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Gerald McCormick — 2010 Tennessee House, District 26 campaign

Tennessee House, District 26 Republican

2010 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 → · 8 filings · Mid-Year 2009–Q4 2010

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 →
$18,256
as of the Q4 report
→ carried into 2012 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 →
$89,165
Why this number?
Total Spent
$80,685
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 →
90%
$80,685 spent of $89,165 raised (cash)
Donors
160
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
Out-of-State
15%
$13,125 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 2010 Amendment $18,256 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.

Inputs behind Raised (cash)
Itemized contributions from others $89,165
Raised (cash) $89,165
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 $72,215
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $8,470
Total spent $80,685
From each filing:
  • Q4 2010 Amendment $8,260 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $6,871 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,389 filing-stated
  • Pre-General 2010 Initial $12,116 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $11,679 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $437 filing-stated
  • Q3 2010 Amendment $18,942 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $17,933 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,008 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2010 Initial $5,564 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $4,884 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $680 filing-stated
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  • Q2 2010 Amendment $4,901 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $3,684 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,217 filing-stated
  • Q1 2010 Initial $7,177 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $6,087 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,090 filing-stated
  • Year-End 2009 Supplemental $14,033 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $13,103 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $930 filing-stated
  • Mid-Year 2009 Supplemental $9,692 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $7,974 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,719 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: $13,125 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $89,165
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $13,125
Source filings:
Raised incl. in-kind
$89,165
Spent
$80,685

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 30%; organizations and PACs gave 70%.

Individuals $26K · 30% Organizations & PACs $63K · 70%
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: $26,465 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $89,165
Inputs behind Share from individuals
From individuals $26,465
From organizations and PACs $62,700
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 →

$414average gift
$250median gift
64individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
3%
0.3%
$50–200
25%
5%
$200–1K
56%
49%
$1K–5K
16%
45%
$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: $26,465 ÷ Individual donors: 64
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $26,465
Median gift $250
Individual donors 64
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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 $76,040 Out of state $13,125
  • Nashville $35K39%
  • Chattanooga $10K11%
  • Memphis $4K5%
  • Washington, DC $4K4%
  • Knoxville $2K3%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $24K
  • Other out-of-state $9K
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: $13,125 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $89,165
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $13,125
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2009 – Jan 2011. Peak $15,750 in Jan 2011. Spending peaked at $14,590 in Aug 2010.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names donors whose cumulative giving reached $200. Smaller donors contributed $1,365 total; their names are not disclosed here.

Named donor list 192 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Tennessee Dental PAC 4 $3,800.00
Att Tennessee PAC 3 $2,750.00
Independent Medicine S PAC TN 2 $2,000.00
Zach Wamp 2 $2,000.00
Tennessee Bankers Assn PAC 2 $2,000.00
Brenda Lawson 2 $2,000.00
Tennessee Highway Contractors PAC 2 $1,500.00
Tennessee Wine & Spirits Retailers Good Gov't Fund PAC 2 $1,500.00
Wholesalers Assn PAC 3 $1,500.00
Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Tennessee PAC (WSWT) 2 $1,500.00

Expenditures

83 vendors 234 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
House Republican Caucus 6 $11,426.17 16%
South River LLC 5 $5,635.00 8%
Verizon 17 $2,632.40 4%
Wamp, Zach 2 $2,500.00 3%
Hamilton County Republican Party 2 $2,200.00 3%
Alexander, David 2 $2,000.00 3%
Butt, Sheila 2 $2,000.00 3%
American Heart Association 1 $2,000.00 3%
Kangaroo Express Mart 39 $1,871.17 3%
Fedex Kinko's 2 $1,749.60 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 Gerald McCormick’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Contributions & donations $37,826 52%
  • Consulting & professional services $7,919 11%
  • Office & operations $7,884 11%
  • Fundraising & events $7,822 11%
  • Travel $6,548 9%
  • Printing & mail $2,147 3%
  • Other $1,837 3%
  • Staff & payroll $231 0.4%

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 2010 Amended $7,115.91 $18,255.62 Source ↗
Pre-General 2010 $6,331.77 $7,115.91 Source ↗
Q3 2010 Amended $4,623.52 $6,331.77 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2010 $337.59 $4,623.52 Source ↗
Q2 2010 Amended $4,588.67 $337.59 Source ↗
Q1 2010 $11,765.36 $4,588.67 Source ↗
Year-End 2009 $2,082.94 $11,765.36 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2009 $9,775.29 $2,082.94 Source ↗