Eric Watson — 2006 Tennessee House, District 22 campaign
2006 Tennessee House, District 22 · totals since Jan 16, 2006
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 · Pre-General 2006–Q4 2006
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 →
$216
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 →
$38,650
includes $3,075 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Loan entries in filing detail: $1,225. 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 →
$12,250
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$38,919
Donors
77
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, 48% of receipts on these reports.
Individuals, itemized $18K · 48%Organizations and PACs, itemized $16K · 41%Unitemized contributions $3K · 8%Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $1K · 3%
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 →
$348average gift
$250median gift
53individual 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 →
96% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (4% from out of state).
Tennessee $33,100 Out of state $1,250
- Nashville $9K26%
- Cleveland $8K24%
- Knoxville $4K12%
- Memphis $2K6%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $10K
- Other out-of-state $1K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Feb 2006 – Jan 2007. Peak $12,450 in Sep 2006. Spending peaked at $26,526 in Oct 2006.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 77 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 2 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $300 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Tennessee Republican Caucus In-Kind | 2 | $10,850.00 |
| Git R Dunn PAC | 2 | $4,000.00 |
| Volunteer PAC | 2 | $1,500.00 |
| House Republican Caucus In-Kind | 1 | $1,400.00 |
| Tennessee REALTORS PAC (RPAC) | 2 | $1,250.00 |
| Tennessee Medical Association PAC (TMA) | 1 | $1,000.00 |
| Lawyers Involved for TN PAC | 1 | $1,000.00 |
| Charles Sargent | 1 | $1,000.00 |
| Tennessee Federation Republican Women B McAndrew Iris Fund | 2 | $1,000.00 |
| Dewayne Gilbert | 1 | $1,000.00 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Margin of Victory Partners | 1 | $7,265.00 | |
| Cleveland Banner | 2 | $3,776.40 | |
| Creative Outdoor Advertising | 1 | $2,550.00 | |
| Bradley Weekly | 3 | $2,230.99 | |
| Polk County News | 3 | $1,782.29 | |
| Neely Printing | 1 | $1,389.50 | |
| Wcle Radio | 2 | $1,356.00 | |
| Gresco Advertising | 1 | $1,346.60 | |
| Cd Biz Card | 1 | $1,258.56 | |
| Athens Paper (Dpa) | 2 | $1,173.80 | |
| Mountain View Inn | 1 | $1,144.66 | |
| Designer Graphics | 1 | $1,064.95 | |
| Cross & Oberlie | 1 | $1,061.28 | |
| Venture Printing | 3 | $1,047.35 | |
| American Campaign Store | 2 | $914.72 | |
| Nelli Belle Resturant | 1 | $869.00 | |
| Brewer Broadcasting Service | 1 | $825.00 | |
| Dicks Graphics | 2 | $727.09 | |
| Testimony Entertainment Group | 1 | $600.00 | |
| Price-Rite | 1 | $568.71 | |
| WJSQ Radio | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Quick Signs | 1 | $437.00 | |
| Aa Instant Signs | 1 | $409.00 | |
| Whitestone Properties | 1 | $310.90 | |
| Walker Valley High School | 1 | $300.00 | |
| The Map Store | 1 | $265.95 | |
| Sam's Club | 1 | $205.00 | |
| Johnston Coke Cola | 1 | $201.75 | |
| Taylor Runitan | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Bellsouth | 1 | $168.71 | |
| Walmart | 1 | $153.15 | |
| Spirit Song Entertainment Group | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Bowers Family | 1 | $130.00 | |
| Michigan Ave. Elementary School | 1 | $125.00 | |
| United States Postage | 1 | $117.00 | |
| Nextel Communications | 1 | $103.67 |
Dates
| Payee | Location | Purpose | Amount | Date |
|---|
Loans
$1,225.00 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 (Eric Watson) | Candidate loan | Mar 4, 2006 | $1,225.00 | $225.00 | $1,000.00 |
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.
- Advertising & media $15,541 42%
- Printing & mail $13,082 36%
- Other $5,145 14%
- Fundraising & events $2,014 5%
- Contributions & donations $625 2%
- Office & operations $322 0.9%
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 2006 Amended | $1,834.27 | $216.16 | Source: Q4 2006 filing Report 12926 |
| Pre-General 2006 Amended | $18,110.99 | $1,834.27 | Source: Pre-General 2006 filing Report 11907 |
| Q3 2006 Amended | $4,189.36 | $18,110.99 | Source: Q3 2006 filing Report 11865 |
| Pre-Primary 2006 Amended | $268.07 | $4,189.36 | Source: Pre-Primary 2006 filing Report 9690 |
| Q2 2006 | $43.07 | $268.07 | Source: Q2 2006 filing Report 7067 |
| As filed on this report: cash beginning $43.07, receipts $0.00, disbursements $0.00, cash ending $268.07. | |||
| Q1 2006 | $259.79 | $43.07 | Source: Q1 2006 filing Report 6218 |