John Gerard Donovan — 2008 U.S. Representative, District 5 campaign
2008 U.S. Representative, District 5 · totals since May 21, 2007
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 · YE 2007–Q3 2008
Who funds this campaign 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 →
29% 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 71%.
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 →
96% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (4% from out of state).
- Hermitage $3K32%
- Mount Juliet $3K30%
- Ashland City $1K10%
- Lebanon $1K10%
- Nashville $6706%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $925
- Other out-of-state $450
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Oct 2003 – Dec 2008. Peak $3,958 in Sep 2008. Spending peaked at $2,214 in Oct 2008.
Bars show $10,725 of $12,542 in itemized contributions. The other $1,817 can’t be placed in a month — the filing gave no usable date, or recorded no identifiable source.
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 13 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 48 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $2,317 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| David Backs | 3 | $1,663.00 |
| Sharon Backs | 2 | $1,650.00 |
| Charles Shearon | 1 | $1,000.00 |
| Bucky Ford | 1 | $1,000.00 |
| Thomas Coleman | 1 | $1,000.00 |
| Cheatham County Republican Party | 2 | $600.00 |
| Bobby Jo Caldwell | 1 | $500.00 |
| Gary La Roy | 3 | $285.00 |
| David Dujardin ↺ paid $1,790.00 | 2 | $210.00 |
| Gwynne Queener | 1 | $200.00 |
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Victorystore.Com | 2 | $2,730.00 | |
| Dujardin, David ↺ donor $210.00 | 1 | $1,790.00 | |
| Pixel Fusions | 2 | $1,735.00 | |
| Colmus Media | 1 | $1,507.00 | |
| TDS Telecom | 1 | $1,091.00 | |
| Ken Arnold Screen Printing | 1 | $983.00 | |
| Steven Hill Show | 1 | $900.00 | |
| Great Impressions | 1 | $686.00 | |
| TNT | 1 | $654.00 | |
| Travel Expenses | 1 | $521.00 | |
| Advanced Payment Solutions | 14 | $445.00 | |
| Freinds of Nra | 1 | $350.00 | |
| Lellyett & Rogers Co | 1 | $341.00 | |
| Kelly, David | 1 | $316.00 | |
| Famous Daves | 1 | $283.00 | |
| Signs Now | 1 | $276.00 | |
| Abundant Life | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Got Print | 1 | $213.00 | |
| R&R Calendars | 1 | $209.00 | |
| R&R Calendar, LLC | 1 | $201.00 | |
| German Town - Octoberfest | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Qweener, Gwynne | 1 | $200.00 | |
| CBS Music City Printing | 2 | $182.00 | |
| Baur, Eddie | 1 | $152.00 | |
| Belmont University | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Lowe's | 1 | $148.00 | |
| Advanced Solution | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Campaign Site Builder | 1 | $74.00 | |
| Carlson, Stephanie | 1 | $63.00 | |
| Queener, Henry | 1 | $48.00 | |
| Comptroller of the Tresury | 1 | $43.00 | |
| Mount Juliet Post Office | 1 | $42.00 | |
| Wilson County Election Commission | 1 | $38.00 | |
| American Express | 5 | $25.00 | |
| Publix | 1 | $19.00 | |
| US Postal Service | 2 | $17.00 | |
| Office Max | 1 | $13.00 | |
| U.S. Postal Service | 1 | $11.00 | |
| American Express | 2 | $9.00 | |
| American Express | 1 | $5.00 |
| 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 Gerard Donovan’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Printing & mail $6,392 38%
- Other $5,584 33%
- Advertising & media $3,067 18%
- Office & operations $1,456 9%
- Fundraising & events $483 3%
- Field & voter contact $38 0.3%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30G 2008 | $3,011.00 | $1,219.00 | Source: 30G 2008 filing |
| 12G 2008 | $3,878.00 | $3,011.00 | Source: 12G 2008 filing |
| Q3 2008 | $894.00 | $3,878.00 | Source: Q3 2008 filing |
| 12P 2008 | $877.00 | $877.00 | Source: 12P 2008 filing |
| Q2 2008 | $2,386.00 | $894.00 | Source: Q2 2008 filing |
| Q1 2008 | $3,005.00 | $2,386.00 | Source: Q1 2008 filing |
| YE 2007 | $0.00 | $3,005.00 | Source: YE 2007 filing |