Mike McDonald — 2012 Tennessee House, District 44 campaign

Tennessee House, District 44 Democratic

2012 Tennessee House, District 44

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 · Mid-Year 2011–Year-End 2012

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 →
$11,839
as of the Year-End report
→ carried into 2014 TN House 44
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 →
$4,300
includes $100 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Why this number?
Total Spent
$18,400
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 →
427.9%
$18,400 spent of $4,300 raised (cash) · opened with $25,939
Donors
12
total donors; qualifying names are listed below
Out-of-State
6%
$250 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:

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 $4,200
Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $100
Raised (cash) $4,300
From each filing:
  • Year-End 2011 Amendment $4,300 mixed
    • Itemized contributions from others $4,200 derived
    • Unitemized contributions (filer-stated lump sum) $100 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 $17,089
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $1,311
Total spent $18,400
From each filing:
  • Year-End 2012 Supplemental $2,628 derived
  • Q2 2012 Initial $6,077 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $5,977 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $100 filing-stated
  • Q1 2012 Initial $175 filing-stated
  • Year-End 2011 Amendment $4,419 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $3,819 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $600 filing-stated
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  • Mid-Year 2011 Amendment $5,101 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $4,665 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $436 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: $250 ÷ Raised incl. in-kind: $4,300
Inputs behind Out-of-state share
From outside Tennessee $250
Raised incl. in-kind
$4,300
Spent
$18,400

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 →

Individuals gave 2%; organizations and PACs gave 98%.

Individuals $100 · 2% Organizations & PACs $4K · 98%
Why this number?

Share from individuals compares from individuals 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 individuals divided by the total.

From individuals: $100 ÷ Everything the campaign raised: $4,300
Inputs behind Share from individuals
From individuals $100
From organizations and PACs $4,200

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 →

94% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (6% from out of state).

Tennessee $3,950 Out of state $250
  • Nashville $3K73%
  • Columbia $50012%
  • McMinnville $2506%
  • Washington, DC $2506%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $150
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: $250 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $4,200
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $250

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jan 2011 – Oct 2012. Peak $1,400 in Nov 2011. Spending peaked at $3,441 in Feb 2011.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names donors whose cumulative giving reached $200.

Named donor list 12 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Rogers Group Inc. PAC 1 $500.00
Tennessee Afl Cio Labor Committee 1 $500.00
Tennessee Hospital Association (THA) 1 $500.00
Lawyers Involved for TN 1 $500.00
Farmers Employee Agents PAC 1 $500.00
Tennessee Action Committee for Rural Electrification 1 $300.00
Tennessee Educ Assn Fund for Children Public Edu 1 $250.00
Independent Medicine S PAC TN 1 $250.00
Tennessee Realtors PAC 1 $250.00
CSX Good Government Fund 1 $250.00

Expenditures

24 vendors 35 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Macauthority 1 $3,176.86 19%
Glaser, Steven 2 $1,900.00 11%
Mitchell, Bo 2 $1,500.00 9%
US Post Office 4 $1,446.24 8%
North, Phillip L. 1 $1,000.00 6%
Curtiss, Charles 1 $1,000.00 6%
Staples 3 $918.10 5%
Amazon 2 $725.98 4%
R.J. Young 4 $614.10 4%
Aggies 1 $528.21 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 Mike McDonald’s itemized spending. Descriptions that don’t clearly fit a category are counted under Other rather than guessed at.

  • Contributions & donations $8,745 51%
  • Office & operations $5,796 34%
  • Printing & mail $1,784 10%
  • Other $614 4%
  • Fundraising & events $150 0.9%

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
Year-End 2012 $14,466.57 $11,838.80 Source ↗
Q2 2012 $20,543.47 $14,466.57 Source ↗
Q1 2012 $20,718.44 $20,543.47 Source ↗
Year-End 2011 Amended $20,837.45 $20,718.44 Source ↗
Mid-Year 2011 Amended $25,938.56 $20,837.45 Source ↗