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Oscar Brock — 2007 Tennessee Senate, District 10 campaign

Tennessee Senate, District 10 Republican

2007 Tennessee Senate, District 10 · totals since 2007

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 2007–Q4 2007

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 →
$225,518
includes $7,373 in small gifts the filer reported as a lump sum
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 →
$588
goods or services itemized on these reports
Total Spent
$232,682
less $7,164 in refunds & credits → $225,518 net disbursements
Donors
234
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 2007 Amendment $0 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 2007 reported receipts $18,614
Pre-General 2007 reported receipts $113,824
Pre-Primary 2007 reported receipts $93,080
Reported receipts $225,518
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 $232,682
Total spent $232,682
From each filing:
Receipts
$225,518
Spent
$232,682

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, 85% of receipts on these reports.

Individuals, itemized $191K · 85%Organizations and PACs, itemized $26K · 12%Unitemized contributions $7K · 3%

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: $191,395 ÷ Reported receipts: $225,518
Inputs behind Share of reported receipts: Individuals, itemized
The candidate's own contributions, itemized $400
Individuals, itemized $191,395
Organizations and PACs, itemized $26,350
Unitemized contributions $7,373
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 →

$886average gift
$1,000median gift
216individual donors
Share of donors Share of dollars
Under $50
0%
0%
$50–200
5%
0.8%
$200–1K
40%
16%
$1K–5K
55%
83%
$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: $191,395 ÷ Individual donors: 216
Inputs behind Average gift per individual donor
Total from individual donors $191,395
Median gift $1,000
Individual donors 216
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 →

79% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (21% from out of state).

Tennessee $172,570 Out of state $45,175
  • Nashville $56K26%
  • Lookout Mountain $37K17%
  • Chattanooga $33K15%
  • Hixson $8K4%
  • Annapolis, MD $8K4%
  • Elsewhere in Tennessee $38K
  • Other out-of-state $37K

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: $45,175 ÷ Itemized money with a known state: $217,745
Inputs behind Out-of-state share of located dollars
From outside Tennessee $45,175
Source filings:

Contributions & Spending Over Time

Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Aug 2007 – Jan 2008. Peak $88,275 in Sep 2007. Spending peaked at $103,457 in Oct 2007.

Cash contributions Spent

Contributions

The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 225 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 11 people gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $1,420 and their names are withheld.

225 named donors 269 donations

Campaign contributions consolidated by donor, ranked by net amount
Donor Donations Net
Tennessee Volunteer PAC 1 $5,000.00
RAAMPAC 1 $5,000.00
Tennessee PAC for Leadership 1 $5,000.00
Linda Curb 2 $2,000.00
Mike Curb 2 $2,000.00
James Haslam 2 $2,000.00
Smith Steve 2 $2,000.00
Ted Welch ↺ paid $78.00 2 $2,000.00
Lew Conner 2 $2,000.00
Frank Cowden 2 $2,000.00

Expenditures

95 vendors 261 payments

Campaign payments consolidated by vendor, ranked by total
Vendor Payments Total Share
Majority Strategies 13 $64,531.73 28%
The Brumfield Group 3 $53,635.00 23%
Hall, Clint 7 $18,000.00 8%
Madden 6 $8,027.88 3%
Public Opinion Strategies, L.L.C. 1 $8,000.00 3%
Williams Company 4 $7,306.17 3%
Fairbanks, Marty 9 $7,150.00 3%
Wilkins Research Services, LLC 2 $5,770.00 2%
Gilliam, James 9 $5,155.00 2%
Chattanooga Downtown Post Office 5 $4,985.00 2%

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

  • Printing & mail $93,348 40%
  • Advertising & media $58,830 25%
  • Consulting & professional services $50,964 22%
  • Office & operations $8,929 4%
  • Contributions & donations $8,578 4%
  • Fundraising & events $6,239 3%
  • Travel $3,311 1%
  • Other $2,482 1%

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 2007 Amended $32,114.01 $0.00 Source: Q4 2007 filing Report 15095
Pre-General 2007 $72,685.21 $32,114.01 Source: Pre-General 2007 filing Report 14299
Pre-Primary 2007 $0.00 $72,685.21 Source: Pre-Primary 2007 filing Report 14254