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George S. Flinn — 2014 Tennessee Senate, District 30 campaign

Tennessee Senate, District 30 Republican

2014 Tennessee Senate, District 30 · totals since Jul 1, 2014

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 → · 3 filings · Pre-General 2014–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 →
$0
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 →
$116,800
includes $200 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Loan entries in filing detail: $90,000. The report totals above govern this headline.
Total Spent
$71,269
Donors
8
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:
  • Q4 2014 Amendment $0 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
Q4 2014 reported receipts $0
Pre-General 2014 reported receipts $95,800
Q3 2014 reported receipts $21,000
Reported receipts $116,800
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 $71,227
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $42
Total spent $71,269
From each filing:
  • Pre-General 2014 Amendment $71,269 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $71,227 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $42 filing-stated
Receipts
$116,800
Spent
$71,269

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: loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds, 77% of receipts on these reports.

The candidate's own contributions, itemized $20K · 17%Individuals, itemized $4K · 4%Organizations and PACs, itemized $3K · 2%Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $90K · 77%

Share of reported receipts: Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds compares loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds 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.

Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds: $90,000 ÷ Reported receipts: $116,800
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds
The candidate's own contributions, itemized $20,000
Individuals, itemized $4,100
Organizations and PACs, itemized $2,500
Unitemized contributions $200
Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $90,000
From each filing:

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 →

100% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (0% from out of state).

Tennessee $6,600 Out of state $0
  • Memphis $3K38%
  • Nashville $2K30%
  • Germantown $1K15%
  • Germnatown $1K15%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $100

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: $0 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $6,600
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $0
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Sep 2014 – Oct 2014. Peak $5,600 in Oct 2014. Spending peaked at $71,227 in Oct 2014.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 8 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 1 person gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $100 and their names are withheld.

8 named donors 8 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
George S Flinn Self 1 $20,000.00
Tennessee Medical Association PAC (TMA) 1 $1,000.00
John Bobango 1 $1,000.00
RAAMPAC 1 $1,000.00
Rex Amonette 1 $1,000.00
Johnnie Amonette 1 $1,000.00
John A Williams 1 $1,000.00
Memphis Medical PAC 1 $500.00

Expenditures

1 vendor 7 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Caissa Public Strategy, LLC 7 $71,226.60 100%

Loans

$90,000.00 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.

Loan principal shown adds together the amounts listed below.

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Loan schedules can repeat an outstanding debt on later reports. This is the reconstructed principal for each lender, counted once, split between candidate or family loans and all other lenders. Repayments and outstanding balances are shown separately in the ledger.

Inputs behind Loan principal shown
Candidate and family loans $90,000
Loan principal shown $90,000
Source filings:
Itemized campaign loans
Lender Type Received Balance shown Repaid Outstanding
Self (George S. Flinn) Candidate loan Oct 10, 2014 $90,000.00 $90,000.00 $0.00

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

  • Printing & mail $58,902 83%
  • Office & operations $12,325 17%

Loans

Campaign 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.

Campaign filing history
Filing Cash Beginning Cash Ending Source
Q4 2014 Amended $45,531.34 $0.00 Source: Q4 2014 filing Report 59872
Pre-General 2014 Amended $21,000.00 $45,531.34 Source: Pre-General 2014 filing Report 57851
Q3 2014 Amended $0.00 $21,000.00 Source: Q3 2014 filing Report 57848