John "Big John" Smith — 2018 Tennessee House, District 54 campaign
2018 Tennessee House, District 54 · totals since Jul 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 · Year-End 2017–Q4 2018
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: individuals, itemized, 69% of receipts on these reports.
Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds: −$1,000. Shares are of the $8,350 before it.
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).
- Brentwood $3K37%
- Nashville $1K19%
- Madison $1K15%
- Pleasant Vew $1K15%
- Pleasant View $1K15%
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Aug 2018 – Nov 2018. Peak $5,000 in Sep 2018. Spending peaked at $4,403 in Oct 2018.
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 8 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| John Smith Self | 2 | $1,500.00 |
| W Miller ↺ $1,000.00 refunded | 1 | $1,500.00 net $2,500.00 gross |
| Debra Keenan | 1 | $1,000.00 |
| Robert Keenan | 1 | $1,000.00 |
| Hall and Associates | 1 | $1,000.00 |
| M Wesley Hall | 1 | $500.00 |
| Shelby Smith | 1 | $500.00 |
| Lach John | 1 | $250.00 |
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comcast Spotlight | 3 | $3,808.10 | |
| Cumulis | 1 | $1,340.00 | |
| Cumulus Nashville | 1 | $980.00 | |
| Cromwell Radio | 1 | $540.00 | |
| Pro Graphics | 1 | $368.17 | |
| Mindzai Creative | 1 | $225.00 | |
| Sam's Club | 1 | $114.99 |
| 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 $6,893 93%
- Printing & mail $483 7%
Filing History
Totals as filed with the Tennessee Registry of Election Finance; see About for how this data is processed.
| Filing | Cash Beginning | Cash Ending | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2018 | $0.00 | $0.00 | Source: Q4 2018 filing Report 82769 |
| Pre-General 2018 | $4,403.09 | $0.00 | Source: Pre-General 2018 filing Report 80761 |
| Q3 2018 Amended | $218.00 | $4,403.09 | Source: Q3 2018 filing Report 80000 |
| Pre-Primary 2018 | $218.00 | $218.00 | Source: Pre-Primary 2018 filing Report 77377 |
| Q2 2018 | $600.00 | $218.00 | Source: Q2 2018 filing Report 76941 |
| As filed on this report: cash beginning $600.00, receipts $0.00, disbursements $0.00, cash ending $218.00. | |||
| Q1 2018 | $600.00 | $600.00 | Source: Q1 2018 filing Report 74545 |
| Year-End 2017 | $0.00 | $600.00 | Source: Year-End 2017 filing Report 73331 |
| As filed on this report: cash beginning $0.00, receipts $0.00, disbursements $0.00, cash ending $600.00. | |||