George Shea Flinn — 2014 U.S. Senator campaign
2014 U.S. Senator · totals since Apr 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 → · 4 filings · 12P 2014–YE 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 →
$643,945
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 →
$1,814,948
includes $2,424 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
$1,805,250 in loans included
Total disbursed
$1,171,003
Donors
5
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
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 →
26% 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 74%.
Itemized $7K · 74% Small unitemized gifts $2K · 26%
Largest part: loans (line 13), 99.4% of receipts on these reports.
Loans (line 13) $1.8M · 99.4%
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 →
96% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (4% from out of state).
Tennessee $7,000 Out of state $274
- Memphis $5K62%
- Germantown $2K28%
- Martin $5007%
- Other out-of-state $274
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Apr 2014 – Dec 2014. Peak $5,000 in Jun 2014. Spending peaked at $861,950 in Jul 2014.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 5 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Mathew W Mabie | 1 | $4,500.00 |
| John Williams | 1 | $1,000.00 |
| Sue Williams | 1 | $1,000.00 |
| Paul F Tinkle | 1 | $500.00 |
| National Air Se ↺ paid $281.13 | 1 | $273.94 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caissa Public Strategy | 5 | $828,000.00 | |
| NCC Media | 4 | $107,236.00 | |
| Pate, Hillary | 4 | $22,100.29 | |
| Flinn for TN Senate | 1 | $20,000.00 | |
| Bryan, Eugene | 7 | $16,200.00 | |
| Flinn Broadcasting | 5 | $10,936.50 | |
| Central Printing | 4 | $9,464.23 | |
| Wsmu | 1 | $9,362.50 | |
| Wbir | 1 | $8,840.00 | |
| WTVF | 1 | $8,287.50 | |
| Clear Channel | 4 | $8,132.80 | |
| Yearwood, Mae | 6 | $6,753.00 | |
| WMC | 1 | $6,630.00 | |
| Wlac | 2 | $5,871.45 | |
| WCYB | 1 | $5,525.00 | |
| Wreg | 1 | $4,972.50 | |
| WJHL | 1 | $4,696.25 | |
| WZTV | 1 | $4,696.25 | |
| TN Rural Radio Network | 1 | $4,602.75 | |
| Bristol Broadcasting | 2 | $4,590.00 | |
| WVLT | 1 | $3,978.00 | |
| WBBJ | 1 | $3,748.50 | |
| USPS | 1 | $3,687.15 | |
| Morris, Bobbi | 3 | $3,510.00 | |
| Thunderbolt Communications | 3 | $3,274.37 | |
| Jalfon, Leah | 6 | $3,070.00 | |
| Cumulus - Nashville | 2 | $3,060.00 | |
| Wrcb-Tv | 1 | $2,720.00 | |
| Bristol Broadcasting | 1 | $2,550.00 | |
| TN Radio Network | 1 | $2,371.50 | |
| WXBQ | 1 | $2,295.00 | |
| Forever Communications | 3 | $2,094.40 | |
| Cummulus Nashville | 1 | $1,912.50 | |
| Voicent Communications | 5 | $1,483.00 | |
| Worm | 4 | $1,392.00 | |
| WNFZ | 1 | $1,384.00 | |
| Cumulus - Knoxville | 2 | $1,377.00 | |
| WTJS - WTJJ | 2 | $1,346.40 | |
| Waya | 3 | $1,345.18 | |
| Waew-Am | 2 | $1,330.00 | |
| Peg Broadcasting | 2 | $1,260.00 | |
| Wdef | 1 | $1,215.50 | |
| WWTN - Fm | 1 | $1,168.75 | |
| Wlac - Am | 1 | $1,130.50 | |
| Cookville Communications | 3 | $1,036.32 | |
| Rutherford County Gop | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| WHBQ | 1 | $980.00 | |
