Melody Shekari — 2016 U.S. Representative, District 3 campaign
2016 U.S. Representative, District 3 · totals since Mar 1, 2016
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 · 12G 2016–TER 2016
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 →
26% 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 74%.
Largest part: individuals, itemized (line 11a), 60% 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 →
51% of located dollars came from outside Tennessee (49% from inside).
- Chattanooga $20K33%
- Brooklyn, NY $5K9%
- Pearland, TX $5K9%
- Two Rivers, WI $5K9%
- Atlanta, GA $3K5%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $10K
- Other out-of-state $11K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Mar 2016 – Nov 2016. Peak $17,900 in Jun 2016. Spending peaked at $33,271 in Oct 2016.
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 62 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 4 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $390 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Mohsen Shekari | 2 | $5,400.00 |
| David Shekari | 2 | $5,400.00 |
| Farah Shekari | 2 | $5,400.00 |
| Michelle Shekari | 2 | $5,400.00 |
| Janyne Preston | 1 | $2,700.00 |
| Tony Shekari | 1 | $2,700.00 |
| Olan Mills | 1 | $2,000.00 |
| Michelle Peterson | 1 | $2,000.00 |
| Lee Davis | 1 | $2,000.00 |
| Jennifer Mills | 1 | $1,500.00 |
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLY Paper | 3 | $40,000.00 | |
| Joyner, Billy | 9 | $9,623.33 | |
| Victory Store Printing | 3 | $8,174.90 | |
| Knowles, Meara | 7 | $7,000.00 | |
| Shekari, Melody | 3 | $6,712.65 | |
| Lawson, Lauren | 5 | $6,088.50 | |
| NGP | 7 | $5,110.00 | |
| Elliott, Kelly | 2 | $2,680.00 | |
| Sullivan, Christian | 4 | $1,800.00 | |
| Brewer Media Group | 1 | $1,520.00 | |
| Epb | 8 | $1,329.50 | |
| Sage Payment Solutions | 5 | $1,225.39 | |
| Grant, Hannah E | 3 | $1,200.00 | |
| Zippity Print, LLC | 5 | $984.74 | |
| 4 | $747.41 | ||
| Iheartmedia, Inc. | 1 | $738.00 | |
| Daily Ration | 1 | $620.00 | |
| Hollenbeck, Megan | 1 | $600.00 | |
| Walden Club | 1 | $600.00 | |
| Phone-Verizan/Att | 5 | $467.64 | |
| Poole, Tara | 1 | $450.00 | |
| Justin Roth Design | 1 | $330.00 | |
| Jefferson's Restaurant | 1 | $314.39 | |
| Gebele, Nathan | 1 | $240.00 |
| 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 Melody Shekari’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Advertising & media $45,130 46%
- Staff & payroll $13,091 13%
- Other $10,106 10%
- Printing & mail $9,603 10%
- Consulting & professional services $6,930 7%
- Office & operations $6,068 6%
- Contributions & donations $3,811 4%
- Loan & debt repayment $2,901 3%
- Fundraising & events $914 1.0%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TER 2016 | $28,699.74 | $0.00 | Source: TER 2016 filing |
| 12G 2016 | $38,379.40 | $28,699.74 | Source: 12G 2016 filing |
| Q3 2016 | $24,842.18 | $38,379.40 | Source: Q3 2016 filing |
| 12P 2016 | $28,228.54 | $24,842.18 | Source: 12P 2016 filing |
| Q2 2016 | $0.00 | $28,228.54 | Source: Q2 2016 filing |