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Janice Bowling — 2016 Tennessee Senate, District 16 campaign

Tennessee Senate, District 16 Republican

2016 Tennessee Senate, District 16 · totals since Jan 16, 2013

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 → · 12 filings · Mid-Year 2013–Q4 2016

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 →
$83,253
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 →
$191,712
$500 refunded
Itemized in-kind Goods or services donated to the campaign instead of cash — say, free printing or donated consulting — reported at fair-market value. Counted toward the same $200 disclosure threshold as cash gifts. This figure adds the in-kind contributions itemized on the selected reports. The Registry reports in-kind apart from receipts, so it is not part of the receipts figure. Full definition →
$1,586
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$151,387
Donors
275
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:
  • Q4 2016 Initial $83,253 filing-stated

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
Year-End 2014 reported receipts $52,674
Mid-Year 2014 reported receipts $1,850
Year-End 2013 reported receipts $14,750
Mid-Year 2013 reported receipts $0
Q4 2016 reported receipts $6,625
Pre-General 2016 reported receipts $5,650
Q3 2016 reported receipts $20,565
Pre-Primary 2016 reported receipts $17,000
Q2 2016 reported receipts $45,400
Q1 2016 reported receipts $0
Year-End 2015 reported receipts $27,198
Mid-Year 2015 reported receipts $0
Reported receipts $191,712
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 $151,387
Total spent $151,387
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Receipts
$191,712
Spent
$151,387

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: organizations and PACs, itemized, 54% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $88K · 46%Organizations and PACs, itemized $104K · 54%

Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds: −$500. Shares are of the $192,212 before it.

Share of reported receipts: Organizations and PACs, itemized compares organizations and pacs, itemized with reported receipts before the negative part.

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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. Shares are of the receipts before the negative part.

Organizations and PACs, itemized: $103,900 ÷ Reported receipts before the negative part: $192,212
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Organizations and PACs, itemized
Individuals, itemized $88,312
Organizations and PACs, itemized $103,900
Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds -$500
From each filing:
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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 →

$429average gift
$200median gift
206individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
3%
0.2%
$50–200
39%
8%
$200–1K
38%
31%
$1K–5K
19%
61%
$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: $88,312 ÷ Individual donors: 206
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $88,312
Median gift $200
Individual donors 206
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 →

85% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (15% from out of state).

Tennessee $163,062 Out of state $29,150
  • Nashville $67K35%
  • Tullahoma $16K8%
  • McMinnville $9K5%
  • Chattanooga $9K5%
  • Manchester $8K4%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $54K
  • Other out-of-state $29K

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: $29,150 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $192,212
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $29,150
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Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jul 2013 – Jan 2017. Peak $37,300 in Jun 2016. Spending peaked at $80,122 in Oct 2016.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor figure above is a named-donor floor. A complete combined-term total is unavailable. This table names 190 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200.

190 named donors 278 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Jack Daniel's PAC 4 $9,500.00
Tennessee Bankers Association PAC 4 $6,500.00
Tennessee REALTORS PAC (RPAC) 5 $5,500.00
Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Tennessee PAC (WSWT) 2 $5,000.00
MCPAC (Randy McNally) 4 $5,000.00
RAAMPAC 1 $5,000.00
Tennessee Electric Cooperatives PAC 4 $4,500.00
John Thornton 4 $4,000.00
Lawyers Involved for TN PAC 2 $4,000.00
Concerned Automotive Retailers PAC 4 $3,000.00

Expenditures

42 vendors 87 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Cygnal 2 $31,691.95 21%
Tennessee Republican Caucus 2 $25,000.00 17%
Cygnal, LLC 1 $21,748.00 14%
Excelsior Strategy 9 $11,500.00 8%
TN Senate Republican Caucus 1 $10,000.00 7%
MBS 1 $9,482.00 6%
Comcast Spotlight 2 $8,000.00 5%
Capitol Promotions, Inc. 2 $7,030.00 5%
Sawicki & Sons 1 $6,446.00 4%
Tennessee Legislative Campaign Committee 2 $3,250.00 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 Janice Bowling’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Printing & mail $78,777 52%
  • Contributions & donations $39,450 26%
  • Advertising & media $17,047 11%
  • Consulting & professional services $11,755 8%
  • Fundraising & events $2,398 2%
  • Other $1,328 0.9%
  • Field & voter contact $500 0.4%
  • Office & operations $131 0.1%

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 2016 $83,102.52 $83,253.39 Source: Q4 2016 filing Report 69192
Pre-General 2016 Amended $157,574.55 $83,102.52 Source: Pre-General 2016 filing Report 69059
Q3 2016 Amended $141,799.94 $157,574.55 Source: Q3 2016 filing Report 67975
Pre-Primary 2016 $135,281.94 $141,799.94 Source: Pre-Primary 2016 filing Report 64686
Q2 2016 $110,411.02 $135,281.94 Source: Q2 2016 filing Report 64043
Q1 2016 $110,509.02 $110,411.02 Source: Q1 2016 filing Report 62939
Year-End 2015 $88,594.40 $110,509.02 Source: Year-End 2015 filing Report 61681
Mid-Year 2015 $91,222.29 $88,594.40 Source: Mid-Year 2015 filing Report 60182
Year-End 2014 $59,194.97 $91,222.29 Source: Year-End 2014 filing Report 58400
Mid-Year 2014 $57,441.39 $59,194.97 Source: Mid-Year 2014 filing Report 52777
Year-End 2013 Amended $42,928.28 $57,441.39 Source: Year-End 2013 filing Report 48915
Mid-Year 2013 $42,928.28 $42,928.28 Source: Mid-Year 2013 filing Report 47701