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Ira Lapides — 2008 Tennessee Senate, District 08 campaign

Tennessee Senate, District 08 Independent

2008 Tennessee Senate, District 08 · totals since Apr 1, 2008

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 → · 5 filings · Pre-General 2008–Q4 2008

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 →
$16,312
includes $196 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Loan entries in filing detail: $11,166. The report totals above govern this headline.
Total Spent
$14,727
Donors
17
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:

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 2008 reported receipts $2,800
Pre-General 2008 reported receipts $11,016
Q3 2008 reported receipts $595
Pre-Primary 2008 reported receipts $601
Q2 2008 reported receipts $1,300
Reported receipts $16,312
From each filing:
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  • Q2 2008 Amendment $1,300 filing-stated

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 $14,405
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $322
Total spent $14,727
From each filing:
  • Q4 2008 Initial $4,034 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $4,000 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $34 filing-stated
  • Pre-General 2008 Initial $10,576 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $10,405 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $171 filing-stated
  • Q3 2008 Initial $18 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2008 Initial $4 filing-stated
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  • Q2 2008 Amendment $95 filing-stated
Receipts
$16,312
Spent
$14,727

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, 68% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $5K · 30%Unitemized contributions $196 · 1%Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $11K · 68%

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: $11,166 ÷ Reported receipts: $16,312
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds
Individuals, itemized $4,950
Unitemized contributions $196
Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $11,166
From each filing:
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  • Q2 2008 Amendment $1,300 filing-stated

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 →

$291average gift
$200median gift
17individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0%
0%
$50–200
47%
18%
$200–1K
53%
82%
$1K–5K
0%
0%
$5K+
0%
0%

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: $4,950 ÷ Individual donors: 17
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $4,950
Median gift $200
Individual donors 17
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 →

92% of located dollars came from outside Tennessee (8% from inside).

Tennessee $400 Out of state $4,550
  • Washington, DC $2K30%
  • Little Rock, AR $80016%
  • Englewood, NJ $50010%
  • Fort Lauderdale, FL $4509%
  • Pompano Beach, FL $3507%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $400
  • Other out-of-state $950

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: $4,550 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $4,950
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $4,550
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Apr 2008 – Nov 2008. Peak $3,250 in Oct 2008. Spending peaked at $10,405 in Oct 2008.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 9 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 8 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $900 and their names are withheld.

9 named donors 11 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Norm Sharp 1 $750.00
MRS Norm Sharp 1 $750.00
Joel Sherman 1 $500.00
Eloise M Ensminger 1 $500.00
Jim Colucci 2 $450.00
Janelle Rosenfeld 2 $350.00
Nadim J Jubran 1 $300.00
Joe Rowe 1 $250.00
Cherr Weinfeld 1 $200.00

Expenditures

6 vendors 6 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Pure Post Cards Inc. 1 $7,218.79 50%
Areo Advertising 1 $4,000.00 28%
Daily Times 1 $2,200.00 15%
Cresent Printing 1 $455.00 3%
Sign Masters 1 $405.00 3%
Uspo 1 $126.06 0.9%

Loans

$11,166.06 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 $11,166
Loan principal shown $11,166
Source filings:
Itemized campaign loans
Lender Type Received Balance shown Repaid Outstanding
Self (Ira Lapides) Candidate loan Jun 30, 2008 $11,166.06 $1,585.29 $9,580.77

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

  • Advertising & media $13,419 93%
  • Printing & mail $986 7%

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 2008 $2,819.21 $0.00 Source: Q4 2008 filing Report 25471
Pre-General 2008 $2,379.21 $2,819.21 Source: Pre-General 2008 filing Report 24791
Q3 2008 $1,802.67 $2,379.21 Source: Q3 2008 filing Report 23947
Pre-Primary 2008 $1,205.01 $1,802.67 Source: Pre-Primary 2008 filing Report 22323
Q2 2008 Amended $0.00 $1,205.01 Source: Q2 2008 filing Report 22220

After the election

Reports ending after Jan 15, 2009.

Contributions and spending

No contributions or expenditures reported

1 filing · Mid-Year 2009

No individual donors or expenditures are published for this campaign.

Campaign filing history
Filing Cash Beginning Cash Ending Source
Mid-Year 2009 Amended $0.00 $0.00 Source: Mid-Year 2009 filing Report 28211