Memphis

Lee Harris — 2018 Tennessee Senate, District 29 campaign

Tennessee Senate, District 29 Democratic

2018 Tennessee Senate, District 29

Also ran for Shelby County Mayor on Who Funds Memphis

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 → · 10 filings · Mid-Year 2015–Year-End 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 →
$0
as of the Year-End report
Why this number?
Raised (cash) Cash and cash-like receipts the campaign took in: contributions, the candidate’s own money, loans, and transfers from affiliated committees. Donated goods and services are not cash; they appear separately as In-Kind Received. Bookkeeping entries such as a carried balance, accounting adjustment, or refund also stay only in the filing’s own totals. Full definition →
$79,575
includes $7,097 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Why this number?
In-Kind Received 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. Full definition →
$700
goods or services
Total Spent
$107,963
Why this number?
Spent of Cash Raised How much of the cash this campaign took in it went on to spend, measured now that its reporting has closed. Above 100% means it spent more than it raised for this race, drawing on money it already had when the cycle opened. Full definition →
135.6%
$107,963 spent of $79,575 raised (cash) · opened with $34,614
Donors
At least 79 named
full total unavailable for this combined term
Self-Funded
23%
$18,828 of $80,275 raised, including in-kind · self-contributions
Out-of-State
12%
$9,900 from outside TN
Why this number?

Cash on hand is the amount reported on the filings listed below.

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The ending cash balances the campaign's 2 committees each reported on their most recent filing, added together (each as filed, not computed).

Source filings:

Raised (cash) adds together the amounts listed below.

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Sum of every cash receipt bucket: itemized contributions from others + the candidate's own contributions + loans + filer-stated unitemized + (federal) transfers and other receipts. Excludes the value of donated goods & services, shown separately as In-Kind Received.

Inputs behind Raised (cash)
Itemized contributions from others $53,650
Candidate's own contributions $18,828
Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $7,097
Raised (cash) $79,575
From each filing:
  • Year-End 2016 Supplemental $30,437 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $26,100 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $4,337 filing-stated
  • Mid-Year 2016 Amendment $3,950 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $3,400 derived
    • Candidate's own contributions $250 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $300 filing-stated
  • Year-End 2015 Amendment $14,535 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $13,550 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $985 filing-stated
  • Mid-Year 2015 Supplemental $1,000 derived
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  • Q2 2018 Initial $18,578 derived
  • Year-End 2017 Amendment $3,250 derived
  • Mid-Year 2017 Amendment $7,825 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $6,350 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $1,475 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 $91,059
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $16,904
Total spent $107,963
From each filing:
  • Year-End 2016 Supplemental $17,106 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $13,881 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $3,225 filing-stated
  • Mid-Year 2016 Amendment $10,955 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $9,292 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,663 filing-stated
  • Year-End 2015 Amendment $13,443 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $9,902 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $3,541 filing-stated
  • Mid-Year 2015 Supplemental $2,192 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $1,518 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $675 filing-stated
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  • Year-End 2018 Supplemental $15,972 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $15,731 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $241 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2018 Initial $1,120 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $1,000 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $120 filing-stated
  • Q2 2018 Initial $3,774 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $3,251 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $523 filing-stated
  • Q1 2018 Initial $2,915 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $2,035 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $879 filing-stated
  • Year-End 2017 Amendment $33,473 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $29,612 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $3,861 filing-stated
  • Mid-Year 2017 Amendment $7,013 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $4,837 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $2,176 filing-stated

Out-of-state share compares itemized money from outside tennessee with raised incl. in-kind.

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Itemized contributions from a state other than Tennessee, divided by everything the campaign raised (shown only when the state of most itemized money is known — above 99% coverage).

