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Neal Kerney — 2020 Tennessee House, District 03 campaign

Tennessee House, District 03 Republican

2020 Tennessee House, District 03 · totals since Jan 16, 2017

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 → · 10 filings · Mid-Year 2017–Q4 2020

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 →
$24
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 →
$33,631
includes $375 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
Loan entries in filing detail: $126,116. The report totals above govern this headline.
Total Spent
$34,672
Donors
4
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 2020 Initial $24 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
Year-End 2018 reported receipts $0
Mid-Year 2018 reported receipts $0
Year-End 2017 reported receipts $0
Mid-Year 2017 reported receipts $0
Q4 2020 reported receipts $0
Q3 2020 reported receipts $475
Pre-Primary 2020 reported receipts $15,162
Q2 2020 reported receipts $17,994
Year-End 2019 reported receipts $0
Mid-Year 2019 reported receipts $0
Reported receipts $33,631
From each filing:
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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 $33,764
Stated spending not itemized (credited) $908
Total spent $34,672
From each filing:
  • Q3 2020 Amendment $3,469 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $3,324 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $145 filing-stated
  • Pre-Primary 2020 Amendment $14,585 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $14,332 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $253 filing-stated
  • Q2 2020 Amendment $16,618 mixed
    • Itemized expenditures $16,108 derived
    • Stated spending not itemized (credited) $510 filing-stated
Receipts
$33,631
Spent
$34,672

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: loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds, 95% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $800 · 2%Organizations and PACs, itemized $500 · 1%Unitemized contributions $375 · 1%Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $32K · 95%

Share of reported receipts: Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds compares loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds 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.

Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds: $31,956 ÷ Reported receipts: $33,631
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds
Individuals, itemized $800
Organizations and PACs, itemized $500
Unitemized contributions $375
Loans, interest and other receipts, net of refunds $31,956
From each filing:
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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 $1,300 Out of state $0
  • Kingsport $70054%
  • Nashville $50038%
  • Bristol $1008%

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: $1,300
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 — Apr 2020 – Jul 2020. Peak $500 in Apr 2020. Spending peaked at $17,656 in Jul 2020.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor figure above is a named-donor floor. A complete combined-term total is unavailable. This table names 3 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200.

3 named donors 3 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Bud Hulsey 1 $500.00
Tennesseans for Good State Government PAC 1 $500.00
Hoyt Dennton 1 $200.00

Expenditures

5 vendors 16 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Margin of Victory Partners 9 $27,819.00 82%
WMCT Radio Station 3 $1,931.00 6%
Bristol Broadcasting Company, Inc. 1 $1,530.00 5%
Tomahawk Newspaper 1 $1,530.00 5%
Wbej Radio Station 2 $954.00 3%

Loans

$126,115.80 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.

Loan principal shown adds together the amounts listed below.

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Loan schedules can repeat an outstanding debt on later reports. This is the reconstructed principal for each lender, counted once, split between candidate or family loans and all other lenders. Repayments and outstanding balances are shown separately in the ledger.

Inputs behind Loan principal shown
Candidate and family loans $126,116
Loan principal shown $126,116
Source filings:
Itemized campaign loans
Lender Type Received Balance shown Repaid Outstanding
Self (Neal Kerney) Candidate loan Apr 7, 2020 $126,115.80 $0.00 $126,115.80

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

  • Advertising & media $20,068 59%
  • Consulting & professional services $13,696 41%

Loans

Campaign 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.

Campaign filing history
Filing Cash Beginning Cash Ending Source
Q4 2020 $23.89 $23.89 Source: Q4 2020 filing Report 93918
Q3 2020 Amended $3,017.89 $23.89 Source: Q3 2020 filing Report 91572
Pre-Primary 2020 Amended $2,440.51 $3,017.89 Source: Pre-Primary 2020 filing Report 91565
Q2 2020 Amended $1,064.32 $2,440.51 Source: Q2 2020 filing Report 90576
Year-End 2019 $1,064.32 $1,064.32 Source: Year-End 2019 filing Report 86067
Mid-Year 2019 $1,064.32 $1,064.32 Source: Mid-Year 2019 filing Report 84751
Year-End 2018 $1,064.32 $1,064.32 Source: Year-End 2018 filing Report 83249
Mid-Year 2018 $1,064.32 $1,064.32 Source: Mid-Year 2018 filing Report 77028
Year-End 2017 $1,064.32 $1,064.32 Source: Year-End 2017 filing Report 73472
Mid-Year 2017 $1,064.32 $1,064.32 Source: Mid-Year 2017 filing Report 71864

After the election

Reports ending after Jan 15, 2021.

Contributions and spending

No contributions or expenditures reported

11 filings · Mid-Year 2021–Mid-Year 2026

No individual donors or expenditures are published for this campaign.

Campaign filing history
Filing Cash Beginning Cash Ending Source
Mid-Year 2026 $23.89 $23.89 Source: Mid-Year 2026 filing Report 127443
Year-End 2025 $23.89 $23.89 Source: Year-End 2025 filing Report 123568
Mid-Year 2025 $23.89 $23.89 Source: Mid-Year 2025 filing Report 121944
Year-End 2024 $23.89 $23.89 Source: Year-End 2024 filing Report 120596
Mid-Year 2024 $23.89 $23.89 Source: Mid-Year 2024 filing Report 115397
Year-End 2023 $23.89 $23.89 Source: Year-End 2023 filing Report 111355
Mid-Year 2023 $23.89 $23.89 Source: Mid-Year 2023 filing Report 109189
Year-End 2022 $23.89 $23.89 Source: Year-End 2022 filing Report 107149
Mid-Year 2022 $23.89 $23.89 Source: Mid-Year 2022 filing Report 101746
Year-End 2021 $23.89 $23.89 Source: Year-End 2021 filing Report 96928
Mid-Year 2021 $23.89 $23.89 Source: Mid-Year 2021 filing Report 95973