James Mackler — 2018 U.S. Senator campaign
2018 U.S. Senator · totals since Apr 1, 2017
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 · Q2 2017–YE 2018
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 →
$9,092
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 →
$980,900
includes $298,466 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Total disbursed
$971,808
Donors
804
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 →
30% 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 70%.
Itemized $696K · 70% Small unitemized gifts $298K · 30%
Largest part: individuals, itemized (line 11a), 69% of receipts on these reports.
Individuals, itemized (line 11a) $677K · 69%Individuals, unitemized (line 11a) $298K · 30%
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 →
75% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (25% from out of state).
Tennessee $524,365 Out of state $177,815
- Nashville $352K50%
- Chattanooga $30K4%
- Memphis $29K4%
- Knoxville $20K3%
- New York, NY $18K3%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $93K
- Other out-of-state $160K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Apr 2017 – Nov 2018. Peak $179,886 in Jun 2017. Spending peaked at $206,852 in Dec 2017.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 724 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 80 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $7,671 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Lisa Shmerling ↺ paid $5,400.00 | 3 | $8,100.00 |
| Joan B Shayne ↺ paid $3,500.00 | 8 | $7,100.00 |
| Barron Patterson ↺ paid $2,700.00 | 4 | $6,400.00 |
| Susan Yeagley | 2 | $6,000.00 |
| Charles Robert Bone ↺ paid $2,700.00 | 2 | $5,400.00 |
| Olan Mills ↺ paid $2,700.00 | 2 | $5,400.00 |
| Saul Solomon ↺ paid $2,700.00 | 3 | $5,400.00 |
| Burton Jablin ↺ paid $2,700.00 | 3 | $5,400.00 |
| Jan Liff ↺ paid $2,700.00 | 2 | $5,400.00 |
| Moshe Werthan ↺ paid $2,700.00 | 2 | $5,400.00 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rapid Returns | 8 | $212,186.36 | |
| Well & Lighthouse, LLC | 6 | $173,703.36 | |
| Paychex | 34 | $100,696.48 | |
| Payroll Data Processing | 10 | $98,312.78 | |
| A.J.Goodman Consulting | 7 | $82,739.83 | |
| Mba Consulting Group | 4 | $26,115.07 | |
| NGP Van | 5 | $12,150.00 | |
| Actblue Technical Services | 38 | $11,874.11 | |
| Believe In Service | 2 | $9,500.00 | |
| Putnam Partners, LLC | 2 | $8,817.40 | |
| Hale & Hearty, Inc. | 6 | $8,816.67 | |
| First Data Merchant Services | 16 | $7,884.73 | |
| Blue State Digital | 11 | $7,366.13 | |
| American Airlines | 25 | $7,010.46 | |
| Grindstone Research | 3 | $6,500.00 | |
| Cordova, Brian | 3 | $6,401.69 | |
| Next Level Partners | 3 | $5,871.58 | |
| Shmerling, Lisa ↺ donor $8,100.00 | 2 | $5,400.00 | |
| Sage Payment Solutions | 3 | $5,210.70 | |
| Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Small Business Health Options Program | 3 | $3,805.15 | |
| Suntrust | 7 | $3,524.86 | |
| Shayne, Joan B ↺ donor $7,100.00 | 1 | $3,500.00 | |
| Levine, Sally ↺ donor $3,710.00 | 2 | $3,185.00 | |
| Hoffman, David | 3 | $2,993.96 | |
| Jablin, Burton ↺ donor $5,400.00 | 1 | $2,700.00 | |
| Werthan, Moshe ↺ donor $5,400.00 | 1 | $2,700.00 | |
| Mills, James ↺ donor $5,400.00 | 1 | $2,700.00 | |
| Mills, Jennifer ↺ donor $5,400.00 | 1 | $2,700.00 | |
| Rosenblum-Werthan, Libby ↺ donor $2,700.00 | 1 | $2,700.00 | |
| Yemin, Ezra Uzi ↺ donor $2,700.00 | 1 | $2,700.00 | |
| Faulkner, Sally | 1 | $2,700.00 | |
| Logan, James Jr ↺ donor $2,700.00 | 1 | $2,700.00 | |
| Cox, Morgan ↺ donor $5,400.00 | 1 | $2,700.00 | |
| Harris, Emmy Lou | 1 | $2,700.00 | |
| Goldberg, Carol Brown ↺ donor $5,400.00 | 1 | $2,700.00 | |
| Jaffe, Stephanie ↺ donor $5,400.00 | 1 | $2,700.00 | |
| Shmerling, Michael D ↺ donor $5,400.00 | 1 | $2,700.00 | |
