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Mike R. Williams — 2012 Tennessee House, District 49 campaign

Tennessee House, District 49 Democratic

2012 Tennessee House, District 49 · totals since Apr 1, 2012

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 · Pre-General 2012–Q4 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 →
$1,500
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 →
$3,877
includes $1,877 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Total Spent
$2,377
Donors
2
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 2012 Initial $1,500 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 2012 reported receipts $491
Pre-General 2012 reported receipts $0
Q3 2012 reported receipts $2,396
Pre-Primary 2012 reported receipts $840
Q2 2012 reported receipts $150
Reported receipts $3,877
From each filing:
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  • Q2 2012 Initial $150 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 $1,974
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $403
Total spent $2,377
From each filing:
  • Q4 2012 Initial $235 derived
  • Q3 2012 Amendment $1,590 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $1,275 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $315 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2012 Initial $464 derived
  • Q2 2012 Initial $88 filing-stated
Receipts
$3,877
Spent
$2,377

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: unitemized contributions, 48% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $500 · 13%Organizations and PACs, itemized $2K · 39%Unitemized contributions $2K · 48%

Share of reported receipts: Unitemized contributions compares unitemized contributions 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.

Unitemized contributions: $1,877 ÷ Reported receipts: $3,877
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Unitemized contributions
Individuals, itemized $500
Organizations and PACs, itemized $1,500
Unitemized contributions $1,877
From each filing:
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  • Q2 2012 Initial $150 filing-stated

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 $2,000 Out of state $0
  • Nashville $2K75%
  • Smyrna $50025%

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: $0 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $2,000
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 — Jul 2012 – Dec 2012. Peak $1,500 in Aug 2012. Spending peaked at $922 in Sep 2012.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 2 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200.

2 named donors 3 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Tennessee Educ Assn Fund for Children Public Edu 2 $1,500.00
Ruth Kitchen 1 $500.00

Expenditures

5 vendors 6 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
American Press 2 $1,250.91 63%
Adams, Merry 1 $234.70 12%
United States Postal Service 1 $189.00 10%
Personal Touch Weddings Cupcake Cafe 1 $164.62 8%
US Postal Service 1 $135.00 7%

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

  • Printing & mail $1,111 56%
  • Advertising & media $464 24%
  • Office & operations $235 12%
  • Fundraising & events $165 8%

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 2012 $1,243.62 $1,499.97 Source: Q4 2012 filing Report 46531
Pre-General 2012 $1,243.62 $1,243.62 Source: Pre-General 2012 filing Report 44909
Q3 2012 Amended $437.79 $1,243.62 Source: Q3 2012 filing Report 44719
Pre-Primary 2012 $62.00 $437.79 Source: Pre-Primary 2012 filing Report 42476
Q2 2012 $0.00 $62.00 Source: Q2 2012 filing Report 40702