John Ray Clemmons — 2018 Tennessee House, District 55 campaign
2018 Tennessee House, District 55 · totals since Jan 16, 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 → · 8 filings · Mid-Year 2017–Q4 2018
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 →
$46,517
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 →
$82,493
includes $2,118 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Loan entries in filing detail: $77,000. The report totals above govern this headline.
Total Spent
$93,046
less $142 in refunds & credits → $92,905 net disbursements
Donors
146
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: organizations and PACs, itemized, 51% of receipts on these reports.
Individuals, itemized $38K · 46%Organizations and PACs, itemized $42K · 51%Unitemized contributions $2K · 3%
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 →
$406average gift
$250median gift
94individual 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 →
84% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (16% from out of state).
Tennessee $67,375 Out of state $13,000
- Nashville $58K72%
- Brentwood $3K4%
- Washington, DC $3K3%
- Lebanon $2K2%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $4K
- Other out-of-state $10K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2017 – Jan 2019. Peak $31,050 in Sep 2017. Spending peaked at $19,342 in Oct 2018.
Cash contributions Spent
Bars show $79,875 of $80,375 in itemized contributions. The other $500 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 139 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 7 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $675 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Tennessee Highway Contractors PAC | 1 | $3,000.00 |
| Tennessee Medical Association PAC (TMA) | 2 | $2,500.00 |
| Middle Tennessee Business Leaders for Common Sense PAC | 1 | $2,000.00 |
| Tennessee Electric Cooperatives PAC | 2 | $2,000.00 |
| Tennessee Employees Action Movement PAC | 1 | $1,500.00 |
| Tennessee Wine & Spirits Retailers Good Gov't Fund PAC | 2 | $1,500.00 |
| Tennessee Assn of Nurse Anesthetists PAC | 2 | $1,500.00 |
| Timothy Howell | 1 | $1,500.00 |
| Steve Turner | 1 | $1,500.00 |
| Neil Patel | 1 | $1,500.00 |
Dates 1 contribution without a reported date will be excluded when a date is set.
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| E. Allan Brandon, LLC | 3 | $17,280.53 | |
| Coffen, Kathleen | 3 | $17,000.00 | |
| NGP VAN | 24 | $5,870.00 | |
| Tennessee Tomorrow PAC | 1 | $5,000.00 | |
| Herron Group | 3 | $4,070.00 | |
| Phillips, Margaret | 2 | $4,000.00 | |
| Bruns, Brandi | 1 | $4,000.00 | |
| Tennessee Democratic Party | 2 | $2,750.00 | |
| Davidson County Democratic Executive Committee | 1 | $2,000.00 | |
| American Press & Label | 2 | $1,835.41 | |
| Coco's Italian Market | 2 | $1,828.00 | |
| Shelby County Young Democrats | 1 | $1,500.00 | |
| Cole Stant | 1 | $1,250.00 | |
| Waverly-Belmont Elementary Pto | 3 | $1,200.00 | |
| Emma, Inc. | 26 | $1,170.00 | |
| Dead End BBQ | 2 | $1,010.31 | |
| Thistle Stop Cafe | 3 | $955.18 | |
| Foundation for Athletics | 1 | $839.16 | |
| Hillsboro West End Neighbors | 2 | $800.00 | |
| Diamond Printing Co. | 2 | $753.47 | |
| Office Depot | 5 | $722.63 | |
| Knox County Democratic Party | 1 | $700.00 | |
| Paypal | 1 | $682.88 | |
| Blankenship CPA Group, PLLC | 1 | $650.00 | |
| Sylvan Park Neighborhood Association | 2 | $600.00 | |
| Montgomery Bell State Park | 1 | $524.77 | |
| The Herron Group | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Molder for Mayor | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Randall Hutto for Mayor | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Hodges, Jason | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Emerge America | 1 | $500.00 | |
| FedEx Office | 8 | $497.82 | |
| Whole Foods | 3 | $483.28 | |
| Jd Events & Festivals | 2 | $450.00 | |