| Poss, Ellen ↺ donor $5,400.00 | 1 | $2,700.00 | |
| Turner, Cal III ↺ donor $5,400.00 | 1 | $2,700.00 | |
| Gelfand, David ↺ donor $5,400.00 | 1 | $2,700.00 | |
| Ryan, Patrick ↺ donor $5,400.00 | 1 | $2,700.00 | |
| Liff, Jan ↺ donor $5,400.00 | 1 | $2,700.00 | |
| Goldberg, Benjamin ↺ donor $5,400.00 | 1 | $2,700.00 | |
| Liff, Jessica ↺ donor $5,400.00 | 1 | $2,700.00 | |
| Leavitt, Matthew ↺ donor $5,400.00 | 1 | $2,700.00 | |
| Liff, Zachary | 1 | $2,700.00 | |
| Mills, Olan II ↺ donor $5,400.00 | 1 | $2,700.00 | |
| Solomon, Saul ↺ donor $5,400.00 | 1 | $2,700.00 | |
| Goldberg, Henry ↺ donor $5,400.00 | 1 | $2,700.00 | |
| Patterson, Barron ↺ donor $6,400.00 | 1 | $2,700.00 | |
| Turner, Jennifer ↺ donor $5,400.00 | 1 | $2,700.00 | |
| Yemin, Yaara ↺ donor $5,400.00 | 1 | $2,700.00 | |
| Connell, Grover ↺ donor $5,400.00 | 1 | $2,700.00 | |
| Bone, Charles Robert ↺ donor $5,400.00 | 1 | $2,700.00 | |
| CMS. Gov | 1 | $2,692.33 | |
| Firtst Data Merchant Services | 1 | $2,607.31 | |
| Professional Design & Printing | 4 | $2,550.36 | |
| Hempfner, Carol Ann | 1 | $2,300.00 | |
| Southwest Airlines | 12 | $2,182.79 | |
| Grindstone Reasearch | 1 | $2,000.00 | |
| Macias, David ↺ donor $4,500.00 | 1 | $1,800.00 | |
| The Westin - Copley Place | 9 | $1,771.51 | |
| Greenlight Media Strategies | 2 | $1,716.06 | |
| Sprintz, Bruce ↺ donor $3,000.00 | 2 | $1,500.00 | |
| Tuke, Robert D ↺ donor $4,200.00 | 1 | $1,500.00 | |
| Hale & Hearly, Inc. | 1 | $1,500.00 | |
| Farlow, Thomas | 1 | $1,500.00 | |
| Office Depot | 16 | $1,454.08 | |
| Amalgamated Bank | 12 | $1,231.62 | |
| The Lucerne Hotel | 2 | $1,198.10 | |
| Comcast | 4 | $1,158.19 | |
| U.S. Postal Service (USPS) | 9 | $1,140.74 | |
| Kantor, Michael ↺ donor $3,000.00 | 2 | $1,000.00 | |
| Dasari, Sriram | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Barron | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Dayna | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Stevens, Mike ↺ donor $1,600.00 | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| American Express | 1 | $929.92 | |
| Kelley House Hotel | 1 | $875.40 | |
| At&T | 13 | $839.48 | |
| Jetblue | 3 | $838.78 | |
| Ashby, Bryce ↺ donor $3,500.00 | 1 | $800.00 | |
| Traci Willis Layne Agency | 1 | $795.00 | |
| The Avalon Hotel | 6 | $757.32 | |
| The Colonnade Boston Hotel | 2 | $753.66 | |
| Fairfield Inn & Suites | 2 | $740.07 | |
| Uber | 48 | $724.48 | |
| Hotel Tonight | 4 | $713.00 | |
| Shell Oil | 21 | $639.23 | |
| Amtrak | 3 | $578.00 | |
| Canters for Medicare and Medicaid Services Small Business Health Options Program | 1 | $570.88 | |
| Shop Marketplace | 1 | $570.88 | |
| 8 | $525.37 | ||
| Bank of America | 9 | $508.95 | |
| Boehm, Frank ↺ donor $500.00 | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Lanquist, Edward ↺ donor $500.00 | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Blue Nation Strategies | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Martin-Walker, Henry ↺ donor $500.00 | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Richman, James ↺ donor $500.00 | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Cornfield, Dan ↺ donor $1,000.00 | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Carr, Brendon ↺ donor $750.00 | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Delta Airlines | 2 | $422.40 | |
| Sutherland, Arthur J MD | 1 | $415.00 | |
| United Airlines | 1 | $379.20 | |
| Thread F/X Inc. | 1 | $365.00 | |
| Blue Dog Merch | 1 | $358.28 | |
| Schermerhorn Symphony Center | 1 | $337.79 | |
| Sourthwest Airlines | 1 | $334.96 | |
| Central Labor Council of Nashville and Middle Tennessee | 2 | $320.00 | |
| Hotels.Com | 2 | $311.11 | |
| Blakney, Tasha ↺ donor $200.00 | 3 | $300.00 | |
| Goldstein Mackler, Shana ↺ donor $1,000.00 | 1 | $299.00 | |
