Martin Olsen — 2018 U.S. Representative, District 1 campaign
2018 U.S. Representative, District 1 · totals since Jul 1, 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 → · 9 filings · Q3 2017–YE 2018
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 →
39% of this campaign’s individual contributions came as small unitemized donations — gifts under the federal itemization threshold (about $200 a cycle) that the filer reports only as a lump sum, never broken out by donor. The gift-size and location breakdowns below cover the itemized 61%.
Largest part: individuals, itemized (line 11a), 52% of receipts on these reports.
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 →
86% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (14% from out of state).
- Johnson City $36K45%
- Kingsport $11K14%
- London, OH $5K6%
- Jonesborough $4K5%
- Elizabethton $3K4%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $15K
- Other out-of-state $6K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jul 2017 – Dec 2018. Peak $19,220 in Sep 2018. Spending peaked at $25,862 in Oct 2018.
Bars show $79,512 of $80,903 in itemized contributions. The other $1,391 can’t be placed in a month — the filing gave no usable date, or recorded no identifiable source.
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 102 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 29 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $2,696 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Gregory Kramer ↺ paid $1,144.39 | 4 | $5,420.00 |
| Neal R Sanders | 2 | $5,400.00 |
| Thomas Schacht Includes In-Kind ↺ paid $2,700.00 | 4 | $4,740.00 |
| Jerald Mullersman | 4 | $3,900.00 |
| Thomas Jessee | 2 | $2,700.00 |
| Bette Mullersman | 6 | $2,700.00 |
| Margaret Robbins In-Kind ↺ paid $2,700.00 | 1 | $2,700.00 |
| Charlene Olsen | 1 | $2,500.00 |
| Elmer Olsen | 1 | $2,500.00 |
| Laraine King | 2 | $2,200.00 |
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Considine, Clare | 25 | $36,336.83 | |
| Olsen, Martin ⇄ in-kind (given, not paid) | 280 | $21,721.82 | |
| U.S. Dept of the Treasury | 8 | $16,176.59 | |
| Mercer, Elijah | 13 | $14,468.00 | |
| Tom Schnell | 12 | $10,500.00 | |
| Ramsey, Lenox | 3 | $10,107.96 | |
| The Blue Deal, LLC | 3 | $8,997.00 | |
| 12 | $6,311.34 | ||
| Johnson, Jackson | 3 | $6,000.00 | |
| Taste Budz ↺ donor $897.50 | 2 | $3,426.02 | |
| Everyday Promo Solutions | 4 | $2,907.74 | |
| Robbins, Margaret ↺ donor $2,700.00 ⇄ in-kind (given, not paid) | 1 | $2,700.00 | |
| Schacht, Thomas ↺ donor $4,740.00 ⇄ in-kind (given, not paid) | 1 | $2,700.00 | |
| Vistaprint | 13 | $2,608.90 | |
| Sanders, Scott | 1 | $2,500.00 | |
| Actblue Technical Services | 35 | $1,686.88 | |
| Tennessee Democratic Party | 1 | $1,500.00 | |
| Spectrum Business | 8 | $1,396.05 | |
| Snyder Signs | 2 | $1,251.13 | |
| Kramer, Gregory ↺ donor $5,420.00 | 6 | $1,144.39 | |
| Yellow Rubber Ball | 2 | $735.00 | |
| Culea, Adrian | 1 | $648.90 | |
| Hands On Museum | 1 | $600.00 | |
| Alliance Graphics | 1 | $520.92 | |
| Allison Outdoor Advertising | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Gardner, John | 1 | $400.00 | |
| Down Home | 1 | $400.00 | |
| Nathan Metcalf Photography | 2 | $359.22 | |
| USPS | 1 | $350.00 | |
| Indeed, Inc. | 4 | $301.06 | |
| Parsons, J.P | 1 | $300.00 | |
| Paypal | 30 | $251.39 | |
| Hampton Inn | 1 | $230.68 | |
| Double Tree | 1 | $230.67 | |
| Office Depot | 2 | $200.55 | |
| Mailchimp/The Rocket Science Group, LLC | 1 | $54.75 |
| 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 Martin Olsen’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Staff & payroll $47,130 29%
- Office & operations $38,211 24%
- Fundraising & events $20,401 13%
- Other $19,463 12%
- Printing & mail $17,174 11%
- Travel $10,795 7%
- Advertising & media $5,625 4%
- Contributions & donations $1,669 1%
- Field & voter contact $56 0.1%
Filing History
Totals as filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC); see About for how this data is processed.
| Filing | Cash Beginning | Cash Ending | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| YE 2018 | $2,150.11 | $244.07 | Source: YE 2018 filing |
| 30G 2018 | $15,611.07 | -$1,781.89 | Source: 30G 2018 filing |
| 12G 2018 | $16,487.87 | $19,543.07 | Source: 12G 2018 filing |
| Q3 2018 | $13,721.69 | $16,487.87 | Source: Q3 2018 filing |
| 12P 2018 | $16,194.09 | $13,721.69 | Source: 12P 2018 filing |
| Q2 2018 | $26,293.68 | $16,194.09 | Source: Q2 2018 filing |
| Q1 2018 | $25,012.82 | $26,293.68 | Source: Q1 2018 filing |
| YE 2017 | $13,190.12 | $25,012.82 | Source: YE 2017 filing |
| Q3 2017 | $0.00 | $13,190.12 | Source: Q3 2017 filing |