| Wgow - Am | 1 | $918.00 | |
| 3 | $826.84 | ||
| Cummulus Knoxville | 1 | $765.00 | |
| WKRM | 4 | $691.16 | |
| Wokt | 1 | $688.50 | |
| Bryan, Gene | 2 | $614.20 | |
| WMPS | 1 | $570.00 | |
| Wyxi | 4 | $550.39 | |
| Wild | 3 | $535.50 | |
| Wcbi | 2 | $527.86 | |
| Facebook B3PPL6 | 1 | $500.75 | |
| Petty Cash | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Cash / Office Depot | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Petty Cash | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Thunderbolt Broadcasting | 1 | $490.28 | |
| Jason's Deli | 1 | $484.29 | |
| KYTN | 1 | $472.77 | |
| WCMT | 1 | $472.77 | |
| Federal Express | 4 | $462.42 | |
| Wbac | 1 | $432.38 | |
| Facebook B3PP16 | 1 | $432.36 | |
| Enterprise Car Rental | 2 | $423.96 | |
| Whub | 1 | $333.16 | |
| Fed Ex-Kinkos | 1 | $320.00 | |
| Forever Broadcasting | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Best Buy | 1 | $298.23 | |
| WCBL | 1 | $293.25 | |
| National Air Se ↺ donor $273.94 | 1 | $272.94 | |
| Weio | 1 | $263.93 | |
| Callcentric | 10 | $260.00 | |
| Facebook 7KNPJ6 | 1 | $250.45 | |
| Embassy Suites | 1 | $225.28 | |
| Fed Ex | 5 | $193.72 | |
| Folks Folly | 1 | $177.14 | |
| Regions Bank | 3 | $171.50 | |
| WYDL | 1 | $165.75 | |
| Crokett Rockett | 1 | $160.00 | |
| Crockett Rockett | 1 | $160.00 | |
| Lady Printing | 1 | $158.75 | |
| Rhea County Gop | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Putnam County Gop | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Travelocity | 1 | $108.23 | |
| Harland Clark | 1 | $107.46 | |
| Facebook 5WMXJ6 | 1 | $76.50 | |
| Facebook Gibtp6 | 1 | $69.21 | |
| Voicenit Communications | 1 | $59.00 | |
| Ghengis Grill | 1 | $54.33 | |
| FedEx Office | 1 | $53.25 | |
| Hard Rock Cafe | 1 | $50.00 | |
| Party City | 1 | $42.64 | |
| Shell Service Station | 1 | $40.58 | |
| Exxon | 1 | $40.00 | |
| Marathon Gas | 1 | $37.65 | |
| Kroger | 1 | $37.25 | |
| Walmart Gas | 1 | $36.60 | |
| Perkins Restaurant | 1 | $33.04 | |
| Meredith WSMV | 1 | $30.00 | |
| Calleentric | 1 | $30.00 | |
| Perking Restaurant | 1 | $24.38 | |
| National Air Se ↺ donor $273.94 | 1 | $8.19 |
Dates
| Payee | Location | Purpose | Amount | Date |
|---|
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 Shea Flinn’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Printing & mail $822,096 70%
- Advertising & media $248,296 21%
- Other $30,324 3%
- Field & voter contact $23,540 2%
- Transfers between accounts $20,110 2%
- Staff & payroll $12,550 1%
- Consulting & professional services $3,770 0.4%
- Office & operations $3,204 0.3%
- Travel $3,195 0.3%
- Fundraising & events $3,134 0.3%
Filing History
Totals as filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC); see About for how this data is processed.
| Filing | Cash Beginning | Cash Ending | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| YE 2014 | $648,761.00 | $643,944.99 | Source: YE 2014 filing |
| Q3 2014 | $1,263,440.00 | $648,761.05 | Source: Q3 2014 filing |
| 12P 2014 | $1,665,918.00 | $1,263,440.70 | Source: 12P 2014 filing |
| Q2 2014 | $0.00 | $1,665,918.30 | Source: Q2 2014 filing |