James Mackler — 2020 U.S. Senator campaign

U.S. Senator Democratic

2020 U.S. Senator · totals since Jan 1, 2019

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 → · 10 filings · Q1 2019–YE 2020

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 →
$17,012
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 →
$2,291,058
includes $446,026 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Total disbursed
$2,283,137
Donors
1,807
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:
  • YE 2020 YEAR-END $17,012 filing-stated

Total receipts adds together the amounts listed below.

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Sum of Total Receipts reported on the selected source reports.

Inputs behind Total receipts
YE 2020 reported receipts $0
30G 2020 reported receipts $7,519
Q3 2020 reported receipts $158,172
12P 2020 reported receipts $104,073
Q2 2020 reported receipts $375,431
Q1 2020 reported receipts $410,938
YE 2019 reported receipts $337,005
Q3 2019 reported receipts $347,926
Q2 2019 reported receipts $279,130
Q1 2019 reported receipts $270,864
Total receipts $2,291,058
From each filing:
  • YE 2020 YEAR-END $0 filing-stated
  • 30G 2020 POST-GENERAL $7,519 filing-stated
  • Q3 2020 OCTOBER QUARTERLY $158,172 filing-stated
  • 12P 2020 PRE-PRIMARY $104,073 filing-stated
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  • Q2 2020 JULY QUARTERLY $375,431 filing-stated
  • Q1 2020 APRIL QUARTERLY $410,938 filing-stated
  • YE 2019 YEAR-END $337,005 filing-stated
  • Q3 2019 OCTOBER QUARTERLY $347,926 filing-stated
  • Q2 2019 JULY QUARTERLY $279,130 filing-stated
  • Q1 2019 APRIL QUARTERLY $270,864 filing-stated

Total disbursed adds together the amounts listed below.

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Total disbursements on the selected FEC reports, including operating expenditures, transfers, loan repayments, contribution refunds and other disbursements.

Inputs behind Total disbursed
Reported disbursements $2,283,137
Total disbursed $2,283,137
From each filing:
  • YE 2020 YEAR-END $7,637 filing-stated
  • 30G 2020 POST-GENERAL $43,135 filing-stated
  • Q3 2020 OCTOBER QUARTERLY $713,153 filing-stated
  • 12P 2020 PRE-PRIMARY $95,884 filing-stated
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  • Q2 2020 JULY QUARTERLY $299,676 filing-stated
  • Q1 2020 APRIL QUARTERLY $282,116 filing-stated
  • YE 2019 YEAR-END $230,569 filing-stated
  • Q3 2019 OCTOBER QUARTERLY $168,009 filing-stated
  • Q2 2019 JULY QUARTERLY $255,253 filing-stated
  • Q1 2019 APRIL QUARTERLY $187,704 filing-stated
Receipts
$2,291,058
Total disbursed
$2,283,137

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 →

20% 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 80%.

Itemized $1.7M · 80% Small unitemized gifts $446K · 20%

Share of individual money that is small unitemized gifts compares unitemized small donations (filer-stated lump sum) with all individual contributions.

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The money a filer reported as an unitemized lump sum — small individual gifts that never cross the federal ~$200 cycle itemization threshold, so they are disclosed only as a total, never by donor — divided by all individual contributions (itemized plus that lump sum). Both figures come straight from the filer's own report summaries. The gift-size and geography figures on this page cover the itemized portion only; this share is the part they cannot break down.

Unitemized small donations (filer-stated lump sum): $446,026 ÷ All individual contributions: $2,179,197
Inputs behind Share of individual money that is small unitemized gifts
Itemized individual contributions $1,733,170
Unitemized small donations $446,026

Largest part: individuals, itemized (line 11a), 76% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized (line 11a) $1.7M · 76%Individuals, unitemized (line 11a) $446K · 19%PACs and other committees (line 11c) $69K · 3%

Share of total receipts: Individuals, itemized (line 11a) compares individuals, itemized (line 11a) with total receipts.

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Each selected report's total receipts split by the report's own lines; the parts of every report add up to its total, and the totals to the headline.

