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Laura Miller — 2018 Tennessee House, District 21 campaign

Tennessee House, District 21 Democratic

2018 Tennessee House, District 21 · totals since Jan 16, 2018

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 → · 6 filings · Pre-General 2018–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 →
$732
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 →
$7,561
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 →
$347
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$6,829
Donors
59
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 $732 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 $75
Pre-General 2018 reported receipts $1,425
Q3 2018 reported receipts $2,760
Pre-Primary 2018 reported receipts $237
Q2 2018 reported receipts $2,891
Q1 2018 reported receipts $173
Reported receipts $7,561
From each filing:
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  • Q2 2018 Initial $2,891 filing-stated
  • Q1 2018 Amendment $173 filing-stated

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 $6,829
Total spent $6,829
From each filing:
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Receipts
$7,561
Spent
$6,829

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, 79% of receipts on these reports.

The candidate's own contributions, itemized $1K · 15%Individuals, itemized $6K · 79%Organizations and PACs, itemized $500 · 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: $5,938 ÷ Reported receipts: $7,561
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized
The candidate's own contributions, itemized $1,123
Individuals, itemized $5,938
Organizations and PACs, itemized $500
From each filing:
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  • Q2 2018 Initial $2,891 filing-stated
  • Q1 2018 Amendment $173 filing-stated

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 →

$104average gift
$50median gift
57individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
42%
10%
$50–200
44%
29%
$200–1K
12%
36%
$1K–5K
2%
25%
$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: $5,938 ÷ Individual donors: 57
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $5,938
Median gift $50
Individual donors 57
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 →

97% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (3% from out of state).

Tennessee $6,252 Out of state $161
  • Loudon $2K38%
  • Sweetwater $2K24%
  • Lenoir City $93215%
  • Madisonville $61510%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $735
  • Other out-of-state $161

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: $161 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $6,413
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $161
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Mar 2018 – Jan 2019. Peak $1,630 in Aug 2018. Spending peaked at $2,505 in Oct 2018.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 12 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 48 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $2,278 and their names are withheld.

12 named donors 49 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Melissa Hedrick Includes In-Kind 17 $1,629.98
Laura Miller Self 3 $1,122.70
Cherri Musser 3 $600.00
Beverly Sweeney 7 $345.00
Tennessee Federation of Democratic Women 1 $300.00
Shirley Harrison 2 $300.00
Beki Lincks 5 $250.00
Pamela Weston Includes In-Kind 4 $248.78
Caryl Gallagher 3 $225.00
Marjorie Waldrop 2 $200.00

Expenditures

16 vendors 67 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
News Herald 2 $1,505.00 22%
McKee Promotions 3 $1,474.23 22%
Hustle, Inc. 4 $788.46 12%
Vistaprint 5 $676.75 10%
Monroe County Buzz 2 $345.00 5%
WRKQ 1250 1 $324.00 5%
United States Postal Service 7 $253.78 4%
Wlil 1 $250.00 4%
WMTY 98.3 1 $250.00 4%
Tennessee Democratic Party 1 $250.00 4%

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

  • Advertising & media $2,674 39%
  • Printing & mail $2,401 35%
  • Office & operations $990 15%
  • Contributions & donations $500 7%
  • Field & voter contact $167 2%
  • Other $96 1%

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 $2,063.65 $732.06 Source: Q4 2018 filing Report 84628
Pre-General 2018 $2,638.48 $2,063.65 Source: Pre-General 2018 filing Report 80675
Q3 2018 $1,892.30 $2,638.48 Source: Q3 2018 filing Report 78961
Pre-Primary 2018 $2,300.42 $1,892.30 Source: Pre-Primary 2018 filing Report 77839
Q2 2018 $55.36 $2,300.42 Source: Q2 2018 filing Report 76173
Q1 2018 Amended $0.00 $55.36 Source: Q1 2018 filing Report 76197

After the election

Reports ending after Jan 15, 2019.

Contributions and spending

Net contributions (cash) -$422 · Spent $365 · 2 donors

2 filings · Mid-Year 2019–Year-End 2019

After the election expenditures
Payee Purpose Amount Date
Marcella Center for the Arts CONTRIBUTION $50.00 07/14/2019
Progressive Overhill Women for Democracy CONTRIBUTION $300.00 07/14/2019
People's Bank of East Tennessee BANK FEES $5.00 04/04/2019
People's Bank of East Tennessee BANK FEES $5.00 03/07/2019
People's Bank of East Tennessee BANK FEES $5.00 02/07/2019
Campaign filing history
Filing Cash Beginning Cash Ending Source
Year-End 2019 $700.03 $0.00 Source: Year-End 2019 filing Report 84636
Mid-Year 2019 $732.06 $700.03 Source: Mid-Year 2019 filing Report 84624