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Foy W. (Bo) Watson — 2006 Tennessee House, District 31 campaign

Tennessee House, District 31 Republican

2006 Tennessee House, District 31 · 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 → · 4 filings · Supplemental 2005 2005–Q3 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 →
$0
as of the Q3 report
Receipts The sum of Total Receipts on the selected published reports. Open the receipt to check each report and any exclusions. Full definition →
$11,467
includes $3,592 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Total Spent
$19,508
Donors
21
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:

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
Q3 2006 reported receipts $100
Q2 2006 reported receipts $0
Q1 2006 reported receipts $1,556
Supplemental 2005 2005 reported receipts $9,810
Reported receipts $11,467
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 $17,963
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,545
Total spent $19,508
From each filing:
  • Q3 2006 Initial $334 derived
  • Q2 2006 Initial $6,241 derived
  • Q1 2006 Initial $2,564 derived
  • Supplemental 2005 2005 Amendment $10,370 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $8,825 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,545 filing-stated
Receipts
$11,467
Spent
$19,508

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, 44% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $3K · 25%Organizations and PACs, itemized $5K · 44%Unitemized contributions $4K · 31%

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: $5,050 ÷ Reported receipts: $11,467
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Organizations and PACs, itemized
Individuals, itemized $2,825
Organizations and PACs, itemized $5,050
Unitemized contributions $3,592
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 →

$283average gift
$225median gift
10individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
10%
0.9%
$50–200
0%
0%
$200–1K
90%
99.1%
$1K–5K
0%
0%
$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: $2,825 ÷ Individual donors: 10
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $2,825
Median gift $225
Individual donors 10
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 →

94% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (6% from out of state).

Tennessee $7,375 Out of state $500
  • Nashville $3K44%
  • Chattanooga $75010%
  • Kingsport $7259%
  • Atlanta, GA $5006%
  • Clarksville $5006%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $2K

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: $500 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $7,875
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $500
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2005 – Sep 2006. Peak $2,350 in Nov 2005. Spending peaked at $3,785 in Jun 2006.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 20 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 1 person gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $25 and their names are withheld.

20 named donors 23 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Tennessee Health Care Assn PAC 2 $1,000.00
Tennessee Hospitality and Tourism PAC 2 $500.00
Zach Wamp 1 $500.00
Tennessee Committee for Advancement of Psychology 1 $500.00
Tennessee PAC 1 $500.00
Tennessee Anesthesiologists PAC 1 $500.00
Tennessee Radiologists PAC 1 $500.00
Gregg Cross 1 $500.00
Chattanooga Gas PAC 2 $500.00
Robert Hoppe 1 $500.00

Expenditures

34 vendors 67 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Watson, Jill 15 $2,888.04 16%
Bo Watson Senate Campaign 1 $2,125.00 12%
Pooh's Place Catering 2 $1,665.00 9%
Hilleary, Van 1 $1,500.00 8%
Chattanooga Choo Choo 3 $1,259.60 7%
Hamilton County Republican Party 1 $1,250.00 7%
Hamilton County Repubican Party 1 $1,250.00 7%
Cingular 5 $856.13 5%
Corker, Bob 1 $500.00 3%
Odyssey Program 1 $500.00 3%

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 Foy W. (Bo) Watson’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Contributions & donations $7,951 44%
  • Other $3,616 20%
  • Fundraising & events $3,191 18%
  • Printing & mail $1,869 10%
  • Office & operations $795 4%
  • Travel $368 2%
  • Advertising & media $172 1.0%

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
Q3 2006 $233.84 $0.00 Source: Q3 2006 filing Report 10472
Q2 2006 $6,474.39 $233.84 Source: Q2 2006 filing Report 7377
Q1 2006 $7,481.83 $6,474.39 Source: Q1 2006 filing Report 6437
Supplemental 2005 2005 Amended $8,041.47 $7,481.83 Source: Supplemental 2005 2005 filing Report 6043