Fred Thompson — 2002 U.S. Senator campaign

U.S. Senator Republican

2002 U.S. Senator · totals since Jan 1, 1999

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 → · 10 filings · MY 1999–YE 2002

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 →
$378,601
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 →
$1,301,002
includes $226,546 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Known in-kind (included in receipts) 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 →
$3,768
goods or services
Total disbursed
$1,643,408
Donors
983
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:
  • YE 2002 YEAR-END $378,601 filing-stated

Total receipts adds together the amounts listed below.

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Sum of Total Receipts reported on the selected source reports.

Inputs behind Total receipts
YE 2000 reported receipts $17,357
MY 2000 reported receipts $22,756
YE 1999 reported receipts $28,499
MY 1999 reported receipts $35,140
YE 2002 reported receipts $1,349
Q3 2002 reported receipts $2,696
Q2 2002 reported receipts $7,378
Q1 2002 reported receipts $276,759
YE 2001 reported receipts $888,195
MY 2001 reported receipts $20,873
Total receipts $1,301,002
From each filing:
  • YE 2000 YEAR-END $17,357 filing-stated
  • MY 2000 MID-YEAR REPORT $22,756 filing-stated
  • YE 1999 YEAR-END $28,499 filing-stated
  • MY 1999 MID-YEAR REPORT $35,140 filing-stated
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  • YE 2002 YEAR-END $1,349 filing-stated
  • Q3 2002 OCTOBER QUARTERLY $2,696 filing-stated
  • Q2 2002 JULY QUARTERLY $7,378 filing-stated
  • Q1 2002 APRIL QUARTERLY $276,759 filing-stated
  • YE 2001 YEAR-END $888,195 filing-stated
  • MY 2001 MID-YEAR $20,873 filing-stated
Excluded reports:
  • YE 2000 — Replaced by an amended report
  • MY 2000 — Replaced by an amended report
  • YE 1999 — Replaced by an amended report
  • MY 1999 — Replaced by an amended report
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  • YE 2002 — Replaced by an amended report
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Total disbursed adds together the amounts listed below.

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Total disbursements on the selected FEC reports, including operating expenditures, transfers, loan repayments, contribution refunds and other disbursements.

Inputs behind Total disbursed
Reported disbursements $1,643,408
Total disbursed $1,643,408
From each filing:
  • YE 2000 YEAR-END $121,519 filing-stated
  • MY 2000 MID-YEAR REPORT $83,653 filing-stated
  • YE 1999 YEAR-END $31,792 filing-stated
  • MY 1999 MID-YEAR REPORT $35,596 filing-stated
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  • YE 2002 YEAR-END $66,845 filing-stated
  • Q3 2002 OCTOBER QUARTERLY $212,385 filing-stated
  • Q2 2002 JULY QUARTERLY $534,834 filing-stated
  • Q1 2002 APRIL QUARTERLY $382,217 filing-stated
  • YE 2001 YEAR-END $135,788 filing-stated
  • MY 2001 MID-YEAR $38,779 filing-stated
Receipts
$1,301,002
Total disbursed
$1,643,408

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 →

23% of this campaign’s individual contributions came as small unitemized donations — gifts under the federal itemization threshold (about $200 a cycle) that the filer reports only as a lump sum, never broken out by donor. The gift-size and location breakdowns below cover the itemized 77%.

Itemized $742K · 77% Small unitemized gifts $227K · 23%

Share of individual money that is small unitemized gifts compares unitemized small donations (filer-stated lump sum) with all individual contributions.

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The money a filer reported as an unitemized lump sum — small individual gifts that never cross the federal ~$200 cycle itemization threshold, so they are disclosed only as a total, never by donor — divided by all individual contributions (itemized plus that lump sum). Both figures come straight from the filer's own report summaries. The gift-size and geography figures on this page cover the itemized portion only; this share is the part they cannot break down.

Unitemized small donations (filer-stated lump sum): $226,546 ÷ All individual contributions: $968,346
Inputs behind Share of individual money that is small unitemized gifts
Itemized individual contributions $741,800
Unitemized small donations $226,546

Largest part: individuals, itemized (line 11a), 57% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized (line 11a) $746K · 57%Individuals, unitemized (line 11a) $227K · 17%PACs and other committees (line 11c) $233K · 18%Offsets and other receipts (lines 14, 15) $84K · 6%

Share of total receipts: Individuals, itemized (line 11a) compares individuals, itemized (line 11a) with total receipts.

