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Michael E. Smith — 2019 Tennessee House, District 77 campaign

Tennessee House, District 77 Democratic

2019 Tennessee House, District 77 · totals since 2019

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 → · 3 filings · Pre-General 2019–Q4 2019

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 →
$0
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 →
$3,760
includes $60 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Total Spent
$3,760
Donors
11
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:

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 2019 reported receipts $435
Pre-General 2019 reported receipts $1,825
Pre-Primary 2019 reported receipts $1,500
Reported receipts $3,760
From each filing:

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 $3,704
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $56
Total spent $3,760
From each filing:
  • Q4 2019 Initial $442 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $386 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $56 filing-stated
  • Pre-General 2019 Initial $3,318 derived
Receipts
$3,760
Spent
$3,760

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: individuals, itemized, 80% of receipts on these reports.

The candidate's own contributions, itemized $200 · 5%Individuals, itemized $3K · 80%Organizations and PACs, itemized $500 · 13%Unitemized contributions $60 · 2%

Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized compares individuals, itemized 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.

Individuals, itemized: $3,000 ÷ Reported receipts: $3,760
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized
The candidate's own contributions, itemized $200
Individuals, itemized $3,000
Organizations and PACs, itemized $500
Unitemized contributions $60
From each filing:

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 →

$300average gift
$100median gift
10individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0%
0%
$50–200
70%
17%
$200–1K
20%
33%
$1K–5K
10%
50%
$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: $3,000 ÷ Individual donors: 10
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $3,000
Median gift $100
Individual donors 10
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 →

100% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (0% from out of state).

Tennessee $3,400 Out of state $0
  • Martin $2K68%
  • Dyersburg $90026%
  • Ridgely $2006%

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 97% 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: $0 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $3,400
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $0
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Oct 2019 – Dec 2019. Peak $1,400 in Nov 2019. Spending peaked at $2,008 in Nov 2019.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 5 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 7 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $500 and their names are withheld.

5 named donors 7 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Deane Arganbright 2 $1,500.00
Susan Arganbright 2 $800.00
Dyer County Democratic Party 1 $500.00
Robert Shull 1 $200.00
Michael E Smith Self 1 $200.00

Expenditures

11 vendors 11 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Abbotts Print Shop, Inc. 1 $1,015.00 27%
US Post Office 1 $632.50 17%
US Postal Service 1 $495.00 13%
U.S. Postal Service 1 $350.00 9%
Dyersburg State Gazette 1 $330.00 9%
Printers Etc 1 $223.42 6%
Anderson Printing Company 1 $219.00 6%
Lake County Banner 1 $195.00 5%
Union City Messenger Inc. 1 $108.00 3%
Suckerpunch 1 $100.00 3%

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

  • Printing & mail $3,035 82%
  • Advertising & media $633 17%
  • Office & operations $36 1.0%

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 2019 $6.93 $0.00 Source: Q4 2019 filing Report 85407
Pre-General 2019 $1,500.00 $6.93 Source: Pre-General 2019 filing Report 85342
Pre-Primary 2019 Amended $0.00 $1,500.00 Source: Pre-Primary 2019 filing Report 85336