Gary Seale — 2006 Tennessee House, District 36 campaign

Tennessee House, District 36 Democratic

2006 Tennessee House, District 36

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 → · 5 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 →
$0
as of the Q4 report
Why this number?
Raised (cash) Cash and cash-like receipts the campaign took in: contributions, the candidate’s own money, loans, and transfers from affiliated committees. Donated goods and services are not cash; they appear separately as In-Kind Received. Bookkeeping entries such as a carried balance, accounting adjustment, or refund also stay only in the filing’s own totals. Full definition →
$15,682
includes $2,332 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Why this number?
Total Spent
$15,682
Why this number?
Spent of Cash Raised How much of the cash this campaign took in it went on to spend, measured now that its reporting has closed. Above 100% means it spent more than it raised for this race, drawing on money it already had when the cycle opened. Full definition →
100%
$15,682 spent of $15,682 raised (cash)
Donors
16
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
Out-of-State
13%
$2,000 from outside TN
Why this number?

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:

Raised (cash) adds together the amounts listed below.

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Sum of every cash receipt bucket: itemized contributions from others + the candidate's own contributions + loans + filer-stated unitemized + (federal) transfers and other receipts.

Inputs behind Raised (cash)
Itemized contributions from others $13,350
Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $2,332
Raised (cash) $15,682
From each filing:
  • Q4 2006 Initial $1,400 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $1,250 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $150 filing-stated
  • Pre-General 2006 Initial $8,690 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $8,050 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $640 filing-stated
  • Q3 2006 Amendment $3,444 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $2,250 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $1,194 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2006 Initial $399 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $300 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $99 filing-stated
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  • Q2 2006 Initial $1,749 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $1,500 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $249 filing-stated

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 $15,664
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $18
Total spent $15,682
From each filing:
  • Q4 2006 Initial $2,952 derived
  • Pre-General 2006 Initial $7,146 derived
  • Q3 2006 Amendment $5,324 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $5,306 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $18 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2006 Initial $260 derived

Out-of-state share compares itemized money from outside tennessee with raised incl. in-kind.

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Itemized contributions from a state other than Tennessee, divided by everything the campaign raised (shown only when the state of most itemized money is known — above 99% coverage).

Itemized money from outside Tennessee: $2,000 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $15,682
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $2,000
Raised incl. in-kind
$15,682
Spent
$15,682

Who funds this campaign The sources split breaks down everything the campaign raised: the candidate’s own money (including self-loans), individuals (including unitemized small gifts), organizations and PACs, and “other” (in-kind contributions, loans other than the candidate’s, and the like) — open its “Why this number?” for the full breakdown. 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 →

Individuals gave 58%; organizations and PACs gave 42%.

Individuals $9K · 58% Organizations & PACs $7K · 42%
Why this number?

Share from individuals compares from individuals with everything the campaign raised.

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Everything the campaign raised, split into the candidate's own money (own contributions plus self- and family loans), individuals, organizations and PACs, and everything else — loans other than the candidate's, in-kind contributions, and (for federal filers) committee transfers and other receipts. Unitemized small donations count as individual money. The parts add up to the total raised. The headline share is individuals divided by the total.

From individuals: $9,082 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $15,682
Inputs behind Share from individuals
From individuals $9,082
From organizations and PACs $6,600

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 →

$563average gift
$325median gift
12individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0%
0%
$50–200
8%
2%
$200–1K
67%
39%
$1K–5K
25%
59%
$5K+
0%
0%
Why this number?

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: $6,750 ÷ Individual donors: 12
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $6,750
Median gift $325
Individual donors 12

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 →

85% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (15% from out of state).

Tennessee $11,350 Out of state $2,000
  • Covington $5K37%
  • Jamestown $2K15%
  • Lafollette $2K13%
  • Fairfax, VA $1K7%
  • Savannah, GA $1K7%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $3K
Why this number?

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: $2,000 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $13,350
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $2,000

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jun 2006 – Jan 2007. Peak $8,150 in Oct 2006. Spending peaked at $7,878 in Oct 2006.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names donors whose cumulative giving reached $200. Smaller donors contributed $150 total; their names are not disclosed here.

Named donor list 16 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
The Speaker S Fund PAC 1 $5,000.00
Lincoln Davis 2 $2,000.00
United Mine Workers of America Coal Miners PAC 1 $1,000.00
Tracy Young 1 $1,000.00
Larry Kitts 1 $1,000.00
TN Afl Cio Labor Council 1 $500.00
Tommy Kilby 1 $500.00
Kathy Parrott 1 $500.00
Jimmy Robbins 1 $350.00
Marshall Rasnake 1 $300.00

Expenditures

30 vendors 41 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Strategic Services 1 $3,400.00 22%
Creative Signs 4 $2,798.35 18%
Lafollette Press 5 $1,639.50 10%
Bichart, Robert 1 $1,277.50 8%
Niteflyer Media 1 $1,000.00 6%
Sandy's Custom Auto 1 $786.60 5%
Wlaf Radio 2 $782.00 5%
Team Sales U.S.A, Inc. 2 $778.50 5%
Lowe, Ann 1 $369.00 2%
Wqla Radio 1 $343.00 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 Seale’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Consulting & professional services $4,400 28%
  • Printing & mail $4,351 28%
  • Advertising & media $4,164 27%
  • Field & voter contact $1,801 11%
  • Fundraising & events $770 5%
  • Other $109 0.7%
  • Office & operations $69 0.5%

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 2006 $1,551.96 $0.00 Source ↗
Pre-General 2006 $8.32 $1,551.96 Source ↗
Q3 2006 Amended $1,888.00 $8.32 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2006 $1,749.00 $1,888.00 Source ↗
Q2 2006 Late $0.00 $1,749.00 Source ↗