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Kimi Abernathy — 2020 Tennessee Senate, District 20 campaign

Tennessee Senate, District 20 Democratic

2020 Tennessee Senate, District 20 · totals since Jul 1, 2019

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 → · 5 filings · Year-End 2019–Q3 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 →
$0
as of the Q3 report
Receipts The sum of Total Receipts on the selected published reports. Open the receipt to check each report and any exclusions. Full definition →
$148,853
includes $11,133 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 →
$3,541
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$148,853
Donors
391
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:

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
Q3 2020 reported receipts $1,820
Pre-Primary 2020 reported receipts $15,015
Q2 2020 reported receipts $45,445
Q1 2020 reported receipts $22,309
Year-End 2019 reported receipts $64,264
Reported receipts $148,853
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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 $148,853
Total spent $148,853
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Receipts
$148,853
Spent
$148,853

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, 91% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $135K · 91%Organizations and PACs, itemized $2K · 2%Unitemized contributions $11K · 7%

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: $134,870 ÷ Reported receipts: $148,853
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized
The candidate's own contributions, itemized $600
Individuals, itemized $134,870
Organizations and PACs, itemized $2,250
Unitemized contributions $11,133
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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 →

$348average gift
$250median gift
388individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0.3%
0.1%
$50–200
41%
12%
$200–1K
48%
50%
$1K–5K
11%
37%
$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: $134,870 ÷ Individual donors: 388
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $134,870
Median gift $250
Individual donors 388
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 →

91% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (9% from out of state).

Tennessee $124,120 Out of state $13,000
  • Nashville $101K74%
  • Murfreesboro $11K8%
  • Brentwood $1K0.8%
  • Bell Buckle $1K0.8%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $10K
  • Other out-of-state $13K

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: $13,000 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $137,120
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $13,000
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Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Aug 2019 – Sep 2020. Peak $25,795 in Jun 2020. Spending peaked at $59,900 in Jul 2020.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 232 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 160 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $16,627 and their names are withheld.

232 named donors 368 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Kimi Abernathy Self Includes In-Kind 8 $3,249.65
Jane Haynes ↺ paid $50.00 4 $1,650.00
Karl Dean 2 $1,600.00
Joanne Sowell 2 $1,600.00
Frank Garrison 1 $1,600.00
Ophelia Paine 4 $1,600.00
Brevard Haynes 2 $1,600.00
Joe Sowell 1 $1,600.00
Delta Anne Davis 2 $1,600.00
Brooks Mathews 1 $1,600.00

Expenditures

22 vendors 73 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Gumbinner & Davies 11 $74,520.72 50%
Bruns Wheeler Group 11 $44,000.00 30%
Grindstone Research 4 $9,000.00 6%
Shewell, Devon 2 $5,550.00 4%
Actblue 9 $4,650.55 3%
Printing, Etc 8 $3,472.66 2%
Media Mix 3 $2,009.75 1%
Corps54 1 $1,613.19 1%
Musick, Ryan 2 $980.67 0.7%
United States Post Office 4 $638.00 0.5%

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

  • Printing & mail $70,935 48%
  • Consulting & professional services $53,450 36%
  • Advertising & media $8,203 6%
  • Office & operations $6,968 5%
  • Staff & payroll $5,550 4%
  • Other $1,767 1%
  • Contributions & donations $1,613 1%
  • Fundraising & events $367 0.3%

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
Q3 2020 $48,443.31 $0.00 Source: Q3 2020 filing Report 90530
Pre-Primary 2020 $63,240.19 $48,443.31 Source: Pre-Primary 2020 filing Report 89774
Q2 2020 $50,484.95 $63,240.19 Source: Q2 2020 filing Report 88384
Q1 2020 $42,915.36 $50,484.95 Source: Q1 2020 filing Report 87234
Year-End 2019 $0.00 $42,915.36 Source: Year-End 2019 filing Report 85404