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John Ragan — 2014 Tennessee House, District 33 campaign

Tennessee House, District 33 Republican

2014 Tennessee House, District 33 · 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 → · 8 filings · Mid-Year 2013–Q4 2014

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 →
$12,812
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 →
$70,250
Loan entries in filing detail: $8,643. The report totals above govern this headline.
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 →
$12,500
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$57,225
Donors
96
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 2014 Amendment $12,812 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
Q4 2014 reported receipts $3,750
Pre-General 2014 reported receipts $4,650
Q3 2014 reported receipts $15,800
Pre-Primary 2014 reported receipts $14,900
Q2 2014 reported receipts $15,600
Q1 2014 reported receipts $0
Year-End 2013 reported receipts $15,550
Mid-Year 2013 reported receipts $0
Reported receipts $70,250
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 $57,195
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $30
Total spent $57,225
From each filing:
  • Q4 2014 Amendment $3,430 derived
  • Pre-General 2014 Amendment $369 derived
  • Q3 2014 Amendment $25,719 derived
  • Pre-Primary 2014 Amendment $7,437 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $7,407 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $30 filing-stated
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Receipts
$70,250
Spent
$57,225

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, 59% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $25K · 36%Organizations and PACs, itemized $41K · 59%Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $4K · 5%

Share of reported receipts: Organizations and PACs, itemized compares organizations and pacs, itemized with reported receipts.

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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.

Organizations and PACs, itemized: $41,350 ÷ Reported receipts: $70,250
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Organizations and PACs, itemized
Individuals, itemized $25,300
Organizations and PACs, itemized $41,350
Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $3,600
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 →

$633average gift
$400median gift
40individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0%
0%
$50–200
18%
3%
$200–1K
55%
32%
$1K–5K
28%
65%
$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: $25,300 ÷ Individual donors: 40
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $25,300
Median gift $400
Individual donors 40
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 →

89% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (11% from out of state).

Tennessee $59,550 Out of state $7,100
  • Nashville $21K32%
  • Knoxville $5K8%
  • Oak Ridge $4K7%
  • Memphis $4K6%
  • Chattanooga $4K5%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $21K
  • Other out-of-state $7K

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: $7,100 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $66,650
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $7,100
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Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2013 – Jan 2015. Peak $20,300 in Jul 2014. Spending peaked at $25,790 in Jul 2014.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 92 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 7 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $800 and their names are withheld.

92 named donors 140 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Tennesseans for Good State Government PAC Includes In-Kind 4 $5,000.00
Right Tennessee PAC Includes In-Kind 3 $5,000.00
Johnson Victory PAC Includes In-Kind 2 $3,000.00
Randy McNally 2 $2,500.00
Tennessee Mortgage Bankers PAC 2 $2,000.00
James Ayers 2 $2,000.00
Advance PAC 2 $2,000.00
Mike Harrison 3 $2,000.00
Glen Casada In-Kind 2 $2,000.00
McCormick PAC In-Kind 1 $2,000.00

Expenditures

46 vendors 96 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Margin of Victory Partners 5 $22,082.00 39%
Strategic Media Placement Incorporated 1 $8,000.00 14%
Revelly LLC 2 $3,435.25 6%
Oak Ridger Newspaper 9 $3,197.26 6%
Clinton Courier 7 $2,542.50 4%
WYSH Radio 2 $2,070.00 4%
Helton, Rachel 2 $2,000.00 3%
Riverside Grill 2 $1,647.67 3%
Huskey Media 1 $1,314.00 2%
Oak Ridger 6 $1,229.12 2%

Loans

$8,643.28 in loan balances shown. The filings date all of it to this campaign. Later reports can repeat an outstanding loan, so each reconstructed lender balance is counted once below.

Loan principal shown adds together the amounts listed below.

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Loan schedules can repeat an outstanding debt on later reports. This is the reconstructed principal for each lender, counted once, split between candidate or family loans and all other lenders. Repayments and outstanding balances are shown separately in the ledger.

Inputs behind Loan principal shown
Candidate and family loans $8,643
Loan principal shown $8,643
Source filings:
Itemized campaign loans
Lender Type Received Balance shown Repaid Outstanding
Self (John Ragan) Candidate loan Aug 4, 2014 $8,643.28 $0.00 $8,643.28

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 Ragan’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Advertising & media $24,279 42%
  • Printing & mail $18,902 33%
  • Other $3,944 7%
  • Field & voter contact $3,000 5%
  • Office & operations $2,477 4%
  • Contributions & donations $2,475 4%
  • Fundraising & events $2,117 4%

Loans

Campaign loans
Lender Amount Date Received Outstanding Repaid

Each loan shows its balance as of the candidate's most recent filing; repayments since then appear when the next report is filed.

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 2014 Amended $12,492.32 $12,811.97 Source: Q4 2014 filing Report 59892
Pre-General 2014 Amended $8,211.59 $12,492.32 Source: Pre-General 2014 filing Report 58235
Q3 2014 Amended $24,202.82 $8,211.59 Source: Q3 2014 filing Report 58274
Pre-Primary 2014 Amended $16,739.59 $24,202.82 Source: Pre-Primary 2014 filing Report 58232
Q2 2014 Amended $17,748.56 $16,739.59 Source: Q2 2014 filing Report 58234
Q1 2014 $20,152.06 $17,748.56 Source: Q1 2014 filing Report 51090
Year-End 2013 $5,913.56 $20,152.06 Source: Year-End 2013 filing Report 48551
Mid-Year 2013 $6,298.56 $5,913.56 Source: Mid-Year 2013 filing Report 47591