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Lowe Finney — 2006 Tennessee Senate, District 27 campaign

Tennessee Senate, District 27 Democratic

2006 Tennessee Senate, District 27

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 2006–Q4 2006

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 →
$11,706
as of the Q4 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 →
$352,082
includes $34,502 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
$605 refunded
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 →
$77,736
goods or services
Total Spent
$339,871
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 →
97%
$339,871 spent of $352,082 raised (cash)
Donors
470
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
Out-of-State
3%
$13,750 from outside TN
Why this number?

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 2006 Amendment $11,706 filing-stated

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. Excludes $99.93 the filer reported on Schedule A as an accounting adjustment — a correction to its books, not money it raised, so it is not counted here. It remains in the filing's own totals.

Inputs behind Raised (cash)
Itemized contributions from others $317,580
Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $34,502
Raised (cash) $352,082
From each filing:
  • Q4 2006 Amendment $44,110 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $42,700 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $1,410 filing-stated
  • Pre-General 2006 Initial $106,740 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $102,750 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $3,990 filing-stated
  • Q3 2006 Amendment $92,242 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $86,253 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $5,989 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2006 Amendment $8,707 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $6,873 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $1,834 filing-stated
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  • Q2 2006 Amendment $94,129 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $72,850 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $21,279 filing-stated
  • Q1 2006 Initial $6,155 derived

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 $339,824
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $48
Total spent $339,871
From each filing:
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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: $13,750 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $429,819
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $13,750
Source filings:
Raised incl. in-kind
$429,819
Spent
$339,871

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 →

Individuals gave 47%; organizations and PACs gave 35%; other sources made up 18%.

Individuals $203K · 47% Organizations & PACs $149K · 35% Other sources $78K · 18%
Why this number?

Share from individuals compares from individuals 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 individuals divided by the total.

From individuals: $202,822 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $429,819
Inputs behind Share from individuals
From individuals $202,822
From organizations and PACs $149,260
In-kind contributions (goods & services) $77,736
Source filings:

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 →

$441average gift
$250median gift
382individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0.3%
0.1%
$50–200
21%
6%
$200–1K
64%
52%
$1K–5K
14%
42%
$5K+
0%
0%
Why this number?

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: $168,320 ÷ Individual donors: 382
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $168,320
Median gift $250
Individual donors 382
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 →

96% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (4% from out of state).

Tennessee $303,830 Out of state $13,750
  • Nashville $99K31%
  • Jackson $48K15%
  • Dresden $25K8%
  • Memphis $18K6%
  • Knoxville $8K3%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $105K
  • Other out-of-state $14K
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: $13,750 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $317,580
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $13,750
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Mar 2006 – Jan 2007. Peak $105,850 in Oct 2006. Spending peaked at $193,014 in Oct 2006.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names donors whose cumulative giving reached $200. Smaller donors contributed $10,355 total; their names are not disclosed here.

Named donor list 524 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Senate Democratic Caucus Includes In-Kind 12 $78,320.85
Lawyers Involved for TN 3 $15,000.00
Tennessee Keep Your Legislature Efficient PAC 7 $15,000.00
Senate Speaker PAC 3 $15,000.00
Tennessee S Tomorrow PAC 2 $15,000.00
Plumbers Pipefitters Education Committee 4 $13,000.00
Tennessee Afl Cio Labor Committee 3 $4,500.00
The Jackson Clinic PAC 4 $4,250.00
Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Tennessee PAC (WSWT) 2 $3,000.00
Tennessee State United Auto Workers PAC (UAW) 2 $3,000.00

Expenditures

50 vendors 145 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Fletcher Rowley Chao Riddle 21 $205,327.59 60%
Brewer, Jedidiah 16 $28,871.56 8%
Victory 2006 2 $25,250.00 7%
Strategic Services 4 $20,484.00 6%
Scharfenberger Company 4 $9,215.21 3%
US Treasury - Eftps 6 $5,662.00 2%
Rowley, John 1 $5,000.00 1%
Jackson Printers 9 $4,850.64 1%
E. Allan Brandon 2 $4,200.00 1%
United States Postal Service 10 $3,085.63 1.0%

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

  • Advertising & media $210,898 62%
  • Consulting & professional services $45,560 13%
  • Contributions & donations $25,340 7%
  • Printing & mail $20,350 6%
  • Staff & payroll $17,465 5%
  • Office & operations $6,980 2%
  • Other $6,672 2%
  • Fundraising & events $4,719 1%
  • Travel $1,441 0.5%
  • Field & voter contact $400 0.2%

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 2006 Amended $48,661.99 $11,705.86 Source ↗
Pre-General 2006 $104,386.56 $48,661.99 Source ↗
Q3 2006 Amended $87,495.94 $104,386.56 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2006 Amended $90,505.94 $87,495.94 Source ↗
Q2 2006 Amended $6,107.43 $90,505.94 Source ↗
Q1 2006 $0.00 $6,107.43 Source ↗