Kenneth Eaton — 2008 U.S. Senator campaign
2008 U.S. Senator · totals since Apr 1, 2008
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 · 12P 2008–TER 2008
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: offsets and other receipts (lines 14, 15), 99.5% of receipts on these reports.
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 →
100% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (0% from out of state).
- Nashville $70067%
- Franklin $25024%
- Madison $10010%
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — May 2008 – Aug 2008. Peak $700 in Jun 2008. Spending peaked at $22,491 in Jun 2008.
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 2 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 1 person gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $100 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Karr Marshall | 1 | $700.00 |
| T A Smythe | 1 | $250.00 |
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southeast Investments | 2 | $10,500.00 | |
| J T Website Design | 1 | $5,820.00 | |
| WTVF | 1 | $3,145.00 | |
| WSMV | 1 | $2,635.00 | |
| RTM Consultants | 1 | $2,500.00 | |
| Jim, Havey | 1 | $2,500.00 | |
| Eaton, Kenneth | 1 | $1,956.00 | |
| Nashville Electric Ser. | 1 | $1,754.00 | |
| At&T | 1 | $1,562.00 | |
| Wbir | 1 | $1,275.00 | |
| Thompson, Rod | 1 | $1,200.00 | |
| Citi Bank | 1 | $1,100.00 | |
| Wreg | 1 | $1,041.00 | |
| WKRN | 1 | $1,020.00 | |
| Capitol Promotions | 1 | $915.00 | |
| WTVC | 1 | $850.00 | |
| Owens, Jim | 1 | $800.00 | |
| WPTY | 1 | $780.00 | |
| Citi Bank | 1 | $770.00 | |
| Wate | 1 | $748.00 | |
| Times Media Inc. | 1 | $738.00 | |
| Wult | 1 | $535.00 | |
| WRCB | 1 | $514.00 | |
| WZTV | 1 | $425.00 | |
| US Post Office | 1 | $368.00 | |
| Wdef | 1 | $335.00 |
| Payee | Location | Purpose | Amount | Date |
|---|
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 Kenneth Eaton’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Office & operations $18,074 39%
- Advertising & media $13,671 30%
- Other $6,062 13%
- Travel $2,726 6%
- Consulting & professional services $2,500 5%
- Printing & mail $1,653 4%
- Fundraising & events $1,100 2%
Filing History
Totals as filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC); see About for how this data is processed.
| Filing | Cash Beginning | Cash Ending | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| TER 2008 | $227,830.00 | $0.00 | Source: TER 2008 filing |
| Q3 2008 | $227,830.00 | $0.00 | Source: Q3 2008 filing |
| 12P 2008 | $230,000.00 | $227,830.00 | Source: 12P 2008 filing |
| Q2 2008 | $0.00 | $230,000.00 | Source: Q2 2008 filing |