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Kent Calfee — 2018 Tennessee House, District 32 campaign

Tennessee House, District 32 Republican

2018 Tennessee House, District 32 · 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 →
$50,813
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 →
$70,050
includes $50 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Loan entries in filing detail: $10,000. The report totals above govern this headline.
Total Spent
$29,980
Donors
74
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 2018 Amendment $50,813 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 2018 reported receipts $13,200
Pre-General 2018 reported receipts $5,750
Q3 2018 reported receipts $11,200
Pre-Primary 2018 reported receipts $4,150
Q2 2018 reported receipts $2,500
Q1 2018 reported receipts $0
Year-End 2017 reported receipts $33,250
Mid-Year 2017 reported receipts $0
Reported receipts $70,050
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 $29,772
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $208
Total spent $29,980
From each filing:
  • Q4 2018 Amendment $6,144 derived
  • Pre-General 2018 Initial $1,440 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $1,375 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $65 filing-stated
  • Q3 2018 Initial $1,685 derived
  • Pre-Primary 2018 Amendment $2,925 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $2,825 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $100 filing-stated
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  • Q2 2018 Amendment $4,149 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $4,127 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $22 filing-stated
  • Q1 2018 Initial $3,305 derived
  • Year-End 2017 Amendment $5,313 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $5,292 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $21 filing-stated
  • Mid-Year 2017 Supplemental $5,019 derived
Receipts
$70,050
Spent
$29,980

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, 87% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $9K · 13%Organizations and PACs, itemized $61K · 87%

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: $60,900 ÷ Reported receipts: $70,050
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Organizations and PACs, itemized
Individuals, itemized $9,100
Organizations and PACs, itemized $60,900
Unitemized contributions $50
From each filing:
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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 $56,500 Out of state $13,500
  • Nashville $32K45%
  • Knoxville $8K12%
  • Maryville $5K6%
  • Washington, DC $4K5%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $12K
  • Other out-of-state $10K

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: $13,500 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $70,000
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $13,500
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Feb 2017 – Jan 2019. Peak $11,700 in Jan 2018. Spending peaked at $2,831 in Nov 2018.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 73 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.

73 named donors 108 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Charter Communications INC Tennessee PAC 2 $4,500.00
Tennessee Electric Cooperatives PAC 3 $4,000.00
TDG-PAC (Kent Merritt) 3 $3,000.00
Jenny Boyd 2 $3,000.00
Randal Boyd 2 $3,000.00
Comcast Corporation PAC 2 $2,000.00
Tennessee REALTORS PAC (RPAC) 4 $2,000.00
Piedmont Natural Gas TN Corporate PAC 2 $2,000.00
Tennessee Anesthesiologists PAC 3 $2,000.00
Flex PAC 2 $2,000.00

Expenditures

67 vendors 107 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Child Advocacy Center 3 $2,100.00 7%
Republican Strategies 2 $1,709.17 6%
Outdoor Kingston 2 $1,100.00 4%
Iva's Place 1 $1,000.00 3%
Burchett, Tim 1 $1,000.00 3%
Lee, Bill 1 $1,000.00 3%
Hands of Mercy 1 $1,000.00 3%
Mayme Carmichael School Organization 2 $1,000.00 3%
Lenoir City Basketball Booster Club 1 $1,000.00 3%
Blackburn, Marsha 1 $1,000.00 3%

Loans

$10,000.00 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 $10,000
Loan principal shown $10,000
Source filings:
Itemized campaign loans
Lender Type Received Balance shown Repaid Outstanding
Self (Kent Calfee) Candidate loan — $10,000.00 $10,000.00 $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 Kent Calfee’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Contributions & donations $21,175 71%
  • Other $2,444 8%
  • Fundraising & events $2,197 7%
  • Office & operations $1,695 6%
  • Advertising & media $1,610 5%
  • Printing & mail $650 2%

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 2018 Amended $53,756.73 $50,812.58 Source: Q4 2018 filing Report 83265
Pre-General 2018 $49,446.45 $53,756.73 Source: Pre-General 2018 filing Report 81280
Q3 2018 $39,931.45 $49,446.45 Source: Q3 2018 filing Report 80135
Pre-Primary 2018 Amended $38,706.45 $39,931.45 Source: Pre-Primary 2018 filing Report 78006
Q2 2018 Amended $40,355.90 $38,706.45 Source: Q2 2018 filing Report 77960
Q1 2018 $43,660.41 $40,355.90 Source: Q1 2018 filing Report 74982
Year-End 2017 Amended $15,723.40 $43,660.41 Source: Year-End 2017 filing Report 73765
Mid-Year 2017 $20,742.57 $15,723.40 Source: Mid-Year 2017 filing Report 71269