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Lowe Finney — 2006 Tennessee Senate, District 27 campaign

Tennessee Senate, District 27 Democratic

2006 Tennessee Senate, District 27 · totals since Jan 16, 2006

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
Receipts The sum of Total Receipts on the selected published reports. Open the receipt to check each report and any exclusions. Full definition →
$354,577
includes $34,502 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
$605 refunded
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 →
$77,736
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$339,871
Donors
469
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 2006 Amendment $11,706 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 2006 reported receipts $47,210
Pre-General 2006 reported receipts $106,740
Q3 2006 reported receipts $92,242
Pre-Primary 2006 reported receipts $8,102
Q2 2006 reported receipts $94,129
Q1 2006 reported receipts $6,155
Reported receipts $354,577
From each filing:
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  • Q2 2006 Amendment $94,129 filing-stated
  • Q1 2006 Initial $6,155 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 $339,824
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $48
Total spent $339,871
From each filing:
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Receipts
$354,577
Spent
$339,871

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, 48% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $168K · 48%Organizations and PACs, itemized $149K · 42%Unitemized contributions $35K · 10%

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: $168,420 ÷ Reported receipts: $354,577
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized
Individuals, itemized $168,420
Organizations and PACs, itemized $149,260
Unitemized contributions $34,502
Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $2,395
From each filing:
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  • Q2 2006 Amendment $94,129 filing-stated
  • Q1 2006 Initial $6,155 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 →

$442average gift
$250median gift
381individual 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%

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: 381
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $168,320
Median gift $250
Individual donors 381
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

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 389 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 82 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $10,225 and their names are withheld.

389 named donors 526 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 PAC 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 ↺ donor $327.00 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: Q4 2006 filing Report 13312
Pre-General 2006 $104,386.56 $48,661.99 Source: Pre-General 2006 filing Report 11030
Q3 2006 Amended $87,495.94 $104,386.56 Source: Q3 2006 filing Report 13304
Pre-Primary 2006 Amended $90,505.94 $87,495.94 Source: Pre-Primary 2006 filing Report 13303
Q2 2006 Amended $6,107.43 $90,505.94 Source: Q2 2006 filing Report 8804
Q1 2006 $0.00 $6,107.43 Source: Q1 2006 filing Report 6316