John Ray Clemmons — 2014 Tennessee House, District 55 campaign
2014 Tennessee House, District 55 · totals since Jan 16, 2014
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 → · 6 filings · Pre-General 2014–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 →
$43,606
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 →
$229,464
includes $10,640 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Loan entries in filing detail: $100,000. 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 →
$1,990
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$173,095
Donors
250
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
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, 44% of receipts on these reports.
Individuals, itemized $89K · 39%Organizations and PACs, itemized $30K · 13%Unitemized contributions $11K · 5%Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $100K · 44%
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 →
$450average gift
$250median gift
198individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
$50–200
$200–1K
$1K–5K
$5K+
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 →
82% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (18% from out of state).
Tennessee $97,174 Out of state $21,400
- Nashville $75K63%
- New York, NY $6K5%
- Washington, DC $6K5%
- Franklin $5K4%
- Lebanon $4K3%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $13K
- Other out-of-state $10K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Mar 2014 – Jan 2015. Peak $32,099 in Sep 2014. Spending peaked at $88,362 in Jul 2014.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 243 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 9 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $1,374 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Steve Turner | 2 | $3,000.00 |
| Joy Baxt | 2 | $2,000.00 |
| Lawyers Involved for TN PAC | 1 | $2,000.00 |
| Malcolm McCune | 4 | $2,000.00 |
| Christine Jewell Includes In-Kind | 3 | $1,990.00 |
| James Marler | 3 | $1,750.00 |
| William Freeman | 1 | $1,500.00 |
| William E Mason | 3 | $1,500.00 |
| Fitz PAC | 1 | $1,500.00 |
| Cooper for Congress Committee | 1 | $1,500.00 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fletcher Rowley | 5 | $61,834.00 | |
| E. Allan Brandon, LLC | 5 | $41,050.61 | |
| Lincoln Park Strategies | 1 | $13,320.00 | |
| Coffen, Kathleen | 3 | $8,735.00 | |
| United States Postal Service | 4 | $7,901.80 | |
| Stanford Campaigns | 2 | $7,826.64 | |
| Hopkins Sachs, Inc. | 3 | $7,400.00 | |
| Idesign, Inc. | 3 | $5,040.00 | |
| Evolution Strategies, LLC | 2 | $4,529.85 | |
| McDonald, Joshua | 3 | $2,385.00 | |
| Elder, Brett | 4 | $2,295.00 | |
| Heriges, Katharine | 3 | $2,000.00 | |
| Tennessee House Democratic Caucus | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Paypal | 3 | $949.92 | |
| Voltz, Laura | 1 | $705.00 | |
| American Press & Label | 2 | $511.29 | |
| Mitchell, Bo | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Williams, Phyllis | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Friendly Arctic Printing | 1 | $478.00 | |
| Spann Insurance | 1 | $446.25 | |
| Diaz, Jordan | 1 | $337.50 | |
| Wesley, Jason | 1 | $307.50 | |
| Caldwell, April | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Sylvan Park Paideia Design Center Pto | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Tennessee Democratic Party | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Strickland, Richard C. | 1 | $240.00 | |
| Crescencio, Stacy | 1 | $230.00 | |
| Miller, Alexandra | 1 | $210.00 | |
| Friends of Sevier Park, Inc. | 1 | $175.00 | |
| First Tennessee Bank | 1 | $171.00 | |
| Jive | 1 | $160.62 | |
| Women's Political Collaborative of TN | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Belmont-Hillsboro Neighbors, Inc. | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Emma, Inc. | 3 | $135.00 |
Dates
| Payee | Location | Purpose | Amount | Date |
|---|
Loans
$100,000.00 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.
| Lender | Type | Received | Balance shown | Repaid | Outstanding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self (John Ray Clemmons) | Candidate loan | Mar 24, 2014 | $100,000.00 | $10,000.00 | $90,000.00 |
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 Ray Clemmons’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Consulting & professional services $69,527 40%
- Advertising & media $61,969 36%
- Field & voter contact $17,745 10%
- Printing & mail $13,652 8%
- Office & operations $7,357 4%
- Contributions & donations $2,225 1%
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.
| Filing | Cash Beginning | Cash Ending | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2014 Amended | $45,623.83 | $43,606.40 | Source: Q4 2014 filing Report 69392 |
| Pre-General 2014 Amended | $34,777.96 | $45,623.83 | Source: Pre-General 2014 filing Report 69391 |
| Q3 2014 Amended | $35,486.52 | $34,777.96 | Source: Q3 2014 filing Report 69390 |
| Pre-Primary 2014 Amended | $118,632.71 | $35,486.52 | Source: Pre-Primary 2014 filing Report 69389 |
| Q2 2014 Amended | $104,804.90 | $118,632.71 | Source: Q2 2014 filing Report 69388 |
| Q1 2014 Amended | $0.00 | $104,804.90 | Source: Q1 2014 filing Report 69385 |