John Ragan — 2016 Tennessee House, District 33 campaign

Tennessee House, District 33 Republican

2016 Tennessee House, District 33 · totals since Jan 16, 2015

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 2015–Q4 2016

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 →
$23,739
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 →
$64,943
includes $780 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Loan entries in filing detail: $38,733. The report totals above govern this headline.
Total Spent
$24,016
Donors
57
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 2016 Amendment $23,739 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 2016 reported receipts $2,750
Pre-General 2016 reported receipts $2,173
Q3 2016 reported receipts $3,650
Pre-Primary 2016 reported receipts $940
Q2 2016 reported receipts $13,980
Q1 2016 reported receipts $0
Year-End 2015 reported receipts $39,950
Mid-Year 2015 reported receipts $1,500
Reported receipts $64,943
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 $23,926
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $90
Total spent $24,016
From each filing:
  • Q4 2016 Amendment $1,290 derived
  • Pre-General 2016 Amendment $2,187 derived
  • Q3 2016 Initial $9,529 derived
  • Pre-Primary 2016 Amendment $700 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $610 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $90 filing-stated
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Receipts
$64,943
Spent
$24,016

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: loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds, 46% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $12K · 18%Organizations and PACs, itemized $23K · 35%Unitemized contributions $780 · 1%Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $30K · 46%

Share of reported receipts: Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds compares loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds 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.

Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds: $30,090 ÷ Reported receipts: $64,943
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds
Individuals, itemized $11,573
Organizations and PACs, itemized $22,500
Unitemized contributions $780
Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $30,090
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 →

$526average gift
$200median gift
22individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0%
0%
$50–200
14%
2%
$200–1K
64%
29%
$1K–5K
23%
69%
$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: $11,573 ÷ Individual donors: 22
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $11,573
Median gift $200
Individual donors 22

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 →

74% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (26% from out of state).

Tennessee $25,323 Out of state $8,750
  • Knoxville $9K25%
  • Nashville $8K23%
  • Washington, DC $4K11%
  • Brentwood $2K6%
  • Clinton $2K6%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $5K
  • Other out-of-state $5K

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: $8,750 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $34,073
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $8,750

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2015 – Jan 2017. Peak $11,150 in May 2016. Spending peaked at $11,081 in Oct 2016.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 54 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 3 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $273 and their names are withheld.

54 named donors 69 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Jenny Boyd 2 $3,000.00
Randal Boyd 2 $2,000.00
Tennessee Bankers Association PAC 3 $1,750.00
LKQ Corporation Employee Good Government Fund PAC 1 $1,500.00
Tennessee Federation for Children PAC 2 $1,500.00
Tennesseans for Good State Government PAC 1 $1,500.00
Tennessee REALTORS PAC (RPAC) 3 $1,250.00
APAC TN PAC 1 $1,000.00
Lauren N Hollingsworth 1 $1,000.00
Joseph Hollingsworth 1 $1,000.00

Expenditures

45 vendors 65 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Margin of Victory Partners 1 $5,794.00 24%
House Repbulican Caucus 2 $2,030.00 8%
House Republican Caucus 2 $2,030.00 8%
Ornl Fcu 2 $2,011.47 8%
Oak Ridger Newspaper 7 $1,722.21 7%
Clinton Courier 7 $1,438.20 6%
Usafa Endowment 1 $1,000.00 4%
Fleischmann, Chuck 1 $1,000.00 4%
Smith, Eddie 1 $500.00 2%
Anderson County Republican Party 1 $500.00 2%

Loans

$38,733.28 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 $38,733
Loan principal shown $38,733
Itemized campaign loans
Lender Type Received Balance shown Repaid Outstanding
Self (John Ragan) Candidate loan Jan 15, 2016 $38,733.28 $30,000.00 $8,733.28

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.

  • Contributions & donations $10,064 42%
  • Printing & mail $5,888 25%
  • Advertising & media $3,591 15%
  • Office & operations $2,229 9%
  • Other $1,806 8%
  • Consulting & professional services $221 1.0%
  • Fundraising & events $127 0.6%

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 2016 Amended $22,279.49 $23,739.18 Source: Q4 2016 filing Report 70776
Pre-General 2016 Amended $22,293.61 $22,279.49 Source: Pre-General 2016 filing Report 68500
Q3 2016 $28,172.61 $22,293.61 Source: Q3 2016 filing Report 67818
Pre-Primary 2016 Amended $27,932.61 $28,172.61 Source: Pre-Primary 2016 filing Report 68014
Q2 2016 $47,108.62 $27,932.61 Source: Q2 2016 filing Report 64712
Q1 2016 $50,146.36 $47,108.62 Source: Q1 2016 filing Report 63302
Year-End 2015 $11,329.71 $50,146.36 Source: Year-End 2015 filing Report 61593
Mid-Year 2015 $12,811.97 $11,329.71 Source: Mid-Year 2015 filing Report 60514