • Contributions & donations $500 1%

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
Post-General 2005 2005 $13,700.06 $259.79 Source: Post-General 2005 2005 filing Report 6084
Post-Primary 2005 2005 $460.35 $13,700.06 Source: Post-Primary 2005 2005 filing Report 5673
Pre-Primary 2005 Amended $0.00 $460.35 Source: Pre-Primary 2005 filing Report 5262