John (Big John) Smith — 2014 U.S. Representative, District 5 campaign
2014 U.S. Representative, District 5 · totals since Oct 15, 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 → · 3 filings · 12P 2014–Q3 2014
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: party committees and the candidate (lines 11b, 11d), 42% of receipts on these reports.
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 →
100% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (0% from out of state).
- Nashville $2K67%
- Pleasant View $50019%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $375
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Oct 2013 – Jul 2014. Peak $1,295 in Jul 2014. Spending peaked at $4,648 in May 2014.
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 6 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 7 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $424 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Shelby Smith | 2 | $1,100.00 |
| The Keenan Group Inc. | 1 | $500.00 |
| John Smith Self | 1 | $490.00 |
| John Lachs | 1 | $250.00 |
| Bud S Hardware | 1 | $250.00 |
| Carolyn Hall | 1 | $200.00 |
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cumulus - Nashville | 3 | $5,180.00 | |
| Noel, Jordan | 1 | $990.00 | |
| Gill Studios Inc. | 1 | $547.57 | |
| T L Fagan's Visual Productions | 1 | $350.00 | |
| Prographics Blueprint Co. | 1 | $313.76 | |
| The Home Depot | 1 | $206.75 |
| 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 John (Big John) Smith’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Advertising & media $6,520 86%
- Printing & mail $1,068 14%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2014 | $250.00 | $0.00 | Source: Q2 2014 filing |
| Q3 2014 | $0.00 | $0.00 | Source: Q3 2014 filing |
| 12P 2014 | $0.00 | $0.00 | Source: 12P 2014 filing |
After the election
Reports ending after Dec 31, 2014.
Contributions and spending
No contributions or expenditures reported 1 filing · Q1 2015
No individual donors or expenditures are published for this campaign.
| Filing | Cash Beginning | Cash Ending | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2015 | $0.00 | $0.00 | Source: Q1 2015 filing |