Lee Harris — 2014 Tennessee Senate, District 29 campaign
2014 Tennessee Senate, District 29 · totals since Jan 16, 2014
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 → · 6 filings · Pre-General 2014–Q4 2014
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 →
$28,388
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 →
$115,899
includes $13,481 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 →
$1,559
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$87,511
Donors
194
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
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, 52% of receipts on these reports.
The candidate's own contributions, itemized $2K · 1%Individuals, itemized $41K · 35%Organizations and PACs, itemized $60K · 52%Unitemized contributions $13K · 12%
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 →
$319average gift
$250median gift
127individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
$50–200
$200–1K
$1K–5K
$5K+
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 →
89% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (11% from out of state).
Tennessee $89,968 Out of state $10,950
- Memphis $42K42%
- Nashville $36K36%
- Cordova $2K2%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $10K
- Other out-of-state $11K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Feb 2014 – Jan 2015. Peak $25,012 in Jul 2014. Spending peaked at $43,881 in Jul 2014.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 159 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 40 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $5,633 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Stand PAC of Tennessee Includes In-Kind | 2 | $5,258.66 |
| Memphis Restaurant Association PAC Mra PAC | 1 | $3,000.00 |
| Memphis-PACE PAC | 2 | $3,000.00 |
| Tennessee Bankers Association PAC | 3 | $3,000.00 |
| Tennessee Parentsteachers Putting Students First PAC | 1 | $3,000.00 |
| Tennessee Federation for Children PAC | 1 | $2,500.00 |
| Lawyers Involved for TN PAC | 1 | $2,000.00 |
| J C Huizenga | 2 | $2,000.00 |
| LAW PAC (Berkley Schwarz) | 2 | $1,500.00 |
| Steamfitters Local Union No 614 Political Edu | 1 | $1,500.00 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond Printing | 18 | $33,086.07 | |
| Graber Partners | 3 | $13,520.00 | |
| Reef, Leor | 19 | $12,060.00 | |
| Wreg | 1 | $6,500.00 | |
| Ayesh, Abdallah | 1 | $2,500.00 | |
| Running Pony | 1 | $2,200.00 | |
| New Blue Strategies | 3 | $2,029.00 | |
| American National Tech Corp | 1 | $1,625.00 | |
| Hawes, Chloe | 3 | $1,149.00 | |
| Miller, Jamila | 5 | $1,144.00 | |
| MLGW | 4 | $1,139.22 | |
| A1 Printing | 2 | $891.58 | |
| Maynard, Rick | 2 | $750.00 | |
| Memphis Flyer | 2 | $725.00 | |
| Piryx | 1 | $598.97 | |
| Harris, Lee Arthur | 2 | $546.00 | |
| Champion Awards and Apparel, Inc. | 2 | $494.36 | |
| Akbari, Raumesh | 1 | $350.00 | |
| Acquarius Creative Studio | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Stand for Children | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Worles, Kenneth | 2 | $280.25 | |
| House Senate Democratic Caucus | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Vanderbilt Marriott | 1 | $231.48 | |
| Watson, Retonya | 1 | $220.00 | |
| Gbi Strategies LLC | 1 | $191.19 | |
| Mulan Bistro | 1 | $176.74 | |
| Miller, Larry | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Thompson, Hilman Dwayne | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Brafford, Starr | 1 | $129.00 | |
| Pera, Gordon | 1 | $129.00 | |
| Meeks, Victoria | 1 | $129.00 | |
| Second Line Restaurant | 1 | $128.31 |
Dates
| 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 Lee Harris’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Printing & mail $36,681 44%
- Advertising & media $23,245 28%
- Field & voter contact $14,030 17%
- Office & operations $4,538 5%
- Consulting & professional services $2,250 3%
- Staff & payroll $1,139 1%
- Contributions & donations $900 1%
- Fundraising & events $625 0.8%
- Other $433 0.6%
- Travel $231 0.3%
Filing History
Totals as filed with the Tennessee Registry of Election Finance; see About for how this data is processed.
| Filing | Cash Beginning | Cash Ending | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2014 Amended | $17,245.36 | $28,388.05 | Source: Q4 2014 filing Report 59921 |
| Pre-General 2014 | $8,881.44 | $17,245.36 | Source: Pre-General 2014 filing Report 57612 |
| Q3 2014 Amended | $15,161.75 | $8,881.44 | Source: Q3 2014 filing Report 59925 |
| Pre-Primary 2014 Amended | $27,036.43 | $15,161.75 | Source: Pre-Primary 2014 filing Report 59926 |
| Q2 2014 Amended | $5,640.52 | $27,036.43 | Source: Q2 2014 filing Report 59928 |
| Q1 2014 Amended | $0.00 | $5,640.52 | Source: Q1 2014 filing Report 51472 |