| Boardroom Catering | 1 | $295.42 | |
| Daly, Andrew | 2 | $288.37 | |
| LYFT | 18 | $280.76 | |
| The Westin-Los Angles Airport | 1 | $265.11 | |
| Priceline | 1 | $264.19 | |
| Goldstein, Randall ↺ donor $250.00 | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Kunze, Daniel ↺ donor $2,500.00 | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Wolfe, Alexander ↺ donor $750.00 | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Paine, George ↺ donor $750.00 | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Deutschmann, Mark ↺ donor $750.00 | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Emerge Tennessee | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Sheraton | 1 | $249.86 | |
| La Jackson Nashville | 1 | $228.09 | |
| Frugal | 1 | $208.50 | |
| Palmer Polly, Erin | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Richards & Richards, Inc. | 1 | $168.00 | |
| Harrington, Peg ↺ donor $300.00 | 3 | $150.00 | |
| Micah ↺ donor $300.00 | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Exxon Mobile | 7 | $143.80 | |
| Extra Space Storage | 1 | $133.00 | |
| Cook, Mary ↺ donor $525.00 | 2 | $100.00 | |
| Kronenberg, Marvin ↺ donor $800.00 | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Smartt, Susan ↺ donor $300.00 | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Church, Gladys ↺ donor $300.00 | 1 | $100.00 | |
| McGraw, Anne ↺ donor $740.00 | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Wood, Jeffrey ↺ donor $1,200.00 | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Mollerup, Jeff ↺ donor $350.00 | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Sally | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Harris, Emmy | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Dialpad | 3 | $80.43 | |
| Whitehill, Judy G ↺ donor $475.00 | 1 | $75.00 | |
| Jenkins, Dale ↺ donor $300.00 | 1 | $50.00 | |
| Austin, Margaret | 1 | $50.00 | |
| Green, John ↺ donor $300.00 | 1 | $50.00 | |
| Ray, Gayle ↺ donor $225.00 | 1 | $50.00 | |
| Steinberg, Ronnie J ↺ donor $650.00 | 1 | $50.00 | |
| Congleton, Greg ↺ donor $250.00 | 1 | $50.00 | |
| Killman, Daniel ↺ donor $1,305.00 | 1 | $50.00 | |
| Laclair, Frank ↺ donor $625.00 | 1 | $50.00 | |
| Simon, Jack | 1 | $36.00 | |
| Schwaber, Donna ↺ donor $260.00 | 1 | $35.00 | |
| Thomas, Randall | 1 | $25.00 | |
| Moreau, Gordon A ↺ donor $800.00 | 1 | $25.00 | |
| Ogle, Jerry | 1 | $25.00 | |
| Yahner, William ↺ donor $675.00 | 1 | $25.00 | |
| Trost, Annie O ↺ donor $1,375.00 | 1 | $25.00 | |
| Davenport, Dean ↺ donor $350.00 | 1 | $25.00 | |
| Burger, Mary | 1 | $25.00 | |
| Harkey, John | 1 | $20.00 | |
| 2 | $16.01 | ||
| Duke, Celeste ↺ donor $235.00 | 1 | $15.00 | |
| Mavournin, Kathleen ↺ donor $260.00 | 1 | $10.00 | |
| US Postal Service USPS | 1 | $6.65 | |
| U.S. Postal Servie (USPS) | 1 | $5.17 | |
| Hankins, Jan | 1 | $5.00 |
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 James Mackler’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Printing & mail $216,579 23%
- Staff & payroll $207,174 22%
- Advertising & media $176,066 18%
- Consulting & professional services $131,500 14%
- Contributions & donations $123,921 13%
- Office & operations $69,390 7%
- Travel $23,141 2%
- Other $7,995 0.9%
- Fundraising & events $1,412 0.2%
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 2018 | $9,930.09 | $9,091.60 | Source: YE 2018 filing |
| Q3 2018 | $13,408.00 | $9,930.09 | Source: Q3 2018 filing |
| Q2 2018 | $14,019.00 | $13,408.01 | Source: Q2 2018 filing |
| Q1 2018 | $38,951.00 | $14,019.76 | Source: Q1 2018 filing |
| YE 2017 | $320,538.00 | $38,951.88 | Source: YE 2017 filing |
| Q3 2017 | $255,559.00 | $320,538.88 | Source: Q3 2017 filing |
| Q2 2017 | $0.00 | $255,559.48 | Source: Q2 2017 filing |