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Matt Ferry — 2020 Tennessee House, District 48 campaign

Tennessee House, District 48 Democratic

2020 Tennessee House, District 48

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 → · 8 filings · Mid-Year 2019–Q4 2020

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 →
$478
as of the Q4 report
→ carried into 2022 TN House 48
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 →
$12,968
includes $85 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
$250 refunded
Why this number?
Total Spent
$15,061
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 →
116.1%
$15,061 spent of $12,968 raised (cash) · opened with $2,100
Donors
155
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
Self-Funded
0.8%
$100 of $12,968 raised · self-contributions
Out-of-State
13%
$1,690 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 2020 Initial $478 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.

Inputs behind Raised (cash)
Itemized contributions from others $12,783
Candidate's own contributions $100
Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $85
Raised (cash) $12,968
From each filing:
  • Q4 2020 Initial $885 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $875 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $10 filing-stated
  • Pre-General 2020 Initial $1,809 derived
  • Q3 2020 Amendment $6,229 derived
  • Pre-Primary 2020 Initial $655 derived
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  • Q2 2020 Initial $1,880 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $1,745 derived
    • Candidate's own contributions $100 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $35 filing-stated
  • Q1 2020 Initial $1,470 derived
  • Mid-Year 2019 Supplemental $40 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 $13,817
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,244
Total spent $15,061
From each filing:
  • Q4 2020 Initial $4,285 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $4,066 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $219 filing-stated
  • Pre-General 2020 Initial $5,357 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $5,276 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $82 filing-stated
  • Q3 2020 Amendment $1,830 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $1,510 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $320 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2020 Initial $702 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $633 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $69 filing-stated
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  • Q2 2020 Initial $1,413 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $1,152 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $261 filing-stated
  • Q1 2020 Initial $67 filing-stated
  • Mid-Year 2019 Supplemental $1,407 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $1,180 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $227 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: $1,690 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $12,968
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $1,690
Source filings:
Raised incl. in-kind
$12,968
Spent
$15,061

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 0.8% of the campaign’s funds — individuals gave 97%, organizations and PACs 2%.

Candidate’s own money $100 · 0.8% Individuals $13K · 97% Organizations & PACs $300 · 2%
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: $100 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $12,968
Inputs behind Share from the candidate
Candidate's own money (incl. self-loans) $100
From individuals $12,568
From organizations and PACs $300
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 →

$81average gift
$50median gift
154individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
42%
9%
$50–200
46%
44%
$200–1K
12%
47%
$1K–5K
0%
0%
$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: $12,483 ÷ Individual donors: 154
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $12,483
Median gift $50
Individual donors 154
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 →

87% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (13% from out of state).

Tennessee $11,094 Out of state $1,690
  • Murfreesboro $6K49%
  • Nashville $1K11%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $3K
  • Other out-of-state $2K
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: $1,690 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $12,783
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $1,690
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2019 – Dec 2020. Peak $2,865 in Aug 2020. Spending peaked at $6,276 in Oct 2020.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names donors whose cumulative giving reached $200. Smaller donors contributed $6,619 total; their names are not disclosed here.

Named donor list 59 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Carles Wendt 1 $600.00
Lori Coleman 4 $514.28
Jay Bhatt 5 $500.00
Julia Burns 5 $475.00
Stephanie Cooksey 4 $410.00
Debbie Heuerman 3 $400.00
Tennessee Federation of Democratic Women 1 $300.00
Peter Roode 2 $300.00
Frank Hundley ↺ $250.00 refunded 2 $250.00 net
$500.00 gross
Gerry Macbeth 1 $250.00

Expenditures

10 vendors 27 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Miller, Justin 7 $6,050.00 44%
Printing Inc. 3 $4,743.60 34%
Swann, Margaret 5 $1,280.00 9%
Tennessee Democratic Party 1 $500.00 4%
Turner, Carson 1 $300.00 2%
Streamyard 2 $240.96 2%
Office Depot 2 $220.00 2%
Naacp 1 $180.00 1%
Fiverr 1 $152.25 1%
Pies By PCCC 4 $150.00 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 Matt Ferry’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Consulting & professional services $5,002 36%
  • Printing & mail $4,964 36%
  • Advertising & media $1,500 11%
  • Field & voter contact $1,280 9%
  • Office & operations $891 6%
  • Contributions & donations $180 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 2020 $3,877.61 $477.73 Source ↗
Pre-General 2020 $7,425.99 $3,877.61 Source ↗
Q3 2020 Amended $3,026.69 $7,425.99 Source ↗
Pre-Primary 2020 $3,073.23 $3,026.69 Source ↗
Q2 2020 $2,606.06 $3,073.23 Source ↗
Q1 2020 $1,453.36 $2,606.06 Source ↗
Year-End 2019 Amended $1,453.36 $1,453.36 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2019 $2,100.11 $733.29 Source ↗