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Gerald McCormick — 2006 Tennessee House, District 26 campaign

Tennessee House, District 26 Republican

2006 Tennessee House, District 26

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 → · 7 filings · Early Supplemental 2005 2005–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 →
$196
as of the Q4 report
→ carried into 2008 TN House 26
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 →
$46,300
Why this number?
In-Kind Received 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 →
$117
goods or services
Total Spent
$43,945
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 →
95%
$43,945 spent of $46,300 raised (cash)
Donors
142
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
Out-of-State
7%
$3,150 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:
  • Q4 2006 Initial $196 filing-stated

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. Excludes the value of donated goods & services, shown separately as In-Kind Received.

Inputs behind Raised (cash)
Itemized contributions from others $46,300
Raised (cash) $46,300
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 $24,653
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $19,292
Total spent $43,945
From each filing:
  • Q4 2006 Initial $3,458 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $2,349 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,109 filing-stated
  • Pre-General 2006 Initial $3,907 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $2,699 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,208 filing-stated
  • Q3 2006 Amendment $10,684 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $7,650 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $3,034 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2006 Initial $613 filing-stated
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  • Q2 2006 Initial $1,519 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $428 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,091 filing-stated
  • Q1 2006 Initial $5,898 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $4,077 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,821 filing-stated
  • Early Supplemental 2005 2005 Supplemental $17,865 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $7,450 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $10,416 filing-stated

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: $3,150 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $46,417
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $3,150
Source filings:
Raised incl. in-kind
$46,417
Spent
$43,945

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 71%; organizations and PACs gave 29%.

Individuals $33K · 71% Organizations & PACs $14K · 29%
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: $32,800 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $46,417
Inputs behind Share from individuals
From individuals $32,800
From organizations and PACs $13,500
In-kind contributions (goods & services) $117
Source filings:

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 →

$301average gift
$250median gift
109individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
2%
0.2%
$50–200
33%
10%
$200–1K
57%
60%
$1K–5K
8%
30%
$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: $32,800 ÷ Individual donors: 109
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $32,800
Median gift $250
Individual donors 109
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 →

93% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (7% from out of state).

Tennessee $43,150 Out of state $3,150
  • Chattanooga $16K34%
  • Nashville $9K19%
  • Ooltewah $3K6%
  • Hixson $2K5%
  • Signal Mountain $2K5%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $12K
  • Other out-of-state $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: $3,150 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $46,300
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $3,150
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2005 – Jan 2007. Peak $17,400 in Oct 2005. Spending peaked at $7,533 in Sep 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 $3,450 total; their names are not disclosed here.

Named donor list 129 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Tennessee Realtors PAC 2 $2,000.00
Don Godsey 2 $1,500.00
Bobby Mizer 2 $1,200.00
Kenneth Defoor 1 $1,000.00
Jack McKee 1 $1,000.00
Mike Price 1 $1,000.00
Tennessee Bankers Assn PAC 2 $1,000.00
Joseph D Coker 1 $1,000.00
Jack Steiner Sr 1 $1,000.00
Brenda Lawson 1 $1,000.00

Expenditures

53 vendors 82 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Lewis, Brandon 1 $1,877.50 8%
Telephone 12 $1,780.16 7%
J.R. Sports 1 $1,500.00 6%
The Chattanoogan Hotel 2 $1,034.22 4%
Wgow 1 $1,030.00 4%
Baird, William 2 $1,000.00 4%
Hill, Matthew 2 $1,000.00 4%
Memorial Foundation for Breast Cancer 1 $1,000.00 4%
Hamilton County Republican Party 3 $972.98 4%
Watson, Eric 3 $850.00 3%

Loans

$1,000.00 in loan principal shown. $0.00 was borrowed in this campaign; $1,000.00 was carried into these filings from an earlier period. Later reports can repeat an outstanding loan, so each reconstructed lender balance is counted once below.

Why this number?

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 $1,000
Loan principal shown $1,000
Source filings:
Itemized campaign loans
Lender Type Received Principal Repaid Outstanding
Self (Gerald McCormick) Candidate loan Apr 2, 2005 $1,000.00 $0.00 $1,000.00

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

  • Contributions & donations $12,117 49%
  • Office & operations $3,541 14%
  • Fundraising & events $2,692 11%
  • Advertising & media $2,530 10%
  • Consulting & professional services $2,448 10%
  • Other $632 3%
  • Printing & mail $581 2%
  • Travel $113 0.5%

Loans

Campaign loans
Lender Amount Date Received Outstanding Repaid

Of the $1,000 lent, $0 was borrowed during the filings shown here. The other $1,000 was drawn before them and is still listed because it has not been fully repaid — so it counts as debt this campaign owes, not as money it raised.

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 2006 $2,938.21 $195.98 Source ↗
Pre-General 2006 $2,195.24 $2,938.21 Source ↗
Q3 2006 Amended $29.13 $2,195.24 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2006 $42.56 $29.13 Source ↗
Q2 2006 $1,161.37 $42.56 Source ↗
Q1 2006 $6,609.41 $1,161.37 Source ↗
Early Supplemental 2005 2005 $594.88 $6,609.41 Source ↗