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Each selected report's total 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 (line 11a): $746,187 ÷ Total receipts: $1,301,002
Inputs behind Share of total receipts: Individuals, itemized (line 11a)
Individuals, itemized (line 11a) $746,187
Individuals, unitemized (line 11a) $226,546
PACs and other committees (line 11c) $232,795
Party committees and the candidate (lines 11b, 11d) $0
Offsets and other receipts (lines 14, 15) $84,050
Reports without line figures in our data $11,423
From each filing:
  • YE 2000 YEAR-END $17,357 filing-stated
  • MY 2000 MID-YEAR REPORT $22,756 filing-stated
  • YE 1999 YEAR-END $28,499 filing-stated
  • MY 1999 MID-YEAR REPORT $35,140 filing-stated
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  • YE 2002 YEAR-END $1,349 filing-stated
  • Q3 2002 OCTOBER QUARTERLY $2,696 filing-stated
  • Q2 2002 JULY QUARTERLY $7,378 filing-stated
  • Q1 2002 APRIL QUARTERLY $276,759 filing-stated
  • YE 2001 YEAR-END $888,195 filing-stated
  • MY 2001 MID-YEAR $20,873 filing-stated
Excluded reports:
  • YE 2000 — Replaced by an amended report
  • MY 2000 — Replaced by an amended report
  • YE 1999 — Replaced by an amended report
  • MY 1999 — Replaced by an amended report
  • MY 1999 — Replaced by an amended report
  • YE 2002 — Replaced by an amended report
  • YE 2002 — Replaced by an amended report
  • Q3 2002 — Replaced by an amended report
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  • MY 2001 — Replaced by an amended report

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 →

74% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (26% from out of state).

Tennessee $720,143 Out of state $255,091
  • Nashville $133K14%
  • Chattanooga $106K11%
  • Knoxville $97K10%
  • Memphis $78K8%
  • Washington, DC $74K8%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $306K
  • Other out-of-state $181K

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: $255,091 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $975,234
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $255,091

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Mar 1999 – Dec 2002. Peak $573,335 in Dec 2001. Spending peaked at $327,085 in May 2002.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor figure above is a named-donor floor. A complete combined-term total is unavailable. This table names 949 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200.

949 named donors 1,045 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Bellsouth Fed PAC 2 $10,000.00
EASTPAC Political Action Committee 2 $10,000.00
Nfib Safe Trust 2 $10,000.00
Volunteer PAC 2 $10,000.00
Federal Express 2 $10,000.00
American Consulting Engineers Council Political Action Committee Includes In-Kind 3 $8,066.22
Brown Forman Corporation PAC Non Partisan Committee for Responsible Government 1 $5,000.00
Wal PAC 1 $5,000.00
Action Comm for Rural Electrification 1 $5,000.00
Campaign for Americas Future Inc. 1 $5,000.00

Expenditures

428 vendors 440 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
National Republican Senatorial Committee 2 $150,000.00 23%
Tennessee Republican Party Federal Election Acct. Victory 96 6 $136,000.00 21%
King, Danny 2 $2,000.00 0.4%
Alexander for Senate Inc. 2 $2,000.00 0.4%
Caldwell, L H ↺ donor $2,000.00 2 $2,000.00 0.4%
Smith, James 2 $2,000.00 0.4%
Niswonger, Scott 1 $2,000.00 0.4%
Collins for Senator 2 $2,000.00 0.4%
Terrell for Senate 1 $1,000.00 0.2%
Wayne Allard for United States Senate Committee 1 $1,000.00 0.2%

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

  • Contributions & donations $654,835 100%

Filing History

Totals as filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC); see About for how this data is processed.

Campaign filing history
Filing Cash Beginning Cash Ending Source
YE 2002 $444,097.00 $378,601.00 Source: YE 2002 filing
Q3 2002 $653,786.00 $444,097.00 Source: Q3 2002 filing
Q2 2002 $1,181,241.00 $653,786.00 Source: Q2 2002 filing
Q1 2002 $1,286,700.00 $1,181,241.00 Source: Q1 2002 filing
YE 2001 $534,292.00 $1,286,700.00 Source: YE 2001 filing
MY 2001 $552,197.00 $534,292.00 Source: MY 2001 filing
YE 2000 $656,359.00 $552,197.00 Source: YE 2000 filing
MY 2000 $717,256.00 $656,359.00 Source: MY 2000 filing
YE 1999 $720,549.00 $717,256.00 Source: YE 1999 filing
MY 1999 $721,005.00 $720,549.00 Source: MY 1999 filing