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Mary Parker — 2006 Tennessee Senate, District 23 campaign

Tennessee Senate, District 23 Democratic

2006 Tennessee Senate, District 23

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 → · 5 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 →
$3,719
as of the Q4 report
→ carried into 2010 TN Senate 23
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 →
$332,137
includes $1,200 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
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 →
$38,177
goods or services
Total Spent
$328,753
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 →
99%
$328,753 spent of $332,137 raised (cash)
Donors
786
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
Self-Funded
0.9%
$2,990 of $370,314 raised, including in-kind · self-contributions
Out-of-State
15%
$56,365 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 Initial $3,719 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.

Inputs behind Raised (cash)
Itemized contributions from others $327,947
Candidate's own contributions $2,990
Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $1,200
Raised (cash) $332,137
From each filing:
  • Q4 2006 Initial $13,355 derived
  • Pre-General 2006 Amendment $112,903 derived
  • Q3 2006 Amendment $72,519 derived
  • Pre-Primary 2006 Amendment $25,050 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $25,010 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $40 filing-stated
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  • Q2 2006 Amendment $108,310 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $105,150 derived
    • Candidate's own contributions $2,000 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $1,160 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 $328,666
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $87
Total spent $328,753
From each filing:
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  • Q2 2006 Amendment $7,883 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $7,796 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $87 filing-stated

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: $56,365 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $370,314
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $56,365
Source filings:
Raised incl. in-kind
$370,314
Spent
$328,753

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 →

The candidate’s own money made up 0.9% of the campaign’s funds — individuals gave 68%, organizations and PACs 21%, with 10% from other sources.

Candidate’s own money $3K · 0.9% Individuals $250K · 68% Organizations & PACs $79K · 21% Other sources $38K · 10%
Why this number?

Share from the candidate compares from the candidate's own money 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 the candidate divided by the total.

From the candidate's own money: $2,990 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $370,314
Inputs behind Share from the candidate
Candidate's own money (incl. self-loans) $2,990
From individuals $250,497
From organizations and PACs $78,650
In-kind contributions (goods & services) $38,177
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 →

$333average gift
$200median gift
749individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
10%
0.9%
$50–200
35%
10%
$200–1K
43%
46%
$1K–5K
12%
44%
$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: $249,297 ÷ Individual donors: 749
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $249,297
Median gift $200
Individual donors 749
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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 →

83% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (17% from out of state).

Tennessee $271,582 Out of state $56,365
  • Nashville $165K50%
  • Brentwood $22K7%
  • Franklin $21K6%
  • Knoxville $12K4%
  • Washington, DC $10K3%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $53K
  • Other out-of-state $47K
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: $56,365 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $327,947
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $56,365
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Apr 2006 – Jan 2007. Peak $118,288 in Oct 2006. Spending peaked at $204,492 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 $26,672 total; their names are not disclosed here.

Named donor list 594 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Senate Democratic Caucus Includes In-Kind 10 $32,844.60
Tennessee Democratic Party Includes In-Kind 2 $20,539.43
Lawyers Involved for TN 2 $15,000.00
D R I V E Dc PAC 1 $5,000.00
Plumbers Pipefitters Education Committee 1 $5,000.00
Tennessee Afl Cio Labor Committee Includes In-Kind 3 $4,329.65
Tennessee Employees Action Movement PAC 2 $4,000.00
Mary A Parker Self Includes In-Kind 9 $3,675.59
Tennessee State United Auto Workers PAC (UAW) 2 $2,250.00
Tennessee Keep Your Legislature Efficient PAC 2 $2,150.00

Expenditures

45 vendors 94 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Fletcher & Rowley Consulting, Inc. 6 $171,000.00 52%
Tennessee Democratic Party - TN Dem Victory 2006 2 $54,500.00 17%
The Clinton Group 1 $20,138.95 6%
Talley, Keith 5 $20,000.00 6%
Tennessee Democratic Victory 2006 1 $11,500.00 3%
US Post Office 13 $7,593.08 2%
NGP Software, Inc. 2 $6,150.00 2%
Pr Promotions 6 $5,993.67 2%
Lake Research Partners 1 $4,950.00 2%
Telephone Strategies Group 2 $4,567.74 1%

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

  • Advertising & media $177,879 54%
  • Other $60,965 19%
  • Field & voter contact $24,707 8%
  • Staff & payroll $23,650 7%
  • Printing & mail $11,567 4%
  • Contributions & donations $11,500 3%
  • Office & operations $7,947 2%
  • Fundraising & events $5,302 2%
  • Consulting & professional services $4,950 2%
  • Travel $200 0.1%

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 $32,623.77 $3,719.25 Source ↗
Pre-General 2006 Amended $102,712.72 $32,623.77 Source ↗
Q3 2006 Amended $122,001.17 $102,712.72 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2006 Amended $100,450.63 $122,001.17 Source ↗
Q2 2006 Amended $0.00 $100,450.63 Source ↗