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Matt Swallows — 2014 Tennessee Senate, District 15 campaign

Tennessee Senate, District 15 Republican

2014 Tennessee Senate, District 15 · totals since Jul 1, 2013

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 · Year-End 2013–Q4 2014

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 →
$341
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 →
$203,855
includes $5,305 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Loan entries in filing detail: $110,000. The report totals above govern this headline.
Total Spent
$201,576
Donors
140
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 2014 Initial $341 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 2014 reported receipts $0
Q3 2014 reported receipts $1,500
Pre-Primary 2014 reported receipts $32,780
Q2 2014 reported receipts $19,450
Q1 2014 reported receipts $13,925
Year-End 2013 reported receipts $136,200
Reported receipts $203,855
From each filing:
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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 $199,993
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,584
Total spent $201,576
From each filing:
  • Q3 2014 Initial $25,476 derived
  • Pre-Primary 2014 Initial $105,774 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $104,291 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,484 filing-stated
  • Q2 2014 Initial $65,610 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $65,510 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $100 filing-stated
  • Q1 2014 Initial $3,092 derived
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Receipts
$203,855
Spent
$201,576

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: loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds, 54% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $73K · 36%Organizations and PACs, itemized $15K · 7%Unitemized contributions $5K · 3%Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $110K · 54%

Share of reported receipts: Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds compares loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds 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.

Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds: $110,000 ÷ Reported receipts: $203,855
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds
Individuals, itemized $73,450
Organizations and PACs, itemized $15,100
Unitemized contributions $5,305
Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $110,000
From each filing:
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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 →

$592average gift
$500median gift
124individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0%
0%
$50–200
5%
1%
$200–1K
68%
39%
$1K–5K
27%
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: $73,450 ÷ Individual donors: 124
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $73,450
Median gift $500
Individual donors 124
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 →

90% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (10% from out of state).

Tennessee $79,800 Out of state $8,750
  • Cookeville $41K46%
  • Livingston $20K22%
  • Nashville $8K9%
  • Memphis $5K6%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $7K
  • Other out-of-state $9K

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: $8,750 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $88,550
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $8,750
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Aug 2013 – Aug 2014. Peak $23,650 in Oct 2013. Spending peaked at $104,291 in Jul 2014.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 134 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 6 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $800 and their names are withheld.

134 named donors 148 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Driving Tennessee PAC 1 $5,000.00
Insurors of TN PAC 2 $3,000.00
Todd Roadman 2 $3,000.00
Stephanie Lowe 3 $2,200.00
Patrick Riley 3 $2,000.00
David Boedker 3 $2,000.00
Marty Maynord 2 $1,500.00
Michael Swallows 1 $1,500.00
Joyce Swallows 1 $1,500.00
Lee Ann Massengille 1 $1,500.00

Expenditures

25 vendors 55 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Stoneridge Group LLC 11 $72,634.11 36%
Navigation Advertising 8 $71,271.25 36%
Wd Stone & Associates 3 $21,440.42 11%
RJD Group Inc. 4 $6,440.00 3%
Stubblefield, Clay 3 $6,000.00 3%
Conquest Communications Group 2 $5,185.00 3%
Lamar Advertising 1 $4,150.00 2%
Cherry Communications 3 $4,000.00 2%
Nick,S Restaurant ↺ donor $250.00 1 $1,247.50 0.7%
7 Senses 1 $1,010.00 0.6%

Loans

$110,000.00 in loan balances shown. The filings date all of it to this campaign. Later reports can repeat an outstanding loan, so each reconstructed lender balance is counted once below.

Loan principal shown adds together the amounts listed below.

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Loan schedules can repeat an outstanding debt on later reports. This is the reconstructed principal for each lender, counted once, split between candidate or family loans and all other lenders. Repayments and outstanding balances are shown separately in the ledger.

Inputs behind Loan principal shown
Candidate and family loans $110,000
Loan principal shown $110,000
Source filings:
Itemized campaign loans
Lender Type Received Balance shown Repaid Outstanding
Self (Matt Swallows) Candidate loan Jan 14, 2014 $110,000.00 $0.00 $110,000.00

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

  • Printing & mail $94,818 47%
  • Advertising & media $77,622 39%
  • Consulting & professional services $9,715 5%
  • Field & voter contact $6,500 3%
  • Fundraising & events $4,537 2%
  • Office & operations $3,160 2%
  • Other $2,910 1%
  • Contributions & donations $730 0.4%

Loans

Campaign loans
Lender Amount Date Received Outstanding Repaid

Each loan shows its balance as of the candidate's most recent filing; repayments since then appear when the next report is filed.

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 2014 $340.67 $340.67 Source: Q4 2014 filing Report 59174
Q3 2014 $24,316.17 $340.67 Source: Q3 2014 filing Report 56410
Pre-Primary 2014 $97,310.65 $24,316.17 Source: Pre-Primary 2014 filing Report 54165
Q2 2014 $143,470.28 $97,310.65 Source: Q2 2014 filing Report 52570
Q1 2014 $134,575.00 $143,470.28 Source: Q1 2014 filing Report 50626
Year-End 2013 Amended $0.00 $134,575.00 Source: Year-End 2013 filing Report 49537

After the election

Reports ending after Jan 15, 2015.

Contributions and spending

No contributions or expenditures reported

2 filings · Mid-Year 2015–Year-End 2015

No individual donors or expenditures are published for this campaign.

Campaign filing history
Filing Cash Beginning Cash Ending Source
Year-End 2015 Late $0.00 $0.00 Source: Year-End 2015 filing Report 62743
Mid-Year 2015 Late $340.67 $0.00 Source: Mid-Year 2015 filing Report 61139

As filed on this report: cash beginning $340.67, receipts $0.00, disbursements $0.00, cash ending $0.00.