Mike Carter — 2016 Tennessee House, District 29 campaign
2016 Tennessee House, District 29 · totals since Jan 16, 2015
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 2015–Q4 2016
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 →
$48,526
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 →
$111,889
includes $764 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Loan entries in filing detail: $5,000. The report totals above govern this headline.
Itemized in-kind 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. This figure adds the in-kind contributions itemized on the selected reports. The Registry reports in-kind apart from receipts, so it is not part of the receipts figure. Full definition →
$800
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$85,153
Donors
226
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
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, 64% of receipts on these reports.
Individuals, itemized $71K · 64%Organizations and PACs, itemized $40K · 36%
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 →
$375average gift
$250median gift
190individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
$50–200
$200–1K
$1K–5K
$5K+
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 →
96% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (4% from out of state).
Tennessee $106,375 Out of state $4,750
- Chattanooga $26K24%
- Ooltewah $18K16%
- Nashville $14K12%
- Alamo $8K7%
- Knoxville $4K4%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $36K
- Other out-of-state $5K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Mar 2015 – Nov 2016. Peak $46,950 in Jul 2016. Spending peaked at $40,671 in Jul 2016.
Cash contributions Spent
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 152 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 75 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $7,325 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Citizens for Home Rule PAC | 2 | $7,600.00 |
| Jobs4Tn PAC | 2 | $5,000.00 |
| Home Builders Assn of Greater Chattanooga PAC | 1 | $3,000.00 |
| Mike McKee | 2 | $2,500.00 |
| JRF Properties LLC | 4 | $2,500.00 |
| Gerald McCormick | 2 | $2,500.00 |
| Johnson Victory PAC | 1 | $2,000.00 |
| Eric Buchanan | 3 | $1,750.00 |
| Stephen Rogers | 1 | $1,500.00 |
| Christopher McKee | 1 | $1,500.00 |
Dates
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Image Works | 12 | $25,149.03 | |
| Printing | 5 | $11,647.77 | |
| Culums-Chattanooga | 2 | $4,585.00 | |
| Donations | 2 | $3,250.00 | |
| Mountain City Club | 1 | $3,015.30 | |
| Crash Creative | 2 | $2,950.00 | |
| Edwards Development LLC ↺ donor $1,500.00 | 3 | $2,824.12 | |
| Tasteful Gathering | 1 | $1,860.26 | |
| Friends Fo the Nra | 1 | $1,700.00 | |
| Burke, Taylor | 3 | $1,593.00 | |
| The Chattanooga.Com | 1 | $1,450.00 | |
| Academy Sports | 5 | $1,400.13 | |
| Burke, Chaffin | 1 | $1,340.00 | |
| T G Edwards Inc. | 1 | $1,107.67 | |
| Tillis, Thomas R. | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Sherrell, Paul | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Alexander, David | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Doss, Barry | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Hicks, Jr., Gary | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Daniel, Martin | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Reedy, Jay D. | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Smith, Eddie | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Powers, Dennis | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| TN Federation of Republican Woman | 1 | $1,000.00 | |
| Ontime Telecom.Com | 1 | $999.99 | |
| Angel, Teresa | 1 | $952.50 | |
| Rightway Marketing LLC | 2 | $900.00 | |
| Dowis & Boyd CPA | 1 | $855.78 | |
| Reece, John | 2 | $795.00 | |
| Epb Fiber Optics | 3 | $656.11 | |
| Hamilton County Pachyderm Club | 1 | $600.00 | |
| Double Tree By Hilton | 1 | $500.00 | |
| Angela, Teresa | 1 | $431.90 | |
| Staples | 2 | $410.76 | |
| Color Creek of Chattanooga | 1 | $405.00 | |
| Ashby, Carl Thomas | 1 | $390.00 | |
| Harris, Kyle | 2 | $360.00 | |
| Rhea County Republican Party PAC | 1 | $275.00 | |
| 1 | $244.60 | ||
| Rhea County Republication Party | 1 | $225.00 | |
| Bradley Rentals | 1 | $221.69 | |
| Brook Textiles | 1 | $175.00 | |
| Chick-Fil-A01183 | 1 | $158.79 | |
| Office Depot | 1 | $128.36 | |
| S & S Creations | 1 | $127.82 | |
| Carter, Mike | 1 | $123.41 | |
| Ashby, Carl | 1 | $71.60 |
Dates
| Payee | Location | Purpose | Amount | Date |
|---|
Loans
$5,000.00 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.
| Lender | Type | Received | Balance shown | Repaid | Outstanding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self (Mike Carter) | Candidate loan | — | $5,000.00 | $0.00 | $5,000.00 |
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 Mike Carter’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.
- Printing & mail $38,233 46%
- Contributions & donations $16,050 19%
- Office & operations $10,247 12%
- Advertising & media $7,760 9%
- Field & voter contact $5,934 7%
- Fundraising & events $5,158 6%
- Other $500 0.6%
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.
| Filing | Cash Beginning | Cash Ending | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2016 Amended | $51,027.26 | $48,525.86 | Source: Q4 2016 filing Report 69682 |
| Pre-General 2016 | $53,779.59 | $51,027.26 | Source: Pre-General 2016 filing Report 68894 |
| Q3 2016 | $66,886.89 | $53,779.59 | Source: Q3 2016 filing Report 67416 |
| Pre-Primary 2016 | $55,261.11 | $66,886.89 | Source: Pre-Primary 2016 filing Report 65676 |
| Q2 2016 Amended | $25,290.00 | $55,261.11 | Source: Q2 2016 filing Report 65279 |
| Q1 2016 | $27,065.00 | $25,290.00 | Source: Q1 2016 filing Report 62917 |
| Year-End 2015 | $19,215.00 | $27,065.00 | Source: Year-End 2015 filing Report 62351 |
| Mid-Year 2015 | $21,790.00 | $19,215.00 | Source: Mid-Year 2015 filing Report 60169 |