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Mark Pody — 2017 Tennessee Senate, District 17 campaign

Tennessee Senate, District 17 Republican

2017 Tennessee Senate, District 17 · totals since 2017

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 → · 4 filings · Pre-General 2017–Q4 2017

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 →
$43,627
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 →
$104,887
includes $4,637 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Total Spent
$61,261
Donors
98
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). Note: the opening cash balance on Q4 2017 is $42,646.11, and the ending cash balance on the previous filing, Q3 2017, is $25,644.98 — both as filed.

Reported on this filing:
  • Q4 2017 Initial $43,627 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 2017 reported receipts $10,450
Pre-General 2017 reported receipts $21,941
Pre-Primary 2017 reported receipts $37,260
Q3 2017 reported receipts $35,236
Reported receipts $104,887
From each filing:

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 $57,337
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $3,924
Total spent $61,261
From each filing:
  • Q4 2017 Initial $9,470 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $8,781 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $689 filing-stated
  • Pre-General 2017 Initial $27,122 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $25,552 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,570 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2017 Initial $15,078 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $13,431 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,647 filing-stated
  • Q3 2017 Initial $9,591 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $9,573 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $18 filing-stated
Receipts
$104,887
Spent
$61,261

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, 57% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $40K · 38%Organizations and PACs, itemized $60K · 57%Unitemized contributions $5K · 4%

Share of reported receipts: Organizations and PACs, itemized compares organizations and pacs, 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.

Organizations and PACs, itemized: $60,000 ÷ Reported receipts: $104,887
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Organizations and PACs, itemized
Individuals, itemized $40,250
Organizations and PACs, itemized $60,000
Unitemized contributions $4,637
From each filing:

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 →

$619average gift
$300median gift
65individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0%
0%
$50–200
8%
2%
$200–1K
69%
38%
$1K–5K
23%
60%
$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: $40,250 ÷ Individual donors: 65
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $40,250
Median gift $300
Individual donors 65
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 $96,250 Out of state $4,000
  • Nashville $27K27%
  • Lebanon $17K17%
  • Brentwood $7K7%
  • Kingston $6K6%
  • Murfreesboro $4K4%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $35K
  • Other out-of-state $4K

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: $4,000 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $100,250
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $4,000
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Sep 2017 – Jan 2018. Peak $36,650 in Oct 2017. Spending peaked at $17,311 in Dec 2017.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 93 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 5 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $750 and their names are withheld.

93 named donors 106 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
MCPAC (Randy McNally) 1 $10,000.00
KEYPAC (Ken Yager) 2 $6,000.00
Tennessee Employees Action Movement PAC 1 $5,000.00
MARSHA PAC (Marsha Blackburn) 1 $5,000.00
TN Firearms Assn Legislative Action Comm Tfalac 1 $5,000.00
Gordon Carroll 2 $3,000.00
Dale Nunnery 2 $3,000.00
BOWPAC (Bo Watson) 1 $3,000.00
Tennessee REALTORS PAC (RPAC) 2 $3,000.00
Jacqueline Cowden 2 $3,000.00

Expenditures

37 vendors 62 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Stoneridge Group 3 $22,435.52 39%
Danwal 2 $6,634.46 12%
Hayes, Monica 2 $6,270.00 11%
Splash and Dash 2 $3,378.85 6%
Advanced Signs 2 $2,376.19 4%
Vistaprint 4 $1,274.17 2%
Kroger 1 $1,000.00 2%
McRae, Scott 1 $1,000.00 2%
Makestickers 3 $984.26 2%
Office Max 1 $981.12 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 Mark Pody’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Printing & mail $30,273 53%
  • Advertising & media $21,868 38%
  • Fundraising & events $2,683 5%
  • Office & operations $1,183 2%
  • Travel $348 0.7%
  • Consulting & professional services $300 0.6%
  • Contributions & donations $290 0.6%
  • Field & voter contact $216 0.4%
  • Other $175 0.4%

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 2017 $42,646.11 $43,626.56 Source: Q4 2017 filing Report 72992
Pre-General 2017 $47,826.87 $42,646.11 Source: Pre-General 2017 filing Report 72532
Pre-Primary 2017 $25,644.98 $47,826.87 Source: Pre-Primary 2017 filing Report 72500
Q3 2017 $0.00 $25,644.98 Source: Q3 2017 filing Report 72471