Itemized money from outside Tennessee: $9,900 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $80,275
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $9,900
Source filings:
Raised incl. in-kind
$80,275
Spent
$107,963

Who funds this campaign The sources split breaks down everything the campaign raised: the candidate’s own money (including self-loans), individuals (including unitemized small gifts), organizations and PACs, and “other” (in-kind contributions, loans other than the candidate’s, and the like) — open its “Why this number?” for the full breakdown. 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 →

The candidate’s own money made up 23% of the campaign’s funds — individuals gave 26%, organizations and PACs 50%.

Candidate’s own money $19K · 23% Individuals $20K · 26% Organizations & PACs $40K · 50%
Why this number?

Share from the candidate compares from the candidate's own money with everything the campaign raised.

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Everything the campaign raised, split into the candidate's own money (own contributions plus self- and family loans), individuals, organizations and PACs, and everything else — loans other than the candidate's, in-kind contributions, and (for federal filers) committee transfers and other receipts. Unitemized small donations count as individual money. The parts add up to the total raised. The headline share is the candidate divided by the total.

From the candidate's own money: $18,828 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $80,275
Inputs behind Share from the candidate
Candidate's own money (incl. self-loans) $18,828
From individuals $20,497
From organizations and PACs $40,250
In-kind contributions (goods & services) $700
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 →

82% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (18% from out of state).

Tennessee $43,750 Out of state $9,900
  • Nashville $20K38%
  • Memphis $17K31%
  • Washington, DC $3K6%
  • Brentwood $3K5%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $4K
  • Other out-of-state $7K
Why this number?

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: $9,900 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $53,650
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $9,900
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Apr 2015 – Aug 2018. Peak $6,950 in Nov 2016. Spending peaked at $21,130 in Jan 2018.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor figure above is a named-donor floor. A complete combined-term total is unavailable. This table names donors whose cumulative giving reached $200.

Named donor list 83 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Lee Harris for County Mayor Self 1 $18,577.51
James Weatherington 1 $1,500.00
Lawyers Involved for TN 1 $1,000.00
Tennessee Afl Cio Labor Committee 1 $1,000.00
Tennessee Assn of Nurse Anesthetists PAC 1 $500.00
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings Tennessee State PAC 1 $500.00
CVS Health PAC 1 $500.00
HCA TriStar Fund PAC 1 $500.00
Philip Julian 1 $500.00
Lynne Bowers 1 $500.00

Expenditures

102 vendors 148 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Harris for County Mayor 1 $18,577.57 20%
Lee Harris for County Mayor 1 $10,530.95 12%
Tennessee Voter Project PAC 2 $6,000.00 7%
Tennessee Democratic Caucus 3 $4,852.00 5%
Diamond Printing 6 $4,749.68 5%
Tennessee Democratic Party 4 $4,510.00 5%
American Airlines 9 $3,576.09 4%
Linx Consulting 2 $3,325.00 4%
Directfx 3 $2,283.52 3%
P & G Travel 2 $1,648.50 2%

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

  • Contributions & donations $30,684 34%
  • Other $24,050 26%
  • Transfers between accounts $10,531 12%
  • Printing & mail $7,304 8%
  • Travel $4,875 5%
  • Fundraising & events $4,592 5%
  • Consulting & professional services $4,568 5%
  • Field & voter contact $2,000 2%
  • Office & operations $1,055 1%
  • Advertising & media $1,003 1%
  • Staff & payroll $397 0.5%

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
Year-End 2018 $15,971.95 $0.00 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2018 $17,092.15 $15,971.95 Source ↗
Q2 2018 $2,288.60 $17,092.15 Source ↗
Q1 2018 $5,203.26 $2,288.60 Source ↗
Year-End 2017 Amended $35,426.15 $5,203.26 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2017 Amended $34,613.76 $35,426.15 Source ↗
Year-End 2016 $21,283.09 $34,613.76 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2016 Amended $28,288.28 $21,283.09 Source ↗
Year-End 2015 Amended $27,195.86 $28,288.28 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2015 $28,388.05 $27,195.86 Source ↗