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Gary R Wade — 2014 Tennessee Supreme Court campaign

Tennessee Supreme Court Nonpartisan

2014 Tennessee Supreme Court · totals since Jan 16, 2008

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 · Pre-General 2008–Q4 2014

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 →
$1,031
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 →
$502,266
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 →
$27,664
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$501,235
less $0 in refunds & credits → $501,235 net disbursements
Donors
1,012
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). Note: the opening cash balance on Q4 2014 is $24,384.08, and the ending cash balance on the previous filing, Pre-General 2014, is $152,607.80 — both as filed.

Reported on this filing:
  • Q4 2014 Initial $1,031 filing-stated

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
Pre-General 2008 reported receipts $0
Q3 2008 reported receipts $0
Q2 2008 reported receipts $0
Q1 2008 reported receipts $0
Q4 2014 reported receipts $0
Pre-General 2014 reported receipts $83,469
Q3 2014 reported receipts $39,985
Q2 2014 reported receipts $212,113
Q1 2014 reported receipts $166,699
Reported receipts $502,266
From each filing:
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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 $501,212
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $23
Total spent $501,235
From each filing:
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  • Q1 2014 Amendment $679 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $656 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $23 filing-stated
Receipts
$502,266
Spent
$501,235

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, 95% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $477K · 95%Organizations and PACs, itemized $25K · 5%

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: $476,894 ÷ Reported receipts: $502,266
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized
Individuals, itemized $476,894
Organizations and PACs, itemized $25,372
From each filing:
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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 →

$491average gift
$200median gift
972individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
3%
0.2%
$50–200
44%
9%
$200–1K
38%
27%
$1K–5K
15%
64%
$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: $476,894 ÷ Individual donors: 972
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $476,894
Median gift $200
Individual donors 972
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 →

97% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (3% from out of state).

Tennessee $488,663 Out of state $13,603
  • Knoxville $166K33%
  • Sevierville $99K20%
  • Nashville $59K12%
  • Memphis $18K4%
  • Morristown $12K2%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $134K
  • Other out-of-state $14K

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: $13,603 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $502,266
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $13,603
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Mar 2014 – May 2016. Peak $166,699 in Mar 2014. Spending peaked at $347,486 in Jul 2014.

Cash contributions Spent

Bars show $501,416 of $502,266 in itemized contributions. The other $850 can’t be placed in a month — the filing gave no usable date, or recorded no identifiable source.

Contributions

The donor figure above is a named-donor floor. A complete combined-term total is unavailable. This table names 570 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200.

570 named donors 637 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Raja Jubran 2 $3,800.00
Cindi Debusk 1 $3,800.00
Brian Debusk 1 $3,800.00
Autry Debusk 1 $3,800.00
Dwight Wade 1 $3,800.00
Randall Kinnard 1 $3,800.00
James Hart 1 $3,800.00
James D Blalock 1 $3,800.00
James L Clayton 1 $3,800.00
Earl Worsham 1 $3,800.00

Expenditures

70 vendors 144 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Buying Time, LLC 4 $168,667.00 34%
Cityview 4 $81,920.00 16%
Hart Research Associates 2 $50,000.00 10%
Righttarget Strategies, LLC 3 $43,769.59 9%
Murphy Vogel Askew Reilly LLC 4 $22,950.85 5%
McCullough, Victoria 12 $18,367.93 4%
Hockaday, L. Turcan 6 $15,340.74 3%
SJS Ballots 2 $14,000.00 3%
Gadd, Brenda 9 $13,333.33 3%
Lake Research Partners 1 $10,988.80 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 Gary R Wade’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Advertising & media $334,792 67%
  • Consulting & professional services $74,989 15%
  • Field & voter contact $53,040 11%
  • Contributions & donations $17,000 3%
  • Printing & mail $6,093 1%
  • Sample ballot placement $5,000 1.0%
  • Fundraising & events $4,018 0.9%
  • Other $3,046 0.7%
  • Office & operations $1,820 0.4%
  • Travel $1,413 0.3%

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
Q4 2014 $24,384.08 $1,031.20 Source: Q4 2014 filing Report 56994
Pre-General 2014 Amended $334,001.26 $152,607.80 Source: Pre-General 2014 filing Report 59871
Q3 2014 Amended $152,607.80 $24,384.08 Source: Q3 2014 filing Report 59880
Q2 2014 Amended $166,020.18 $334,001.26 Source: Q2 2014 filing Report 59869
Q1 2014 Amended $0.00 $166,020.18 Source: Q1 2014 filing Report 59868
Pre-General 2008 $0.00 $0.00 Source: Pre-General 2008 filing Report 22642
Q3 2008 $0.00 $0.00 Source: Q3 2008 filing Report 23970
Q2 2008 $0.00 $0.00 Source: Q2 2008 filing Report 21706
Q1 2008 $0.00 $0.00 Source: Q1 2008 filing Report 20824

After the election

Reports ending after Jan 15, 2015.

Contributions and spending

Net contributions (cash) -$100 · Spent $931 · 2 donors

2 filings · Mid-Year 2015–Year-End 2015

After the election expenditures
Payee Purpose Amount Date
Friends of the Smokies DONATIONS $887.09 08/12/2015
Federal Express DELIVERY SERVICE $44.11 01/16/2015
Campaign filing history
Filing Cash Beginning Cash Ending Source
Year-End 2015 $887.09 $0.00 Source: Year-End 2015 filing Report 61176
Mid-Year 2015 $1,031.20 $887.09 Source: Mid-Year 2015 filing Report 59881