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John Stevens — 2020 Tennessee Senate, District 24 campaign

Tennessee Senate, District 24 Republican

2020 Tennessee Senate, District 24 · 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 → · 12 filings · Mid-Year 2017–Q4 2020

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 →
$93,729
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 →
$179,200
includes $100 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
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 →
$7,945
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$157,594
less $37 in refunds & credits → $84,756 net disbursements
Donors
127
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 2020 Amendment $93,729 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
Year-End 2018 reported receipts $23,250
Mid-Year 2018 reported receipts $0
Year-End 2017 reported receipts $44,950
Mid-Year 2017 reported receipts $1,500
Q4 2020 reported receipts $4,750
Pre-General 2020 reported receipts $3,500
Q3 2020 reported receipts $7,700
Pre-Primary 2020 reported receipts $20,300
Q2 2020 reported receipts $8,400
Q1 2020 reported receipts $0
Year-End 2019 reported receipts $64,850
Mid-Year 2019 reported receipts $0
Reported receipts $179,200
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 $157,594
Total spent $157,594
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Receipts
$179,200
Spent
$157,594

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, 89% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $20K · 11%Organizations and PACs, itemized $160K · 89%

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: $159,600 ÷ Reported receipts: $179,200
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Organizations and PACs, itemized
Individuals, itemized $19,500
Organizations and PACs, itemized $159,600
Unitemized contributions $100
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 →

$929average gift
$750median gift
21individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0%
0%
$50–200
10%
1%
$200–1K
43%
19%
$1K–5K
48%
80%
$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: $19,500 ÷ Individual donors: 21
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $19,500
Median gift $750
Individual donors 21
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 →

81% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (19% from out of state).

Tennessee $145,150 Out of state $33,950
  • Nashville $83K46%
  • Washington, DC $16K9%
  • Brentwood $11K6%
  • Franklin $9K5%
  • Memphis $7K4%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $36K
  • Other out-of-state $18K

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: $33,950 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $179,100
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $33,950
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Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2017 – Jan 2021. Peak $26,000 in Sep 2019. Spending peaked at $29,425 in Jul 2020.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor figure above is a named-donor floor. A complete combined-term total is unavailable. This table names 126 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200.

126 named donors 183 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Senate Republican Caucus In-Kind ↺ paid $25,000.00 2 $7,945.00
Blue Cross Blue Shield of TN PAC 2 $6,000.00
Tennessee REALTORS PAC (RPAC) 5 $5,500.00
Tennessee Electric Cooperatives PAC 3 $5,000.00
Tennessee Highway Contractors PAC 2 $5,000.00
JACK PAC (Jack Johnson) 3 $5,000.00
Lawyers Involved for TN PAC 4 $4,000.00
HCA TriStar Fund PAC 3 $4,000.00
BOWPAC (Bo Watson) 1 $4,000.00
Amazon.com Services LLC PAC 2 $3,500.00

Expenditures

79 vendors 169 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Margin of Victory Partners 5 $37,635.00 24%
Senate Republican Caucus ↺ donor $7,945.00 1 $25,000.00 16%
Kaegi Resources 2 $10,884.76 7%
Abbotts Print Shop 7 $7,428.80 5%
Thunderbold Broadcasting 4 $6,391.00 4%
Murphy's Oil 8 $6,238.95 4%
Milan Mirror 1 $5,080.00 3%
Fielder, Tracey 7 $4,600.00 3%
1796 Media LLC 2 $4,000.00 3%
Stevens, John 3 $3,849.17 2%

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

  • Advertising & media $62,712 40%
  • Contributions & donations $46,389 29%
  • Consulting & professional services $13,694 9%
  • Travel $12,385 8%
  • Fundraising & events $7,085 4%
  • Other $7,040 4%
  • Office & operations $6,872 4%
  • Printing & mail $1,418 0.9%

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 2020 Amended $89,878.03 $93,729.03 Source: Q4 2020 filing Report 94195
Pre-General 2020 $89,325.50 $89,878.03 Source: Pre-General 2020 filing Report 92672
Q3 2020 $105,619.33 $89,325.50 Source: Q3 2020 filing Report 91432
Pre-Primary 2020 Amended $114,744.33 $105,619.33 Source: Pre-Primary 2020 filing Report 90569
Q2 2020 Amended $117,668.80 $114,744.33 Source: Q2 2020 filing Report 90567
Q1 2020 $118,101.71 $117,668.80 Source: Q1 2020 filing Report 87525
Year-End 2019 Amended $66,186.71 $118,101.71 Source: Year-End 2019 filing Report 86844
Mid-Year 2019 Amended $68,985.13 $66,186.71 Source: Mid-Year 2019 filing Report 84989
Year-End 2018 Amended $75,827.59 $68,985.13 Source: Year-End 2018 filing Report 83394
Mid-Year 2018 $99,252.89 $75,827.59 Source: Mid-Year 2018 filing Report 77064
Year-End 2017 Amended $63,763.25 $99,252.89 Source: Year-End 2017 filing Report 73800
Mid-Year 2017 Amended $72,086.30 $63,763.25 Source: Mid-Year 2017 filing Report 72301