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Jim Bryson — 2006 Governor campaign

Governor Republican

2006 Governor

5 filings · Pre-General 2006–Q4 2006

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 →
$24,031
as of the Q4 report
→ carried into 2010 Governor
Why this number?
Raised (cash) Cash and cash-like receipts the campaign took in: contributions, the candidate’s own money, loans, and transfers from affiliated committees. Donated goods and services are not cash; they appear separately as In-Kind Received. Bookkeeping entries such as a carried balance, accounting adjustment, or refund also stay only in the filing’s own totals. Full definition →
$958,577
includes $12,428 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Why this number?
In-Kind Received 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. Full definition →
$5,032
goods or services
Total Spent
$757,070
Why this number?
Spent of Cash Raised How much of the cash this campaign took in it went on to spend, measured now that its reporting has closed. Above 100% means it spent more than it raised for this race, drawing on money it already had when the cycle opened. Full definition →
79%
$757,070 spent of $958,577 raised (cash)
Donors
1,138
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
Out-of-State
2%
$20,385 from outside TN
Why this number?

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 2006 Initial $24,031 filing-stated

Raised (cash) adds together the amounts listed below.

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Sum of every cash receipt bucket: itemized contributions from others + the candidate's own contributions + loans + filer-stated unitemized + (federal) transfers and other receipts. Excludes the value of donated goods & services, shown separately as In-Kind Received.

Inputs behind Raised (cash)
Itemized contributions from others $946,149
Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $12,428
Raised (cash) $958,577
From each filing:
  • Q4 2006 Initial $54,980 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $54,880 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $100 filing-stated
  • Pre-General 2006 Amendment $237,640 derived
  • Pre-Primary 2006 Amendment $139,015 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $132,680 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $6,335 filing-stated
  • Q2 2006 Amendment $526,942 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $520,949 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $5,993 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 $754,507
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $2,564
Total spent $757,070
From each filing:
  • Q4 2006 Initial $247,297 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $246,982 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $315 filing-stated
  • Pre-General 2006 Amendment $350,334 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $349,832 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $502 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2006 Amendment $82,754 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $82,044 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $710 filing-stated
  • Q2 2006 Amendment $76,685 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $75,649 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,037 filing-stated

Out-of-state share compares itemized money from outside tennessee with raised incl. in-kind.

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Itemized contributions from a state other than Tennessee, divided by everything the campaign raised (shown only when the state of most itemized money is known — above 99% coverage).

Itemized money from outside Tennessee: $20,385 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $963,609
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $20,385
Source filings:

Totals exclude 1 filing pending review (the filer reported $635,714 on it).

Raised incl. in-kind
$963,609
Spent
$757,070

Who funds this campaign The sources split breaks down everything the campaign raised: the candidate’s own money (including self-loans), individuals (including unitemized small gifts), organizations and PACs, and “other” (in-kind contributions, loans other than the candidate’s, and the like) — open its “Why this number?” for the full breakdown. 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 →

Individuals gave 79%; organizations and PACs gave 20%.

Individuals $764K · 79% Organizations & PACs $195K · 20%
Why this number?

Share from individuals compares from individuals with everything the campaign raised.

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Everything the campaign raised, split into the candidate's own money (own contributions plus self- and family loans), individuals, organizations and PACs, and everything else — loans other than the candidate's, in-kind contributions, and (for federal filers) committee transfers and other receipts. Unitemized small donations count as individual money. The parts add up to the total raised. The headline share is individuals divided by the total.

From individuals: $763,771 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $963,609
Inputs behind Share from individuals
From individuals $763,771
From organizations and PACs $194,806
In-kind contributions (goods & services) $5,032
Source filings:

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 →

$691average gift
$100median gift
1,087individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
24%
0.8%
$50–200
30%
4%
$200–1K
23%
12%
$1K–5K
16%
37%
$5K+
6%
47%
Why this number?

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: $751,343 ÷ Individual donors: 1087
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $751,343
Median gift $100
Individual donors 1087
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 →

98% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (2% from out of state).

Tennessee $925,764 Out of state $20,385
  • Nashville $331K35%
  • Knoxville $90K10%
  • Franklin $63K7%
  • Brentwood $56K6%
  • Cleveland $30K3%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $356K
  • Other out-of-state $20K
Why this number?

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: $20,385 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $946,149
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $20,385
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Apr 2006 – Jan 2007. Peak $374,304 in Jun 2006. Spending peaked at $401,528 in Oct 2006.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names donors whose cumulative giving reached $200. Smaller donors contributed $32,758 total; their names are not disclosed here.

Named donor list 711 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Bryson for Senate 3 $79,009.03
Tennessee Legislative Campaign Committee 3 $25,000.00
Tennessee Conservative PAC 2 $15,000.00
Volunteer PAC 2 $15,000.00
James Gregory Includes In-Kind 3 $6,360.61
John Maher 2 $5,000.00
Rogers Group Inc. PAC 1 $5,000.00
Lee Beaman 2 $5,000.00
Nikki Niswonger 2 $5,000.00
Independent Medicine S PAC TN 1 $5,000.00

Showing the top 500 named donors by net amount.

Expenditures

101 vendors 298 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Smart Media Group 4 $230,500.00 31%
Strategic Perception Inc. 6 $124,681.52 17%
Paychex, Inc. 10 $78,653.35 10%
Premiere Transportation 5 $65,598.81 9%
Gleaves, Gregory C 4 $28,000.00 4%
Cherokee Printing 9 $23,008.06 3%
The Lukens Company 2 $13,185.75 2%
Barrett, Rachel 6 $12,362.82 2%
Kathryn Ann Properties Gp 4 $12,301.65 2%
Frizzell, Lance 3 $11,507.70 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 Jim Bryson’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Consulting & professional services $205,946 27%
  • Advertising & media $182,300 24%
  • Staff & payroll $166,408 22%
  • Printing & mail $70,366 9%
  • Other $66,061 9%
  • Office & operations $45,738 6%
  • Fundraising & events $10,796 1%
  • Travel $6,892 1.0%

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 2006 $213,255.11 $24,031.48 Source ↗
Pre-General 2006 Amended $333,842.22 $213,255.11 Source ↗
Q3 2006 Amended Figures pending review — — Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2006 Amended $450,256.98 $500,569.05 Source ↗
Q2 2006 Amended $0.00 $450,256.98 Source ↗