Gordon Ball — 2014 U.S. Senator campaign
2014 U.S. Senator · totals since Jan 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 → · 7 filings · 12G 2014–YE 2014
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 →
10% 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 90%.
Largest part: loans (line 13), 59% of receipts on these reports.
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 →
69% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (31% from out of state).
- Knoxville $39K23%
- Newport $12K7%
- Annapolis, MD $10K6%
- Nashville $10K6%
- Chattanooga $9K5%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $48K
- Other out-of-state $44K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Mar 2014 – Dec 2014. Peak $55,850 in Sep 2014. Spending peaked at $1,031,744 in Nov 2014.
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 159 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 2 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $200 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Ua Political Education Committee | 2 | $10,000.00 |
| Gordon Ball Self ↺ paid $1,461,373.58 | 5 | $9,504.87 |
| Don Barrett | 3 | $7,200.00 |
| John Beyer | 3 | $5,000.00 |
| Michael Hausfeld | 1 | $3,800.00 |
| Marn Larsen Ball | 2 | $2,800.00 |
| Sarah Faulkner | 1 | $2,600.00 |
| Steve Kirkham | 1 | $2,600.00 |
| Thomas Faulkner | 1 | $2,600.00 |
| John Griffin | 1 | $2,600.00 |
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Coverage: we hold 98% of the itemized contributions this committee reported to the FEC for the 2014 cycle — about $3,724 is not in the FEC bulk file we load.
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ball, Gordon ↺ donor $9,504.87 | 33 | $1,461,373.58 | |
| Sutton Reid | 9 | $313,869.84 | |
| New Blue Strategies | 1 | $22,086.00 | |
| Clear Channel Outdoor | 1 | $18,900.00 | |
| Lamar Advertising | 2 | $16,010.00 | |
| Namey Design Studios | 3 | $15,337.50 | |
| Kuhn, Matthew | 7 | $14,854.01 | |
| Tennessee Democratic Party | 6 | $13,700.00 | |
| Smith, Bennie | 2 | $12,262.48 | |
| Trace Sharp | 4 | $12,000.00 | |
| Political Systems Solutions | 4 | $11,210.65 | |
| Thomas Lindsay Group | 3 | $10,360.00 | |
| Fairway Outdoor Advertising | 1 | $10,040.00 | |
| Maynard, Jerry | 4 | $9,480.00 | |
| Victorystore.Com | 4 | $7,837.54 | |
| Jones, June | 6 | $6,000.00 | |
| Veracity Media | 2 | $6,000.00 | |
| Ford, Kemba | 6 | $5,482.77 | |
| Bob Thomas Communications | 1 | $5,200.00 | |
| Robin Realty Company, LLC | 1 | $5,000.00 | |
| Little, John | 2 | $4,000.00 | |
| Warrington, Ashley | 4 | $3,873.02 | |
| Ulrich Printing | 3 | $3,571.55 | |
| Douglas Outdoor Media | 1 | $3,545.80 | |
| International Communications Associates | 1 | $3,500.00 | |
| Target Marketing Inc. | 1 | $3,500.00 | |
| Carson, Bryan | 3 | $3,000.00 | |
| Bradley, Nick | 1 | $3,000.00 | |
| Vote No On One | 1 | $2,500.00 | |
| Joe Armstrong Campaign | 1 | $2,500.00 | |
| Lexie Carter Events | 2 | $1,800.00 | |
| McLaughlin-Williams, Brian | 3 | $1,790.00 | |
| Rowland Pictures, Inc. | 1 | $1,750.00 | |
| Omni Hotel | 3 | $1,616.00 | |
| Pierce, Matt | 2 | $1,600.00 | |
| Battleground Tennessee PAC | 2 | $1,500.00 | |
| Actblue Technical Services | 13 | $1,446.31 | |
| Quality Label & Tag Corp. | 2 | $1,359.40 | |
| Racquet Club | 1 | $1,279.98 | |
| Lipe, Michael | 2 | $1,181.97 | |
| Peabody Hotel | 3 | $1,155.00 | |
| A1 Printing | 2 | $1,129.00 | |
| Lance Baker | 5 | $1,029.43 | |
| Burns Mailing & Printing | 1 | $822.05 | |
| Doubletree Hotel | 1 | $648.10 | |
| Moore, Carter | 1 | $600.00 | |
| Regions Bank | 12 | $551.09 | |
| Holly's Eventful Dining | 1 | $546.25 | |
| Universal Group | 1 | $498.91 | |
| Woodland, Timothy | 1 | $399.72 | |
| Tdcca | 1 | $375.00 | |
| Benson, Tabbatha | 1 | $364.92 | |
| Nashville Electric Service | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Smith & Associates | 1 | $272.00 | |
| Apple Store | 1 | $260.02 | |
| Shaws Broadcasting | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Sidney's Picnic | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Keller, Marilyn ↺ donor $250.00 ⇄ in-kind (given, not paid) | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Strange, Nellie | 1 | $250.00 | |
| TFDW Convention 2014 | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Maury County Democratic Party | 1 | $225.00 | |
| KCDW | 1 | $220.00 | |
| Mallory, Max | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Harland Clarke | 1 | $40.08 |
| 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 Gordon Ball’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Loan & debt repayment $1,395,649 69%
- Advertising & media $380,128 19%
- Consulting & professional services $85,788 4%
- Travel $70,201 3%
- Office & operations $30,484 1%
- Printing & mail $24,718 1%
- Other $12,139 0.6%
- Field & voter contact $12,000 0.6%
- Contributions & donations $10,000 0.5%
- Fundraising & events $7,597 0.4%
- Staff & payroll $7,500 0.4%
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 | $4,300.00 | $2,156.99 | Source: YE 2014 filing |
| 30G 2014 | $728,885.00 | $4,300.04 | Source: 30G 2014 filing |
| 12G 2014 Donor detail not held | $1,047,982.00 | $728,940.83 | Source: 12G 2014 filing |
| Q3 2014 | $9,464.00 | $1,047,927.88 | Source: Q3 2014 filing |
| 12P 2014 | $8,179.00 | $9,464.72 | Source: 12P 2014 filing |
| Q2 2014 | $9,463.00 | $8,179.32 | Source: Q2 2014 filing |
| Q1 2014 | $0.00 | $9,463.00 | Source: Q1 2014 filing |