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Karen Carson — 2015 Tennessee House, District 14 campaign

Tennessee House, District 14 Republican

2015 Tennessee House, District 14 · totals since 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 → · 4 filings · Pre-Primary 2015–Q4 2015

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 →
$317
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 →
$68,762
includes $232 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Loan entries in filing detail: $7,000. 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 →
$625
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$61,501
less $55 in refunds & credits → $61,446 net disbursements
Donors
135
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 2015 Amendment $317 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 2015 reported receipts $182
Pre-Primary 2015 reported receipts $38,780
Q3 2015 reported receipts $18,450
Q2 2015 reported receipts $11,350
Reported receipts $68,762
From each filing:

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 $60,850
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $652
Total spent $61,501
From each filing:
  • Q4 2015 Amendment $808 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $800 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $8 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2015 Amendment $32,374 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $31,994 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $380 filing-stated
  • Q3 2015 Amendment $21,983 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $21,868 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $115 filing-stated
  • Q2 2015 Amendment $6,337 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $6,188 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $149 filing-stated
Receipts
$68,762
Spent
$61,501

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: individuals, itemized, 69% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $48K · 69%Organizations and PACs, itemized $14K · 20%Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $7K · 10%

Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized compares individuals, 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.

Individuals, itemized: $47,780 ÷ Reported receipts: $68,762
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized
Individuals, itemized $47,780
Organizations and PACs, itemized $13,750
Unitemized contributions $232
Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $7,000
From each filing:

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 →

$380average gift
$250median gift
123individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
2%
0.2%
$50–200
32%
7%
$200–1K
49%
41%
$1K–5K
17%
51%
$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: $46,780 ÷ Individual donors: 123
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $46,780
Median gift $250
Individual donors 123
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 →

94% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (6% from out of state).

Tennessee $56,930 Out of state $3,600
  • Knoxville $40K66%
  • Nashville $6K9%
  • Franklin $5K8%
  • Farragut $3K5%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $3K
  • Other out-of-state $4K

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: $3,600 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $60,530
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $3,600
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jun 2015 – Nov 2015. Peak $36,205 in Jul 2015. Spending peaked at $31,867 in Jul 2015.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 94 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 42 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $3,380 and their names are withheld.

94 named donors 102 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Community Health Systems Professional SVCS Corp PAC 1 $5,000.00
Stand PAC of Tennessee 1 $3,000.00
Int L Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Education 1 $2,500.00
Jenny Boyd 2 $1,500.00
Randal Boyd 2 $1,500.00
Charles Jensen 1 $1,500.00
Sherri Parker Lee Includes In-Kind 3 $1,500.00
Raja Jubran 1 $1,000.00
Harry Stowers 1 $1,000.00
Sharon Pryse 2 $1,000.00

Expenditures

26 vendors 43 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Candidate Command, LLC 4 $17,715.00 29%
Targeted Strategy 2 $14,686.15 24%
Majority Strategies, Inc. 2 $6,844.24 11%
Bk Strategies, LLC 1 $5,000.00 8%
Thompson, Collin 2 $4,474.00 7%
Long, Loren 3 $3,300.00 5%
Victorystore.Com 1 $2,207.40 4%
Karnes, W. Tucker 3 $1,075.00 2%
Imageworks Printing & Design, LLC 2 $1,004.13 2%
Tennessee Legislative Campaign Committee 1 $1,000.00 2%

Loans

$7,000.00 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.

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 $7,000
Loan principal shown $7,000
Source filings:
Itemized campaign loans
Lender Type Received Balance shown Repaid Outstanding
Self (Karen Carson) Candidate loan Jun 6, 2015 $7,000.00 $7,000.00 $0.00

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

  • Printing & mail $28,990 48%
  • Consulting & professional services $21,480 35%
  • Other $8,849 15%
  • Contributions & donations $800 1%
  • Office & operations $408 0.7%
  • Travel $200 0.4%
  • Fundraising & events $103 0.2%
  • Advertising & media $20 0.1%

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 2015 Amended $942.04 $316.57 Source: Q4 2015 filing Report 65358
Pre-Primary 2015 Amended $5,013.25 $11,475.00 Source: Pre-Primary 2015 filing Report 61291
Q3 2015 Amended $11,475.00 $942.04 Source: Q3 2015 filing Report 65355
Q2 2015 Amended $0.00 $5,013.25 Source: Q2 2015 filing Report 61280

After the election

Reports ending after Jan 15, 2016.

Contributions and spending

No contributions reported · Spent $317

2 filings · Mid-Year 2016–Year-End 2017

Includes $28 spent not itemized below.

After the election expenditures
Payee Purpose Amount Date
Ymca of East TN CONTRIBUTION $288.78 09/04/2016
Campaign filing history
Filing Cash Beginning Cash Ending Source
Year-End 2017 $288.78 $0.00 Source: Year-End 2017 filing Report 69835
Mid-Year 2016 Late $316.57 $288.78 Source: Mid-Year 2016 filing Report 65363