Individuals, itemized (line 11a): $1,747,320 ÷ Total receipts: $2,291,058
Inputs behind Share of total receipts: Individuals, itemized (line 11a)
Individuals, itemized (line 11a) $1,747,320
Individuals, unitemized (line 11a) $446,026
PACs and other committees (line 11c) $68,800
Transfers from authorized committees (line 12) $15,106
Offsets and other receipts (lines 14, 15) $6,286
Reports without line figures in our data $7,519
From each filing:
  • YE 2020 YEAR-END $0 filing-stated
  • 30G 2020 POST-GENERAL $7,519 filing-stated
  • Q3 2020 OCTOBER QUARTERLY $158,172 filing-stated
  • 12P 2020 PRE-PRIMARY $104,073 filing-stated
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  • Q2 2020 JULY QUARTERLY $375,431 filing-stated
  • Q1 2020 APRIL QUARTERLY $410,938 filing-stated
  • YE 2019 YEAR-END $337,005 filing-stated
  • Q3 2019 OCTOBER QUARTERLY $347,926 filing-stated
  • Q2 2019 JULY QUARTERLY $279,130 filing-stated
  • Q1 2019 APRIL QUARTERLY $270,864 filing-stated

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 →

70% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (30% from out of state).

Tennessee $1,268,791 Out of state $547,330
  • Nashville $605K33%
  • Knoxville $135K7%
  • Memphis $100K6%
  • New York, NY $78K4%
  • Franklin $52K3%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $376K
  • Other out-of-state $469K

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: $547,330 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $1,816,120
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $547,330

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2019 – Dec 2020. Peak $173,371 in Dec 2019. Spending peaked at $418,743 in Aug 2020.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 1,547 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 260 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $23,005 and their names are withheld.

1,547 named donors 4,850 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Votevets ↺ paid $5,000.00 4 $10,000.00
Impact ↺ paid $5,000.00 2 $10,000.00
Janet Lawson ↺ paid $5,655.76 4 $8,455.76
Common Ground PAC ↺ paid $2,500.00 2 $7,500.00
Michael D Shmerling ↺ paid $4,600.00 5 $7,400.00
Bradly Clark 5 $6,100.00
Emmylou Harris ↺ paid $3,300.00 8 $6,100.00
Blair P Durham ↺ paid $3,300.00 3 $6,100.00
Anne Mayhew ↺ paid $2,925.00 9 $5,625.00
Phillip Lawson 2 $5,600.00

Expenditures

344 vendors 1,378 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Well & Lighthouse, LLC 24 $363,236.98 16%
Hoffman, David 42 $186,483.72 8%
Buying Time Media 4 $166,800.00 7%
Blue Wave Political Partners LLC 24 $94,811.66 4%
Automatic Data Processing (Adp) 73 $83,713.33 4%
Rapid Returns, Inc. 4 $80,000.00 4%
Gusto 25 $71,654.00 3%
Actblue Technical Services 180 $69,641.96 3%
Wright, Sean M 33 $65,409.42 3%
Pfeiffer Finance Strategies 6 $60,500.00 3%

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.

  • Staff & payroll $555,743 24%
  • Consulting & professional services $526,224 23%
  • Contributions & donations $389,587 17%
  • Advertising & media $333,229 15%
  • Office & operations $234,832 10%
  • Other $105,221 5%
  • Printing & mail $89,542 4%
  • Travel $34,869 2%
  • Fundraising & events $8,154 0.4%
  • Sample ballot placement $515 0.1%

Filing History

Totals as filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC); see About for how this data is processed.

Campaign filing history
Filing Cash Beginning Cash Ending Source
YE 2020 $24,649.36 $17,012.33 Source: YE 2020 filing
30G 2020 $60,265.95 $24,649.36 Source: 30G 2020 filing
Q3 2020 $615,247.39 $60,265.95 Source: Q3 2020 filing
12P 2020 $607,059.12 $615,247.39 Source: 12P 2020 filing
Q2 2020 $531,303.76 $607,059.12 Source: Q2 2020 filing
Q1 2020 $402,481.96 $531,303.76 Source: Q1 2020 filing
YE 2019 $296,046.69 $402,481.96 Source: YE 2019 filing
Q3 2019 $116,129.19 $296,046.69 Source: Q3 2019 filing
Q2 2019 $92,252.57 $116,129.19 Source: Q2 2019 filing
Q1 2019 $9,091.60 $92,252.57 Source: Q1 2019 filing