| U.S. Postal Service | 2 | $398.00 | |
| Staples | 3 | $341.22 | |
| Krogers | 7 | $331.28 | |
| Panera Bread | 1 | $328.00 | |
| Wine Shoppe | 1 | $324.82 | |
| Fall Creek Falls State Park | 2 | $310.87 | |
| Shekari, Melody | 1 | $259.67 | |
| Cartridge World | 1 | $256.72 | |
| Gilmore, Brenda | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Dixie, Vincent | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Dean, Karl | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Patrick, John | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Creasy, Allan | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Hakeem, Yusuf A. | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Lamar, London | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Nelson, Edward | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Purington, Rebecca | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Sneed, Susan | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Thompson, Hilman Dwayne | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Vannoy, Jennifer | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Friends of Randall Hutto | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Sam Coleman | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Munday, Wade | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Good Neighbor Festivals | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Phil Bredesen | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Carfi, Mary Alice | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Sylvan Park Paideia Design Center Pto | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Phase3 Marketing & Communications | 1 | $240.00 | |
| Women for Tennessee's Future | 3 | $230.00 | |
| Launch TN | 1 | $210.09 | |
| Metro Retirees Association | 2 | $200.00 | |
| Belmont-Hillsboro Neighbors, Inc. | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Nashville Organizing for Action and Hope | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Miel | 1 | $181.86 | |
| Bartaco | 1 | $147.14 | |
| Hostrocket | 1 | $143.76 | |
| Hampton Inn | 1 | $141.67 | |
| Elliston Place Soda Shop | 1 | $124.07 | |
| Walkbike Nashville | 1 | $106.08 | |
| Shindigz | 1 | $84.43 | |
| TN State Park Conservancy | 1 | $75.00 | |
| Shell | 2 | $59.00 | |
| Dunkin' | 1 | $54.58 | |
| Tennessee State Victory PAC | 1 | $50.00 | |
| Mapco | 1 | $40.00 | |
| Jimmy John's | 1 | $37.96 | |
| Amazon Now Fufillment | 1 | $35.06 | |
| Sidekicks | 1 | $26.48 | |
| Southern Grist | 1 | $26.22 | |
| Starbucks | 1 | $8.67 | |
| 1 | $7.38 | ||
| Osbornes | 1 | $4.65 | |
| United States Postal Service | 1 | $3.42 |
Dates
| Payee | Location | Purpose | Amount | Date |
|---|
Loans
$77,000.00 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 | — | $77,000.00 | $5,000.00 | $72,000.00 |
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.
- Contributions & donations $23,210 25%
- Printing & mail $19,122 21%
- Consulting & professional services $17,046 18%
- Office & operations $12,362 13%
- Field & voter contact $12,000 13%
- Fundraising & events $6,914 7%
- Advertising & media $1,427 2%
- Other $450 0.5%
- Travel $330 0.4%
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 2018 Amended | $55,087.53 | $46,517.19 | Source: Q4 2018 filing Report 96270 |
| Pre-General 2018 | $63,679.27 | $55,087.53 | Source: Pre-General 2018 filing Report 81312 |
| Q3 2018 Amended | $58,941.43 | $63,679.27 | Source: Q3 2018 filing Report 82041 |
| Pre-Primary 2018 Amended | $63,806.43 | $58,941.43 | Source: Pre-Primary 2018 filing Report 78728 |
| Q2 2018 | $68,622.71 | $63,806.43 | Source: Q2 2018 filing Report 76698 |
| Q1 2018 | $72,529.13 | $68,622.71 | Source: Q1 2018 filing Report 75086 |
| Year-End 2017 Amended | $34,842.95 | $72,529.13 | Source: Year-End 2017 filing Report 74021 |
| Mid-Year 2017 | $62,248.89 | $34,842.95 | Source: Mid-Year 2017 filing Report 71996 |